Name.Baby Names by year 1980s 1980 Most Popular Baby Names of 1980 Social Security has card records for 3,635,744 people born in the U.S. in 1980. Jennifer was the top girl name (58,374 babies) and Michael the top boy name (68,683).
Top 100 names of 1980 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1980, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 58,374 #586 2 Amanda 35,811 #493 3 Jessica 33,924 #665 4 Melissa 31,629 #419 5 Sarah 25,757 #90 6 Heather 19,973 #1,261 7 Nicole 19,917 #382 8 Amy 19,833 #257 9 Elizabeth 19,529 #17 10 Michelle 19,119 #465 11 Kimberly 18,497 #302 12 Angela 17,969 #408 13 Stephanie 17,841 #557 14 Tiffany 16,228 #878 15 Christina 16,141 #770 16 Lisa 15,664 #987 17 Rebecca 15,281 #349 18 Crystal 14,253 #1,144 19 Kelly 13,710 #851 20 Erin 13,428 #833 21 Laura 12,916 #379 22 Amber 12,553 #520 23 Rachel 11,618 #250 24 Jamie 11,529 #857 25 Mary 11,474 #125 26 April 11,472 #542 27 Sara 11,148 #198 28 Andrea 10,450 #235 29 Shannon 9,670 #2,387 30 Megan 9,134 #887 31 Emily 9,001 #34 32 Julie 8,906 #872 33 Danielle 8,845 #549 34 Erica 8,760 #1,396 35 Katherine 8,017 #186 36 Maria 7,875 #87 37 Kristin 7,701 #4,661 38 Lauren 7,476 #401 39 Kristen 7,316 #1,990 40 Ashley 7,296 #164 41 Christine 7,085 #1,272 42 Brandy 6,410 #3,067 43 Tara 6,283 #844 44 Katie 6,137 #646 45 Monica 6,034 #736 46 Carrie 5,761 #2,719 47 Alicia 5,753 #460 48 Courtney 5,618 #2,326 49 Misty 5,541 #4,067 50 Kathryn 5,527 #729
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1980, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Patricia 5,310 #1,334 52 Holly 5,282 #416 53 Stacy 5,057 #1,652 54 Karen 5,055 #1,279 55 Anna 5,038 #107 56 Tracy 4,969 #2,153 57 Brooke 4,951 #313 58 Samantha 4,913 #151 59 Allison 4,868 #103 60 Melanie 4,841 #142 61 Leslie 4,776 #712 62 Susan 4,704 #1,085 63 Brandi 4,703 #4,758 64 Cynthia 4,700 #1,013 65 Natalie 4,645 #89 66 Jill 4,558 #5,722 67 Dawn 4,479 #2,173 68 Dana 4,438 #1,027 69 Vanessa 4,426 #377 70 Veronica 4,378 #427 71 Lindsay 4,353 #2,194 72 Tina 4,260 #2,778 73 Kristina 4,222 #1,721 73 Stacey 4,222 #3,067 75 Wendy 4,141 #1,341 76 Lori 4,085 #1,721 77 Catherine 4,080 #313 78 Kristy 4,059 #5,099 79 Heidi 4,027 #340 80 Sandra 4,002 #1,207 81 Jacqueline 3,879 #558 82 Kathleen 3,857 #1,150 83 Christy 3,673 #4,172 84 Leah 3,642 #58 85 Valerie 3,613 #127 86 Pamela 3,533 #2,239 87 Erika 3,516 #1,109 88 Tanya 3,436 #3,712 89 Natasha 3,428 #1,144 90 Katrina 3,397 #2,214 91 Lindsey 3,386 #1,367 92 Melinda 3,201 #1,981 93 Monique 3,163 #3,342 94 Teresa 3,149 #908 95 Denise 3,145 #1,673 96 Tammy 3,134 #3,645 97 Tonya 3,080 #8,860 98 Julia 3,069 #131 99 Candice 3,012 #5,099 100 Gina 2,991 #2,076
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1980, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 68,683 #21 2 Christopher 49,079 #68 3 Jason 48,164 #165 4 David 41,891 #35 5 James 39,312 #6 6 Matthew 37,834 #32 7 Joshua 36,052 #66 8 John 35,274 #23 9 Robert 34,266 #92 10 Joseph 30,185 #29 11 Daniel 29,888 #22 12 Brian 28,715 #339 13 Justin 26,763 #233 14 William 25,639 #9 15 Ryan 24,795 #99 16 Eric 22,611 #273 17 Nicholas 21,018 #112 18 Jeremy 19,892 #292 19 Andrew 19,730 #73 20 Timothy 19,146 #203 21 Jonathan 18,986 #89 22 Adam 18,868 #101 23 Kevin 17,972 #221 24 Anthony 17,604 #46 25 Thomas 17,564 #34 26 Richard 16,656 #234 27 Jeffrey 16,379 #552 28 Steven 15,916 #271 29 Charles 14,959 #48 30 Mark 14,169 #244 31 Brandon 14,161 #261 32 Benjamin 13,622 #11 33 Scott 13,300 #534 34 Aaron 13,166 #80 35 Paul 11,819 #262 36 Nathan 11,138 #63 37 Travis 10,764 #434 38 Patrick 10,352 #235 39 Chad 10,142 #1,699 40 Stephen 10,062 #383 41 Kenneth 9,608 #294 42 Gregory 9,267 #593 43 Jacob 8,520 #43 44 Dustin 8,416 #728 45 Jesse 8,374 #184 46 Jose 8,323 #95 47 Shawn 7,698 #681 48 Sean 7,596 #489 49 Bryan 7,513 #336 50 Derek 7,240 #284
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1980, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bradley 7,210 #403 52 Edward 6,762 #224 53 Donald 6,269 #690 54 Samuel 6,014 #18 55 Peter 5,967 #187 56 Keith 5,887 #800 57 Kyle 5,775 #508 58 Ronald 5,757 #637 59 Juan 5,434 #159 60 George 5,300 #126 61 Jared 5,205 #396 62 Douglas 5,180 #807 63 Gary 5,037 #1,073 64 Erik 4,918 #545 65 Phillip 4,633 #651 66 Raymond 4,578 #394 67 Joel 4,564 #219 68 Corey 4,437 #778 69 Shane 4,365 #635 70 Larry 4,262 #1,084 71 Marcus 4,260 #258 72 Zachary 4,245 #216 73 Craig 4,234 #1,644 74 Derrick 4,135 #850 75 Todd 4,128 #1,609 76 Jeremiah 4,093 #88 77 Antonio 4,085 #176 78 Carlos 4,084 #150 79 Shaun 3,923 #1,942 80 Dennis 3,804 #707 81 Frank 3,734 #513 82 Philip 3,563 #527 83 Cory 3,556 #1,244 84 Brent 3,537 #1,509 85 Gabriel 3,493 #37 86 Nathaniel 3,492 #140 87 Randy 3,390 #1,084 88 Luis 3,359 #144 89 Curtis 3,332 #984 90 Jeffery 3,324 #1,554 91 Alexander 3,279 #30 92 Russell 3,269 #345 93 Casey 3,215 #320 94 Jerry 3,189 #906 95 Wesley 3,165 #52 96 Brett 3,128 #1,382 97 Luke 3,109 #33 98 Lucas 3,080 #10 99 Seth 3,050 #581 100 Billy 2,991 #1,068
Entered the top 100 in 1980
