Most Popular Baby Names of the 1980s

Based on Social Security Administration birth data from 1880 to 2023.

All Male Female
Decade: All Time 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Top 20 Names of the 1980s

# Name Gender Total Births
1 Michael M 663,824
2 Christopher M 554,886
3 Matthew M 458,953
4 Joshua M 396,530
5 David M 383,702
6 James M 356,498
7 Daniel M 345,559
8 Robert M 321,672
9 John M 321,161
10 Joseph M 299,416
11 Jason M 292,130
12 Justin M 289,826
13 Andrew M 285,094
14 Ryan M 278,954
15 William M 248,286
16 Brian M 233,997
17 Brandon M 232,206
18 Jonathan M 229,959
19 Nicholas M 223,320
20 Anthony M 211,870
21 Eric M 204,246
22 Adam M 195,084
23 Kevin M 188,685
24 Thomas M 177,817
25 Steven M 177,470
26 Timothy M 172,834
27 Richard M 154,750
28 Jeremy M 153,414
29 Jeffrey M 144,798
30 Kyle M 141,950
31 Benjamin M 141,385
32 Aaron M 138,366
33 Charles M 131,905
34 Mark M 129,460
35 Jacob M 124,263
36 Stephen M 113,635
37 Patrick M 111,417
38 Scott M 108,149
39 Nathan M 105,994
40 Paul M 104,397
41 Sean M 103,875
42 Travis M 102,929
43 Zachary M 101,830
44 Dustin M 97,315
45 Gregory M 93,668
46 Kenneth M 89,118
47 Jose M 86,645
48 Tyler M 86,447
49 Jesse M 85,915
50 Alexander M 82,013
51 Bryan M 80,504
52 Samuel M 73,460
53 Derek M 72,927
54 Bradley M 69,354
55 Chad M 69,054
56 Shawn M 65,600
57 Edward M 60,833
58 Jared M 60,307
59 Cody M 60,287
60 Jordan M 57,179
61 Peter M 56,725
62 Corey M 53,604
63 Keith M 52,646
64 Marcus M 51,810
65 Juan M 51,449
66 Donald M 50,845
67 Ronald M 46,670
68 George M 45,715
69 Phillip M 45,706
70 Cory M 44,361
71 Joel M 43,566
72 Shane M 43,174
73 Douglas M 41,746
74 Antonio M 41,618
75 Carlos M 41,503
76 Raymond M 41,503
77 Brett M 41,293
78 Gary M 40,230
79 Alex M 38,711
80 Nathaniel M 38,650
81 Craig M 38,102
82 Ian M 37,773
83 Luis M 37,446
84 Derrick M 36,348
85 Erik M 36,346
86 Casey M 35,966
87 Philip M 35,732
88 Frank M 33,603
89 Evan M 32,486
90 Gabriel M 32,321
91 Victor M 32,290
92 Vincent M 32,064
93 Austin M 31,308
94 Brent M 31,280
95 Larry M 31,278
96 Seth M 31,129
97 Wesley M 31,090
98 Dennis M 30,466
99 Todd M 30,328
100 Christian M 30,289