Top 100 names of the 1980s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Michael 663807 3.6
2 Christopher 554863 3.01
3 Matthew 458951 2.49
4 Joshua 396524 2.15
5 David 383687 2.08
6 James 356491 1.93
7 Daniel 345537 1.87
8 Robert 321655 1.74
9 John 321150 1.74
10 Joseph 299411 1.62
11 Jason 292120 1.58
12 Justin 289825 1.57
13 Andrew 285074 1.54
14 Ryan 278938 1.51
15 William 248277 1.35
16 Brian 233993 1.27
17 Brandon 232206 1.26
18 Jonathan 229953 1.25
19 Nicholas 223308 1.21
20 Anthony 211861 1.15
21 Eric 204230 1.11
22 Adam 195086 1.06
23 Kevin 188670 1.02
24 Thomas 177817 0.96
25 Steven 177454 0.96
26 Timothy 172835 0.94
27 Richard 154745 0.84
28 Jeremy 153413 0.83
29 Jeffrey 144789 0.78
30 Kyle 141947 0.77
31 Benjamin 141366 0.77
32 Aaron 138357 0.75
33 Charles 131902 0.71
34 Mark 129442 0.7
35 Jacob 124254 0.67
36 Stephen 113631 0.62
37 Patrick 111408 0.6
38 Scott 108144 0.59
39 Nathan 105987 0.57
40 Paul 104397 0.57
41 Sean 103870 0.56
42 Travis 102927 0.56
43 Zachary 101818 0.55
44 Dustin 97314 0.53
45 Gregory 93655 0.51
46 Kenneth 89110 0.48
47 Jose 86647 0.47
48 Tyler 86451 0.47
49 Jesse 85908 0.47
50 Alexander 82010 0.44
51 Bryan 80502 0.44
52 Samuel 73456 0.4
53 Derek 72923 0.4
54 Bradley 69352 0.38
55 Chad 69051 0.37
56 Shawn 65598 0.36
57 Edward 60832 0.33
58 Jared 60308 0.33
59 Cody 60289 0.33
60 Jordan 57172 0.31
61 Peter 56713 0.31
62 Corey 53598 0.29
63 Keith 52647 0.29
64 Marcus 51807 0.28
65 Juan 51447 0.28
66 Donald 50843 0.28
67 Ronald 46670 0.25
68 George 45712 0.25
69 Phillip 45707 0.25
70 Cory 44358 0.24
71 Joel 43566 0.24
72 Shane 43169 0.23
73 Douglas 41746 0.23
74 Antonio 41616 0.23
75 Carlos 41506 0.22
76 Raymond 41504 0.22
77 Brett 41289 0.22
78 Gary 40230 0.22
79 Alex 38712 0.21
80 Nathaniel 38652 0.21
81 Craig 38095 0.21
82 Ian 37770 0.2
83 Luis 37447 0.2
84 Erik 36350 0.2
85 Derrick 36342 0.2
86 Casey 35968 0.19
87 Philip 35733 0.19
88 Frank 33590 0.18
89 Evan 32484 0.18
90 Gabriel 32320 0.18
91 Victor 32286 0.17
92 Vincent 32054 0.17
93 Austin 31307 0.17
94 Brent 31279 0.17
95 Larry 31278 0.17
96 Seth 31129 0.17
97 Wesley 31088 0.17
98 Dennis 30463 0.17
99 Todd 30325 0.16
100 Christian 30289 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Jessica 469510 2.73
2 Jennifer 440914 2.57
3 Amanda 369727 2.15
4 Ashley 352185 2.05
5 Sarah 272637 1.59
6 Stephanie 218173 1.27
7 Melissa 217922 1.27
8 Nicole 210494 1.23
9 Elizabeth 198972 1.16
10 Heather 191852 1.12
11 Tiffany 158625 0.92
12 Michelle 154027 0.9
13 Amber 153951 0.9
14 Megan 153500 0.89
15 Amy 150662 0.88
16 Rachel 146675 0.85
17 Kimberly 146452 0.85
18 Christina 146008 0.85
19 Lauren 145161 0.85
20 Crystal 141007 0.82
21 Brittany 140854 0.82
22 Rebecca 136248 0.79
23 Laura 134608 0.78
24 Danielle 134379 0.78
25 Emily 131764 0.77
26 Samantha 121124 0.71
27 Angela 116595 0.68
28 Erin 115811 0.67
29 Kelly 109539 0.64
30 Sara 104682 0.61
31 Lisa 102610 0.6
32 Katherine 99175 0.58
33 Andrea 98263 0.57
34 Jamie 96556 0.56
35 Mary 95862 0.56
36 Erica 93159 0.54
37 Courtney 84309 0.49
38 Kristen 83228 0.48
39 Shannon 78420 0.46
40 April 75950 0.44
41 Katie 72883 0.42
42 Lindsey 71940 0.42
43 Kristin 70558 0.41
44 Lindsay 68491 0.4
45 Christine 68016 0.4
46 Alicia 66966 0.39
47 Maria 65778 0.38
48 Vanessa 65731 0.38
49 Kathryn 62443 0.36
50 Allison 62327 0.36
51 Julie 61682 0.36
52 Anna 57327 0.33
53 Tara 56338 0.33
54 Kayla 55291 0.32
55 Natalie 54428 0.32
56 Victoria 53272 0.31
57 Monica 51863 0.3
58 Jacqueline 51561 0.3
59 Holly 49653 0.29
60 Kristina 45947 0.27
61 Patricia 45127 0.26
62 Cassandra 44911 0.26
63 Brandy 44527 0.26
64 Whitney 44373 0.26
65 Chelsea 43163 0.25
66 Brandi 42890 0.25
67 Catherine 42437 0.25
68 Cynthia 41666 0.24
69 Kathleen 39394 0.23
70 Veronica 39231 0.23
71 Leslie 38729 0.23
72 Natasha 38213 0.22
73 Krystal 37496 0.22
74 Stacy 36990 0.22
75 Diana 36904 0.21
76 Erika 36852 0.21
77 Dana 36826 0.21
78 Jenna 36601 0.21
79 Meghan 36206 0.21
80 Carrie 36079 0.21
81 Leah 36056 0.21
82 Melanie 35952 0.21
83 Brooke 34977 0.2
84 Karen 34914 0.2
85 Alexandra 34817 0.2
86 Valerie 34629 0.2
87 Caitlin 33584 0.2
88 Julia 33354 0.19
90 Alyssa 32952 0.19
89 Jasmine 32952 0.19
91 Hannah 32702 0.19
92 Stacey 32138 0.19
93 Brittney 31532 0.18
94 Susan 30549 0.18
95 Margaret 30352 0.18
96 Sandra 30048 0.17
97 Candice 29847 0.17
98 Latoya 29537 0.17
99 Bethany 29331 0.17
100 Misty 29114 0.17