Top 100 names of the 1980s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Michael 663813 3.6
2 Christopher 554876 3.01
3 Matthew 458958 2.49
4 Joshua 396537 2.15
5 David 383699 2.08
6 James 356492 1.93
7 Daniel 345545 1.87
8 Robert 321658 1.74
9 John 321154 1.74
10 Joseph 299419 1.62
11 Jason 292118 1.58
12 Justin 289825 1.57
13 Andrew 285097 1.54
14 Ryan 278947 1.51
15 William 248281 1.35
16 Brian 234007 1.27
17 Brandon 232210 1.26
18 Jonathan 229953 1.25
19 Nicholas 223318 1.21
20 Anthony 211866 1.15
21 Eric 204240 1.11
22 Adam 195085 1.06
23 Kevin 188673 1.02
24 Thomas 177819 0.96
25 Steven 177459 0.96
26 Timothy 172838 0.94
27 Richard 154751 0.84
28 Jeremy 153414 0.83
29 Jeffrey 144801 0.78
30 Kyle 141944 0.77
31 Benjamin 141387 0.77
32 Aaron 138363 0.75
33 Charles 131904 0.71
34 Mark 129453 0.7
35 Jacob 124253 0.67
36 Stephen 113629 0.62
37 Patrick 111413 0.6
38 Scott 108152 0.59
39 Nathan 105988 0.57
40 Paul 104403 0.57
41 Sean 103872 0.56
42 Travis 102932 0.56
43 Zachary 101826 0.55
44 Dustin 97313 0.53
45 Gregory 93667 0.51
46 Kenneth 89117 0.48
47 Jose 86641 0.47
48 Tyler 86450 0.47
49 Jesse 85914 0.47
50 Alexander 82011 0.44
51 Bryan 80506 0.44
52 Samuel 73460 0.4
53 Derek 72925 0.4
54 Bradley 69356 0.38
55 Chad 69055 0.37
56 Shawn 65601 0.36
57 Edward 60834 0.33
58 Jared 60305 0.33
59 Cody 60287 0.33
60 Jordan 57176 0.31
61 Peter 56724 0.31
62 Corey 53606 0.29
63 Keith 52642 0.29
64 Marcus 51809 0.28
65 Juan 51440 0.28
66 Donald 50846 0.28
67 Ronald 46665 0.25
68 George 45714 0.25
69 Phillip 45707 0.25
70 Cory 44363 0.24
71 Joel 43565 0.24
72 Shane 43173 0.23
73 Douglas 41748 0.23
74 Antonio 41614 0.23
75 Carlos 41501 0.22
76 Raymond 41499 0.22
77 Brett 41295 0.22
78 Gary 40229 0.22
79 Alex 38708 0.21
80 Nathaniel 38652 0.21
81 Craig 38102 0.21
82 Ian 37774 0.2
83 Luis 37443 0.2
84 Derrick 36348 0.2
85 Erik 36347 0.2
86 Casey 35969 0.19
87 Philip 35732 0.19
88 Frank 33600 0.18
89 Evan 32484 0.18
90 Gabriel 32327 0.18
91 Victor 32285 0.17
92 Vincent 32062 0.17
93 Austin 31305 0.17
94 Brent 31283 0.17
95 Larry 31276 0.17
96 Seth 31131 0.17
97 Wesley 31091 0.17
98 Dennis 30468 0.17
99 Todd 30329 0.16
100 Christian 30285 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Jessica 469514 2.73
2 Jennifer 440908 2.57
3 Amanda 369729 2.15
4 Ashley 352186 2.05
5 Sarah 272636 1.59
6 Stephanie 218180 1.27
7 Melissa 217929 1.27
8 Nicole 210498 1.23
9 Elizabeth 198973 1.16
10 Heather 191854 1.12
11 Tiffany 158625 0.92
12 Michelle 154034 0.9
13 Amber 153951 0.9
14 Megan 153503 0.89
15 Amy 150664 0.88
16 Rachel 146679 0.85
17 Kimberly 146454 0.85
18 Christina 146011 0.85
19 Lauren 145157 0.85
20 Crystal 141010 0.82
21 Brittany 140855 0.82
22 Rebecca 136235 0.79
23 Laura 134607 0.78
24 Danielle 134376 0.78
25 Emily 131763 0.77
26 Samantha 121129 0.71
27 Angela 116587 0.68
28 Erin 115808 0.67
29 Kelly 109541 0.64
30 Sara 104679 0.61
31 Lisa 102614 0.6
32 Katherine 99176 0.58
33 Andrea 98263 0.57
34 Jamie 96558 0.56
35 Mary 95856 0.56
36 Erica 93158 0.54
37 Courtney 84309 0.49
38 Kristen 83224 0.48
39 Shannon 78419 0.46
40 April 75947 0.44
41 Katie 72878 0.42
42 Lindsey 71940 0.42
43 Kristin 70556 0.41
44 Lindsay 68489 0.4
45 Christine 68016 0.4
46 Alicia 66966 0.39
47 Maria 65765 0.38
48 Vanessa 65728 0.38
49 Kathryn 62442 0.36
50 Allison 62329 0.36
51 Julie 61688 0.36
52 Anna 57323 0.33
53 Tara 56338 0.33
54 Kayla 55292 0.32
55 Natalie 54431 0.32
56 Victoria 53269 0.31
57 Monica 51862 0.3
58 Jacqueline 51560 0.3
59 Holly 49656 0.29
60 Kristina 45948 0.27
61 Patricia 45129 0.26
62 Cassandra 44912 0.26
63 Brandy 44527 0.26
64 Whitney 44373 0.26
65 Chelsea 43164 0.25
66 Brandi 42890 0.25
67 Catherine 42434 0.25
68 Cynthia 41668 0.24
69 Kathleen 39397 0.23
70 Veronica 39233 0.23
71 Leslie 38727 0.23
72 Natasha 38211 0.22
73 Krystal 37495 0.22
74 Stacy 36990 0.22
75 Diana 36905 0.21
76 Erika 36854 0.21
77 Dana 36823 0.21
78 Jenna 36601 0.21
79 Meghan 36208 0.21
80 Carrie 36082 0.21
81 Leah 36056 0.21
82 Melanie 35956 0.21
83 Brooke 34979 0.2
84 Karen 34918 0.2
85 Alexandra 34821 0.2
86 Valerie 34629 0.2
87 Caitlin 33583 0.2
88 Julia 33352 0.19
89 Alyssa 32952 0.19
90 Jasmine 32952 0.19
91 Hannah 32702 0.19
92 Stacey 32138 0.19
93 Brittney 31533 0.18
94 Susan 30548 0.18
95 Margaret 30352 0.18
96 Sandra 30044 0.17
97 Candice 29848 0.17
98 Latoya 29537 0.17
99 Bethany 29331 0.17
100 Misty 29115 0.17