Top Baby Names of 1980
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1980, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1980)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 68,687 |
| 2 | Christopher | 49,082 |
| 3 | Jason | 48,166 |
| 4 | David | 41,890 |
| 5 | James | 39,314 |
| 6 | Matthew | 37,839 |
| 7 | Joshua | 36,054 |
| 8 | John | 35,277 |
| 9 | Robert | 34,269 |
| 10 | Joseph | 30,185 |
| 11 | Daniel | 29,895 |
| 12 | Brian | 28,718 |
| 13 | Justin | 26,763 |
| 14 | William | 25,638 |
| 15 | Ryan | 24,798 |
| 16 | Eric | 22,614 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 21,025 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 19,892 |
| 19 | Andrew | 19,734 |
| 20 | Timothy | 19,147 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 18,988 |
| 22 | Adam | 18,867 |
| 23 | Kevin | 17,976 |
| 24 | Anthony | 17,608 |
| 25 | Thomas | 17,565 |
| 26 | Richard | 16,657 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 16,384 |
| 28 | Steven | 15,919 |
| 29 | Charles | 14,958 |
| 30 | Mark | 14,170 |
| 31 | Brandon | 14,162 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 13,626 |
| 33 | Scott | 13,298 |
| 34 | Aaron | 13,169 |
| 35 | Paul | 11,821 |
| 36 | Nathan | 11,140 |
| 37 | Travis | 10,765 |
| 38 | Patrick | 10,354 |
| 39 | Chad | 10,142 |
| 40 | Stephen | 10,063 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 9,610 |
| 42 | Gregory | 9,268 |
| 43 | Jacob | 8,522 |
| 44 | Dustin | 8,415 |
| 45 | Jesse | 8,376 |
| 46 | Jose | 8,322 |
| 47 | Shawn | 7,698 |
| 48 | Sean | 7,599 |
| 49 | Bryan | 7,512 |
| 50 | Derek | 7,241 |
| 51 | Bradley | 7,209 |
| 52 | Edward | 6,763 |
| 53 | Donald | 6,268 |
| 54 | Samuel | 6,013 |
| 55 | Peter | 5,968 |
| 56 | Keith | 5,887 |
| 57 | Kyle | 5,776 |
| 58 | Ronald | 5,757 |
| 59 | Juan | 5,433 |
| 60 | George | 5,300 |
| 61 | Jared | 5,206 |
| 62 | Douglas | 5,180 |
| 63 | Gary | 5,037 |
| 64 | Erik | 4,914 |
| 65 | Phillip | 4,633 |
| 66 | Raymond | 4,577 |
| 67 | Joel | 4,565 |
| 68 | Corey | 4,438 |
| 69 | Shane | 4,367 |
| 70 | Larry | 4,263 |
| 71 | Marcus | 4,262 |
| 72 | Zachary | 4,245 |
| 73 | Craig | 4,235 |
| 74 | Derrick | 4,135 |
| 75 | Todd | 4,128 |
| 76 | Jeremiah | 4,093 |
| 77 | Carlos | 4,085 |
| 78 | Antonio | 4,084 |
| 79 | Shaun | 3,923 |
| 80 | Dennis | 3,806 |
| 81 | Frank | 3,735 |
| 82 | Philip | 3,562 |
| 83 | Cory | 3,556 |
| 84 | Brent | 3,538 |
| 85 | Gabriel | 3,494 |
| 86 | Nathaniel | 3,492 |
| 87 | Randy | 3,392 |
| 88 | Luis | 3,359 |
| 89 | Curtis | 3,332 |
| 90 | Jeffery | 3,324 |
| 91 | Alexander | 3,280 |
| 92 | Russell | 3,269 |
| 93 | Casey | 3,215 |
| 94 | Jerry | 3,191 |
| 95 | Wesley | 3,165 |
| 96 | Brett | 3,128 |
| 97 | Luke | 3,111 |
| 98 | Lucas | 3,081 |
| 99 | Seth | 3,050 |
| 100 | Billy | 2,991 |