Names that belong entirely to the 1980s
Every decade signs its name in the records. These reached their all-time top-100 peak in the 1980s — the years of neon, arcades and big hair — and have since stepped out of the mainstream.
Choose one to honor that generation, or simply enjoy the most concentrated time capsule the records can offer.
Girls
- Jessica#1 in 1985 · rare today
- Amanda#2 in 1980 · rare today
- Brittany#3 in 1989 · rare today
- Stephanie#6 in 1984 · rare today
- Nicole#6 in 1982 · rare today
- Lauren#9 in 1989 · rare today
- Crystal#9 in 1982 · rare today
- Megan#10 in 1985 · rare today
- Amber#13 in 1986 · rare today
- Tiffany#13 in 1982 · rare today
- Danielle#14 in 1987 · rare today
- Erin#18 in 1983 · rare today
- Erica#31 in 1986 · rare today
- Kristin#31 in 1981 · rare today
- Whitney#32 in 1986 · rare today
- Kristen#33 in 1982 · rare today
- Lindsey#35 in 1983 · rare today
- Lindsay#36 in 1983 · rare today
- Katie#38 in 1986 · rare today
- Alicia#40 in 1984 · rare today
- Brittney#41 in 1989 · rare today
- Vanessa#41 in 1988 · rare today
- Caitlin#44 in 1988 · rare today
- Brandi#50 in 1981 · rare today
Boys
How this list is built: Names whose all-time top-100 peak fell in the 1980s and which now rank outside the national top-300 (or are unranked). Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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