Top 10 Boys and Girls Names 1980’s

Baby Names

Obie Editorial Team

Ah, the 80’s. If you weren’t there for them, let this list transport you there. But make sure to give our 70’s baby names list a peek first to see which names stuck and which ones made a grand entrance!

Girls

  1. Jessica *new
  2. Jennifer *new (dropped from #2)
  3. Amanda *new
  4. Ashley *new
  5. Sarah *new
  6. Stephanie (rose from #9)
  7. Melissa
  8. Nicole
  9. Elizabeth *new
  10. Heather (dropped from #8) 

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Boys

  1. Michael (held the top spot again!)  
  2. Christopher  
  3. Matthew (rose from #10) 
  4. Joshua *new 
  5. David 
  6. James 
  7. Daniel 
  8. Robert 
  9. John (dropped from #6) 
  10. Joseph 

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