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Top Girl Names of the 1980s

The 1980s' favorites that still work beautifully today — with where each one ranks now.

50 names
  1. 1JessicaForesight#665 today
  2. 2JenniferFair one#586 today
  3. 3AmandaLovable, worthy of love#493 today
  4. 4AshleyAsh tree clearing#164 today
  5. 5SarahLady, princess#90 today
  6. 6StephanieCrown#557 today
  7. 7MelissaBee#419 today
  8. 8NicoleVictory of the people#382 today
  9. 9ElizabethMy God is an oath, my God is abundance#17 today
  10. 10HeatherSmall shrub#1,266 today
  11. 11TiffanyEpiphany festival#879 today
  12. 12MichelleWho is like God?#465 today
  13. 13AmberGemstone, orange-yellow color#521 today
  14. 14MeganPearl#887 today
  15. 15AmyBeloved#257 today
  16. 16RachelEwe#250 today
  17. 17KimberlyKing's meadow#302 today
  18. 18ChristinaA Christian#770 today
  19. 19LaurenFrom Laurentum#401 today
  20. 20CrystalClear glass, ice#1,145 today
  21. 21BrittanyRegion name#929 today
  22. 22RebeccaJoin, tie, snare#349 today
  23. 23LauraLaurel#379 today
  24. 24DanielleGod is my judge#550 today
  25. 25EmilyRival#34 today
  26. 26SamanthaName of God, flower#151 today
  27. 27AngelaAngel#408 today
  28. 28ErinIreland#833 today
  29. 29Kelly#851 today
  30. 30SaraLady, princess#198 today
  31. 31LisaMy God is an oath, my God is abundance#987 today
  32. 32KatherinePure#186 today
  33. 33AndreaManly, masculine#235 today
  34. 34JamieSupplanter#857 today
  35. 35MaryBeloved, wished-for child#125 today
  36. 36EricaEver ruler#1,399 today
  37. 37CourtneyShort, short nose#2,328 today
  38. 38KristenA Christian#1,993 today
  39. 39Shannon#2,393 today
  40. 40AprilOpening flowers#542 today
  41. 41KatiePure#646 today
  42. 42LindseyLincoln island#1,370 today
  43. 43KristinA Christian#4,681 today
  44. 44LindsayLincoln island#2,197 today
  45. 45ChristineA Christian#1,273 today
  46. 46AliciaNoble kind#460 today
  47. 47MariaBeloved, wished-for child#87 today
  48. 48VanessaInvented name#377 today
  49. 49KathrynPure#729 today
  50. 50AllisonNorthman#103 today

Based on U.S. birth records, 1880–2025.