Years · 1980s · Evolution

Top baby names of 1984

In 1984, Jennifer and Michael were the most popular names in the United States. 3,488,425 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1984
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Jennifer	50,564	1 in 70	= same rank
2	Jessica	45,857	1 in 80	= same rank
3	Ashley	38,773	1 in 90	1 places up
4	Amanda	33,915	1 in 103	1 places down
5	Sarah	25,887	1 in 135	= same rank
6	Stephanie	23,025	1 in 152	2 places up
7	Nicole	22,270	1 in 157	= same rank
8	Melissa	21,896	1 in 159	2 places down
9	Heather	21,489	1 in 162	= same rank
10	Elizabeth	20,360	1 in 171	= same rank
11	Megan	16,984	1 in 205	10 places up
12	Crystal	16,560	1 in 211	1 places down
13	Amy	15,988	1 in 218	1 places down
14	Tiffany	15,861	1 in 220	= same rank
15	Rachel	15,839	1 in 220	5 places up
16	Danielle	15,670	1 in 223	13 places up
17	Michelle	15,499	1 in 225	4 places down
18	Amber	15,369	1 in 227	1 places down
19	Laura	14,818	1 in 235	4 places up
20	Christina	14,705	1 in 237	4 places down
21	Lauren	14,475	1 in 241	3 places up
22	Kimberly	14,445	1 in 241	7 places down
23	Rebecca	13,348	1 in 261	4 places down
24	Emily	12,786	1 in 273	1 places up
25	Erin	12,622	1 in 276	7 places down
26	Angela	11,291	1 in 309	4 places down
27	Kelly	11,216	1 in 311	1 places down
28	Andrea	10,350	1 in 337	2 places up
29	Lisa	10,238	1 in 341	2 places down
30	Katherine	10,157	1 in 343	4 places up
31	Jamie	9,761	1 in 357	3 places down
32	Sara	9,314	1 in 375	1 places down
33	Mary	9,293	1 in 375	1 places down
34	Erica	9,278	1 in 376	1 places down
35	Lindsey	9,005	1 in 387	= same rank
36	Lindsay	8,510	1 in 410	= same rank
37	Shannon	8,476	1 in 412	1 places up
38	Kristen	8,385	1 in 416	1 places down
39	Samantha	8,038	1 in 434	1 places up
40	Alicia	7,820	1 in 446	1 places up
41	Brittany	7,665	1 in 455	23 places up
42	April	7,566	1 in 461	3 places down
43	Christine	7,299	1 in 478	4 places up
44	Katie	7,175	1 in 486	1 places up
45	Vanessa	7,156	1 in 487	3 places up
46	Courtney	7,150	1 in 488	2 places down
47	Kristin	7,007	1 in 498	5 places down
48	Kathryn	6,538	1 in 534	2 places up
49	Tara	6,284	1 in 555	2 places up
50	Maria	6,136	1 in 569	7 places down

Most popular boy names in 1984
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Michael	67,735	1 in 50	= same rank
2	Christopher	60,021	1 in 60	= same rank
3	Matthew	49,767	1 in 70	= same rank
4	Joshua	40,266	1 in 90	1 places up
5	David	38,492	1 in 90	1 places down
6	Daniel	36,531	1 in 100	2 places up
7	James	35,859	1 in 100	1 places down
8	John	32,610	1 in 107	1 places up
9	Robert	31,768	1 in 110	1 places up
10	Joseph	30,513	1 in 114	1 places up
11	Jason	29,953	1 in 116	4 places down
12	Ryan	28,724	1 in 121	1 places up
13	Justin	26,769	1 in 130	1 places down
14	Andrew	25,916	1 in 135	1 places up
15	Brandon	25,673	1 in 136	2 places up
16	William	24,900	1 in 140	= same rank
17	Brian	24,720	1 in 141	3 places down
18	Adam	23,939	1 in 146	= same rank
19	Jonathan	23,345	1 in 149	= same rank
20	Nicholas	21,017	1 in 166	1 places up
21	Anthony	20,956	1 in 166	1 places up
22	Eric	20,955	1 in 166	2 places down
23	Steven	18,217	1 in 191	= same rank
24	Kevin	17,858	1 in 195	1 places up
25	Thomas	17,596	1 in 198	1 places down
26	Timothy	16,987	1 in 205	= same rank
27	Richard	15,607	1 in 224	= same rank
28	Jeffrey	14,758	1 in 236	= same rank
29	Aaron	13,401	1 in 260	= same rank
30	Benjamin	13,266	1 in 263	2 places up
31	Jeremy	13,250	1 in 263	1 places down
32	Mark	13,214	1 in 264	1 places down
33	Charles	12,942	1 in 270	= same rank
34	Kyle	12,546	1 in 278	= same rank
35	Stephen	12,096	1 in 288	= same rank
36	Patrick	11,524	1 in 303	1 places up
37	Jacob	11,358	1 in 307	1 places down
38	Nathan	10,614	1 in 329	2 places up
39	Scott	10,574	1 in 330	1 places down
40	Paul	10,460	1 in 334	1 places down
41	Dustin	10,403	1 in 335	2 places up
42	Travis	10,241	1 in 341	1 places down
43	Sean	10,024	1 in 348	1 places up
44	Gregory	9,688	1 in 360	2 places down
45	Zachary	9,065	1 in 385	5 places up
46	Kenneth	8,790	1 in 397	1 places down
47	Tyler	8,705	1 in 401	10 places up
48	Bryan	8,270	1 in 422	1 places down
49	Jose	8,013	1 in 435	1 places down
50	Jesse	7,606	1 in 459	4 places down

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