Most Popular Baby Names of 1984

Social Security has card records for 3,680,090 people born in the U.S. in 1984. Jennifer was the top girl name (50,564 babies) and Michael the top boy name (67,735).

Top 100 names of 1984

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1984, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Jennifer	50,564	#586
2	Jessica	45,857	#665
3	Ashley	38,773	#164
4	Amanda	33,915	#493
5	Sarah	25,887	#90
6	Stephanie	23,025	#557
7	Nicole	22,270	#382
8	Melissa	21,896	#419
9	Heather	21,489	#1,261
10	Elizabeth	20,360	#17
11	Megan	16,984	#887
12	Crystal	16,560	#1,144
13	Amy	15,988	#257
14	Tiffany	15,861	#878
15	Rachel	15,839	#250
16	Danielle	15,670	#549
17	Michelle	15,499	#465
18	Amber	15,369	#520
19	Laura	14,818	#379
20	Christina	14,705	#770
21	Lauren	14,475	#401
22	Kimberly	14,445	#302
23	Rebecca	13,348	#349
24	Emily	12,786	#34
25	Erin	12,622	#833
26	Angela	11,291	#408
27	Kelly	11,216	#851
28	Andrea	10,350	#235
29	Lisa	10,238	#987
30	Katherine	10,157	#186
31	Jamie	9,761	#857
32	Sara	9,314	#198
33	Mary	9,293	#125
34	Erica	9,278	#1,396
35	Lindsey	9,005	#1,367
36	Lindsay	8,510	#2,194
37	Shannon	8,476	#2,387
38	Kristen	8,385	#1,990
39	Samantha	8,038	#151
40	Alicia	7,820	#460
41	Brittany	7,665	#928
42	April	7,566	#542
43	Christine	7,299	#1,272
44	Katie	7,175	#646
45	Vanessa	7,156	#377
46	Courtney	7,150	#2,326
47	Kristin	7,007	#4,661
48	Kathryn	6,538	#729
49	Tara	6,284	#844
50	Maria	6,136	#87

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1984, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Allison	6,041	#103
52	Julie	5,942	#872
53	Holly	5,928	#416
54	Jenna	5,882	#679
55	Natalie	5,555	#89
56	Jacqueline	5,549	#558
57	Anna	5,306	#107
58	Monica	5,131	#736
59	Victoria	5,076	#54
60	Latoya	5,051	#10,917
61	Brandi	4,848	#4,758
62	Cynthia	4,622	#1,013
63	Cassandra	4,583	#630
64	Brandy	4,580	#3,067
65	Meghan	4,505	#1,902
66	Patricia	4,476	#1,334
67	Stacy	4,447	#1,652
68	Kristina	4,328	#1,721
69	Catherine	4,240	#313
70	Veronica	4,013	#427
71	Kathleen	3,985	#1,150
72	Diana	3,965	#244
73	Dana	3,939	#1,027
74	Krystal	3,933	#2,117
75	Leslie	3,817	#712
76	Valerie	3,722	#127
77	Natasha	3,709	#1,144
78	Carrie	3,691	#2,719
79	Stacey	3,649	#3,067
80	Sheena	3,597	#7,885
81	Erika	3,542	#1,109
82	Karen	3,536	#1,279
83	Leah	3,535	#58
84	Chelsea	3,530	#851
85	Melanie	3,516	#142
86	Candice	3,393	#5,099
87	Julia	3,359	#131
88	Joanna	3,332	#306
89	Alexis	3,292	#554
90	Susan	3,116	#1,085
91	Tracy	3,051	#2,153
92	Margaret	3,033	#112
93	Bethany	2,980	#751
94	Sandra	2,881	#1,207
95	Kara	2,855	#1,071
96	Alexandra	2,814	#237
97	Nichole	2,806	#3,342
98	Misty	2,792	#4,067
99	Brooke	2,749	#313
100	Kayla	2,681	#364

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1984, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Michael	67,735	#21
2	Christopher	60,021	#68
3	Matthew	49,767	#32
4	Joshua	40,266	#66
5	David	38,492	#35
6	Daniel	36,531	#22
7	James	35,859	#6
8	John	32,610	#23
9	Robert	31,768	#92
10	Joseph	30,513	#29
11	Jason	29,953	#165
12	Ryan	28,724	#99
13	Justin	26,769	#233
14	Andrew	25,916	#73
15	Brandon	25,673	#261
16	William	24,900	#9
17	Brian	24,720	#339
18	Adam	23,939	#101
19	Jonathan	23,345	#89
20	Nicholas	21,017	#112
21	Anthony	20,956	#46
22	Eric	20,955	#273
23	Steven	18,217	#271
24	Kevin	17,858	#221
25	Thomas	17,596	#34
26	Timothy	16,987	#203
27	Richard	15,607	#234
28	Jeffrey	14,758	#552
29	Aaron	13,401	#80
30	Benjamin	13,266	#11
31	Jeremy	13,250	#292
32	Mark	13,214	#244
33	Charles	12,942	#48
34	Kyle	12,546	#508
35	Stephen	12,096	#383
36	Patrick	11,524	#235
37	Jacob	11,358	#43
38	Nathan	10,614	#63
39	Scott	10,574	#534
40	Paul	10,460	#262
41	Dustin	10,403	#728
42	Travis	10,241	#434
43	Sean	10,024	#489
44	Gregory	9,688	#593
45	Zachary	9,065	#216
46	Kenneth	8,790	#294
47	Tyler	8,705	#219
48	Bryan	8,270	#336
49	Jose	8,013	#95
50	Jesse	7,606	#184

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1984, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Chad	7,062	#1,699
52	Derek	6,972	#284
53	Bradley	6,567	#403
54	Alexander	6,492	#30
55	Samuel	6,362	#18
56	Shawn	6,049	#681
57	Marcus	5,996	#258
58	Edward	5,914	#224
59	Jared	5,685	#396
60	Peter	5,633	#187
61	Keith	5,327	#800
62	Cody	5,209	#318
63	Donald	5,062	#690
64	Juan	4,644	#159
65	Jordan	4,540	#131
66	Joel	4,524	#219
67	Ronald	4,507	#637
68	George	4,265	#126
69	Corey	4,243	#778
70	Phillip	4,234	#651
71	Douglas	4,142	#807
72	Brett	4,096	#1,382
73	Raymond	3,971	#394
74	Carlos	3,964	#150
75	Craig	3,959	#1,644
76	Gary	3,951	#1,073
77	Antonio	3,880	#176
78	Ian	3,796	#83
79	Derrick	3,661	#850
80	Nathaniel	3,600	#140
81	Philip	3,519	#527
82	Casey	3,511	#320
83	Cory	3,505	#1,244
84	Erik	3,422	#545
85	Shane	3,335	#635
86	Frank	3,330	#513
87	Gabriel	3,325	#37
88	Luis	3,261	#144
89	Brent	3,186	#1,509
90	Victor	3,178	#209
91	Larry	3,105	#1,084
92	Todd	3,104	#1,609
93	Alex	3,026	#232
94	Jeffery	3,025	#1,554
95	Vincent	2,972	#107
96	Curtis	2,959	#984
97	Dennis	2,953	#707
98	Evan	2,937	#153
99	Seth	2,911	#581
100	Randy	2,909	#1,084

Entered the top 100 in 1984

Girls

Boys

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