Most Popular Baby Names of 1984

In 1984, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys. Jennifer was given to 50,564 girls and Michael to 67,735 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,488,665 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,463,173 in 1983. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Jenna, Sheena, Chelsea, Joanna, Kara, and Alexandra.

← 1983 1985 →The 1980s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1984

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jennifer	50,564	–
2	Jessica	45,857	–
3	Ashley	38,773	↑ 1
4	Amanda	33,915	↓ 1
5	Sarah	25,887	–
6	Stephanie	23,025	↑ 2
7	Nicole	22,270	–
8	Melissa	21,896	↓ 2
9	Heather	21,489	–
10	Elizabeth	20,360	–
11	Megan	16,984	↑ 10
12	Crystal	16,560	↓ 1
13	Amy	15,988	↓ 1
14	Tiffany	15,861	–
15	Rachel	15,839	↑ 5
16	Danielle	15,670	↑ 13
17	Michelle	15,499	↓ 4
18	Amber	15,369	↓ 1
19	Laura	14,818	↑ 4
20	Christina	14,705	↓ 4
21	Lauren	14,475	↑ 3
22	Kimberly	14,445	↓ 7
23	Rebecca	13,348	↓ 4
24	Emily	12,786	↑ 1
25	Erin	12,622	↓ 7
26	Angela	11,291	↓ 4
27	Kelly	11,216	↓ 1
28	Andrea	10,350	↑ 2
29	Lisa	10,238	↓ 2
30	Katherine	10,157	↑ 4
31	Jamie	9,761	↓ 3
32	Sara	9,314	↓ 1
33	Mary	9,293	↓ 1
34	Erica	9,278	↓ 1
35	Lindsey	9,005	–
36	Lindsay	8,510	–
37	Shannon	8,476	↑ 1
38	Kristen	8,385	↓ 1
39	Samantha	8,038	↑ 1
40	Alicia	7,820	↑ 1
41	Brittany	7,665	↑ 23
42	April	7,566	↓ 3
43	Christine	7,299	↑ 4
44	Katie	7,175	↑ 1
45	Vanessa	7,156	↑ 4
46	Courtney	7,150	↓ 2
47	Kristin	7,007	↓ 5
48	Kathryn	6,538	↑ 2
49	Tara	6,284	↑ 2
50	Maria	6,136	↓ 7
51	Allison	6,041	↑ 8
52	Julie	5,942	↓ 6
53	Holly	5,928	↓ 5
54	Jenna	5,882	↑ 161
55	Natalie	5,555	↓ 3
56	Jacqueline	5,549	↓ 3
57	Anna	5,306	↓ 2
58	Monica	5,131	↓ 4
59	Victoria	5,076	↓ 1
60	Latoya	5,051	↑ 30
61	Brandi	4,848	↓ 5
62	Cynthia	4,622	–
63	Cassandra	4,583	↑ 7
64	Brandy	4,580	↓ 7
65	Meghan	4,505	↑ 10
66	Patricia	4,476	↓ 6
67	Stacy	4,447	↓ 6
68	Kristina	4,328	↓ 5
69	Catherine	4,240	↓ 3
70	Veronica	4,013	↓ 2
71	Kathleen	3,985	↑ 2
72	Diana	3,965	↓ 3
73	Dana	3,939	↓ 1
74	Krystal	3,933	↑ 4
75	Leslie	3,817	↓ 8
76	Valerie	3,722	↓ 2
77	Natasha	3,709	↓ 6
78	Carrie	3,691	↓ 13
79	Stacey	3,649	↓ 3
80	Sheena	3,597	↑ 27
81	Erika	3,542	↓ 1
82	Karen	3,536	↓ 5
83	Leah	3,535	↓ 1
84	Chelsea	3,530	↑ 18
85	Melanie	3,516	↓ 6
86	Candice	3,393	↓ 2
87	Julia	3,359	↓ 2
88	Joanna	3,332	↑ 51
89	Alexis	3,292	↓ 6
90	Susan	3,116	↓ 4
91	Tracy	3,051	↓ 2
92	Margaret	3,033	–
93	Bethany	2,980	↑ 6
94	Sandra	2,881	↓ 6
95	Kara	2,855	↑ 6
96	Alexandra	2,814	↑ 67
97	Nichole	2,806	↓ 4
98	Misty	2,792	↓ 11
99	Brooke	2,749	↓ 3
100	Kayla	2,681	↓ 19

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	67,735	–
2	Christopher	60,021	–
3	Matthew	49,767	–
4	Joshua	40,266	↑ 1
5	David	38,492	↓ 1
6	Daniel	36,531	↑ 2
7	James	35,859	↓ 1
8	John	32,610	↑ 1
9	Robert	31,768	↑ 1
10	Joseph	30,513	↑ 1
11	Jason	29,953	↓ 4
12	Ryan	28,724	↑ 1
13	Justin	26,769	↓ 1
14	Andrew	25,916	↑ 1
15	Brandon	25,673	↑ 2
16	William	24,900	–
17	Brian	24,720	↓ 3
18	Adam	23,939	–
19	Jonathan	23,345	–
20	Nicholas	21,017	↑ 1
21	Anthony	20,956	↑ 1
22	Eric	20,955	↓ 2
23	Steven	18,217	–
24	Kevin	17,858	↑ 1
25	Thomas	17,596	↓ 1
26	Timothy	16,987	–
27	Richard	15,607	–
28	Jeffrey	14,758	–
29	Aaron	13,401	–
30	Benjamin	13,266	↑ 2
31	Jeremy	13,250	↓ 1
32	Mark	13,214	↓ 1
33	Charles	12,942	–
34	Kyle	12,546	–
35	Stephen	12,096	–
36	Patrick	11,524	↑ 1
37	Jacob	11,358	↓ 1
38	Nathan	10,614	↑ 2
39	Scott	10,574	↓ 1
40	Paul	10,460	↓ 1
41	Dustin	10,403	↑ 2
42	Travis	10,241	↓ 1
43	Sean	10,024	↑ 1
44	Gregory	9,688	↓ 2
45	Zachary	9,065	↑ 5
46	Kenneth	8,790	↓ 1
47	Tyler	8,705	↑ 10
48	Bryan	8,270	↓ 1
49	Jose	8,013	↓ 1
50	Jesse	7,606	↓ 4
51	Chad	7,062	↓ 2
52	Derek	6,972	↓ 1
53	Bradley	6,567	↓ 1
54	Alexander	6,492	↑ 9
55	Samuel	6,362	↓ 1
56	Shawn	6,049	↓ 3
57	Marcus	5,996	↑ 1
58	Edward	5,914	↓ 3
59	Jared	5,685	↓ 3
60	Peter	5,633	↓ 1
61	Keith	5,327	–
62	Cody	5,209	↑ 19
63	Donald	5,062	↓ 3
64	Juan	4,644	↓ 2
65	Jordan	4,540	↑ 7
66	Joel	4,524	↑ 1
67	Ronald	4,507	↓ 3
68	George	4,265	↓ 3
69	Corey	4,243	↑ 5
70	Phillip	4,234	↓ 4
71	Douglas	4,142	↓ 2
72	Brett	4,096	↑ 1
73	Raymond	3,971	↓ 2
74	Carlos	3,964	↑ 1
75	Craig	3,959	↓ 5
76	Gary	3,951	↓ 8
77	Antonio	3,880	↓ 1
78	Ian	3,796	↓ 1
79	Derrick	3,661	↓ 1
80	Nathaniel	3,600	↓ 1
81	Philip	3,519	↑ 1
82	Casey	3,511	↑ 8
83	Cory	3,505	–
84	Erik	3,422	↓ 4
85	Shane	3,335	↓ 1
86	Frank	3,330	–
87	Gabriel	3,325	↑ 2
88	Luis	3,261	–
89	Brent	3,186	↑ 5
90	Victor	3,178	↑ 5
91	Larry	3,105	↓ 6
92	Todd	3,104	↓ 5
93	Alex	3,026	↑ 30
94	Jeffery	3,025	↓ 3
95	Vincent	2,972	↑ 2
96	Curtis	2,959	↑ 4
97	Dennis	2,953	↓ 5
98	Evan	2,937	↓ 5
99	Seth	2,911	↓ 1
100	Randy	2,909	↓ 4

Biggest movers of 1984

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Jena ↑ 435 #427
Bailey ↑ 307 #652
India ↑ 296 #562
Chloe ↑ 255 #587
Dominique ↑ 245 #209
Kendall ↑ 245 #442
Julianne ↑ 240 #455
Elyse ↑ 220 #479
Shayna ↑ 213 #460
Shaina ↑ 211 #570

Falling Girls

Ciji ↓ 265 #963
Kia ↓ 199 #833
Aja ↓ 186 #867
Margo ↓ 183 #985
Adriane ↓ 180 #810
Tonia ↓ 180 #904
Kala ↓ 174 #798
Lourdes ↓ 168 #925
Shavon ↓ 163 #956
Ramona ↓ 156 #801

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Brittani, Tasia, Santana, Grisel, Shanell, Kristian, Shena, Alycia, Kaylee, Tyler, Shea, Shenna, Teela, Luisa, Lissette

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Kaleena, Brandee, Kisha, Karyn, Afton, Angelia, Shanita, Dwan, Ivory, Aaron, Leilani, Lynne, Fawn, Juliet, Rebeca

Rising Boys

Shea ↑ 316 #538
Chance ↑ 306 #250
Brenton ↑ 267 #260
Skylar ↑ 180 #722
Cale ↑ 168 #596
Gonzalo ↑ 162 #750
Tyrell ↑ 161 #367
Ashton ↑ 160 #635
Aric ↑ 160 #735
Bronson ↑ 140 #752

Falling Boys

Eliot ↓ 184 #985
Raheem ↓ 183 #982
Ari ↓ 166 #859
Abdul ↓ 138 #1000
Johathan ↓ 132 #972
Jedediah ↓ 127 #895
Garrick ↓ 125 #964
Robbie ↓ 121 #633
Jerald ↓ 121 #781
Stacey ↓ 120 #929

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Ryne, Tad, Darrius, Kip, Coty, Grayson, Brody, Augustine, Cooper, Jerrad, Rasheed, Alonso, Emerson, Jarrell, Simeon

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jasen, Denis, Aurelio, Demond, Vito, Andrae, Jarret, Chadrick, Jacoby, Jerimiah, Lindsay, Asher, Bob, Mariano, Reinaldo

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.