If you look at the current most popular baby names [1], it's easy to see that a lot has changed since the decade of big hair and neon outfits. The fashion of the 1980s may seem a bit wild now, but surprisingly, the most tubular popular baby names [2] that came out of those 10 years are what many of us would consider "classic." If you grew up in the 1980s [3], you most certainly knew a Misty or a Chad, but it's likely that your own children won't unless these gnarly names [4] start to recirculate.
Here are the 50 top names [5] from the 1980s — 25 girls' names and 25 boys' names — that need to make a righteous comeback, like, big time.
Boys
- Michael
- Christopher
- Matthew
- Joshua
- David
- James
- Daniel
- Robert
- John
- Joseph
- Jason
- Justin
- Andrew
- Ryan
- William
- Brian
- Brandon
- Jonathan
- Nicholas
- Anthony
- Eric
- Adam
- Kevin
- Thomas
- Steven
Girls
- Jessica
- Jennifer
- Amanda
- Ashley
- Sarah
- Stephanie
- Melissa
- Nicole
- Elizabeth
- Heather
- Tiffany
- Michella
- Amber
- Megan
- Amy
- Rachel
- Kimberly
- Christina
- Lauren
- Crystal
- Brittany
- Rebecca
- Laura
- Danielle
- Emily
