Most popular baby names of 1984

In 1984, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (67,741 babies, 3.8% of boys) and Jennifer for girls (50,563 babies, 3.0% of girls). The rest of the top five were Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David for boys and Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah for girls. SSA recorded 7,339 different boy names and 12,181 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1984
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	67,741	–
2	Christopher	60,019	–
3	Matthew	49,769	–
4	Joshua	40,266	▲ 1
5	David	38,492	▼ 1
6	Daniel	36,533	▲ 2
7	James	35,856	▼ 1
8	John	32,611	▲ 1
9	Robert	31,772	▲ 1
10	Joseph	30,511	▲ 1
11	Jason	29,952	▼ 4
12	Ryan	28,726	▲ 1
13	Justin	26,772	▼ 1
14	Andrew	25,919	▲ 1
15	Brandon	25,671	▲ 2
16	William	24,902	–
17	Brian	24,723	▼ 3
18	Adam	23,940	–
19	Jonathan	23,344	–
20	Nicholas	21,018	▲ 1
21	Anthony	20,958	▲ 1
22	Eric	20,956	▼ 2
23	Steven	18,219	–
24	Kevin	17,862	▲ 1
25	Thomas	17,597	▼ 1
26	Timothy	16,988	–
27	Richard	15,607	–
28	Jeffrey	14,759	–
29	Aaron	13,404	–
30	Benjamin	13,269	▲ 2
31	Jeremy	13,252	▼ 1
32	Mark	13,214	▼ 1
33	Charles	12,942	–
34	Kyle	12,547	–
35	Stephen	12,096	–
36	Patrick	11,526	▲ 1
37	Jacob	11,357	▼ 1
38	Nathan	10,613	▲ 2
39	Scott	10,575	▼ 1
40	Paul	10,461	▼ 1
41	Dustin	10,403	▲ 2
42	Travis	10,240	▼ 1
43	Sean	10,024	▲ 1
44	Gregory	9,687	▼ 2
45	Zachary	9,065	▲ 5
46	Kenneth	8,791	▼ 1
47	Tyler	8,706	▲ 10
48	Bryan	8,270	▼ 1
49	Jose	8,013	▼ 1
50	Jesse	7,609	▼ 4
51	Chad	7,063	▼ 2
52	Derek	6,972	▼ 1
53	Bradley	6,568	▼ 1
54	Alexander	6,492	▲ 9
55	Samuel	6,361	▼ 1
56	Shawn	6,049	▼ 3
57	Marcus	5,996	▲ 1
58	Edward	5,914	▼ 3
59	Jared	5,685	▼ 3
60	Peter	5,637	▼ 1
61	Keith	5,328	–
62	Cody	5,208	▲ 19
63	Donald	5,062	▼ 3
64	Juan	4,644	▼ 2
65	Jordan	4,540	▲ 6
66	Joel	4,524	▲ 1
67	Ronald	4,506	▼ 3
68	George	4,266	▼ 3
69	Corey	4,244	▲ 5
70	Phillip	4,234	▼ 4
71	Douglas	4,142	▼ 2
72	Brett	4,098	▲ 1
73	Raymond	3,972	▼ 1
74	Carlos	3,965	▲ 1
75	Craig	3,959	▼ 5
76	Gary	3,950	▼ 8
77	Antonio	3,880	▼ 1
78	Ian	3,794	▼ 1
79	Derrick	3,661	▼ 1
80	Nathaniel	3,602	▼ 1
81	Philip	3,518	▲ 1
82	Casey	3,511	▲ 8
83	Cory	3,505	▲ 1
84	Erik	3,422	▼ 4
85	Shane	3,335	▼ 2
86	Frank	3,331	–
87	Gabriel	3,325	▲ 2
88	Luis	3,263	–
89	Brent	3,186	▲ 5
90	Victor	3,177	▲ 5
91	Larry	3,105	▼ 6
92	Todd	3,105	▼ 5
93	Alex	3,026	▲ 30
94	Jeffery	3,025	▼ 3
95	Vincent	2,977	▲ 2
96	Curtis	2,957	▲ 4
97	Dennis	2,953	▼ 5
98	Evan	2,937	▼ 5
99	Seth	2,911	▼ 1
100	Randy	2,909	▼ 4

Top 100 girl names, 1984
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jennifer	50,563	–
2	Jessica	45,858	–
3	Ashley	38,774	▲ 1
4	Amanda	33,913	▼ 1
5	Sarah	25,889	–
6	Stephanie	23,025	▲ 2
7	Nicole	22,271	–
8	Melissa	21,897	▼ 2
9	Heather	21,489	–
10	Elizabeth	20,361	–
11	Megan	16,984	▲ 10
12	Crystal	16,561	▼ 1
13	Amy	15,990	▼ 1
14	Tiffany	15,861	–
15	Rachel	15,838	▲ 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	14,446	▼ 7
23	Rebecca	13,349	▼ 4
24	Emily	12,786	▲ 1
25	Erin	12,622	▼ 7
26	Angela	11,292	▼ 4
27	Kelly	11,217	▼ 1
28	Andrea	10,350	▲ 2
29	Lisa	10,237	▼ 2
30	Katherine	10,156	▲ 4
31	Jamie	9,762	▼ 3
32	Sara	9,315	▼ 1
33	Mary	9,294	▼ 1
34	Erica	9,279	▼ 1
35	Lindsey	9,006	–
36	Lindsay	8,511	–
37	Shannon	8,476	▲ 1
38	Kristen	8,385	▼ 1
39	Samantha	8,038	▲ 1
40	Alicia	7,819	▲ 1
41	Brittany	7,666	▲ 23
42	April	7,565	▼ 3
43	Christine	7,298	▲ 4
44	Katie	7,174	▲ 1
45	Vanessa	7,155	▲ 4
46	Courtney	7,150	▼ 2
47	Kristin	7,007	▼ 5
48	Kathryn	6,538	▲ 2
49	Tara	6,284	▲ 2
50	Maria	6,135	▼ 7
51	Allison	6,040	▲ 8
52	Julie	5,943	▼ 6
53	Holly	5,930	▼ 5
54	Jenna	5,881	▲ 161
55	Natalie	5,556	▼ 3
56	Jacqueline	5,549	▼ 3
57	Anna	5,306	▼ 2
58	Monica	5,132	▼ 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	3,964	▼ 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	3,537	▼ 5
83	Leah	3,536	▼ 1
84	Chelsea	3,531	▲ 18
85	Melanie	3,515	▼ 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	3,034	–
93	Bethany	2,982	▲ 6
94	Sandra	2,881	▼ 6
95	Kara	2,855	▲ 6
96	Alexandra	2,815	▲ 67
97	Nichole	2,806	▼ 4
98	Misty	2,792	▼ 11
99	Brooke	2,749	▼ 3
100	Kayla	2,681	▼ 19

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1984. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.