Top 10 baby names the year you were born?

[polo_princess]

What were the top 10 baby names for the year you were born? Thought it'd be interesting to see how times change ....

https://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/

This site also displays the top 1,000 names for each year ... is your own name on that list and what number?

For me ...

1986

Girls
Jessica
Ashley
Amanda
Jenifer
Sarah
Stephanie
Nicole
Brittany
Heather
Elizabeth

Boys
Michael
Christopher
Matthew
Joshua
David
Daniel
James
Andrew
Robert
John

My name comes 62nd

 

[smartie]

My name soesnt even appear in the year I was born, I dont have an unusual name either

 

[smartie]

Just realised that its the US top 1000 names though!

 

[Kirstin]

1 Jessica
2 Ashley
3 Brittany
4 Amanda
5 Sarah
6 Samantha
7 Jennifer
8 Stéphanie
9 Lauren
10 Elizabeth

 

[Serene123]

1989

Girls
Jessica
Ashley
Brittany
Amanda
Sarah
Samantha
Jennifer
Stephanie
Lauren
Elizabeth

Boys
Michael
Christopher
Matthew
Joshua
David
Daniel
Andrew
Justin (that's the only one that suprised me)
James
Robert

My names number 44

 

[Rebaby]

In 1984 the top 10 US girls names were:

Jennifer
Jessica
Ashley
Amanda
Sarah
Stephanie
Nicole
Melissa
Heather
Elizabeth

In the US list my name doesn't feature until 23rd but in the UK list (which i found at babycentre.co.uk) my name is in the top 5 for the year i was born!

 

[princess_bump]

1984 - top boys and girls names

1 Michael
2 Christopher
3 Jennifer
4 Matthew
5 Jessica
6 Joshua
7 Ashley
8 David

 

[Erised]

Top 10 Girl names for 1987:

Jessica
Ashley
Amanda
Jennifer
Sarah
Stéphanie
Brittany
Nicole
Heather
Elizabeth

And my name (Elvira) hasn't been in the top 1000 since 1981, in which it was #926

 

[polo_princess]

When i was looking through my own name on the graph for statistics apparently my name was a boys name in the 1800's

 

[Tabs]

1980

Girls

1 Jennifer
2 Amanda
3 Jessica
4 Melissa
5 Sarah
6 Heather
7 Nicole
8 Amy
9 Elizabeth
10 Michelle


Boys

1 Michael
2 Christopher
3 Jason
4 David
5 James
6 Matthew
7 Joshua
8 John
9 Robert
10 Joseph



My name, Tabatha, was ranked 340 in the top 1000 girls names in 1980. (Although these are US stats.... don't know about the UK?!)

 

[jms895]

1980

Girls

1 Jennifer
2 Amanda
3 Jessica
4 Melissa
5 Sarah
6 Heather
7 Nicole
8 Amy
9 Elizabeth
10 Michelle


Boys

1 Michael
2 Christopher
3 Jason
4 David
5 James
6 Matthew
7 Joshua
8 John
9 Robert
10 Joseph



My name, Tabatha, was ranked 340 in the top 1000 girls names in 1980. (Although these are US stats.... don't know about the UK?!)

Ditto 1980 for me!! I am Jade and was named after Jade Jagger!!

 

[Tabs]

My Mum loved the TV show "Bewitched"!!

My name is usually spelt with an "i" not an "a" (ie Tabitha not Tabatha) but the midwife wrote it down wrong, and it just stuck!!


Just got to work on being able to wiggle my nose now, and then job's a good'un!!

 

[AnnaBanana9]

1976 (Eek! I'm old! )

Top 10 Girls' Names

Jennifer
Amy
Melissa
Heather
Angela
Michelle
Kimberly
Jessica
Lisa
Amanda

Top 10 Boys' Names

Michael
Jason
Christopher
David
James
John
Robert
Brian
Matthew
Daniel

My name - Anna - was #78 that year.

 

[Nikkinoonoo]

In 1977

Girls
Jennifer
Melissa
Amy
Jessica
Heather
Angela
Michelle
Kimberly
Amanda
Kelly

Boys

Michael
Jason
Christopher
David
James
Robert
John
Brian
Matthew
Joseph

I couldn't see Nicola for 1977, I was going a bit boss eyed looking...

 

[xJG30]

Girls

1 Jennifer
2 Jessica
3 Ashley
4 Amanda
5 Sarah
6 Stéphanie
7 Nicole
8 Melissa
9 Heather
10 Elizabeth

 

[sarah1989]

1989

Girls
Jessica
Ashley
Brittany
Amanda
Sarah
Samantha
Jennifer
Stephanie
Lauren
Elizabeth

Boys
Michael
Christopher
Matthew
Joshua
David
Daniel
Andrew
Justin (that's the only one that suprised me)
James
Robert

My names number 44

Not surprising lol, never had a class without at least 2 other Sarah's

 

[Jemma_x]

1990

Jessica
Ashley
Brittany
Amanda
Samantha
Sarah
Stephanie
Jennifer
Elizabeth
Lauren

Couldnt find my name in top 1000

 

[aidensxmomma]

1991

1. Ashley
2. Jessica
3. Brittany
4. Amanda
5. Samantha
6. Sarah
7. Stephanie
8. Jennifer
9. Elizabeth
10. Emily

Tara is #104 on the list, but my name is spelled Terah, which is probably never going to be on any list anywhere.

 

[morri]

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and German (since I am German )

[B] [URL="https://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/1985"] die beliebtesten Vornamen des Jahres 1985[/URL] [/B]

     
  
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[Elphaba]

1979 for me. I seem to remember the most common girls names in my year at school were Emma and Louise (though obviously I'm in the UK not US).

GIRLS
Jennifer
Melissa
Amanda
Jessica
Amy
Sarah
Heather
Angela
Nicole
Michelle

BOYS
Michael
Christopher
Jason
David
James
Matthew
John
Robert
Joshua
Brian

My name (Kerry) came in at 251 for girls and 358 for boys that year. Seems to have been most popular about ten years before I was born.

K x