Top 100 History: Boys' 1980s

Today we cover the popular names of most millennials. 

Changes

1980

Left: Terry, Carl, Jamie, Troy

Entered: Seth, Lucas, Luke, Luis

1981

Left: Billy

Entered: Tyler

1982

Left: Curtis, Seth, Lucas, Luke

Entered: Victor, Cody, Jordan, Ian

1983

Left: Wesley, Jerry, Russell, Shaun

Entered: Curtis, Seth, Vincent, Evan

1984

Left: Jeremiah

Entered: Alex

1985

Left: Randy, Dennis, Seth

Entered: Blake, Wesley, Adrian

1986

Left: Blake, Jeffery, Larry, Todd

Entered: Trevor, Seth, Austin, Christian

1987

Left: Adrian, Brent

Entered: Devin, Cameron

1988

Left: Gabriel, Curtis

Entered: Mitchell, Taylor

1989

Left: Philip, Craig, Gary, Frank

Entered: Adrian, Blake, Caleb, Ethan

Movement

  • Seth, Luis, Tyler, Cody, Jordan, Ian, Evan, Blake, Adrian, Trevor, Austin, Devin, Cameron, Mitchell, Taylor, Caleb, and Ethan became newly popular.
  • Victor, Vincent, Christian, and Alex returned to the top 100.
  • Terry, Carl, Jamie, Troy, Billy, Jerry, Russell, Shaun, Curtis, Jeremiah, Randy, Dennis, Jeffery, Larry, Todd, Brent, Philip, Gary, and Frank left the top 100.
  • Daniel, Justin, and Andrew entered the top 10.
  • John, Jason, and Brian left the top 10.
  • Justin, Kyle, Brandon, Anthony, and Jonathan entered the top 20.
  • Jason, Brian, Eric, Steven, and Timothy left the top 20.
  • Kyle, Zachary, Tyler, Alexander, Jordan, Cody, and Dustin entered the top 50.
  • Scott, Gregory, Bradley, Bryan, Edward, Shawn, and Chad left the top 50.
Trends
  • New surname-names rose (Mitchell, Blake, Trevor, Devin, Cameron, Taylor).
  • Classic names still trended (Victor, Vincent, Alex).
  • Biblical names continued to rise (Jordan).
  • Single-syllable names remained common (Seth, Blake, Juan).
  • Names ending in "ald" continued falling (Donald, Ronald).
  • Names ending in "erry" were no longer stylish (Terry, Jerry, Larry, Gary).
  • Nicknames kept falling (Terry, Billy, Jerry, Randy, Larry, Gary, Frank, Jamie).
  • Long names ending in "ee" stabilized (Zachary, Bradley, Anthony, Timothy, Jeremy, Gregory, etc.)
  • Twists on John became common (Ian, Evan).

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