Popular names of 1984, and how old they are now

People born in 1984 turn 42 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.5 million births in 1984 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 95% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Millennials (see Millennial names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1984: Christopher, Adam, Lindsey, Alicia, Marcus, Latoya, Sheena, Joanna, Lacey, Shana, Trista and Johanna.

Top girl names of 1984

Most popular girl names of 1984
#	Name	Born 1984	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jennifer	50,564	49,000	46
2	Jessica	45,857	44,000	38
3	Ashley	38,773	37,000	33
4	Amanda	33,915	33,000	39
5	Sarah	25,887	25,000	39
6	Stephanie	23,025	22,000	43
7	Nicole	22,270	22,000	39
8	Melissa	21,896	21,000	46
9	Heather	21,489	21,000	45
10	Elizabeth	20,360	20,000	44
11	Megan	16,984	16,000	35
12	Crystal	16,560	16,000	43
13	Amy	15,988	15,000	47
14	Tiffany	15,861	15,000	40
15	Rachel	15,839	15,000	38
16	Danielle	15,670	15,000	38
17	Michelle	15,499	15,000	48
18	Amber	15,369	15,000	37
19	Laura	14,818	14,000	51
20	Christina	14,705	14,000	44
21	Lauren	14,475	14,000	33
22	Kimberly	14,445	14,000	48
23	Rebecca	13,348	13,000	48
24	Emily	12,786	12,000	29
25	Erin	12,622	12,000	39
26	Angela	11,291	11,000	49
27	Kelly	11,216	11,000	48
28	Andrea	10,350	10,000	42
29	Lisa	10,238	9,900	56
30	Katherine	10,157	9,800	43
31	Jamie	9,761	9,400	43
32	Sara	9,314	9,000	40
33	Mary	9,293	9,000	66
34	Erica	9,278	9,000	40
35	Lindsey	9,005	8,700	36
36	Lindsay	8,510	8,200	38
37	Shannon	8,476	8,200	46
38	Kristen	8,385	8,100	41
39	Samantha	8,038	7,800	30
40	Alicia	7,820	7,600	41
41	Brittany	7,665	7,400	35
42	April	7,566	7,300	45
43	Christine	7,299	7,000	57
44	Katie	7,175	6,900	37
45	Vanessa	7,156	6,900	37
46	Courtney	7,150	6,900	36
47	Kristin	7,007	6,800	45
48	Kathryn	6,538	6,300	51
49	Tara	6,284	6,100	44
50	Maria	6,136	5,900	45

Top boy names of 1984

Most popular boy names of 1984
#	Name	Born 1984	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	67,735	64,000	49
2	Christopher	60,021	56,000	41
3	Matthew	49,767	47,000	36
4	Joshua	40,266	38,000	33
5	David	38,492	36,000	52
6	Daniel	36,531	34,000	42
7	James	35,859	34,000	54
8	John	32,610	31,000	55
9	Robert	31,768	30,000	58
10	Joseph	30,513	29,000	45
11	Jason	29,953	28,000	42
12	Ryan	28,724	27,000	33
13	Justin	26,769	25,000	34
14	Andrew	25,916	24,000	36
15	Brandon	25,673	24,000	33
16	William	24,900	23,000	51
17	Brian	24,720	23,000	48
18	Adam	23,939	22,000	35
19	Jonathan	23,345	22,000	35
20	Nicholas	21,017	20,000	33
21	Anthony	20,956	20,000	40
22	Eric	20,955	20,000	44
23	Steven	18,217	17,000	52
24	Kevin	17,858	17,000	45
25	Thomas	17,596	16,000	53
26	Timothy	16,987	16,000	50
27	Richard	15,607	15,000	60
28	Jeffrey	14,758	14,000	53
29	Aaron	13,401	13,000	34
30	Benjamin	13,266	12,000	30
31	Jeremy	13,250	12,000	39
32	Mark	13,214	12,000	56
33	Charles	12,942	12,000	54
34	Kyle	12,546	12,000	34
35	Stephen	12,096	11,000	54
36	Patrick	11,524	11,000	47
37	Jacob	11,358	11,000	26
38	Nathan	10,614	10,000	30
39	Scott	10,574	9,900	53
40	Paul	10,460	9,800	57
41	Dustin	10,403	9,800	37
42	Travis	10,241	9,600	39
43	Sean	10,024	9,400	38
44	Gregory	9,688	9,100	54
45	Zachary	9,065	8,500	29
46	Kenneth	8,790	8,200	57
47	Tyler	8,705	8,200	28
48	Bryan	8,270	7,800	39
49	Jose	8,013	7,500	34
50	Jesse	7,606	7,100	39

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1984, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1984. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1984 babies. How we calculate this