Born in 1980
The most popular baby names and the famous people of the year you arrived.
Top 100 baby names of 1980
Girls
- Jennifer
- Amanda
- Jessica
- Melissa
- Sarah
- Heather
- Nicole
- Amy
- Elizabeth
- Michelle
- Kimberly
- Angela
- Stephanie
- Tiffany
- Christina
- Lisa
- Rebecca
- Crystal
- Kelly
- Erin
- Laura
- Amber
- Rachel
- Jamie
- Mary
Boys
- Michael
- Christopher
- Jason
- David
- James
- Matthew
- Joshua
- John
- Robert
- Joseph
- Daniel
- Brian
- Justin
- William
- Ryan
- Eric
- Nicholas
- Jeremy
- Andrew
- Timothy
- Jonathan
- Adam
- Kevin
- Anthony
- Thomas
Show names 26 to 100
Girls
- April
- Sara
- Andrea
- Shannon
- Megan
- Emily
- Julie
- Danielle
- Erica
- Katherine
- Maria
- Kristin
- Lauren
- Kristen
- Ashley
- Christine
- Brandy
- Tara
- Katie
- Monica
- Carrie
- Alicia
- Courtney
- Misty
- Kathryn
- Patricia
- Holly
- Stacy
- Karen
- Anna
- Tracy
- Brooke
- Samantha
- Allison
- Melanie
- Leslie
- Susan
- Brandi
- Cynthia
- Natalie
- Jill
- Dawn
- Dana
- Vanessa
- Veronica
- Lindsay
- Tina
- Kristina
- Stacey
- Wendy
- Lori
- Catherine
- Kristy
- Heidi
- Sandra
- Jacqueline
- Kathleen
- Christy
- Leah
- Valerie
- Pamela
- Erika
- Tanya
- Natasha
- Katrina
- Lindsey
- Melinda
- Monique
- Teresa
- Denise
- Tammy
- Tonya
- Julia
- Candice
- Gina
Boys
- Richard
- Jeffrey
- Steven
- Charles
- Brandon
- Mark
- Benjamin
- Scott
- Aaron
- Paul
- Nathan
- Travis
- Patrick
- Chad
- Stephen
- Kenneth
- Gregory
- Jacob
- Dustin
- Jesse
- Jose
- Shawn
- Sean
- Bryan
- Derek
- Bradley
- Edward
- Donald
- Samuel
- Peter
- Keith
- Kyle
- Ronald
- Juan
- George
- Jared
- Douglas
- Gary
- Erik
- Phillip
- Raymond
- Joel
- Corey
- Shane
- Larry
- Marcus
- Zachary
- Craig
- Derrick
- Todd
- Jeremiah
- Antonio
- Carlos
- Shaun
- Dennis
- Frank
- Philip
- Cory
- Brent
- Gabriel
- Nathaniel
- Randy
- Luis
- Curtis
- Jeffery
- Alexander
- Russell
- Casey
- Jerry
- Wesley
- Brett
- Luke
- Lucas
- Seth
- Billy
Ranked by the number of US Social Security card applications for babies born in 1980.
Famous people born in 1980
Kemi Badenoch · British politician and Leader of the Opposition to the BritishJanuary 2
Rachel Nichols · American actress and modelJanuary 8
Sarah Shahi · American actress and modelJanuary 10
Akira Kaji · Japanese association football playerJanuary 13
Lin-Manuel Miranda · American songwriter and composerJanuary 16
Seydou Keita · Malian footballerJanuary 16
Zooey Deschanel · American actress and singerJanuary 17
Jason Segel · American actorJanuary 18
Jenson Button · British racing driverJanuary 19
Xavi · Spanish footballer and managerJanuary 25
Marat Safin · Russian tennis playerJanuary 27
Nick Carter · American singerJanuary 28
James Adomian · American comedian and actorJanuary 31
Christina Ricci · American actressFebruary 12
Regina Spektor · American musicianFebruary 18
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck · Fifth and reigning King of BhutanFebruary 21
Chelsea Clinton · American author and global health advocateFebruary 27
Katherine Waterston · British-born American actressMarch 3
Laura Prepon · American actress and directorMarch 7
Matthew Gray Gubler · American actor, filmmaker and modelMarch 9
Ronaldinho · Brazilian associaton fooball playerMarch 21
Randy Orton · American professional wrestlerApril 1
Katee Sackhoff · American actressApril 8
Keiji Tamada · Japanese association football playerApril 11
Channing Tatum · American actor, dancer and modelApril 26
Jordana Brewster · American actressApril 26
Zaz · French singerMay 1
Masashi Oguro · Japanese association football player and managerMay 4
Rishi Sunak · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024May 12
Steven Gerrard · English association football player and managerMay 30
Abby Wambach · American soccer playerJune 2
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Emir of Qatar since 2013June 3
Venus Williams · American tennis playerJune 17
Melissa Rauch · American actressJune 23
Francesca Schiavone · Italian tennis playerJune 23
Minka Kelly · American actressJune 24
Jason Schwartzman · American actor and musicianJune 26
Olivia Munn · American actress, comedian, television personality and authorJuly 3
Eva Green · French actressJuly 6
Michelle Kwan · American figure skater and diplomatJuly 7
Jessica Simpson · American singer and actressJuly 10
Jesse Jane · American pornographic actressJuly 16
Kristen Bell · American actressJuly 18
Gisele Bündchen · Brazilian fashion modelJuly 20
Dirk Kuyt · Dutch association football playerJuly 22
Jacinda Ardern · Prime Minister of New ZealandJuly 26
Dolph Ziggler · American professional wrestlerJuly 27
Roman Weidenfeller · German association football playerAugust 6
Esteban Cambiasso · Argentine association football playerAugust 18
Chris Pine · American actorAugust 26
Macaulay Culkin · American actor and singerAugust 26
Marianna Madia · Italian politicianSeptember 5
Michelle Williams · American actressSeptember 9
Jolin Tsai · Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actressSeptember 15
Kareena Kapoor · Indian actressSeptember 21
John Arne Riise · Norwegian association football playerSeptember 24
T.I. · American rapper, actor and record producerSeptember 25
Zachary Levi · American actorSeptember 29
Martina Hingis · Swiss tennis playerSeptember 30
The Miz · American professional wrestler, actor and television personalityOctober 8
Ashanti · American singer and songwriterOctober 13
Kim Kardashian · American media personality, businesswoman, model and actressOctober 21
Ben Foster · American actorOctober 29
Ryan Gosling · Canadian actorNovember 12
Jenna Dewan · American actress, dancer and modelDecember 3
John Terry · English association football playerDecember 7
Simon Helberg · American actor and comedianDecember 9
Annalena Baerbock · German politicianDecember 15
Christina Aguilera · American singer, songwriter and actressDecember 18
Jake Gyllenhaal · American actorDecember 19
Ashley Cole · English association football playerDecember 20
Martín Demichelis · Argentine footballer and coachDecember 20
Jo Jung-suk · South Korean actorDecember 26
Eliza Dushku · American actressDecember 30