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– Rank in the 1980s: #50 – Average annual babies born in the 1980s: 62,333 – Rank in 2018: #69 (3,678 babies born) A derivative of Alice, which comes from the French “noble and graceful,” Allison become increasingly less popular between the 1980s and today.
– Rank in the 1980s: #49 – Average annual babies born in the 1980s: 62,443 – Rank in 2018: #453 (692 babies born) With a wide variety of spellings and a popular name in the Christian world, Kathryn comes from the Greek origin meaning “chaste, pure.”
– Rank in the 1980s: #48 – Average annual babies born in the 1980s: 86,453 – Rank in 2018: #119 (3,298 babies born) Tyler has quite a literal translation, and comes from the Old English language derived from an occupational surname to designate an actual “tile maker.”
– Rank in the 1980s: #44 – Average annual babies born in the 1980s: 97,320 – Rank in 2018: #525 (535 babies born) Dustin comes from an old Norse surname and means “valiant fighter.”