𓆟 unique & obscure 1980s caf

i’m back with another one! i fell off of making these for a while bc the 1970s names really weren’t my jam and they felt a lot less strange and unique and i lost the excitement that got me started on this project. but!! the 80s are a fun time and in the spirit of learning and appreciating name trends, i’m back baby. lots of these names will not seem as weird as the super old ones but they’re still fun and i hope you guys still enjoy!

if you haven’t seen, i’ve also done many other decades! i may go back and do sequels to some of the older ones some time soon so keep an eye out for that. so far we’ve got the 1900s, the 1910s, the 1920s, the 1930s, the 1940s, the 1950s, the 1960s, also the 1960s (totally an accident), and finally the 1970s!

dh (1951): donal, rollie, aurelio, jewel, obie, lafayette, davie, windell, milan, ashley, edsel, arlan, mel, vernell, eliseo, madison, ottis, alonza, orin, verlin, crawford, morton, len, granville, erasmo, jerrell
dw (1956): jerrie, glynis, elida, taryn, oralia, annetta, beryl, elnora, delma, glendora, toby, venus, ola, gaylene, marlys, treva, starla, bettina, migdalia, lindy, danna, barb, roni, corliss, marty

ds (1980): cordell, coby, antwain, trinity, sarah, barton, doyle, zebulon, trever, edgardo, demarco, eloy, kenyon, chadrick, genaro, buck, woodrow, andrae, donta, cale, laron, adrain, jermey, sedrick, coy
dd (1982): maren, davina, tristan, katina, stacia, kiley, tenika, kati, falon, malia, tawny, kesha, sommer, ivory, lizette, tonia, ami, afton, tana, keely, justin, quiana, shasta, nakia
ds (1984): tylor, brannon, tavaris, stevie, deron, nestor, van, irvin, coty, theron, kip, johnpaul, dustan, dewey, tavon, chauncey, jamin, torrey, german, tad, mikel, rico, brain
dd (1986): natosha, kirby, shatara, mariel, brittny, sharday, magan, sable, johnna, misti, wanda, amberly, shara, kyra, phylicia, janel, fabiola, william, kyrie, dora, ladonna, tamra
ds (1989): stetson, dirk, kalvin, willard, schuyler, najee, ladarius, marlin, jade, waylon, torrey, raymundo, codey, mack, amanda, prince, cordero, kenton, martez, khiry, braxton, elvin, jory, willis

the masculine names were so fun this time around. they continue to not really be my taste but it’s still always so much fun to learn the trends and to pick up on history through the changes in name popularity! lots of weird misspellings of higher popularity names in these more recent decades. these are always fun to make and i hope you guys still find them fun to play!

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edsel morton erasmo & ola venus oralia
ds: jeremy sarah zebulon
dd: malia maren tawny
ds: german rico nestor
dd: wanda kirby fabiola
ds: stetson jory willis

dh: [name_m]Crawford[/name_m] [name_m]Granville[/name_m]
dw: [name_f]Taryn[/name_f] [name_f]Roni[/name_f]
—• ds: [name_m]Cordell[/name_m] [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]
—• dd: [name_m]Tristan[/name_m] [name_f]Sommer[/name_f]
—• ds: [name_m]Kip[/name_m] [name_m]Mikel[/name_m]
—• dd: [name_f]Misti[/name_f] [name_f]Janel[/name_f]
—• ds: [name_m]Torrey[/name_m] [name_m]Stetson[/name_m]

DH: [name_m]Lafayette[/name_m] [name_m]Eliseo[/name_m] [name_f]Jewel[/name_f]
DW: [name_f]Oralia[/name_f] [name_f]Annetta[/name_f] [name_f]Venus[/name_f]

DS: [name_m]Demarco[/name_m] [name_m]Kenyon[/name_m] [name_m]Sedrick[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Nakia[/name_f] [name_f]Lizette[/name_f] [name_f]Quiana[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Tad[/name_m] [name_m]Tavon[/name_m] [name_m]Rico[/name_m]
DD: [name_m]Kyrie[/name_m] [name_f]Sable[/name_f] [name_f]Fabiola[/name_f]
DS: [name_f]Jade[/name_f] [name_m]Najee[/name_m] [name_m]Waylon[/name_m]

[name_m]Eliseo[/name_m] [name_m]Obie[/name_m] [name_m]Windell[/name_m] & [name_f]Oralia[/name_f] [name_f]Marlys[/name_f] [name_f]Migdalia[/name_f]

[name_m]Antwain[/name_m] [name_m]Eloy[/name_m] [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]
[name_f]Ivory[/name_f] [name_f]Malia[/name_f] [name_f]Lizette[/name_f]
[name_m]Irvin[/name_m] [name_m]Dewey[/name_m] [name_m]Mikel[/name_m]
[name_f]Misti[/name_f] [name_f]Phylicia[/name_f] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Willard[/name_m] [name_m]Elvin[/name_m] [name_m]Jory[/name_m]

DH: [name_m]Jerrell[/name_m] [name_f]Ashley[/name_f] “[name_m]Jerry[/name_m]” [name_m]Granville[/name_m]
DW: [name_f]Annetta[/name_f] [name_f]Marlys[/name_f] [Crawford] [name_m]Granville[/name_m]

DS: [name_f]Andrae[/name_f] [name_m]Cordell[/name_m] “Drae” [name_m]Granville[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Tenika[/name_f] [name_f]Sommer[/name_f] “[name_f]Nika[/name_f]” [name_m]Granville[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Tavon[/name_m] [name_m]Dustan[/name_m] [name_m]Granville[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Natosha[/name_f] [name_f]Sable[/name_f] “[name_f]Tosha[/name_f]” [name_m]Granville[/name_m]
DS: [name_m]Ladarius[/name_m] [name_m]Najee[/name_m] “Dare” [name_m]Granville[/name_m]

[name_m]Ottis[/name_m] [name_m]Len[/name_m]
[name_f]Bettina[/name_f] [name_f]Elnora[/name_f]

[name_m]Zebulon[/name_m] [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_f]Davina[/name_f]
[name_m]Dewey[/name_m] [name_m]Theron[/name_m]
[name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Natosha[/name_f]
[name_m]Elvin[/name_m] [name_m]Willis[/name_m]

DH: [name_m]Orin[/name_m] [name_m]Lafayette[/name_m]
DW: [name_f]Marlys[/name_f] [name_f]Taryn[/name_f]

DS: [name_m]Cale[/name_m] [name_m]Barton[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Kiley[/name_f] [name_f]Davina[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Kip[/name_m] [name_m]Brannon[/name_m]
DD: [name_f]Kyra[/name_f] [name_f]Kirby[/name_f]
DS: [name_m]Codey[/name_m] [name_m]Waylon[/name_m]

dh: aurelio madison
dw: ola corliss

ds: woodrow cale
dd: falon ivory
ds: brannon dewey
dd: sable janel
ds: kenton mack

yess i love these!

erasmo 1951 & venus delma 1956
– zebulon genaro 1980 (sarah??)
– shasta maren 1982 (shasta <3)
– irvin mikel 1984
– shatara sable 1986
– jade elvin 1989 (amanda??)

soo was there a surge of portuguese speakers over there in the 80s or
-a bamboozled brazilian recognizing too many names

eliseo milan + lindy annetta

cale woodrow
maren quiana
kip johnpaul
sable amberly
jory mack

crawford granville “ford” + lindy taryn

barton demarco “bart”
keely tristan
brannon chauncey
kirby sable
stetson willis

ford, lindy, bart, keely, brannon, kirby, & stetson

[name_m]Edsel[/name_m] [name_m]Obie[/name_m] [name_m]Mel[/name_m] & [name_f]Elida[/name_f] [name_f]Corliss[/name_f]

[name_m]Woodrow[/name_m] [name_m]Buck[/name_m]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_f]Katina[/name_f] [name_f]Afton[/name_f]
[name_m]Van[/name_m] [name_m]Dewey[/name_m]
[name_f]Dora[/name_f] [name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_m]Marlin[/name_m] [name_m]Jory[/name_m]

according to the bit of research i did after making this, the largest wave of brazilian immigration to the us occurred in the late 80s! the 80s were also the first decade in american history in which most immigrants came from asia and south america instead of europe. super interesting!! i’ve definitely noticed a change in common languages of origin over the decades. it’s cool to see others picking up on that as well!!

DH: [name_m]Eliseo[/name_m] [name_m]Crawford[/name_m]
DW: [name_f]Taryn[/name_f] [name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
– DS1: [name_m]Zebulon[/name_m] [name_m]Buck[/name_m]
– DD1: [name_f]Davina[/name_f] [name_f]Afton[/name_f]
– DS2: [name_m]Nestor[/name_m] [name_m]Johnpaul[/name_m]
– DD2: [name_f]Amberly[/name_f] LaDonna
– DS3: [name_m]Jory[/name_m] [name_m]Stetson[/name_m]

dh (1951): milan crawford
dw (1956): toby starla

ds (1980): coby woodrow
dd (1982): tristan keely
ds (1984): brannon stevie
dd (1986): kirby sable
ds (1989): stetson mack

dh: crawford morton “ford”
dw: lindy annetta

ds: coby barton
dd: sommer afton
ds: kip brannon
dd: misti mariel
ds: kenton schuyler “ken”

ford & lindy with coby, sommer, kip, misti, & ken

dh (1951): [name_f]Madison[/name_f] [name_m]Aurelio[/name_m] [name_m]Granville[/name_m]

dw (1956): [name_f]Delma[/name_f] [name_f]Danna[/name_f] [name_m]Toby[/name_m]

ds (1980): [name_m]Buck[/name_m] [name_m]Trever[/name_m] [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]

dd (1982): [name_f]Quiana[/name_f] [name_f]Ivory[/name_f] [name_m]Justin[/name_m]

ds (1984): [name_m]Tylor[/name_m] [name_m]Dewey[/name_m] [name_m]Rico[/name_m]

dd (1986): [name_f]Johnna[/name_f] [name_f]Amberly[/name_f] [name_m]William[/name_m]

ds (1989): [name_m]Kalvin[/name_m] [name_m]Stetson[/name_m] [name_f]Amanda[/name_f]

[name_m]Aurelio[/name_m] [name_m]Milan[/name_m] [name_m]Erasmo[/name_m]
— [name_m]Ola[/name_m] [name_f]Glynis[/name_f] [name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
—— [name_m]Buck[/name_m] [name_m]Zebulon[/name_m] [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]
—— [name_f]Tawny[/name_f] [name_f]Falon[/name_f] [name_f]Sommer[/name_f]
—— [name_m]Kip[/name_m] [name_m]Tavaris[/name_m] [name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
—— [name_f]Misti[/name_f] [name_f]Fabiola[/name_f] [name_f]Ladonna[/name_f]
—— [name_m]Dirk[/name_m] [name_m]Cordero[/name_m] [name_m]Elvin[/name_m]

[name_f]Madison[/name_f] [name_m]Crawford[/name_m] (1951)
[name_f]Elida[/name_f] [name_f]Glynis[/name_f] (1956)

[name_m]Cordell[/name_m] [name_f]Trinity[/name_f] (1980)
[name_f]Ivory[/name_f] [name_f]Lizette[/name_f] (1982)
[name_m]Van[/name_m] [name_m]Chauncey[/name_m] (1984)
[name_f]Misti[/name_f] [name_f]Johnna[/name_f] (1986)
[name_f]Schuyler[/name_f] [name_m]Jory[/name_m] (1989)

[name_f]Madison[/name_f] and [name_f]Elida[/name_f] with [name_m]Cory[/name_m], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_m]Van[/name_m], [name_f]Misti[/name_f] and [name_m]Sky[/name_m]