(NEXSTAR) -- We're nearly 40 years removed from the totally tubular 1980s and a lot has changed since then — including people's names. While some names will always be timeless, other monikers pass like fads.
Using data from the Social Security Administration, we tracked the popularity of the top 10 1980s girl names between then and now. If you're wondering why boys were excluded, it's because the top '80s boy names are still relatively popular (ranking in single or double digits for the number of babies born bearing those names).
Names like Michael, Christopher, and Matthew (the top three most popular baby boy names of the 1980s), still rank at nos. 18, 61, and 33. While these rankings definitely reflect a lower popularity than in the days of Atari, their decline is peanuts compared to h