Popular baby names of 1982

In 1982, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (57,120 babies) and Michael for boys (68,216). Social Security records show 3,507,772 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 12,332 girls' names and 7,367 boys' names.

1982 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 23.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Cassandra, Krystal, Alexis, Brittany, Jillian, Margaret, Nichole.
New in the boys' top 100: Ian, Jordan, Cody, Victor.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981
1	Jennifer	57,120	–
2	Jessica	45,453	–
3	Amanda	34,214	–
4	Sarah	28,483	–
5	Melissa	25,864	–
6	Nicole	21,706	↑1
7	Stephanie	20,861	↑1
8	Elizabeth	20,506	↑1
9	Crystal	19,099	↑7
10	Amy	18,799	↓4
11	Michelle	17,765	–
12	Heather	17,493	↓2
13	Tiffany	17,175	↑1
14	Kimberly	16,101	↓1
15	Rebecca	15,730	↓3
16	Angela	15,002	↓1
17	Ashley	14,851	↑17
18	Amber	14,678	↑2
19	Christina	14,518	↓2
20	Erin	14,362	↓1
21	Rachel	13,871	↑1
22	Laura	13,310	↓1
23	Lisa	12,637	↓5
24	Emily	12,519	↑5
25	Kelly	12,170	↓2
26	Lauren	11,589	↑9
27	Andrea	11,374	↓3
28	Sara	11,344	↓2
29	Jamie	11,039	↓1
30	Mary	10,851	↓3
31	Danielle	10,204	↓1
32	April	10,060	↓7
33	Kristen	9,534	↑5
34	Megan	9,518	↓1
35	Erica	9,340	↑1
36	Katherine	9,179	↑3
37	Kristin	8,734	↓6
38	Shannon	8,623	↓6
39	Lindsay	8,260	↑8
40	Lindsey	7,961	↑18
41	Julie	7,696	↓4
42	Maria	7,348	↓2
43	Courtney	7,100	–
44	Samantha	6,768	↑7
45	Katie	6,681	↓1
46	Christine	6,555	↓4
47	Tara	6,524	↓2
48	Kathryn	6,284	–
49	Vanessa	6,154	↑13
50	Brandy	6,077	↓9
51	Natalie	5,961	↑9
52	Monica	5,734	↓3
53	Alicia	5,614	↓7
54	Jacqueline	5,493	↑13
55	Brandi	5,469	↓5
56	Anna	5,271	↓2
57	Carrie	5,186	↓2
58	Allison	5,170	↓1
59	Patricia	5,168	↓6
60	Leslie	4,985	↓4
61	Holly	4,682	↑2
62	Cassandra	4,663	new
63	Diana	4,430	↑12
64	Cynthia	4,427	↓5
65	Melanie	4,255	↑1
66	Victoria	4,255	↑21
67	Dana	4,242	↑3
68	Karen	4,153	↓4
69	Veronica	4,150	↓1
70	Kristina	4,149	↑2
71	Natasha	4,128	↑14
72	Stacy	4,099	↓7
73	Catherine	4,098	–
74	Misty	4,071	↓13
75	Valerie	3,989	↑14
76	Susan	3,970	↓5
77	Kathleen	3,949	↑5
78	Candice	3,791	↑8
79	Leah	3,762	↑2
80	Sandra	3,655	↓6
81	Erika	3,596	↑12
82	Pamela	3,546	↓6
83	Krystal	3,504	new
84	Julia	3,502	↑4
85	Stacey	3,459	↓2
86	Heidi	3,392	↓2
87	Katrina	3,322	↑8
88	Tracy	3,283	↓11
89	Jill	3,270	↓11
90	Tina	3,219	↓10
91	Latoya	3,201	↓22
92	Brooke	3,144	↓40
93	Alexis	3,123	new
94	Brittany	3,102	new
95	Dawn	3,088	↓16
96	Jillian	3,056	new
97	Margaret	2,998	new
98	Lori	2,978	↓7
99	Nichole	2,923	new
100	Denise	2,896	↓4

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981
1	Michael	68,216	–
2	Christopher	59,223	–
3	Matthew	46,045	–
4	Jason	40,628	–
5	David	40,453	–
6	James	38,874	↑1
7	Joshua	38,004	↓1
8	John	34,698	–
9	Robert	34,409	–
10	Daniel	32,652	–
11	Joseph	31,035	–
12	Justin	29,115	–
13	Ryan	26,685	–
14	Brian	25,829	–
15	William	25,604	–
16	Jonathan	23,113	–
17	Andrew	22,833	↑1
18	Brandon	20,212	↑1
19	Adam	20,099	↑1
20	Eric	19,878	↓3
21	Anthony	19,648	↑2
22	Nicholas	19,643	↓1
23	Thomas	17,578	↑3
24	Timothy	17,464	–
25	Kevin	17,462	–
26	Steven	17,145	↑2
27	Richard	16,717	–
28	Jeremy	16,466	↓6
29	Jeffrey	16,030	–
30	Aaron	14,406	–
31	Charles	14,310	–
32	Mark	13,865	↑1
33	Benjamin	13,805	↓1
34	Scott	12,200	–
35	Paul	11,310	–
36	Nathan	10,805	–
37	Patrick	10,695	↑1
38	Stephen	10,627	↑1
39	Travis	10,415	↑1
40	Gregory	10,144	↑6
41	Jacob	10,059	↑2
42	Dustin	9,551	–
43	Jesse	9,504	↓6
44	Sean	9,359	–
45	Kenneth	9,354	↓4
46	Jose	8,624	↓1
47	Kyle	8,207	↑5
48	Chad	7,909	↓1
49	Bryan	7,498	↓1
50	Derek	6,992	↑3
51	Bradley	6,975	↓1
52	Shawn	6,842	↓3
53	Edward	6,281	↓2
54	Jared	6,263	↑3
55	Zachary	6,139	↑8
56	Samuel	6,014	↓2
57	Peter	5,777	↓2
58	Donald	5,712	↓2
59	Keith	5,620	↓1
60	Ronald	5,207	↓1
61	Juan	5,121	↓1
62	George	4,990	↓1
63	Marcus	4,988	↑4
64	Gary	4,642	↓2
65	Alexander	4,593	↑5
66	Tyler	4,577	↑30
67	Phillip	4,520	↓1
68	Douglas	4,511	↓4
69	Joel	4,446	↓4
70	Raymond	4,294	↓2
71	Carlos	4,268	–
72	Brett	4,026	↑7
73	Craig	4,018	↓1
74	Corey	3,939	↓5
75	Nathaniel	3,939	↑5
76	Antonio	3,884	↓1
77	Larry	3,720	↓4
78	Derrick	3,655	–
79	Philip	3,642	↑5
80	Erik	3,632	↓4
81	Frank	3,604	↑1
82	Todd	3,598	↓8
83	Ian	3,574	new
84	Shane	3,539	↓3
85	Jordan	3,534	new
86	Casey	3,427	↓1
87	Dennis	3,392	↓4
88	Gabriel	3,363	↓1
89	Jeremiah	3,329	↓12
90	Luis	3,324	↑2
91	Brent	3,321	↓3
92	Jeffery	3,311	↑1
93	Cory	3,237	↓3
94	Randy	3,229	↓3
95	Cody	3,180	new
96	Shaun	3,154	↓10
97	Russell	3,032	↑1
98	Wesley	3,031	↑1
99	Victor	3,002	new
100	Jerry	2,942	↓3

Every name given in 1982

All 19,699 names Social Security recorded for 1982, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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