Popular baby names in Florida, 1982

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (2,372 babies) and Michael for boys (2,678). Social Security records list 122,761 babies born in Florida in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1982

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Toccara: 56 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shanika: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Precious: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenya: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Natalia: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tatiana: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeannie: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marilyn: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cristina: 104 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 46 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jean: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Antwan: 58 babies, 4× the national rate
Jarvis: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 198 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Xavier: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cornelius: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrance: 105 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dwight: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jermaine: 128 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,372	–	1
2	Jessica	1,721	–	2
3	Amanda	1,216	–	3
4	Melissa	1,080	–	5
5	Nicole	821	↑7	6
6	Crystal	815	↑7	9
7	Tiffany	804	↓2	13
8	Michelle	788	↑2	11
9	Stephanie	779	↓2	7
10	Sarah	758	↓2	4
11	Christina	757	↓5	19
12	Ashley	694	↑12	17
13	Elizabeth	684	↑1	8
14	Kimberly	658	↓3	14
15	Heather	657	↓6	12
16	Amy	546	↓1	10
17	Angela	517	–	16
18	Rebecca	489	↓2	15
19	Amber	476	↑6	18
20	Kelly	460	↓1	25
21	Rachel	458	↑5	21
22	Erin	449	–	20
23	Lauren	440	↑7	26
24	Lisa	439	↓6	23
25	Danielle	429	↓2	31
26	Mary	418	↓5	30
27	April	393	↓7	32
28	Shannon	391	↓1	38
29	Laura	389	–	22
30	Jamie	386	↑2	29
31	Kristen	382	↑2	33
32	Kristin	345	↓1	37
33	Erica	344	↑2	35
34	Katherine	327	↑5	36
35	Vanessa	323	↑14	49
36	Andrea	322	↓8	27
37	Samantha	306	↑1	44
38	Sara	285	↓4	28
39	Emily	277	↑3	24
40	Jacqueline	277	new	54
41	Brandy	265	↓4	50
42	Tara	263	↓1	47
43	Christine	260	↑2	46
44	Maria	258	–	42
45	Courtney	254	↓2	43
46	Lindsey	252	new	40
47	Megan	252	new	34
48	Monica	233	–	52
49	Brandi	232	↑1	55
50	Lindsay	232	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	2,678	–	1
2	Christopher	2,484	–	2
3	James	1,834	–	6
4	Jason	1,638	↑1	4
5	David	1,625	↓1	5
6	Robert	1,546	–	9
7	Matthew	1,459	↑2	3
8	John	1,439	↓1	8
9	Joshua	1,369	↓1	7
10	William	1,207	↑2	15
11	Daniel	1,190	↓1	10
12	Justin	1,116	↑1	12
13	Joseph	1,074	↓2	11
14	Brian	980	–	14
15	Ryan	893	–	13
16	Jonathan	870	–	16
17	Anthony	815	↑2	21
18	Richard	737	↓1	27
19	Eric	714	↑1	20
20	Charles	708	↓2	31
21	Timothy	690	–	24
22	Thomas	640	–	23
23	Andrew	625	↑5	17
24	Kevin	621	–	25
25	Adam	617	–	19
26	Steven	602	↑1	26
27	Nicholas	568	↓4	22
28	Jeremy	557	↓2	28
29	Jeffrey	523	–	29
30	Brandon	475	↑1	18
31	Stephen	460	↑4	38
32	Kenneth	441	↑2	45
33	Travis	433	↓1	39
34	Mark	427	↓1	32
35	Sean	423	↑4	44
36	Aaron	411	↓6	30
37	Paul	379	↓1	35
38	Benjamin	377	–	33
39	Patrick	373	↑1	37
40	Gregory	341	↑1	40
41	Scott	332	↓4	34
42	Bryan	328	↑4	49
43	Jesse	305	↓1	43
44	Jose	296	↑3	46
45	Shawn	288	↑3	52
46	Alexander	286	new	65
47	Donald	277	↓3	58
48	Chad	258	new	48
49	Antonio	243	new	76
50	Dustin	238	↓1	42

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