Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1982

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,433 babies) and Michael for boys (2,216). Social Security records list 68,837 babies born in Massachusetts in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1982

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

Girls

Katelyn: 78 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 36 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Caitlyn: 24 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kaitlin: 46 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maura: 44 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Caitlin: 172 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lynne: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Meaghan: 37 babies, 7× the national rate
Kerry: 86 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Siobhan: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Brendon: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Brendan: 137 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dana: 56 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bradford: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 335 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 113 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nelson: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alexander: 205 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ethan: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,433	–	1
2	Jessica	1,162	–	2
3	Sarah	786	↑1	4
4	Melissa	732	↓1	5
5	Nicole	732	–	6
6	Elizabeth	666	–	8
7	Amanda	557	–	3
8	Amy	529	↑1	10
9	Michelle	498	↓1	11
10	Erin	472	–	20
11	Stephanie	447	–	7
12	Lauren	428	↑6	26
13	Rebecca	408	–	15
14	Heather	386	↑2	12
15	Danielle	385	–	31
16	Kimberly	375	↑1	14
17	Kristen	374	↓5	33
18	Lisa	357	↓4	23
19	Kelly	342	–	25
20	Laura	335	–	22
21	Emily	332	–	24
22	Katherine	328	↑3	36
23	Crystal	291	↑7	9
24	Rachel	283	–	21
25	Christine	277	↓2	46
26	Lindsay	260	↑12	39
27	Andrea	259	↑2	27
28	Jillian	251	↑19	96
29	Sara	246	↓1	28
30	Julie	245	↓3	41
31	Kristin	243	↓9	37
32	Christina	241	↓6	19
33	Angela	233	↑1	16
34	Katie	221	↓2	45
35	Kathryn	220	↓2	48
36	Shannon	214	↓5	38
37	Jacqueline	208	new	54
38	Erica	206	↑2	35
39	Tiffany	204	↑2	13
40	Courtney	203	↓5	43
41	Meghan	198	↑2	>100
42	Mary	196	↓3	30
43	Kathleen	188	↓7	77
44	Jamie	185	↑2	29
45	Megan	178	↓8	34
46	Caitlin	172	↑3	>100
47	Allison	165	↓2	58
48	Ashley	162	new	17
49	Tara	162	↓5	47
50	Lindsey	157	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	2,216	–	1
2	Matthew	1,481	–	3
3	Christopher	1,473	–	2
4	David	1,081	–	5
5	Daniel	925	↑2	10
6	John	913	–	8
7	Jason	895	↓2	4
8	Joseph	861	–	11
9	James	860	–	6
10	Robert	855	–	9
11	Brian	817	–	14
12	Ryan	677	↑2	13
13	Jonathan	640	↓1	16
14	Joshua	633	↓1	7
15	Andrew	630	↑5	17
16	William	602	↑1	15
17	Timothy	599	↑5	24
18	Justin	568	↑3	12
19	Adam	558	↓4	19
20	Nicholas	554	↓2	22
21	Jeffrey	546	↓5	29
22	Eric	521	↑2	20
23	Thomas	491	–	23
24	Kevin	486	↓5	25
25	Mark	456	↑2	32
26	Patrick	440	↑4	37
27	Paul	430	↑1	35
28	Richard	424	↓3	27
29	Anthony	422	↑3	21
30	Stephen	406	↑1	38
31	Sean	400	↓5	44
32	Scott	369	↓3	34
33	Steven	367	–	26
34	Benjamin	351	↑1	33
35	Peter	335	↓1	57
36	Gregory	334	↑1	40
37	Derek	263	↑1	50
38	Jeremy	230	↓2	28
39	Edward	229	↑3	53
40	Charles	225	↑3	31
41	Shawn	215	–	52
42	Aaron	210	↑4	30
43	Nathan	206	↓3	36
44	Alexander	205	↑3	65
45	Keith	203	–	59
46	Jesse	187	↓7	43
47	Kenneth	161	↓3	45
48	Jared	145	new	54
49	Kyle	140	new	47
50	Bryan	138	–	49

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