Popular baby names in New York, 1982

The most popular baby names in New York in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (3,767 babies) and Michael for boys (5,850). Social Security records list 218,706 babies born in New York in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1982

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

Girls

Chaya: 116 babies, 13× the national rate
Chana: 125 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jasmin: 114 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Annmarie: 57 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Francesca: 71 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Simone: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luz: 83 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janine: 122 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dina: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Yoel: 81 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Chaim: 73 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Moshe: 75 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jamel: 150 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 149 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Wilfredo: 72 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kareem: 110 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ariel: 87 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alexis: 204 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jean: 72 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,767	–	1
2	Jessica	3,166	–	2
3	Nicole	2,009	↑1	6
4	Melissa	1,968	↓1	5
5	Elizabeth	1,504	↑1	8
6	Sarah	1,493	↓1	4
7	Amanda	1,346	↑2	3
8	Michelle	1,322	↓1	11
9	Stephanie	1,194	↑2	7
10	Lauren	1,192	↑5	26
11	Danielle	1,139	↓3	31
12	Christina	1,101	↑1	19
13	Kimberly	1,077	↓1	14
14	Lisa	1,061	↓4	23
15	Tiffany	1,050	↑4	13
16	Erin	926	↑1	20
17	Rebecca	887	↓1	15
18	Heather	867	–	12
19	Amy	864	↓5	10
20	Crystal	855	↑14	9
21	Laura	836	↑1	22
22	Rachel	830	↑1	21
23	Christine	822	↓3	46
24	Kelly	814	↓3	25
25	Erica	761	↑2	35
26	Kristen	751	↑3	33
27	Sara	679	↓3	28
28	Kristin	650	↓3	37
29	Andrea	643	↓3	27
30	Katherine	642	↑3	36
31	Emily	629	↑7	24
32	Jamie	616	↓2	29
33	Diana	614	↑4	63
34	Maria	591	↓6	42
35	Jacqueline	587	↑5	54
36	Angela	560	↓4	16
37	Mary	553	↓6	30
38	Vanessa	525	↑4	49
39	Shannon	517	↓3	38
40	Lindsay	491	new	39
41	Samantha	482	↑4	44
42	Tara	454	↓7	47
43	Megan	450	↓2	34
44	Julie	434	↓5	41
45	Kathryn	429	↑2	48
46	Victoria	427	new	66
47	Allison	418	↓1	58
48	Kathleen	391	–	77
49	Patricia	383	↓5	59
50	Karen	375	↓7	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	5,850	–	1
2	Christopher	3,853	–	2
3	Jason	2,969	–	4
4	David	2,921	–	5
5	Matthew	2,915	↑1	3
6	Joseph	2,888	↓1	11
7	John	2,511	–	8
8	Robert	2,460	↑1	9
9	Daniel	2,433	↓1	10
10	James	2,355	–	6
11	Anthony	1,934	↑1	21
12	Brian	1,901	↓1	14
13	Jonathan	1,701	↑1	16
14	William	1,700	↓1	15
15	Thomas	1,559	↑1	23
16	Andrew	1,512	↑4	17
17	Joshua	1,508	↓2	7
18	Richard	1,404	↑1	27
19	Justin	1,315	↑2	12
20	Kevin	1,300	↓2	25
21	Ryan	1,276	↑4	13
22	Eric	1,259	↓5	20
23	Nicholas	1,250	↓1	22
24	Steven	1,249	–	26
25	Adam	1,229	↓2	19
26	Timothy	1,091	–	24
27	Jeffrey	1,081	–	29
28	Mark	972	↑2	32
29	Sean	912	–	44
30	Gregory	904	↑7	40
31	Paul	889	↓3	35
32	Scott	841	–	34
33	Peter	838	↓2	57
34	Jose	801	↑2	46
35	Charles	779	↓2	31
36	Stephen	762	↓1	38
37	Patrick	760	↓3	37
38	Benjamin	639	↑1	33
39	Jeremy	633	↓1	28
40	Kenneth	619	↑1	45
41	Edward	597	↓1	53
42	Aaron	544	–	30
43	Brandon	533	↑1	18
44	Joel	509	↑1	69
45	Luis	507	↑1	90
46	Frank	485	↑4	81
47	Jesse	465	↓4	43
48	Alexander	461	new	65
49	Shawn	456	↓2	52
50	Vincent	455	new	>100

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