Popular baby names in Virginia, 1982

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,338 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,647). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,053 babies born in Virginia in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1982

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

Girls

Shanita: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sherita: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kia: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashleigh: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eboni: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Virginia: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tanika: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latonya: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tameka: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Whitney: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Hunter: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carlton: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamar: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lamont: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Randolph: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cecil: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Antoine: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Milton: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stuart: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamaal: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,338	–	1
2	Jessica	1,041	–	2
3	Amanda	812	–	3
4	Sarah	683	–	4
5	Crystal	608	↑3	9
6	Melissa	516	↓1	5
7	Tiffany	500	↑5	13
8	Elizabeth	490	↓2	8
9	Stephanie	481	–	7
10	Kimberly	437	↓3	14
11	Ashley	428	↑9	17
12	Heather	408	↓1	12
13	Amy	391	↓3	10
14	Rebecca	376	↓1	15
15	Mary	360	↑1	30
16	Michelle	359	↑2	11
17	Angela	355	↓2	16
18	Christina	353	↓1	19
19	Erin	345	↑4	20
20	Nicole	323	↓1	6
21	Laura	317	↑1	22
22	April	313	↓8	32
23	Kelly	303	↓2	25
24	Emily	293	↑4	24
25	Lauren	278	↑7	26
26	Katherine	270	↓2	36
27	Rachel	259	↓1	21
28	Shannon	256	↓3	38
29	Amber	249	↑2	18
30	Sara	242	–	28
31	Lisa	240	↓4	23
32	Kristen	208	↑5	33
33	Megan	195	↑3	34
34	Kristin	191	↓5	37
35	Samantha	191	↑14	44
36	Jamie	190	↑3	29
37	Courtney	185	↑1	43
38	Andrea	176	↓4	27
39	Brandy	169	↓6	50
40	Erica	167	–	35
41	Lindsay	165	↑6	39
42	Carrie	162	new	57
43	Danielle	162	↓1	31
44	Lindsey	153	new	40
45	Kathryn	147	↑1	48
46	Christine	141	↓3	46
47	Leslie	137	new	60
48	Julie	133	↓4	41
49	Catherine	132	↓4	73
50	Latoya	128	↓15	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,647	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,461	↓1	1
3	James	1,114	↑1	6
4	Matthew	1,023	↑2	3
5	Jason	994	↓2	4
6	John	900	↑1	8
7	David	857	↓2	5
8	Robert	842	–	9
9	William	841	–	15
10	Joshua	722	–	7
11	Justin	634	↑3	12
12	Daniel	633	↑3	10
13	Jonathan	627	↓1	16
14	Joseph	624	↓3	11
15	Brian	597	↓2	14
16	Brandon	491	–	18
17	Andrew	477	↑4	17
18	Thomas	455	↑2	23
19	Charles	437	↓2	31
20	Ryan	422	↑2	13
21	Adam	417	↑5	19
22	Kevin	415	↓4	25
23	Timothy	412	↓4	24
24	Eric	360	↑1	20
25	Richard	357	↓1	27
26	Anthony	345	↑3	21
27	Steven	338	–	26
28	Jeremy	329	↓5	28
29	Travis	320	↑1	39
30	Jeffrey	310	↑2	29
31	Benjamin	292	↓3	33
32	Stephen	279	↓1	38
33	Mark	271	↑1	32
34	Nicholas	261	↓1	22
35	Paul	251	↑2	35
36	Aaron	250	↓1	30
37	Kenneth	241	↓1	45
38	Patrick	228	↑1	37
39	Gregory	220	↑2	40
40	Nathan	189	↓2	36
41	Jesse	182	↑2	43
42	Sean	182	↑3	44
43	Scott	180	↓3	34
44	Bryan	169	–	49
45	Shawn	169	↓3	52
46	Edward	162	–	53
47	Jacob	158	new	41
48	Donald	151	–	58
49	Marcus	150	new	63
50	Derek	147	new	50

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