Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1982

Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1982. The 10 most popular names went to 24% of boys and 17% of girls, from 7,365 boy names and 12,328 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1982

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

Top girl names of 1982

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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1982?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1982 (68,216 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (57,120 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1982?
Social Security records list 3,507,772 babies born in 1982 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,814,447 boys and 1,693,325 girls.