1982
Top Baby Names of 1982
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1982
1
Jennifer 57,118 2
Jessica 45,449 3
Amanda 34,214 4
Sarah 28,488 5
Melissa 25,866 6
Nicole 21,706 7
Stephanie 20,861 8
Elizabeth 20,507 9
Crystal 19,098 10
Amy 18,800 11
Michelle 17,765 12
Heather 17,495 13
Tiffany 17,174 14
Kimberly 16,101 15
Rebecca 15,729 16
Angela 15,002 17
Ashley 14,854 18
Amber 14,677 19
Christina 14,518 20
Erin 14,362 21
Rachel 13,873 22
Laura 13,310 23
Lisa 12,637 24
Emily 12,521 25
Kelly 12,170 26
Lauren 11,591 27
Andrea 11,374 28
Sara 11,345 29
Jamie 11,040 30
Mary 10,851 31
Danielle 10,203 32
April 10,060 33
Kristen 9,533 34
Megan 9,518 35
Erica 9,343 36
Katherine 9,180 37
Kristin 8,733 38
Shannon 8,623 39
Lindsay 8,260 40
Lindsey 7,961 41
Julie 7,695 42
Maria 7,346 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 6,153 50
Brandy 6,078 51
Natalie 5,962 52
Monica 5,734 53
Alicia 5,615 54
Jacqueline 5,492 55
Brandi 5,469 56
Anna 5,270 57
Carrie 5,186 58
Allison 5,171 59
Patricia 5,168 60
Leslie 4,984 61
Holly 4,682 62
Cassandra 4,664 63
Diana 4,430 64
Cynthia 4,427 65
Victoria 4,255 65
Melanie 4,255 67
Dana 4,241 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 3,969 77
Kathleen 3,949 78
Candice 3,791 79
Leah 3,762 80
Sandra 3,654 81
Erika 3,596 82
Pamela 3,546 83
Krystal 3,504 84
Julia 3,503 85
Stacey 3,460 86
Heidi 3,392 87
Katrina 3,322 88
Tracy 3,283 89
Jill 3,271 90
Tina 3,220 91
Latoya 3,201 92
Brooke 3,143 93
Alexis 3,122 94
Brittany 3,102 95
Dawn 3,088 96
Jillian 3,056 97
Margaret 2,997 98
Lori 2,978 99
Nichole 2,923 100
Denise 2,895 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1982
1
Michael 68,228 2
Christopher 59,229 3
Matthew 46,050 4
Jason 40,634 5
David 40,456 6
James 38,875 7
Joshua 38,003 8
John 34,707 9
Robert 34,414 10
Daniel 32,654 11
Joseph 31,041 12
Justin 29,111 13
Ryan 26,686 14
Brian 25,830 15
William 25,606 16
Jonathan 23,114 17
Andrew 22,836 18
Brandon 20,215 19
Adam 20,102 20
Eric 19,879 21
Anthony 19,651 22
Nicholas 19,642 23
Thomas 17,579 24
Kevin 17,465 25
Timothy 17,463 26
Steven 17,148 27
Richard 16,720 28
Jeremy 16,465 29
Jeffrey 16,031 30
Aaron 14,407 31
Charles 14,311 32
Mark 13,866 33
Benjamin 13,813 34
Scott 12,199 35
Paul 11,310 36
Nathan 10,806 37
Patrick 10,697 38
Stephen 10,631 39
Travis 10,415 40
Gregory 10,146 41
Jacob 10,061 42
Dustin 9,550 43
Jesse 9,504 44
Sean 9,360 45
Kenneth 9,356 46
Jose 8,622 47
Kyle 8,208 48
Chad 7,909 49
Bryan 7,499 50
Derek 6,991 51
Bradley 6,978 52
Shawn 6,844 53
Edward 6,281 54
Jared 6,263 55
Zachary 6,140 56
Samuel 6,017 57
Peter 5,777 58
Donald 5,712 59
Keith 5,620 60
Ronald 5,208 61
Juan 5,122 62
George 4,991 63
Marcus 4,988 64
Gary 4,640 65
Alexander 4,592 66
Tyler 4,578 67
Phillip 4,520 68
Douglas 4,512 69
Joel 4,446 70
Raymond 4,294 71
Carlos 4,269 72
Brett 4,026 73
Craig 4,022 74
Corey 3,939 75
Nathaniel 3,938 76
Antonio 3,886 77
Larry 3,720 78
Derrick 3,657 79
Philip 3,643 80
Erik 3,633 81
Frank 3,605 82
Todd 3,600 83
Ian 3,576 84
Shane 3,540 85
Jordan 3,535 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 3,313 93
Cory 3,237 94
Randy 3,228 95
Cody 3,180 96
Shaun 3,154 97
Russell 3,033 98
Wesley 3,030 99
Victor 3,002 100
Jerry 2,942 About 1982 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1982, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.