1982
Top Baby Names of 1982
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1982
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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 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1982
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.