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Most Popular Baby Names of 1982

Social Security has card records for 3,701,691 people born in the U.S. in 1982. Jennifer was the top girl name (57,120 babies) and Michael the top boy name (68,216).

Top 100 names of 1982

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1982, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Jennifer	57,120	#586
2	Jessica	45,453	#665
3	Amanda	34,214	#493
4	Sarah	28,483	#90
5	Melissa	25,864	#419
6	Nicole	21,706	#382
7	Stephanie	20,861	#557
8	Elizabeth	20,506	#17
9	Crystal	19,099	#1,144
10	Amy	18,799	#257
11	Michelle	17,765	#465
12	Heather	17,493	#1,261
13	Tiffany	17,175	#878
14	Kimberly	16,101	#302
15	Rebecca	15,730	#349
16	Angela	15,002	#408
17	Ashley	14,851	#164
18	Amber	14,678	#520
19	Christina	14,518	#770
20	Erin	14,362	#833
21	Rachel	13,871	#250
22	Laura	13,310	#379
23	Lisa	12,637	#987
24	Emily	12,519	#34
25	Kelly	12,170	#851
26	Lauren	11,589	#401
27	Andrea	11,374	#235
28	Sara	11,344	#198
29	Jamie	11,039	#857
30	Mary	10,851	#125
31	Danielle	10,204	#549
32	April	10,060	#542
33	Kristen	9,534	#1,990
34	Megan	9,518	#887
35	Erica	9,340	#1,396
36	Katherine	9,179	#186
37	Kristin	8,734	#4,661
38	Shannon	8,623	#2,387
39	Lindsay	8,260	#2,194
40	Lindsey	7,961	#1,367
41	Julie	7,696	#872
42	Maria	7,348	#87
43	Courtney	7,100	#2,326
44	Samantha	6,768	#151
45	Katie	6,681	#646
46	Christine	6,555	#1,272
47	Tara	6,524	#844
48	Kathryn	6,284	#729
49	Vanessa	6,154	#377
50	Brandy	6,077	#3,067

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1982, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Natalie	5,961	#89
52	Monica	5,734	#736
53	Alicia	5,614	#460
54	Jacqueline	5,493	#558
55	Brandi	5,469	#4,758
56	Anna	5,271	#107
57	Carrie	5,186	#2,719
58	Allison	5,170	#103
59	Patricia	5,168	#1,334
60	Leslie	4,985	#712
61	Holly	4,682	#416
62	Cassandra	4,663	#630
63	Diana	4,430	#244
64	Cynthia	4,427	#1,013
65	Melanie	4,255	#142
65	Victoria	4,255	#54
67	Dana	4,242	#1,027
68	Karen	4,153	#1,279
69	Veronica	4,150	#427
70	Kristina	4,149	#1,721
71	Natasha	4,128	#1,144
72	Stacy	4,099	#1,652
73	Catherine	4,098	#313
74	Misty	4,071	#4,067
75	Valerie	3,989	#127
76	Susan	3,970	#1,085
77	Kathleen	3,949	#1,150
78	Candice	3,791	#5,099
79	Leah	3,762	#58
80	Sandra	3,655	#1,207
81	Erika	3,596	#1,109
82	Pamela	3,546	#2,239
83	Krystal	3,504	#2,117
84	Julia	3,502	#131
85	Stacey	3,459	#3,067
86	Heidi	3,392	#340
87	Katrina	3,322	#2,214
88	Tracy	3,283	#2,153
89	Jill	3,270	#5,722
90	Tina	3,219	#2,778
91	Latoya	3,201	#10,917
92	Brooke	3,144	#313
93	Alexis	3,123	#554
94	Brittany	3,102	#928
95	Dawn	3,088	#2,173
96	Jillian	3,056	#1,261
97	Margaret	2,998	#112
98	Lori	2,978	#1,721
99	Nichole	2,923	#3,342
100	Denise	2,896	#1,673

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1982, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Michael	68,216	#21
2	Christopher	59,223	#68
3	Matthew	46,045	#32
4	Jason	40,628	#165
5	David	40,453	#35
6	James	38,874	#6
7	Joshua	38,004	#66
8	John	34,698	#23
9	Robert	34,409	#92
10	Daniel	32,652	#22
11	Joseph	31,035	#29
12	Justin	29,115	#233
13	Ryan	26,685	#99
14	Brian	25,829	#339
15	William	25,604	#9
16	Jonathan	23,113	#89
17	Andrew	22,833	#73
18	Brandon	20,212	#261
19	Adam	20,099	#101
20	Eric	19,878	#273
21	Anthony	19,648	#46
22	Nicholas	19,643	#112
23	Thomas	17,578	#34
24	Timothy	17,464	#203
25	Kevin	17,462	#221
26	Steven	17,145	#271
27	Richard	16,717	#234
28	Jeremy	16,466	#292
29	Jeffrey	16,030	#552
30	Aaron	14,406	#80
31	Charles	14,310	#48
32	Mark	13,865	#244
33	Benjamin	13,805	#11
34	Scott	12,200	#534
35	Paul	11,310	#262
36	Nathan	10,805	#63
37	Patrick	10,695	#235
38	Stephen	10,627	#383
39	Travis	10,415	#434
40	Gregory	10,144	#593
41	Jacob	10,059	#43
42	Dustin	9,551	#728
43	Jesse	9,504	#184
44	Sean	9,359	#489
45	Kenneth	9,354	#294
46	Jose	8,624	#95
47	Kyle	8,207	#508
48	Chad	7,909	#1,699
49	Bryan	7,498	#336
50	Derek	6,992	#284

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1982, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Bradley	6,975	#403
52	Shawn	6,842	#681
53	Edward	6,281	#224
54	Jared	6,263	#396
55	Zachary	6,139	#216
56	Samuel	6,014	#18
57	Peter	5,777	#187
58	Donald	5,712	#690
59	Keith	5,620	#800
60	Ronald	5,207	#637
61	Juan	5,121	#159
62	George	4,990	#126
63	Marcus	4,988	#258
64	Gary	4,642	#1,073
65	Alexander	4,593	#30
66	Tyler	4,577	#219
67	Phillip	4,520	#651
68	Douglas	4,511	#807
69	Joel	4,446	#219
70	Raymond	4,294	#394
71	Carlos	4,268	#150
72	Brett	4,026	#1,382
73	Craig	4,018	#1,644
74	Corey	3,939	#778
74	Nathaniel	3,939	#140
76	Antonio	3,884	#176
77	Larry	3,720	#1,084
78	Derrick	3,655	#850
79	Philip	3,642	#527
80	Erik	3,632	#545
81	Frank	3,604	#513
82	Todd	3,598	#1,609
83	Ian	3,574	#83
84	Shane	3,539	#635
85	Jordan	3,534	#131
86	Casey	3,427	#320
87	Dennis	3,392	#707
88	Gabriel	3,363	#37
89	Jeremiah	3,329	#88
90	Luis	3,324	#144
91	Brent	3,321	#1,509
92	Jeffery	3,311	#1,554
93	Cory	3,237	#1,244
94	Randy	3,229	#1,084
95	Cody	3,180	#318
96	Shaun	3,154	#1,942
97	Russell	3,032	#345
98	Wesley	3,031	#52
99	Victor	3,002	#209
100	Jerry	2,942	#906

Entered the top 100 in 1982

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