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The most popular baby names of 1982

SSA recorded 3,507,772 births in 1982 across all reported names — 1,693,325 girls and 1,814,447 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1982

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1981.
#NameBirthsvs 1981
1 Jennifer 57,120 —
2 Jessica 45,453 —
3 Amanda 34,214 —
4 Sarah 28,483 —
5 Melissa 25,864 —
6 Nicole 21,706 +1
7 Stephanie 20,861 +1
8 Elizabeth 20,506 +1
9 Crystal 19,099 +7
10 Amy 18,799 -4
11 Michelle 17,765 —
12 Heather 17,493 -2
13 Tiffany 17,175 +1
14 Kimberly 16,101 -1
15 Rebecca 15,730 -3
16 Angela 15,002 -1
17 Ashley 14,851 +17
18 Amber 14,678 +2
19 Christina 14,518 -2
20 Erin 14,362 -1
21 Rachel 13,871 +1
22 Laura 13,310 -1
23 Lisa 12,637 -5
24 Emily 12,519 +5
25 Kelly 12,170 -2
26 Lauren 11,589 +9
27 Andrea 11,374 -3
28 Sara 11,344 -2
29 Jamie 11,039 -1
30 Mary 10,851 -3
31 Danielle 10,204 -1
32 April 10,060 -7
33 Kristen 9,534 +5
34 Megan 9,518 -1
35 Erica 9,340 +1
36 Katherine 9,179 +3
37 Kristin 8,734 -6
38 Shannon 8,623 -6
39 Lindsay 8,260 +8
40 Lindsey 7,961 +18
41 Julie 7,696 -4
42 Maria 7,348 -2
43 Courtney 7,100 —
44 Samantha 6,768 +7
45 Katie 6,681 -1
46 Christine 6,555 -4
47 Tara 6,524 -2
48 Kathryn 6,284 —
49 Vanessa 6,154 +13
50 Brandy 6,077 -9
51 Natalie 5,961 +9
52 Monica 5,734 -3
53 Alicia 5,614 -7
54 Jacqueline 5,493 +13
55 Brandi 5,469 -5
56 Anna 5,271 -2
57 Carrie 5,186 -2
58 Allison 5,170 -1
59 Patricia 5,168 -6
60 Leslie 4,985 -4
61 Holly 4,682 +2
62 Cassandra 4,663 +42
63 Diana 4,430 +12
64 Cynthia 4,427 -5
65 Melanie 4,255 +1
65 Victoria 4,255 +22
67 Dana 4,242 +3
68 Karen 4,153 -4
69 Veronica 4,150 -1
70 Kristina 4,149 +2
71 Natasha 4,128 +14
72 Stacy 4,099 -7
73 Catherine 4,098 —
74 Misty 4,071 -13
75 Valerie 3,989 +14
76 Susan 3,970 -5
77 Kathleen 3,949 +5
78 Candice 3,791 +8
79 Leah 3,762 +2
80 Sandra 3,655 -6
81 Erika 3,596 +12
82 Pamela 3,546 -6
83 Krystal 3,504 +48
84 Julia 3,502 +4
85 Stacey 3,459 -2
86 Heidi 3,392 -2
87 Katrina 3,322 +8
88 Tracy 3,283 -11
89 Jill 3,270 -11
90 Tina 3,219 -10
91 Latoya 3,201 -22
92 Brooke 3,144 -40
93 Alexis 3,123 +79
94 Brittany 3,102 +71
95 Dawn 3,088 -16
96 Jillian 3,056 +41
97 Margaret 2,998 +10
98 Lori 2,978 -7
99 Nichole 2,923 +10
100 Denise 2,896 -4

Top 100 boys' names in 1982

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1981.
#NameBirthsvs 1981
1 Michael 68,216 —
2 Christopher 59,223 —
3 Matthew 46,045 —
4 Jason 40,628 —
5 David 40,453 —
6 James 38,874 +1
7 Joshua 38,004 -1
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 +1
18 Brandon 20,212 +1
19 Adam 20,099 +1
20 Eric 19,878 -3
21 Anthony 19,648 +2
22 Nicholas 19,643 -1
23 Thomas 17,578 +3
24 Timothy 17,464 —
25 Kevin 17,462 —
26 Steven 17,145 +2
27 Richard 16,717 —
28 Jeremy 16,466 -6
29 Jeffrey 16,030 —
30 Aaron 14,406 —
31 Charles 14,310 —
32 Mark 13,865 +1
33 Benjamin 13,805 -1
34 Scott 12,200 —
35 Paul 11,310 —
36 Nathan 10,805 —
37 Patrick 10,695 +1
38 Stephen 10,627 +1
39 Travis 10,415 +1
40 Gregory 10,144 +6
41 Jacob 10,059 +2
42 Dustin 9,551 —
43 Jesse 9,504 -6
44 Sean 9,359 —
45 Kenneth 9,354 -4
46 Jose 8,624 -1
47 Kyle 8,207 +5
48 Chad 7,909 -1
49 Bryan 7,498 -1
50 Derek 6,992 +3
51 Bradley 6,975 -1
52 Shawn 6,842 -3
53 Edward 6,281 -2
54 Jared 6,263 +3
55 Zachary 6,139 +8
56 Samuel 6,014 -2
57 Peter 5,777 -2
58 Donald 5,712 -2
59 Keith 5,620 -1
60 Ronald 5,207 -1
61 Juan 5,121 -1
62 George 4,990 -1
63 Marcus 4,988 +4
64 Gary 4,642 -2
65 Alexander 4,593 +5
66 Tyler 4,577 +30
67 Phillip 4,520 -1
68 Douglas 4,511 -4
69 Joel 4,446 -4
70 Raymond 4,294 -2
71 Carlos 4,268 —
72 Brett 4,026 +7
73 Craig 4,018 -1
74 Corey 3,939 -5
74 Nathaniel 3,939 +6
76 Antonio 3,884 -1
77 Larry 3,720 -4
78 Derrick 3,655 —
79 Philip 3,642 +5
80 Erik 3,632 -4
81 Frank 3,604 +1
82 Todd 3,598 -8
83 Ian 3,574 +18
84 Shane 3,539 -3
85 Jordan 3,534 +17
86 Casey 3,427 -1
87 Dennis 3,392 -4
88 Gabriel 3,363 -1
89 Jeremiah 3,329 -12
90 Luis 3,324 +2
91 Brent 3,321 -3
92 Jeffery 3,311 +1
93 Cory 3,237 -3
94 Randy 3,229 -3
95 Cody 3,180 +24
96 Shaun 3,154 -10
97 Russell 3,032 +1
98 Wesley 3,031 +1
99 Victor 3,002 +5
100 Jerry 2,942 -3

Names that climbed fastest in 1982

Ranked by places gained against 1981, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1982Rank 1981Change
Kayla girls 133 581 +448
Fallon girls 376 715 +339
Ariel girls 394 722 +328
Taryn girls 466 718 +252
Chelsea girls 170 408 +238
Kira girls 273 507 +234
Cole boys 266 484 +218
Jade girls 374 586 +212
Sheena girls 149 356 +207
Tatiana girls 549 755 +206
Krystle girls 269 473 +204
Colby boys 360 539 +179
Juliana girls 485 635 +150
Matthew girls 653 801 +148
Eboni girls 637 781 +144

Names that fell fastest in 1982

NameRank 1982Rank 1981Change
Kisha girls 761 584 -177
Brook girls 679 525 -154
Latanya girls 724 573 -151
Simone girls 646 497 -149
Cristy girls 710 562 -148
Tierra girls 676 542 -134
Waylon boys 605 478 -127
Angelia girls 786 663 -123
Sue girls 776 655 -121
Jo girls 664 547 -117
Shanta girls 794 679 -115
Kami girls 759 646 -113
Edna girls 761 655 -106
Efrain boys 575 469 -106
Dara girls 572 469 -103

Names that first appear in 1982

1982 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1982

For these names, 1982 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.