United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1982

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Michael 68,216 babies =
  2. 2 Christopher 59,223 babies =
  3. 3 Matthew 46,045 babies =
  4. 4 Jason 40,628 babies =
  5. 5 David 40,453 babies =
  6. 6 James 38,874 babies 1
  7. 7 Joshua 38,004 babies 1
  8. 8 John 34,698 babies =
  9. 9 Robert 34,409 babies =
  10. 10 Daniel 32,652 babies =
  11. 11 Joseph 31,035 babies =
  12. 12 Justin 29,115 babies =
  13. 13 Ryan 26,685 babies =
  14. 14 Brian 25,829 babies =
  15. 15 William 25,604 babies =
  16. 16 Jonathan 23,113 babies =
  17. 17 Andrew 22,833 babies 1
  18. 18 Brandon 20,212 babies 1
  19. 19 Adam 20,099 babies 1
  20. 20 Eric 19,878 babies 3
  21. 21 Anthony 19,648 babies 2
  22. 22 Nicholas 19,643 babies 1
  23. 23 Thomas 17,578 babies 3
  24. 24 Timothy 17,464 babies =
  25. 25 Kevin 17,462 babies =
  26. 26 Steven 17,145 babies 2
  27. 27 Richard 16,717 babies =
  28. 28 Jeremy 16,466 babies 6
  29. 29 Jeffrey 16,030 babies =
  30. 30 Aaron 14,406 babies =
  31. 31 Charles 14,310 babies =
  32. 32 Mark 13,865 babies 1
  33. 33 Benjamin 13,805 babies 1
  34. 34 Scott 12,200 babies =
  35. 35 Paul 11,310 babies =
  36. 36 Nathan 10,805 babies =
  37. 37 Patrick 10,695 babies 1
  38. 38 Stephen 10,627 babies 1
  39. 39 Travis 10,415 babies 1
  40. 40 Gregory 10,144 babies 6
  41. 41 Jacob 10,059 babies 2
  42. 42 Dustin 9,551 babies =
  43. 43 Jesse 9,504 babies 6
  44. 44 Sean 9,359 babies =
  45. 45 Kenneth 9,354 babies 4
  46. 46 Jose 8,624 babies 1
  47. 47 Kyle 8,207 babies 5
  48. 48 Chad 7,909 babies 1
  49. 49 Bryan 7,498 babies 1
  50. 50 Derek 6,992 babies 3
  51. 51 Bradley 6,975 babies 1
  52. 52 Shawn 6,842 babies 3
  53. 53 Edward 6,281 babies 2
  54. 54 Jared 6,263 babies 3
  55. 55 Zachary 6,139 babies 8
  56. 56 Samuel 6,014 babies 2
  57. 57 Peter 5,777 babies 2
  58. 58 Donald 5,712 babies 2
  59. 59 Keith 5,620 babies 1
  60. 60 Ronald 5,207 babies 1
  61. 61 Juan 5,121 babies 1
  62. 62 George 4,990 babies 1
  63. 63 Marcus 4,988 babies 4
  64. 64 Gary 4,642 babies 2
  65. 65 Alexander 4,593 babies 5
  66. 66 Tyler 4,577 babies 30
  67. 67 Phillip 4,520 babies 1
  68. 68 Douglas 4,511 babies 4
  69. 69 Joel 4,446 babies 4
  70. 70 Raymond 4,294 babies 2
  71. 71 Carlos 4,268 babies =
  72. 72 Brett 4,026 babies 7
  73. 73 Craig 4,018 babies 1
  74. 74 Corey 3,939 babies 5
  75. 75 Nathaniel 3,939 babies 5
  76. 76 Antonio 3,884 babies 1
  77. 77 Larry 3,720 babies 4
  78. 78 Derrick 3,655 babies =
  79. 79 Philip 3,642 babies 5
  80. 80 Erik 3,632 babies 4
  81. 81 Frank 3,604 babies 1
  82. 82 Todd 3,598 babies 8
  83. 83 Ian 3,574 babies 18
  84. 84 Shane 3,539 babies 3
  85. 85 Jordan 3,534 babies 17
  86. 86 Casey 3,427 babies 1
  87. 87 Dennis 3,392 babies 4
  88. 88 Gabriel 3,363 babies 1
  89. 89 Jeremiah 3,329 babies 12
  90. 90 Luis 3,324 babies 2
  91. 91 Brent 3,321 babies 3
  92. 92 Jeffery 3,311 babies 1
  93. 93 Cory 3,237 babies 3
  94. 94 Randy 3,229 babies 3
  95. 95 Cody 3,180 babies 24
  96. 96 Shaun 3,154 babies 10
  97. 97 Russell 3,032 babies 1
  98. 98 Wesley 3,031 babies 1
  99. 99 Victor 3,002 babies 5
  100. 100 Jerry 2,942 babies 3

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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