Top Names of 1982
The most popular names recorded in 1982 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |