EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1982

United States · 3,507,772 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jennifer57,120—
#2Jessica45,453—
#3Amanda34,214—
#4Sarah28,483—
#5Melissa25,864—
#6Nicole21,706↑1
#7Stephanie20,861↑1
#8Elizabeth20,506↑1
#9Crystal19,099↑7
#10Amy18,799↓4
#11Michelle17,765—
#12Heather17,493↓2
#13Tiffany17,175↑1
#14Kimberly16,101↓1
#15Rebecca15,730↓3
#16Angela15,002↓1
#17Ashley14,851↑17
#18Amber14,678↑2
#19Christina14,518↓2
#20Erin14,362↓1
#21Rachel13,871↑1
#22Laura13,310↓1
#23Lisa12,637↓5
#24Emily12,519↑5
#25Kelly12,170↓2
#26Lauren11,589↑9
#27Andrea11,374↓3
#28Sara11,344↓2
#29Jamie11,039↓1
#30Mary10,851↓3
#31Danielle10,204↓1
#32April10,060↓7
#33Kristen9,534↑5
#34Megan9,518↓1
#35Erica9,340↑1
#36Katherine9,179↑3
#37Kristin8,734↓6
#38Shannon8,623↓6
#39Lindsay8,260↑8
#40Lindsey7,961↑18
#41Julie7,696↓4
#42Maria7,348↓2
#43Courtney7,100—
#44Samantha6,768↑7
#45Katie6,681↓1
#46Christine6,555↓4
#47Tara6,524↓2
#48Kathryn6,284—
#49Vanessa6,154↑13
#50Brandy6,077↓9
#51Natalie5,961↑9
#52Monica5,734↓3
#53Alicia5,614↓7
#54Jacqueline5,493↑13
#55Brandi5,469↓5
#56Anna5,271↓2
#57Carrie5,186↓2
#58Allison5,170↓1
#59Patricia5,168↓6
#60Leslie4,985↓4
#61Holly4,682↑2
#62Cassandra4,663
#63Diana4,430↑12
#64Cynthia4,427↓5
#65Melanie4,255↑1
#65Victoria4,255↑22
#67Dana4,242↑3
#68Karen4,153↓4
#69Veronica4,150↓1
#70Kristina4,149↑2
#71Natasha4,128↑14
#72Stacy4,099↓7
#73Catherine4,098—
#74Misty4,071↓13
#75Valerie3,989↑14
#76Susan3,970↓5
#77Kathleen3,949↑5
#78Candice3,791↑8
#79Leah3,762↑2
#80Sandra3,655↓6
#81Erika3,596↑12
#82Pamela3,546↓6
#83Krystal3,504
#84Julia3,502↑4
#85Stacey3,459↓2
#86Heidi3,392↓2
#87Katrina3,322↑8
#88Tracy3,283↓11
#89Jill3,270↓11
#90Tina3,219↓10
#91Latoya3,201↓22
#92Brooke3,144↓40
#93Alexis3,123
#94Brittany3,102
#95Dawn3,088↓16
#96Jillian3,056
#97Margaret2,998
#98Lori2,978↓7
#99Nichole2,923
#100Denise2,896↓4

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael68,216—
#2Christopher59,223—
#3Matthew46,045—
#4Jason40,628—
#5David40,453—
#6James38,874↑1
#7Joshua38,004↓1
#8John34,698—
#9Robert34,409—
#10Daniel32,652—
#11Joseph31,035—
#12Justin29,115—
#13Ryan26,685—
#14Brian25,829—
#15William25,604—
#16Jonathan23,113—
#17Andrew22,833↑1
#18Brandon20,212↑1
#19Adam20,099↑1
#20Eric19,878↓3
#21Anthony19,648↑2
#22Nicholas19,643↓1
#23Thomas17,578↑3
#24Timothy17,464—
#25Kevin17,462—
#26Steven17,145↑2
#27Richard16,717—
#28Jeremy16,466↓6
#29Jeffrey16,030—
#30Aaron14,406—
#31Charles14,310—
#32Mark13,865↑1
#33Benjamin13,805↓1
#34Scott12,200—
#35Paul11,310—
#36Nathan10,805—
#37Patrick10,695↑1
#38Stephen10,627↑1
#39Travis10,415↑1
#40Gregory10,144↑6
#41Jacob10,059↑2
#42Dustin9,551—
#43Jesse9,504↓6
#44Sean9,359—
#45Kenneth9,354↓4
#46Jose8,624↓1
#47Kyle8,207↑5
#48Chad7,909↓1
#49Bryan7,498↓1
#50Derek6,992↑3
#51Bradley6,975↓1
#52Shawn6,842↓3
#53Edward6,281↓2
#54Jared6,263↑3
#55Zachary6,139↑8
#56Samuel6,014↓2
#57Peter5,777↓2
#58Donald5,712↓2
#59Keith5,620↓1
#60Ronald5,207↓1
#61Juan5,121↓1
#62George4,990↓1
#63Marcus4,988↑4
#64Gary4,642↓2
#65Alexander4,593↑5
#66Tyler4,577↑30
#67Phillip4,520↓1
#68Douglas4,511↓4
#69Joel4,446↓4
#70Raymond4,294↓2
#71Carlos4,268—
#72Brett4,026↑7
#73Craig4,018↓1
#74Corey3,939↓5
#74Nathaniel3,939↑6
#76Antonio3,884↓1
#77Larry3,720↓4
#78Derrick3,655—
#79Philip3,642↑5
#80Erik3,632↓4
#81Frank3,604↑1
#82Todd3,598↓8
#83Ian3,574
#84Shane3,539↓3
#85Jordan3,534
#86Casey3,427↓1
#87Dennis3,392↓4
#88Gabriel3,363↓1
#89Jeremiah3,329↓12
#90Luis3,324↑2
#91Brent3,321↓3
#92Jeffery3,311↑1
#93Cory3,237↓3
#94Randy3,229↓3
#95Cody3,180
#96Shaun3,154↓10
#97Russell3,032↑1
#98Wesley3,031↑1
#99Victor3,002
#100Jerry2,942↓3