Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1982

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1982 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
				Change from 1981						Change from 1981
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	57,117	3.148	0	68	1	Michael	68,235	3.615	0	-528
2	Jessica	45,451	2.505	0	2,918	2	Christopher	59,231	3.138	0	8,996
3	Amanda	34,214	1.886	0	-159	3	Matthew	46,066	2.441	0	2,733
4	Sarah	28,484	1.570	0	311	4	Jason	40,632	2.153	0	-1,299
5	Melissa	25,867	1.426	0	-2,133	5	David	40,459	2.144	0	-209
6	Nicole	21,707	1.197	1	1,395	6	James	38,875	2.060	1	562
7	Stephanie	20,857	1.150	1	648	7	Joshua	38,028	2.015	-1	-1,026
8	Elizabeth	20,514	1.131	1	341	8	John	34,705	1.839	0	-182
9	Crystal	19,104	1.053	7	3,220	9	Robert	34,425	1.824	0	19
10	Amy	18,803	1.036	-4	-1,540	10	Daniel	32,653	1.730	0	1,659
11	Michelle	17,766	0.979	0	-10	11	Joseph	31,050	1.645	0	277
12	Heather	17,494	0.964	-2	-453	12	Justin	29,107	1.542	0	1,796
13	Tiffany	17,173	0.947	1	759	13	Ryan	26,700	1.415	0	-125
14	Kimberly	16,100	0.887	-1	-590	14	Brian	25,831	1.369	0	-771
15	Rebecca	15,727	0.867	-3	-1,013	15	William	25,601	1.356	0	795
16	Angela	15,002	0.827	-1	-918	16	Jonathan	23,126	1.225	0	531
17	Ashley	14,857	0.819	17	5,978	17	Andrew	22,839	1.210	1	2,602
18	Amber	14,679	0.809	2	865	18	Brandon	20,222	1.071	1	6
19	Christina	14,515	0.800	-2	119	19	Adam	20,103	1.065	1	61
20	Erin	14,365	0.792	-1	509	20	Eric	19,878	1.053	-3	-846
21	Rachel	13,871	0.765	1	1,284	21	Nicholas	19,646	1.041	0	-134
22	Laura	13,308	0.734	-1	17	22	Anthony	19,642	1.041	1	1,067
23	Lisa	12,637	0.697	-5	-1,657	23	Thomas	17,582	0.932	3	416
24	Emily	12,518	0.690	5	1,716	24	Kevin	17,467	0.926	1	3
25	Kelly	12,171	0.671	-2	295	25	Timothy	17,465	0.925	-1	-762
26	Lauren	11,593	0.639	9	2,785	26	Steven	17,146	0.908	2	658
27	Andrea	11,376	0.627	-3	-306	27	Richard	16,720	0.886	0	-137
28	Sara	11,343	0.625	-2	-14	28	Jeremy	16,470	0.873	-6	-2,643
29	Jamie	11,039	0.609	-1	59	29	Jeffrey	16,038	0.850	0	106
30	Mary	10,855	0.598	-3	-190	30	Aaron	14,415	0.764	0	-277
31	Danielle	10,208	0.563	-1	173	31	Charles	14,306	0.758	0	-123
32	April	10,062	0.555	-7	-1,342	32	Mark	13,873	0.735	1	328
33	Kristen	9,535	0.526	5	993	33	Benjamin	13,816	0.732	-1	-541
34	Megan	9,519	0.525	-1	552	34	Scott	12,212	0.647	0	-514
35	Erica	9,341	0.515	1	718	35	Paul	11,307	0.599	0	-475
36	Katherine	9,180	0.506	3	745	36	Nathan	10,803	0.572	0	-460
37	Kristin	8,733	0.481	-6	-1,004	37	Patrick	10,701	0.567	1	310
38	Shannon	8,622	0.475	-6	-605	38	Stephen	10,631	0.563	1	335
39	Lindsay	8,258	0.455	8	2,413	39	Travis	10,418	0.552	1	309
40	Lindsey	7,958	0.439	18	3,095	40	Gregory	10,151	0.538	6	1,394
41	Julie	7,694	0.424	-4	-871	41	Jacob	10,062	0.533	2	711
42	Maria	7,342	0.405	-2	-332	42	Dustin	9,551	0.506	0	196
43	Courtney	7,098	0.391	0	460	43	Jesse	9,505	0.504	-6	-946
44	Samantha	6,771	0.373	7	1,250	44	Sean	9,374	0.497	0	480
45	Katie	6,680	0.368	-1	81	45	Kenneth	9,356	0.496	-4	-121
46	Christine	6,556	0.361	-4	-297	46	Jose	8,618	0.457	-1	-149
47	Tara	6,523	0.360	-2	158	47	Kyle	8,209	0.435	5	1,632
48	Kathryn	6,285	0.346	0	463	48	Chad	7,909	0.419	-1	-504
49	Vanessa	6,153	0.339	13	1,406	49	Bryan	7,497	0.397	-1	277
50	Brandy	6,079	0.335	-9	-816	50	Derek	6,991	0.370	3	513

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.