Popular Names of 1982

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1982, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1982
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Jennifer	57,120	586
2	Jessica	45,453	665
3	Amanda	34,214	493
4	Sarah	28,483	90
5	Melissa	25,864	420
6	Nicole	21,706	383
7	Stephanie	20,861	557
8	Elizabeth	20,506	17
9	Crystal	19,099	1,145
10	Amy	18,799	257
11	Michelle	17,765	465
12	Heather	17,493	1,264
13	Tiffany	17,175	880
14	Kimberly	16,101	303
15	Rebecca	15,730	350
16	Angela	15,002	408
17	Ashley	14,851	164
18	Amber	14,678	520
19	Christina	14,518	770
20	Erin	14,362	833

Table 2. Male names, 1982
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Michael	68,216	21
2	Christopher	59,223	68
3	Matthew	46,045	32
4	Jason	40,628	165
5	David	40,453	35
6	James	38,874	6
7	Joshua	38,004	66
8	John	34,698	23
9	Robert	34,409	92
10	Daniel	32,652	22
11	Joseph	31,035	29
12	Justin	29,115	233
13	Ryan	26,685	99
14	Brian	25,829	339
15	William	25,604	9
16	Jonathan	23,113	89
17	Andrew	22,833	73
18	Brandon	20,212	261
19	Adam	20,099	101
20	Eric	19,878	273

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.