100 Most popular boy names of 1982, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1982 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1982.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
68248
3.76
-
2
Christopher
59239
3.27
-
3
Matthew
46071
2.54
-
4
Jason
40640
2.24
-
5
David
40465
2.23
-
6
James
38879
2.14
+1
7
Joshua
38028
2.1
-1
8
John
34714
1.91
-
9
Robert
34431
1.9
-
10
Daniel
32663
1.8
-
11
Joseph
31054
1.71
-
12
Justin
29112
1.6
-
13
Ryan
26702
1.47
-
14
Brian
25834
1.42
-
15
William
25604
1.41
-
16
Jonathan
23128
1.27
-
17
Andrew
22840
1.26
+1
18
Brandon
20224
1.11
+1
19
Adam
20106
1.11
+1
20
Eric
19883
1.1
-3
21
Nicholas
19652
1.08
-
22
Anthony
19650
1.08
+1
23
Thomas
17591
0.97
+3
24
Timothy
17467
0.96
-
25
Kevin
17466
0.96
-
26
Steven
17147
0.95
+2
27
Richard
16724
0.92
-
28
Jeremy
16468
0.91
-6
29
Jeffrey
16039
0.88
-
30
Aaron
14409
0.79
-
31
Charles
14313
0.79
-
32
Mark
13874
0.76
+1
33
Benjamin
13826
0.76
-1
34
Scott
12208
0.67
-
35
Paul
11311
0.62
-
36
Nathan
10809
0.6
-
37
Patrick
10699
0.59
+1
38
Stephen
10630
0.59
+1
39
Travis
10418
0.57
+1
40
Gregory
10149
0.56
+6
41
Jacob
10063
0.55
+2
42
Dustin
9552
0.53
-
43
Jesse
9505
0.52
-6
44
Sean
9369
0.52
-
45
Kenneth
9358
0.52
-4
46
Jose
8620
0.48
-1
47
Kyle
8210
0.45
+5
48
Chad
7909
0.44
-1
49
Bryan
7499
0.41
-1
50
Derek
6992
0.39
+3
51
Bradley
6985
0.38
-1
52
Shawn
6848
0.38
-3
53
Edward
6291
0.35
-2
54
Jared
6264
0.35
+3
55
Zachary
6147
0.34
+8
56
Samuel
6013
0.33
-2
57
Peter
5782
0.32
-2
58
Donald
5715
0.31
-2
59
Keith
5620
0.31
-1
60
Ronald
5209
0.29
-1
61
Juan
5119
0.28
-1
62
George
4994
0.28
-1
63
Marcus
4987
0.27
+4
64
Gary
4639
0.26
-2
65
Alexander
4594
0.25
+5
66
Tyler
4585
0.25
+30
67
Phillip
4521
0.25
-2
68
Douglas
4514
0.25
-4
69
Joel
4449
0.25
-4
70
Raymond
4295
0.24
-2
71
Carlos
4263
0.23
-
72
Brett
4030
0.22
+7
73
Craig
4022
0.22
-1
74
Corey
3941
0.22
-5
75
Nathaniel
3939
0.22
+5
76
Antonio
3884
0.21
-1
77
Larry
3720
0.21
-3
78
Derrick
3655
0.2
-
79
Philip
3643
0.2
+5
80
Erik
3634
0.2
-4
81
Frank
3605
0.2
+1
82
Todd
3600
0.2
-9
83
Ian
3580
0.2
+18
84
Shane
3540
0.2
-3
85
Jordan
3536
0.19
+17
86
Casey
3427
0.19
-1
87
Dennis
3393
0.19
-4
88
Gabriel
3373
0.19
-1
89
Jeremiah
3329
0.18
-12
90
Luis
3327
0.18
+1
91
Brent
3324
0.18
-4
92
Jeffery
3312
0.18
+1
93
Cory
3240
0.18
-3
94
Randy
3231
0.18
-2
95
Cody
3180
0.18
+24
96
Shaun
3154
0.17
-10
97
Russell
3036
0.17
+1
98
Wesley
3031
0.17
+1
99
Victor
3003
0.17
+5
100
Jerry
2943
0.16
-3
101
Curtis
2940
0.16
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1982)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html