Popular names of 1982, and how old they are now

People born in 1982 turn 44 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.5 million births in 1982 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 95% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Millennials (see Millennial names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1982: Sarah, Crystal, Kristen, Candice, Jillian, Candace, Ebony, Cassie, Tia, Randi, Lacy and Cedric.

Top girl names of 1982

Most popular girl names of 1982
#	Name	Born 1982	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jennifer	57,120	55,000	46
2	Jessica	45,453	44,000	38
3	Amanda	34,214	33,000	39
4	Sarah	28,483	27,000	39
5	Melissa	25,864	25,000	46
6	Nicole	21,706	21,000	39
7	Stephanie	20,861	20,000	43
8	Elizabeth	20,506	20,000	44
9	Crystal	19,099	18,000	43
10	Amy	18,799	18,000	47
11	Michelle	17,765	17,000	48
12	Heather	17,493	17,000	45
13	Tiffany	17,175	17,000	40
14	Kimberly	16,101	15,000	48
15	Rebecca	15,730	15,000	48
16	Angela	15,002	14,000	49
17	Ashley	14,851	14,000	33
18	Amber	14,678	14,000	37
19	Christina	14,518	14,000	44
20	Erin	14,362	14,000	39
21	Rachel	13,871	13,000	38
22	Laura	13,310	13,000	51
23	Lisa	12,637	12,000	56
24	Emily	12,519	12,000	29
25	Kelly	12,170	12,000	48
26	Lauren	11,589	11,000	33
27	Andrea	11,374	11,000	42
28	Sara	11,344	11,000	40
29	Jamie	11,039	11,000	43
30	Mary	10,851	10,000	66
31	Danielle	10,204	9,800	38
32	April	10,060	9,700	45
33	Kristen	9,534	9,200	41
34	Megan	9,518	9,200	35
35	Erica	9,340	9,000	40
36	Katherine	9,179	8,800	43
37	Kristin	8,734	8,400	45
38	Shannon	8,623	8,300	46
39	Lindsay	8,260	7,900	38
40	Lindsey	7,961	7,700	36
41	Julie	7,696	7,400	55
42	Maria	7,348	7,100	45
43	Courtney	7,100	6,800	36
44	Samantha	6,768	6,500	30
45	Katie	6,681	6,400	37
46	Christine	6,555	6,300	57
47	Tara	6,524	6,300	44
48	Kathryn	6,284	6,000	51
49	Vanessa	6,154	5,900	37
50	Brandy	6,077	5,800	43

Top boy names of 1982

Most popular boy names of 1982
#	Name	Born 1982	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	68,216	64,000	49
2	Christopher	59,223	55,000	41
3	Matthew	46,045	43,000	36
4	Jason	40,628	38,000	42
5	David	40,453	38,000	52
6	James	38,874	36,000	54
7	Joshua	38,004	35,000	33
8	John	34,698	32,000	55
9	Robert	34,409	32,000	58
10	Daniel	32,652	30,000	42
11	Joseph	31,035	29,000	45
12	Justin	29,115	27,000	34
13	Ryan	26,685	25,000	33
14	Brian	25,829	24,000	48
15	William	25,604	24,000	51
16	Jonathan	23,113	22,000	35
17	Andrew	22,833	21,000	36
18	Brandon	20,212	19,000	33
19	Adam	20,099	19,000	35
20	Eric	19,878	19,000	44
21	Anthony	19,648	18,000	40
22	Nicholas	19,643	18,000	33
23	Thomas	17,578	16,000	53
24	Timothy	17,464	16,000	50
25	Kevin	17,462	16,000	45
26	Steven	17,145	16,000	52
27	Richard	16,717	16,000	60
28	Jeremy	16,466	15,000	39
29	Jeffrey	16,030	15,000	53
30	Aaron	14,406	13,000	34
31	Charles	14,310	13,000	54
32	Mark	13,865	13,000	56
33	Benjamin	13,805	13,000	30
34	Scott	12,200	11,000	53
35	Paul	11,310	11,000	57
36	Nathan	10,805	10,000	30
37	Patrick	10,695	10,000	47
38	Stephen	10,627	9,900	54
39	Travis	10,415	9,700	39
40	Gregory	10,144	9,400	54
41	Jacob	10,059	9,400	26
42	Dustin	9,551	8,900	37
43	Jesse	9,504	8,900	39
44	Sean	9,359	8,700	38
45	Kenneth	9,354	8,700	57
46	Jose	8,624	8,000	34
47	Kyle	8,207	7,600	34
48	Chad	7,909	7,400	45
49	Bryan	7,498	7,000	39
50	Derek	6,992	6,500	37

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1982, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1982. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1982 babies. How we calculate this