These Were The Trendiest Baby Names In The Early '80s

The most popular baby names in the U.S. tend to remain the same from one year to the next, but some interesting trends tend emerge over longer periods of time.

Each year, the Social Security Administration uses data from the previous year’s births to put together an official list of the most popular baby names in the U.S. We decided to look back at the most popular names 35 years ago to see how parents’ choices in 1982 compare to today’s trends.

Some names remain popular today (Matthew, James, Elizabeth and co.), but others have fallen out of fashion (shout-out to classics like Crystal and Tiffany). And the top names were favorites for many years. Jennifer stayed at No. 1 from 1970 to 1984; Michael, which has been on the top 10 list since 1943, was the leading choice for boys from 1961 to 1998.

Without further ado, here are the 35 most popular baby names in 1982:

Girls

1. Jennifer

2. Jessica

3. Amanda

4. Sarah

5. Melissa

6. Nicole

7. Stephanie

8. Elizabeth

9. Crystal

10. Amy

11. Michelle

12. Heather

13. Tiffany

14. Kimberly

15. Rebecca

16. Angela

17. Ashley

18. Amber

19. Christina

20. Erin

21. Rachel

22. Laura

23. Lisa

24. Emily

25. Kelly

26. Lauren

27. Andrea

28. Sara

29. Jamie

30. Mary

31. Danielle

32. April

33. Kristen

34. Megan

35. Erica

Boys

1. Michael

2. Christopher

3. Matthew

4. Jason

5. David

6. James

7. Joshua

8. John

9. Robert

10. Daniel

11. Joseph

12. Justin

13. Ryan

14. Brian

15. William

16. Jonathan

17. Andrew

18. Brandon

19. Adam

20. Eric

21. Nicholas

22. Anthony

23. Thomas

24. Kevin

25. Timothy

26. Steven

27. Richard

28. Jeremy

29. Jeffrey

30. Aaron

31. Charles

32. Mark

33. Benjamin

34. Scott

35. Paul

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