Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1982
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,850 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,853 |
| 3 | Jason | 2,969 |
| 4 | David | 2,921 |
| 5 | Matthew | 2,915 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,888 |
| 7 | John | 2,511 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,460 |
| 9 | Daniel | 2,433 |
| 10 | James | 2,355 |
| 11 | Anthony | 1,934 |
| 12 | Brian | 1,901 |
| 13 | Jonathan | 1,701 |
| 14 | William | 1,700 |
| 15 | Thomas | 1,559 |
| 16 | Andrew | 1,512 |
| 17 | Joshua | 1,508 |
| 18 | Richard | 1,404 |
| 19 | Justin | 1,315 |
| 20 | Kevin | 1,300 |
| 21 | Ryan | 1,276 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,259 |
| 23 | Nicholas | 1,250 |
| 24 | Steven | 1,249 |
| 25 | Adam | 1,229 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 1,091 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 1,081 |
| 28 | Mark | 972 |
| 29 | Sean | 912 |
| 30 | Gregory | 904 |
| 31 | Paul | 889 |
| 32 | Scott | 841 |
| 33 | Peter | 838 |
| 34 | Jose | 801 |
| 35 | Charles | 779 |
| 36 | Stephen | 762 |
| 37 | Patrick | 760 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 639 |
| 39 | Jeremy | 633 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 619 |
| 41 | Edward | 597 |
| 42 | Aaron | 544 |
| 43 | Brandon | 533 |
| 44 | Joel | 509 |
| 45 | Luis | 507 |
| 46 | Frank | 485 |
| 47 | Jesse | 465 |
| 48 | Alexander | 461 |
| 49 | Shawn | 456 |
| 50 | Vincent | 455 |
| 51 | George | 453 |
| 52 | Bryan | 452 |
| 52 | Keith | 452 |
| 54 | Carlos | 413 |
| 55 | Raymond | 404 |
| 56 | Travis | 368 |
| 57 | Ronald | 355 |
| 58 | Craig | 346 |
| 58 | Kyle | 346 |
| 60 | Jacob | 345 |
| 61 | Philip | 342 |
| 62 | Samuel | 333 |
| 63 | Christian | 330 |
| 64 | Nathan | 325 |
| 65 | Juan | 324 |
| 66 | Victor | 323 |
| 67 | Douglas | 319 |
| 68 | Edwin | 313 |
| 69 | Dennis | 310 |
| 70 | Chad | 306 |
| 71 | Angel | 301 |
| 71 | Derek | 301 |
| 73 | Donald | 298 |
| 74 | Jared | 297 |
| 75 | Marc | 292 |
| 76 | Ian | 279 |
| 77 | Gary | 278 |
| 78 | Andre | 271 |
| 79 | Erik | 268 |
| 80 | Evan | 261 |
| 81 | Miguel | 260 |
| 82 | Shaun | 246 |
| 83 | Rafael | 244 |
| 84 | Louis | 227 |
| 84 | Zachary | 227 |
| 86 | Lawrence | 221 |
| 87 | Corey | 214 |
| 88 | Todd | 212 |
| 89 | Brett | 208 |
| 89 | Gabriel | 208 |
| 91 | Alexis | 204 |
| 92 | Jordan | 203 |
| 93 | Alan | 202 |
| 93 | Hector | 202 |
| 95 | Bradley | 200 |
| 96 | Omar | 199 |
| 97 | Randy | 197 |
| 98 | Nathaniel | 195 |
| 99 | Alex | 193 |
| 100 | Phillip | 191 |