Popular baby names of 1983

In 1983, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (54,353 babies) and Michael for boys (68,004). Social Security records show 3,463,173 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 12,074 girls' names and 7,344 boys' names.

1983 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 18.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 23.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Meghan, Kayla, Desiree, Renee, Bethany.
New in the boys' top 100: Evan, Vincent, Seth, Curtis.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982
1	Jennifer	54,353	–
2	Jessica	45,283	–
3	Amanda	33,749	–
4	Ashley	33,289	↑13
5	Sarah	27,228	↓1
6	Melissa	23,475	↓1
7	Nicole	22,400	↓1
8	Stephanie	22,329	↓1
9	Heather	20,747	↑3
10	Elizabeth	19,842	↓2
11	Crystal	17,904	↓2
12	Amy	17,097	↓2
13	Michelle	16,838	↓2
14	Tiffany	15,959	↓1
15	Kimberly	15,370	↓1
16	Christina	15,357	↑3
17	Amber	14,892	↑1
18	Erin	14,836	↑2
19	Rebecca	14,714	↓4
20	Rachel	14,591	↑1
21	Megan	14,124	↑13
22	Angela	13,219	↓6
23	Laura	13,199	↓1
24	Lauren	12,944	↑2
25	Emily	12,377	↓1
26	Kelly	11,586	↓1
27	Lisa	11,469	↓4
28	Jamie	11,025	↑1
29	Danielle	10,634	↑2
30	Andrea	10,413	↓3
31	Sara	10,087	↓3
32	Mary	9,897	↓2
33	Erica	9,713	↑2
34	Katherine	9,684	↑2
35	Lindsey	8,679	↑5
36	Lindsay	8,622	↑3
37	Kristen	8,618	↓4
38	Shannon	8,424	–
39	April	8,209	↓7
40	Samantha	7,703	↑4
41	Alicia	7,492	↑12
42	Kristin	7,267	↓5
43	Maria	6,847	↓1
44	Courtney	6,748	↓1
45	Katie	6,705	–
46	Julie	6,653	↓5
47	Christine	6,499	↓1
48	Holly	6,388	↑13
49	Vanessa	6,388	–
50	Kathryn	6,370	↓2
51	Tara	6,272	↓4
52	Natalie	5,723	↓1
53	Jacqueline	5,405	↑1
54	Monica	5,405	↓2
55	Anna	5,217	↑1
56	Brandi	5,203	↓1
57	Brandy	5,194	↓7
58	Victoria	5,046	↑8
59	Allison	4,973	↓1
60	Patricia	4,926	↓1
61	Stacy	4,678	↑11
62	Cynthia	4,553	↑2
63	Kristina	4,382	↑7
64	Brittany	4,377	↑30
65	Carrie	4,296	↓8
66	Catherine	4,252	↑7
67	Leslie	4,248	↓7
68	Veronica	4,069	↑1
69	Diana	4,039	↓6
70	Cassandra	4,006	↓8
71	Natasha	3,955	–
72	Dana	3,926	↓5
73	Kathleen	3,923	↑4
74	Valerie	3,901	↑1
75	Meghan	3,888	new
76	Stacey	3,799	↑9
77	Karen	3,787	↓9
78	Krystal	3,716	↑5
79	Melanie	3,553	↓14
80	Erika	3,548	↑1
81	Kayla	3,527	new
82	Leah	3,484	↓3
83	Alexis	3,462	↑10
84	Candice	3,420	↓6
85	Julia	3,381	↓1
86	Susan	3,358	↓10
87	Misty	3,189	↓13
88	Sandra	3,175	↓8
89	Tracy	3,158	↓1
90	Latoya	3,150	↑1
91	Pamela	3,029	↓9
92	Margaret	2,944	↑5
93	Nichole	2,926	↑6
94	Desiree	2,915	new
95	Heidi	2,915	↓9
96	Brooke	2,862	↓4
97	Renee	2,846	new
98	Jill	2,787	↓9
99	Bethany	2,765	new
100	Tina	2,738	↓10

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982
1	Michael	68,004	–
2	Christopher	59,324	–
3	Matthew	50,209	–
4	David	39,201	↑1
5	Joshua	36,687	↑2
6	James	36,342	–
7	Jason	35,113	↓3
8	Daniel	34,748	↑2
9	John	33,154	↓1
10	Robert	32,745	↓1
11	Joseph	30,442	–
12	Justin	28,298	–
13	Ryan	27,849	–
14	Brian	26,050	–
15	Andrew	25,559	↑2
16	William	25,396	↓1
17	Brandon	23,519	↑1
18	Adam	23,488	↑1
19	Jonathan	22,756	↓3
20	Eric	20,347	–
21	Nicholas	19,891	↑1
22	Anthony	19,830	↓1
23	Steven	18,307	↑3
24	Thomas	17,565	↓1
25	Kevin	17,377	–
26	Timothy	16,363	↓2
27	Richard	15,888	–
28	Jeffrey	15,649	↑1
29	Aaron	14,460	↑1
30	Jeremy	14,254	↓2
31	Mark	13,815	↑1
32	Benjamin	13,285	↑1
33	Charles	13,212	↓2
34	Kyle	12,372	↑13
35	Stephen	11,564	↑3
36	Jacob	10,999	↑5
37	Patrick	10,876	–
38	Scott	10,846	↓4
39	Paul	10,828	↓4
40	Nathan	10,557	↓4
41	Travis	10,478	↓2
42	Gregory	9,980	↓2
43	Dustin	9,678	↓1
44	Sean	9,615	–
45	Kenneth	8,965	–
46	Jesse	8,469	↓3
47	Bryan	8,191	↑2
48	Jose	8,073	↓2
49	Chad	7,390	↓1
50	Zachary	7,309	↑5
51	Derek	6,986	↓1
52	Bradley	6,738	↓1
53	Shawn	6,359	↓1
54	Samuel	6,195	↑2
55	Edward	6,005	↓2
56	Jared	5,853	↓2
57	Tyler	5,821	↑9
58	Marcus	5,637	↑5
59	Peter	5,482	↓2
60	Donald	5,327	↓2
61	Keith	5,313	↓2
62	Juan	4,894	↓1
63	Alexander	4,806	↑2
64	Ronald	4,702	↓4
65	George	4,495	↓3
66	Phillip	4,470	↑1
67	Joel	4,345	↑2
68	Gary	4,266	↓4
69	Douglas	4,182	↓1
70	Craig	4,084	↑3
71	Raymond	4,016	↓1
72	Jordan	4,014	↑13
73	Brett	3,975	↓1
74	Corey	3,967	–
75	Carlos	3,912	↓4
76	Antonio	3,683	–
77	Ian	3,665	↑6
78	Derrick	3,656	–
79	Nathaniel	3,641	↓4
80	Erik	3,636	–
81	Cody	3,505	↑14
82	Philip	3,488	↓3
83	Cory	3,404	↑10
84	Shane	3,404	–
85	Larry	3,381	↓8
86	Frank	3,361	↓5
87	Todd	3,334	↓5
88	Luis	3,321	↑2
89	Gabriel	3,269	↓1
90	Casey	3,228	↓4
91	Jeffery	3,154	↑1
92	Dennis	3,047	↓5
93	Evan	3,046	new
94	Brent	3,030	↓3
95	Victor	2,970	↑4
96	Randy	2,926	↓2
97	Vincent	2,893	new
98	Seth	2,857	new
99	Jeremiah	2,849	↓10
100	Curtis	2,847	new

Every name given in 1983

All 19,418 names Social Security recorded for 1983, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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