Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1983

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (179 babies) and Michael for boys (338). Social Security records list 13,267 babies born in District of Columbia in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1983

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

India: 15 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Tamika: 34 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Patrice: 25 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ebony: 65 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lakeisha: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tia: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marquita: 46 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Monique: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Claire: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 16 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Donte: 17 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Antoine: 31 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Jamal: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 36 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Melvin: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Andre: 53 babies, 6× the national rate
Eugene: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Dwayne: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Demetrius: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	179	–	1
2	Jessica	129	↑1	2
3	Tiffany	114	↓1	14
4	Elizabeth	112	↑1	10
5	Kimberly	102	↑7	15
6	Lauren	99	↑1	24
7	Stephanie	96	↑1	8
8	Nicole	91	↓4	7
9	Sarah	91	↓3	5
10	Ashley	88	↑14	4
11	Crystal	79	–	11
12	Katherine	77	↓3	34
13	Emily	76	↑3	25
14	Danielle	73	↑8	29
15	Erin	70	–	18
16	Laura	70	↑9	23
17	Michelle	70	↓7	13
18	Erica	67	↑8	33
19	Ebony	65	↓2	>100
20	Angela	62	↓1	22
21	Rachel	62	↑2	20
22	Christina	61	↓8	16
23	Rebecca	58	↓2	19
24	Megan	53	↑19	21
25	Melissa	51	↓12	6
26	Shannon	50	↑5	38
27	Andrea	46	↑1	30
28	Kelly	46	↓8	26
29	Latoya	46	↑8	90
30	Marquita	46	new	>100
31	Mary	45	↓4	32
32	Lisa	43	–	27
33	Monique	43	–	>100
34	Kathleen	41	↓4	73
35	Maria	41	new	43
36	Amanda	40	↓18	3
37	Heather	40	new	9
38	Kristen	38	new	37
39	Jacqueline	37	↑7	53
40	Julia	37	↓11	85
41	Christine	36	new	47
42	Natasha	36	↑2	71
43	Victoria	36	new	58
44	Candice	35	new	84
45	Alexis	34	↓7	83
46	Tamika	34	new	>100
47	Allison	33	new	59
48	Amy	32	↓13	12
49	April	32	↑1	39
50	Margaret	31	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	338	–	1
2	Christopher	248	–	2
3	David	232	–	4
4	Matthew	191	↑4	3
5	James	188	↓1	6
6	John	177	↓1	9
7	Robert	166	↓1	10
8	William	157	↓1	16
9	Jason	138	↑1	7
10	Daniel	135	↓1	8
11	Brian	128	↑4	14
12	Joseph	128	–	11
13	Anthony	121	↑1	22
14	Kevin	119	↓3	25
15	Andrew	116	↓2	15
16	Jonathan	112	–	19
17	Charles	103	↑6	33
18	Justin	90	–	12
19	Aaron	86	↑1	29
20	Brandon	86	↑5	17
21	Marcus	86	↑12	58
22	Eric	84	↓5	20
23	Thomas	84	↓1	24
24	Nicholas	78	↑16	21
25	Joshua	75	↑5	5
26	Gregory	74	–	42
27	Steven	73	↑12	23
28	Mark	72	–	31
29	Richard	70	↓10	27
30	Kenneth	65	↑6	45
31	Patrick	65	↓7	37
32	Jeffrey	63	↑3	28
33	Stephen	63	↑5	35
34	Adam	62	↓13	18
35	Benjamin	62	↓8	32
36	Antonio	60	↑7	76
37	Paul	58	↑4	39
38	Andre	53	↓6	>100
39	Timothy	53	↓10	26
40	Edward	51	↑6	55
41	Derrick	50	new	78
42	Sean	50	↓11	44
43	Ronald	47	↑2	64
44	Ryan	46	↓7	13
45	Alexander	45	↓11	63
46	Peter	43	↓2	59
47	Samuel	43	↓5	54
48	Keith	37	new	61
49	Scott	37	↑1	38
50	Tyrone	36	new	>100

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