Popular baby names in Indiana, 1983

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1983 were Ashley for girls (1,224 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,371). Ashley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,705 babies born in Indiana in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1983

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

Girls

Kylie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Tosha: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abby: 80 babies, 3× the national rate
Holli: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Kyla: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ashlee: 81 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jayme: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Abigail: 98 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brittney: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Staci: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Brock: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zachariah: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trent: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jonathon: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dallas: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Damon: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nickolas: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Zachary: 313 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Ashley	1,224	↑11	4
2	Jennifer	1,202	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,097	↓1	3
4	Jessica	1,058	↓1	2
5	Sarah	808	↓1	5
6	Heather	647	↑4	9
7	Amber	630	↓1	17
8	Stephanie	548	↓1	8
9	Melissa	543	↓4	6
10	Nicole	516	↓2	7
11	Amy	513	↓2	12
12	Elizabeth	482	↓1	10
13	Megan	470	↑11	21
14	Rachel	458	–	20
15	Emily	395	↑3	25
16	Erin	375	↑1	18
17	Crystal	370	↓1	11
18	Angela	361	↓5	22
19	Michelle	349	↑1	13
20	Laura	340	↑3	23
21	Tiffany	330	↓6	14
22	Christina	327	↑3	16
23	Kimberly	300	↓1	15
24	Rebecca	299	↑2	19
25	Andrea	287	↓4	30
26	Sara	282	↓7	31
27	Lindsey	275	↑6	35
28	Kelly	274	↑2	26
29	Jamie	270	↓2	28
30	Lindsay	258	↑2	36
31	Mary	250	↓3	32
32	Lisa	237	↓3	27
33	Erica	223	↑4	33
34	Samantha	222	↑12	40
35	April	218	↓4	39
36	Lauren	218	↑13	24
37	Danielle	208	↓2	29
38	Holly	204	new	48
39	Courtney	201	–	44
40	Katherine	197	↑2	34
41	Kristen	197	↓7	37
42	Brandi	189	↓1	56
43	Brandy	183	↓7	57
44	Alicia	175	new	41
45	Brittany	173	new	64
46	Kristin	166	↓8	42
47	Shannon	165	↓4	38
48	Tara	162	↓1	51
49	Natalie	158	↓4	52
50	Kathryn	150	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	1,371	↑3	3
2	Michael	1,371	↓1	1
3	Joshua	1,236	↓1	5
4	Christopher	1,228	↓1	2
5	Ryan	924	↑2	13
6	Jason	856	↓1	7
7	David	840	↓1	4
8	Adam	830	↑2	18
9	James	808	↓1	6
10	Justin	774	↓1	12
11	Andrew	757	↑4	15
12	Brandon	756	↑2	17
13	Robert	699	↓1	10
14	John	681	↓3	9
15	Joseph	675	↓2	11
16	Daniel	672	–	8
17	Brian	605	↑2	14
18	Eric	547	↑3	20
19	Nicholas	535	↓2	21
20	William	527	–	16
21	Kyle	519	↑10	34
22	Aaron	507	–	29
23	Jeremy	459	↓5	30
24	Jonathan	445	↓1	19
25	Anthony	431	↓1	22
26	Dustin	402	↓1	43
27	Steven	399	↑2	23
28	Benjamin	375	↑2	32
29	Timothy	375	↓3	26
30	Kevin	374	↓2	25
31	Jeffrey	371	↑3	28
32	Nathan	371	↓5	40
33	Thomas	343	↓1	24
34	Jacob	338	↑6	36
35	Mark	327	↑2	31
36	Charles	320	–	33
37	Zachary	313	↑5	50
38	Richard	305	↓3	27
39	Travis	302	↓1	41
40	Scott	286	↓7	38
41	Bradley	268	–	52
42	Gregory	253	↑1	42
43	Stephen	240	↑3	35
44	Chad	234	↓5	49
45	Paul	228	↓1	39
46	Patrick	227	↑2	37
47	Kenneth	204	↓2	45
48	Derek	196	↓1	51
49	Bryan	180	new	47
50	Jesse	168	↓1	46

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