Popular baby names in Maryland, 1983

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (856 babies) and Michael for boys (1,268). Social Security records list 48,488 babies born in Maryland in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1983

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

Girls

Lakia: 21 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Tyra: 22 babies, 12× the national rate
Tierra: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Tiara: 39 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kia: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Nakia: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tanika: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Chanel: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tameka: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tamika: 37 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 53 babies, 56.3× the national rate
Davon: 34 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Donte: 40 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Donnell: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jamal: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jamar: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Pierre: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Randolph: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antoine: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	856	–	1
2	Jessica	758	–	2
3	Ashley	533	↑30	4
4	Amanda	447	↓1	3
5	Sarah	422	↓1	5
6	Heather	404	↑1	9
7	Nicole	379	↓2	7
8	Stephanie	368	↓2	8
9	Crystal	351	↑1	11
10	Melissa	349	↓2	6
11	Christina	341	↓2	16
12	Lauren	341	↓1	24
13	Elizabeth	324	↑1	10
14	Erin	323	↑2	18
15	Tiffany	310	–	14
16	Kimberly	280	↓4	15
17	Laura	265	↑3	23
18	Amy	263	↓1	12
19	Kelly	259	↓6	26
20	Rachel	259	↑3	20
21	Michelle	258	↓2	13
22	Megan	256	↑8	21
23	Rebecca	245	↓2	19
24	Angela	216	↓6	22
25	Emily	215	↑6	25
26	Shannon	205	↓4	38
27	Lisa	202	↓3	27
28	Katherine	201	↑4	34
29	Danielle	195	↓4	29
30	Amber	177	↑7	17
31	Kristen	173	↓4	37
32	Mary	169	↓6	32
33	Erica	154	↑3	33
34	April	153	↓5	39
35	Lindsay	147	↑4	36
36	Kristin	146	↓8	42
37	Samantha	146	new	40
38	Jamie	142	–	28
39	Sara	140	↓5	31
40	Christine	121	↓5	47
41	Kathleen	114	new	73
42	Andrea	109	↓2	30
43	Meghan	109	new	75
44	Kathryn	106	↓1	50
45	Tara	103	↑2	51
46	Holly	101	new	48
47	Alicia	100	new	41
48	Katie	99	↓4	45
49	Julie	98	↓8	46
50	Karen	92	↓5	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	1,268	–	1
2	Christopher	964	–	2
3	Matthew	822	↑3	3
4	James	724	↓1	6
5	David	713	–	4
6	Robert	652	↑1	10
7	John	621	↑1	9
8	Jason	581	↓4	7
9	Daniel	563	↑2	8
10	William	557	↓1	16
11	Joseph	532	↓1	11
12	Brian	519	–	14
13	Joshua	474	↑1	5
14	Andrew	447	↑3	15
15	Justin	442	↓2	12
16	Ryan	422	↓1	13
17	Brandon	380	↑8	17
18	Kevin	376	↓2	25
19	Steven	355	↑5	23
20	Charles	332	↓1	33
21	Timothy	332	↑2	26
22	Thomas	328	–	24
23	Jonathan	320	↓5	19
24	Eric	313	↓4	20
25	Adam	301	↑4	18
26	Anthony	299	–	22
27	Richard	288	↓6	27
28	Nicholas	254	↓1	21
29	Mark	252	↑1	31
30	Stephen	250	↓2	35
31	Jeffrey	241	↑1	28
32	Gregory	233	↓1	42
33	Kenneth	199	↑1	45
34	Sean	198	↑6	44
35	Paul	194	↑3	39
36	Patrick	190	↑3	37
37	Bryan	185	↑8	47
38	Benjamin	182	↓3	32
39	Aaron	180	↓6	29
40	Scott	179	↓3	38
41	Jeremy	143	↓5	30
42	Travis	137	↑8	41
43	Donald	136	↓1	60
44	Shawn	136	↓1	53
45	Keith	127	↑4	61
46	George	126	↑1	65
47	Kyle	123	new	34
48	Jacob	115	new	36
49	Edward	114	↓5	55
50	Nathan	113	new	40

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