Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1983

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,408 babies) and Michael for boys (2,165). Social Security records list 69,234 babies born in Massachusetts in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1983

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

Girls

Meaghan: 98 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Katelyn: 86 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 46 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kaitlin: 81 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maura: 38 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Caitlyn: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kerri: 101 babies, 6× the national rate
Caitlin: 219 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kerry: 83 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Deirdre: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 124 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bradford: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dana: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francis: 58 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 309 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rory: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marc: 111 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ethan: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sean: 406 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,408	–	1
2	Jessica	1,089	–	2
3	Nicole	770	↑2	7
4	Sarah	737	↓1	5
5	Elizabeth	642	↑1	10
6	Melissa	635	↓2	6
7	Amanda	600	–	3
8	Erin	542	↑2	18
9	Stephanie	511	↑2	8
10	Ashley	499	↑38	4
11	Lauren	467	↑1	24
12	Michelle	449	↓3	13
13	Amy	440	↓5	12
14	Heather	422	–	9
15	Rebecca	407	↓2	19
16	Emily	390	↑5	25
17	Kimberly	382	↓1	15
18	Kristen	363	↓1	37
19	Danielle	353	↓4	29
20	Laura	339	–	23
21	Kelly	337	↓2	26
22	Lisa	334	↓4	27
23	Christine	315	↑2	47
24	Christina	309	↑8	16
25	Meghan	290	↑16	75
26	Rachel	290	↓2	20
27	Katherine	274	↓5	34
28	Crystal	269	↓5	11
29	Shannon	265	↑7	38
30	Megan	264	↑15	21
31	Kathryn	263	↑4	50
32	Andrea	262	↓5	30
33	Lindsay	258	↓7	36
34	Julie	238	↓4	46
35	Angela	236	↓2	22
36	Kristin	236	↓5	42
37	Sara	220	↓8	31
38	Caitlin	219	↑8	>100
39	Jamie	208	↑5	28
40	Kathleen	208	↑3	73
41	Katie	204	↓7	45
42	Erica	203	↓4	33
43	Lindsey	193	↑7	35
44	Mary	193	↓2	32
45	Courtney	189	↓5	44
46	Catherine	170	new	66
47	Jacqueline	169	↓10	53
48	Jillian	164	↓20	>100
49	Tiffany	163	↓10	14
50	Allison	160	↓3	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	2,165	–	1
2	Matthew	1,544	–	3
3	Christopher	1,524	–	2
4	Daniel	1,053	↑1	8
5	David	1,015	↓1	4
6	John	898	–	9
7	James	871	↑2	6
8	Andrew	851	↑7	15
9	Joseph	846	↓1	11
10	Jason	834	↓3	7
11	Brian	789	–	14
12	Robert	780	↓2	10
13	Ryan	718	↓1	13
14	Adam	673	↑5	18
15	Jonathan	657	↓2	19
16	Joshua	633	↓2	5
17	Jeffrey	569	↑4	28
18	Timothy	554	↓1	26
19	Kevin	542	↑5	25
20	Nicholas	533	–	21
21	William	526	↓5	16
22	Justin	512	↓4	12
23	Thomas	489	–	24
24	Eric	482	↓2	20
25	Mark	472	–	31
26	Stephen	468	↑4	35
27	Richard	454	↑1	27
28	Patrick	433	↓2	37
29	Steven	433	↑4	23
30	Sean	406	↑1	44
31	Anthony	400	↓2	22
32	Paul	365	↓5	39
33	Benjamin	332	↑1	32
34	Gregory	330	↑2	42
35	Scott	318	↓3	38
36	Peter	309	↓1	59
37	Nathan	245	↑6	40
38	Derek	231	↓1	51
39	Keith	212	↑6	61
40	Charles	204	–	33
41	Brandon	199	new	17
42	Kyle	193	↑7	34
43	Alexander	191	↑1	63
44	Jeremy	191	↓6	30
45	Edward	180	↓6	55
46	Bryan	168	↑4	47
47	Shawn	166	↓6	53
48	Kenneth	162	↓1	45
49	Aaron	161	↓7	29
50	Jared	154	↓2	56

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