Popular baby names in Michigan, 1983

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (2,242 babies) and Michael for boys (2,757). Social Security records list 117,806 babies born in Michigan in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1983

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

Girls

Dayna: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Autumn: 108 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Trisha: 88 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tanisha: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Melisa: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maureen: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Antoine: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Jonathon: 155 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dale: 81 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,242	–	1
2	Jessica	1,724	–	2
3	Amanda	1,467	–	3
4	Sarah	1,354	–	5
5	Nicole	1,184	–	7
6	Melissa	971	–	6
7	Ashley	928	↑35	4
8	Stephanie	871	↓1	8
9	Heather	812	↑2	9
10	Elizabeth	796	↓2	10
11	Michelle	719	↑2	13
12	Rachel	691	↑2	20
13	Amy	678	↓3	12
14	Erin	667	↑3	18
15	Angela	622	↓6	22
16	Amber	617	↑2	17
17	Rebecca	616	↓5	19
18	Lisa	600	↑1	27
19	Andrea	592	↓4	30
20	Emily	583	↑3	25
21	Crystal	573	↓1	11
22	Kelly	553	↓6	26
23	Megan	550	↑13	21
24	Tiffany	537	↓3	14
25	Kimberly	529	↓3	15
26	Jamie	516	–	28
27	Christina	506	↓2	16
28	Laura	506	↓1	23
29	Sara	474	↓5	31
30	Danielle	456	↓2	29
31	Lindsay	403	↑1	36
32	Lauren	402	↑7	24
33	Katherine	397	↓3	34
34	Lindsey	390	↑4	35
35	Erica	368	↓1	33
36	Katie	358	↑4	45
37	Shannon	355	↑4	38
38	Mary	348	↓3	32
39	Kristen	328	↓10	37
40	Julie	322	↓9	46
41	Holly	301	↑8	48
42	Samantha	300	↑4	40
43	Kristin	292	↓10	42
44	Kathryn	287	↓1	50
45	Alicia	277	new	41
46	Tara	271	↑1	51
47	Courtney	255	↓2	44
48	April	237	↓11	39
49	Christine	211	↓1	47
50	Stacy	211	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	2,757	–	1
2	Matthew	2,222	↑1	3
3	Christopher	2,015	↓1	2
4	David	1,586	↑1	4
5	Jason	1,579	↓1	7
6	Ryan	1,371	↑2	13
7	James	1,317	↓1	6
8	Joshua	1,296	↓1	5
9	Robert	1,295	–	10
10	Daniel	1,292	↑1	8
11	Andrew	1,215	↑4	15
12	Joseph	1,196	↓2	11
13	Adam	1,120	↑5	18
14	Justin	1,106	↓2	12
15	John	1,075	↓2	9
16	Brian	1,074	↓2	14
17	Nicholas	1,023	↓1	21
18	Brandon	994	↑1	17
19	Eric	953	↓2	20
20	Steven	915	↑1	23
21	William	824	↑2	16
22	Anthony	809	↑2	22
23	Aaron	772	↑2	29
24	Timothy	772	↑2	26
25	Kevin	766	↓5	25
26	Jeffrey	749	↓4	28
27	Thomas	702	–	24
28	Jonathan	657	↑3	19
29	Scott	643	↓1	38
30	Kyle	626	↑13	34
31	Mark	588	↓1	31
32	Jeremy	553	↓3	30
33	Richard	518	↑1	27
34	Nathan	507	↓1	40
35	Benjamin	499	↓3	32
36	Jacob	492	↑6	36
37	Paul	460	↓1	39
38	Patrick	448	↓1	37
39	Charles	444	↓4	33
40	Stephen	419	↑4	35
41	Gregory	413	↓3	42
42	Kenneth	394	↓1	45
43	Chad	384	↓3	49
44	Sean	356	↑3	44
45	Bradley	351	↓6	52
46	Travis	325	↑3	41
47	Bryan	322	↓2	47
48	Derek	311	↓2	51
49	Dustin	290	new	43
50	Jesse	256	–	46

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