Popular baby names in New York, 1983

The most popular baby names in New York in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (3,886 babies) and Michael for boys (5,964). Social Security records list 219,556 babies born in New York in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1983

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

Girls

Chaya: 109 babies, 12× the national rate
Chana: 111 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Rivka: 55 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Shaniqua: 53 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Giselle: 84 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jasmin: 114 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nathalie: 53 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Siobhan: 56 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Simone: 73 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Esther: 206 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Yoel: 59 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Moshe: 103 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Chaim: 70 babies, 11× the national rate
Jamel: 152 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 127 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wilfredo: 64 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ariel: 109 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kareem: 97 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jean: 82 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dominick: 83 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,886	–	1
2	Jessica	3,053	–	2
3	Nicole	2,076	–	7
4	Melissa	1,848	–	6
5	Amanda	1,530	↑2	3
6	Sarah	1,466	–	5
7	Stephanie	1,462	↑2	8
8	Elizabeth	1,358	↓3	10
9	Michelle	1,356	↓1	13
10	Danielle	1,261	↑1	29
11	Christina	1,246	↑1	16
12	Lauren	1,239	↓2	24
13	Heather	1,113	↑5	9
14	Kimberly	1,058	↓1	15
15	Lisa	979	↓1	27
16	Tiffany	979	↓1	14
17	Erin	974	↓1	18
18	Ashley	954	new	4
19	Crystal	874	↑1	11
20	Rebecca	857	↓3	19
21	Rachel	839	↑1	20
22	Amy	815	↓3	12
23	Laura	803	↓2	23
24	Christine	798	↓1	47
25	Kelly	769	↓1	26
26	Megan	716	↑17	21
27	Erica	710	↓2	33
28	Kristen	697	↓2	37
29	Jamie	672	↑3	28
30	Emily	662	↑1	25
31	Katherine	622	↓1	34
32	Maria	612	↑2	43
33	Vanessa	610	↑5	49
34	Samantha	606	↑7	40
35	Andrea	602	↓6	30
36	Sara	594	↓9	31
37	Angela	591	↓1	22
38	Jacqueline	551	↓3	53
39	Kristin	540	↓11	42
40	Mary	538	↓3	32
41	Lindsay	531	↓1	36
42	Diana	497	↓9	69
43	Shannon	481	↓4	38
44	Victoria	463	↑2	58
45	Tara	460	↓3	51
46	Kathryn	438	↓1	50
47	Alicia	414	new	41
48	Kathleen	402	–	73
49	Karen	390	↑1	77
50	Meghan	377	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	5,964	–	1
2	Christopher	3,922	–	2
3	Matthew	3,236	↑2	3
4	Daniel	2,811	↑5	8
5	David	2,793	↓1	4
6	Joseph	2,763	–	11
7	Jason	2,678	↓4	7
8	Robert	2,378	–	10
9	John	2,377	↓2	9
10	James	2,229	–	6
11	Anthony	2,087	–	22
12	Brian	2,009	–	14
13	Andrew	1,800	↑3	15
14	Jonathan	1,695	↓1	19
15	William	1,666	↓1	16
16	Thomas	1,535	↓1	24
17	Adam	1,508	↑8	18
18	Joshua	1,447	↓1	5
19	Ryan	1,432	↑2	13
20	Eric	1,411	↑2	20
21	Steven	1,409	↑3	23
22	Justin	1,404	↓3	12
23	Richard	1,342	↓5	27
24	Kevin	1,327	↓4	25
25	Nicholas	1,303	↓2	21
26	Jeffrey	1,085	↑1	28
27	Mark	1,045	↑1	31
28	Timothy	1,006	↓2	26
29	Sean	885	–	44
30	Paul	864	↑1	39
31	Gregory	840	↓1	42
32	Stephen	825	↑4	35
33	Charles	769	↑2	33
34	Patrick	765	↑3	37
35	Peter	760	↓2	59
36	Brandon	730	↑7	17
37	Scott	701	↓5	38
38	Jose	696	↓4	48
39	Aaron	649	↑3	29
40	Benjamin	621	↓2	32
41	Edward	593	–	55
42	Kenneth	588	↓2	45
43	Jeremy	556	↓4	30
44	Kyle	534	new	34
45	Luis	517	–	88
46	Keith	493	new	61
47	Alexander	489	↑1	63
48	Bryan	488	new	47
49	Jesse	470	↓2	46
50	Joel	462	↓6	67

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