Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1983

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (2,572 babies) and Michael for boys (3,805). Social Security records list 144,606 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1983

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

Girls

Maura: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maureen: 105 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Janine: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Colleen: 212 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 170 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gretchen: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Leann: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dana: 326 babies, 2× the national rate
Bobbi: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Tyree: 41 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Francis: 125 babies, 3× the national rate
Harry: 84 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lamar: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jamar: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,572	–	1
2	Jessica	2,085	–	2
3	Amanda	1,608	–	3
4	Ashley	1,602	↑24	4
5	Nicole	1,491	–	7
6	Melissa	1,168	↓2	6
7	Sarah	1,128	↓1	5
8	Heather	1,059	–	9
9	Stephanie	1,040	↑1	8
10	Lauren	971	↓1	24
11	Megan	915	↑11	21
12	Amy	899	↓5	12
13	Erin	888	↓1	18
14	Elizabeth	879	↓3	10
15	Michelle	792	↓1	13
16	Kelly	784	↓1	26
17	Rebecca	775	↓4	19
18	Laura	760	↑1	23
19	Rachel	747	↑2	20
20	Christina	719	–	16
21	Kimberly	674	↓4	15
22	Angela	670	↑1	22
23	Danielle	670	↑1	29
24	Jamie	655	↑2	28
25	Tiffany	644	↓7	14
26	Lisa	604	↓10	27
27	Emily	570	–	25
28	Amber	555	↑1	17
29	Kristen	555	↓4	37
30	Lindsay	535	↑5	36
31	Crystal	511	↓1	11
32	Shannon	494	↑5	38
33	Sara	460	↑3	31
34	Mary	455	↓2	32
35	Kristin	422	↓4	42
36	Erica	420	↑4	33
37	Christine	401	↑2	47
38	Andrea	397	↓5	30
39	Tara	395	↓5	51
40	Julie	394	↓2	46
41	Katie	387	–	45
42	Samantha	374	↑5	40
43	Alicia	371	new	41
44	Lindsey	346	↑4	35
45	Katherine	345	↓3	34
46	Kathryn	327	↓2	50
47	Dana	326	↓2	72
48	Holly	316	new	48
49	Kathleen	305	–	73
50	Courtney	304	↓4	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	3,805	–	1
2	Matthew	2,954	–	3
3	Christopher	2,464	–	2
4	David	2,006	↑1	4
5	Jason	1,933	↓1	7
6	John	1,861	–	9
7	Joseph	1,750	↑2	11
8	Robert	1,750	–	10
9	Daniel	1,722	↑1	8
10	James	1,717	↓3	6
11	Joshua	1,665	–	5
12	Ryan	1,636	–	13
13	Brian	1,528	↑2	14
14	Justin	1,511	↓1	12
15	Andrew	1,486	↑1	15
16	William	1,348	↓2	16
17	Adam	1,152	↑6	18
18	Jonathan	1,058	–	19
19	Thomas	1,046	↓2	24
20	Kevin	976	↑2	25
21	Anthony	975	↓1	22
22	Eric	972	↓1	20
23	Timothy	942	↓4	26
24	Steven	922	↑4	23
25	Mark	897	↓1	31
26	Jeffrey	895	↓1	28
27	Nicholas	832	–	21
28	Richard	804	↓2	27
29	Brandon	799	↑1	17
30	Stephen	788	↓1	35
31	Gregory	619	↑2	42
32	Sean	615	↑4	44
33	Benjamin	612	↑1	32
34	Scott	608	↓3	38
35	Patrick	602	↑4	37
36	Charles	580	↓1	33
37	Jeremy	560	↓5	30
38	Aaron	546	–	29
39	Kyle	526	new	34
40	Nathan	515	↓3	40
41	Paul	505	↓1	39
42	Shawn	486	↓1	53
43	Edward	484	↑1	55
44	Chad	426	↑1	49
45	Kenneth	410	↓2	45
46	Bryan	385	↑4	47
47	Jesse	385	↓5	46
48	Zachary	380	new	50
49	Bradley	346	–	52
50	Jacob	330	new	36

← Pennsylvania 1982 Pennsylvania: all years · US 1983 Pennsylvania 1984 →