Popular baby names in Virginia, 1983

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,211 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,522). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,749 babies born in Virginia in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1983

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

Girls

Sherita: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kendall: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tameka: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shameka: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lakisha: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Latrice: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Tierra: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Keisha: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ashleigh: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Virginia: 81 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dominique: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donte: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carlton: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Randolph: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamel: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lamont: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shannon: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sidney: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Antoine: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hunter: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,211	–	1
2	Jessica	1,087	–	2
3	Ashley	848	↑8	4
4	Amanda	781	↓1	3
5	Sarah	610	↓1	5
6	Elizabeth	524	↑2	10
7	Crystal	521	↓2	11
8	Heather	510	↑4	9
9	Stephanie	485	–	8
10	Tiffany	430	↓3	14
11	Melissa	398	↓5	6
12	Kimberly	378	↓2	15
13	Christina	368	↑5	16
14	Amy	365	↓1	12
15	Rebecca	362	↓1	19
16	Lauren	357	↑9	24
17	Nicole	340	↑3	7
18	Erin	333	↑1	18
19	Michelle	330	↓3	13
20	Kelly	328	↑3	26
21	Mary	320	↓6	32
22	Angela	312	↓5	22
23	Megan	309	↑10	21
24	Rachel	309	↑3	20
25	Laura	302	↓4	23
26	Katherine	294	–	34
27	Emily	282	↓3	25
28	Shannon	276	–	38
29	Amber	263	–	17
30	April	220	↓8	39
31	Sara	214	↓1	31
32	Lisa	213	↓1	27
33	Danielle	210	↑10	29
34	Jamie	206	↑2	28
35	Lindsay	205	↑6	36
36	Kristen	197	↓4	37
37	Samantha	192	↓2	40
38	Courtney	181	↓1	44
39	Erica	178	↑1	33
40	Kristin	173	↓6	42
41	Lindsey	168	↑3	35
42	Kathryn	156	↑3	50
43	Brandy	155	↓4	57
44	Catherine	142	↑5	66
45	Brandi	141	new	56
46	Holly	139	new	48
47	Alicia	135	new	41
48	Latoya	134	↑2	90
49	Christine	133	↓3	47
50	Andrea	132	↓12	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,522	–	2
2	Michael	1,390	–	1
3	Matthew	1,158	↑1	3
4	James	987	↓1	6
5	David	919	↑2	4
6	Jason	880	↓1	7
7	John	861	↓1	9
8	William	842	↑1	16
9	Robert	823	↓1	10
10	Joshua	804	–	5
11	Brandon	660	↑5	17
12	Daniel	646	–	8
13	Justin	639	↓2	12
14	Joseph	633	–	11
15	Jonathan	609	↓2	19
16	Brian	608	↓1	14
17	Andrew	564	–	15
18	Adam	456	↑3	18
19	Thomas	449	↓1	24
20	Kevin	410	↑2	25
21	Charles	403	↓2	33
22	Ryan	402	↓2	13
23	Richard	369	↑2	27
24	Steven	355	↑3	23
25	Timothy	353	↓2	26
26	Eric	350	↓2	20
27	Anthony	343	↓1	22
28	Stephen	315	↑4	35
29	Travis	308	–	41
30	Jeremy	300	↓2	30
31	Benjamin	296	–	32
32	Mark	293	↑1	31
33	Jeffrey	283	↓3	28
34	Aaron	282	↑2	29
35	Nicholas	267	↓1	21
36	Patrick	238	↑2	37
37	Kenneth	237	–	45
38	Paul	218	↓3	39
39	Gregory	217	–	42
40	Sean	210	↑2	44
41	Nathan	207	↓1	40
42	Bryan	190	↑2	47
43	Scott	185	–	38
44	Shawn	178	↑1	53
45	Dustin	166	new	43
46	Jacob	157	↑1	36
47	Kyle	153	new	34
48	Derek	151	↑2	51
49	Jesse	151	↓8	46
50	Zachary	149	new	50

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