Popular baby names in Washington, 1983

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,041 babies) and Michael for boys (1,121). Social Security records list 58,779 babies born in Washington in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1983

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

Girls

Kelsey: 117 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Brianna: 64 babies, 4× the national rate
Breanna: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brenna: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Laurel: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hayley: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lacie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelby: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rachelle: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tessa: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 61 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryce: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Reid: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Ty: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Bryon: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tyler: 288 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 72 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rory: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nolan: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,041	–	1
2	Jessica	764	–	2
3	Sarah	683	–	5
4	Amanda	559	–	3
5	Nicole	462	↑1	7
6	Ashley	453	↑31	4
7	Melissa	432	↓2	6
8	Stephanie	419	–	8
9	Heather	402	↑1	9
10	Rachel	381	↑4	20
11	Megan	356	↑13	21
12	Amy	352	↓3	12
13	Elizabeth	351	↓2	10
14	Amber	331	↓1	17
15	Erin	328	–	18
16	Michelle	325	↓9	13
17	Crystal	313	↓5	11
18	Christina	300	↑2	16
19	Emily	290	↓1	25
20	Rebecca	287	↓1	19
21	Sara	267	↓5	31
22	Jamie	256	↑3	28
23	Angela	255	↓6	22
24	Kimberly	244	↓1	15
25	Tiffany	239	↓3	14
26	Laura	229	↑1	23
27	Lisa	222	↓1	27
28	Andrea	219	↓7	30
29	Danielle	215	↓1	29
30	Katie	211	–	45
31	Katherine	190	↓2	34
32	Lindsey	178	↓1	35
33	Shannon	171	↓1	38
34	Tara	167	↑4	51
35	Kelly	163	↓2	26
36	Alicia	158	↑3	41
37	Lindsay	149	↓2	36
38	Kristin	147	↑4	42
39	Mary	147	↑1	32
40	Lauren	143	new	24
41	Anna	142	↓7	55
42	Kathryn	135	↑8	50
43	Kristina	135	↑1	63
44	Erica	133	↑2	33
45	Julie	132	↓9	46
46	Heidi	131	↓5	95
47	Holly	131	new	48
48	Kristen	126	–	37
49	Courtney	125	↓4	44
50	Cassandra	122	↓1	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	1,121	–	1
2	Christopher	1,044	–	2
3	Matthew	965	–	3
4	Ryan	812	–	13
5	Joshua	797	–	5
6	David	734	–	4
7	Jason	668	–	7
8	Daniel	630	↑1	8
9	Andrew	590	↑6	15
10	Justin	570	↓2	12
11	Nicholas	558	↑6	21
12	James	555	↓2	6
13	Joseph	555	↓2	11
14	Brandon	533	↑2	17
15	Brian	515	↓1	14
16	Robert	511	↓4	10
17	John	498	↓4	9
18	Adam	469	–	18
19	Kyle	448	↑11	34
20	Aaron	392	↓1	29
21	Jonathan	387	–	19
22	Jeffrey	372	↓2	28
23	William	367	↑2	16
24	Kevin	357	↑2	25
25	Jacob	344	↓3	36
26	Benjamin	334	↓2	32
27	Eric	333	–	20
28	Steven	326	↑1	23
29	Anthony	310	↑4	22
30	Nathan	299	↑1	40
31	Jeremy	298	↓8	30
32	Timothy	290	–	26
33	Tyler	288	↑3	57
34	Thomas	282	↑4	24
35	Travis	271	–	41
36	Scott	270	↓2	38
37	Jesse	269	↓9	46
38	Sean	255	↑2	44
39	Richard	254	↓2	27
40	Mark	235	↑1	31
41	Paul	215	↓2	39
42	Dustin	198	–	43
43	Bryan	188	↑4	47
44	Patrick	186	↓1	37
45	Zachary	186	–	50
46	Charles	180	↓2	33
47	Derek	175	↑1	51
48	Kenneth	170	new	45
49	Stephen	169	↑1	35
50	Jared	154	↓4	56

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