1983
Top Baby Names of 1983
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1983
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Jennifer 54,355 2
Jessica 45,284 3
Amanda 33,750 4
Ashley 33,291 5
Sarah 27,230 6
Melissa 23,474 7
Nicole 22,400 8
Stephanie 22,331 9
Heather 20,747 10
Elizabeth 19,842 11
Crystal 17,907 12
Amy 17,096 13
Michelle 16,838 14
Tiffany 15,959 15
Kimberly 15,370 16
Christina 15,358 17
Amber 14,893 18
Erin 14,837 19
Rebecca 14,714 20
Rachel 14,592 21
Megan 14,124 22
Angela 13,218 23
Laura 13,199 24
Lauren 12,944 25
Emily 12,377 26
Kelly 11,587 27
Lisa 11,471 28
Jamie 11,025 29
Danielle 10,634 30
Andrea 10,414 31
Sara 10,086 32
Mary 9,896 33
Erica 9,713 34
Katherine 9,683 35
Lindsey 8,679 36
Lindsay 8,622 37
Kristen 8,618 38
Shannon 8,425 39
April 8,209 40
Samantha 7,704 41
Alicia 7,492 42
Kristin 7,267 43
Maria 6,848 44
Courtney 6,748 45
Katie 6,704 46
Julie 6,652 47
Christine 6,499 48
Holly 6,388 48
Vanessa 6,388 50
Kathryn 6,372 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1983
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Michael 67,997 2
Christopher 59,329 3
Matthew 50,208 4
David 39,206 5
Joshua 36,688 6
James 36,344 7
Jason 35,118 8
Daniel 34,748 9
John 33,158 10
Robert 32,744 11
Joseph 30,444 12
Justin 28,301 13
Ryan 27,849 14
Brian 26,047 15
Andrew 25,564 16
William 25,396 17
Brandon 23,516 18
Adam 23,489 19
Jonathan 22,756 20
Eric 20,356 21
Nicholas 19,894 22
Anthony 19,832 23
Steven 18,311 24
Thomas 17,565 25
Kevin 17,378 26
Timothy 16,363 27
Richard 15,891 28
Jeffrey 15,653 29
Aaron 14,461 30
Jeremy 14,257 31
Mark 13,818 32
Benjamin 13,286 33
Charles 13,213 34
Kyle 12,372 35
Stephen 11,564 36
Jacob 10,998 37
Patrick 10,874 38
Scott 10,847 39
Paul 10,826 40
Nathan 10,558 41
Travis 10,480 42
Gregory 9,982 43
Dustin 9,679 44
Sean 9,616 45
Kenneth 8,965 46
Jesse 8,469 47
Bryan 8,191 48
Jose 8,074 49
Chad 7,392 50
Zachary 7,309 About 1983 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1983, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.