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No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1983 # Top Baby Names of 1983 The most popular baby names in the United States [ 2020s ](/decade/2020s)[ 2010s ](/decade/2010s)[ 2000s ](/decade/2000s)[ 1990s ](/decade/1990s)[ 1980s ](/decade/1980s)[ 1970s ](/decade/1970s)[ 1960s ](/decade/1960s)[ 1950s ](/decade/1950s)[ 1940s ](/decade/1940s)[ 1930s ](/decade/1930s)[ 1920s ](/decade/1920s)[ 1910s ](/decade/1910s)[ 1900s ](/decade/1900s)[ 1890s ](/decade/1890s)[ 1880s ](/decade/1880s) [ 1980 ](/year/1980)[ 1981 ](/year/1981)[ 1982 ](/year/1982)[ 1983 ](/year/1983)[ 1984 ](/year/1984)[ 1985 ](/year/1985)[ 1986 ](/year/1986)[ 1987 ](/year/1987)[ 1988 ](/year/1988)[ 1989 ](/year/1989) 👧 ## Girl Names Top 100 in 1983 [ 1 Jennifer 54,355 ](/jennifer)[ 2 Jessica 45,284 ](/jessica)[ 3 Amanda 33,750 ](/amanda)[ 4 Ashley 33,291 ](/ashley)[ 5 Sarah 27,230 ](/sarah)[ 6 Melissa 23,474 ](/melissa)[ 7 Nicole 22,400 ](/nicole)[ 8 Stephanie 22,331 ](/stephanie)[ 9 Heather 20,747 ](/heather)[ 10 Elizabeth 19,842 ](/elizabeth)[ 11 Crystal 17,907 ](/crystal)[ 12 Amy 17,096 ](/amy)[ 13 Michelle 16,838 ](/michelle)[ 14 Tiffany 15,959 ](/tiffany)[ 15 Kimberly 15,370 ](/kimberly)[ 16 Christina 15,358 ](/christina)[ 17 Amber 14,893 ](/amber)[ 18 Erin 14,837 ](/erin)[ 19 Rebecca 14,714 ](/rebecca)[ 20 Rachel 14,592 ](/rachel)[ 21 Megan 14,124 ](/megan)[ 22 Angela 13,218 ](/angela)[ 23 Laura 13,199 ](/laura)[ 24 Lauren 12,944 ](/lauren)[ 25 Emily 12,377 ](/emily)[ 26 Kelly 11,587 ](/kelly)[ 27 Lisa 11,471 ](/lisa)[ 28 Jamie 11,025 ](/jamie)[ 29 Danielle 10,634 ](/danielle)[ 30 Andrea 10,414 ](/andrea)[ 31 Sara 10,086 ](/sara)[ 32 Mary 9,896 ](/mary)[ 33 Erica 9,713 ](/erica)[ 34 Katherine 9,683 ](/katherine)[ 35 Lindsey 8,679 ](/lindsey)[ 36 Lindsay 8,622 ](/lindsay)[ 37 Kristen 8,618 ](/kristen)[ 38 Shannon 8,425 ](/shannon)[ 39 April 8,209 ](/april)[ 40 Samantha 7,704 ](/samantha)[ 41 Alicia 7,492 ](/alicia)[ 42 Kristin 7,267 ](/kristin)[ 43 Maria 6,848 ](/maria)[ 44 Courtney 6,748 ](/courtney)[ 45 Katie 6,704 ](/katie)[ 46 Julie 6,652 ](/julie)[ 47 Christine 6,499 ](/christine)[ 48 Holly 6,388 ](/holly)[ 48 Vanessa 6,388 ](/vanessa)[ 50 Kathryn 6,372 ](/kathryn)[ 51 Tara 6,273 ](/tara)[ 52 Natalie 5,723 ](/natalie)[ 53 Monica 5,404 ](/monica)[ 53 Jacqueline 5,404 ](/jacqueline)[ 55 Anna 5,218 ](/anna)[ 56 Brandi 5,203 ](/brandi)[ 57 Brandy 5,194 ](/brandy)[ 58 Victoria 5,046 ](/victoria)[ 59 Allison 4,973 ](/allison)[ 60 Patricia 4,926 ](/patricia)[ 61 Stacy 4,678 ](/stacy)[ 62 Cynthia 4,553 ](/cynthia)[ 63 Kristina 4,382 ](/kristina)[ 64 Brittany 4,377 ](/brittany)[ 65 Carrie 4,296 ](/carrie)[ 66 Catherine 4,251 ](/catherine)[ 67 Leslie 4,249 ](/leslie)[ 68 Veronica 4,069 ](/veronica)[ 69 Diana 4,039 ](/diana)[ 70 Cassandra 4,005 ](/cassandra)[ 71 Natasha 3,955 ](/natasha)[ 72 Dana 3,926 ](/dana)[ 73 Kathleen 3,924 ](/kathleen)[ 74 Valerie 3,902 ](/valerie)[ 75 Meghan 3,888 ](/meghan)[ 76 Stacey 3,799 ](/stacey)[ 77 Karen 3,788 ](/karen)[ 78 Krystal 3,716 ](/krystal)[ 79 Melanie 3,553 ](/melanie)[ 80 Erika 3,548 ](/erika)[ 81 Kayla 3,527 ](/kayla)[ 82 Leah 3,484 ](/leah)[ 83 Alexis 3,462 ](/alexis)[ 84 Candice 3,420 ](/candice)[ 85 Julia 3,382 ](/julia)[ 86 Susan 3,357 ](/susan)[ 87 Misty 3,189 ](/misty)[ 88 Sandra 3,175 ](/sandra)[ 89 Tracy 3,158 ](/tracy)[ 90 Latoya 3,150 ](/latoya)[ 91 Pamela 3,030 ](/pamela)[ 92 Margaret 2,944 ](/margaret)[ 93 Nichole 2,926 ](/nichole)[ 94 Desiree 2,915 ](/desiree)[ 94 Heidi 2,915 ](/heidi)[ 96 Brooke 2,862 ](/brooke)[ 97 Renee 2,846 ](/renee)[ 98 Jill 2,787 ](/jill)[ 99 Bethany 2,765 ](/bethany)[ 100 Tina 2,739 ](/tina) 👦 ## Boy Names Top 100 in 1983 [ 1 Michael 67,997 ](/michael)[ 2 Christopher 59,329 ](/christopher)[ 3 Matthew 50,208 ](/matthew)[ 4 David 39,206 ](/david)[ 5 Joshua 36,688 ](/joshua)[ 6 James 36,344 ](/james)[ 7 Jason 35,118 ](/jason)[ 8 Daniel 34,748 ](/daniel)[ 9 John 33,158 ](/john)[ 10 Robert 32,744 ](/robert)[ 11 Joseph 30,444 ](/joseph)[ 12 Justin 28,301 ](/justin)[ 13 Ryan 27,849 ](/ryan)[ 14 Brian 26,047 ](/brian)[ 15 Andrew 25,564 ](/andrew)[ 16 William 25,396 ](/william)[ 17 Brandon 23,516 ](/brandon)[ 18 Adam 23,489 ](/adam)[ 19 Jonathan 22,756 ](/jonathan)[ 20 Eric 20,356 ](/eric)[ 21 Nicholas 19,894 ](/nicholas)[ 22 Anthony 19,832 ](/anthony)[ 23 Steven 18,311 ](/steven)[ 24 Thomas 17,565 ](/thomas)[ 25 Kevin 17,378 ](/kevin)[ 26 Timothy 16,363 ](/timothy)[ 27 Richard 15,891 ](/richard)[ 28 Jeffrey 15,653 ](/jeffrey)[ 29 Aaron 14,461 ](/aaron)[ 30 Jeremy 14,257 ](/jeremy)[ 31 Mark 13,818 ](/mark)[ 32 Benjamin 13,286 ](/benjamin)[ 33 Charles 13,213 ](/charles)[ 34 Kyle 12,372 ](/kyle)[ 35 Stephen 11,564 ](/stephen)[ 36 Jacob 10,998 ](/jacob)[ 37 Patrick 10,874 ](/patrick)[ 38 Scott 10,847 ](/scott)[ 39 Paul 10,826 ](/paul)[ 40 Nathan 10,558 ](/nathan)[ 41 Travis 10,480 ](/travis)[ 42 Gregory 9,982 ](/gregory)[ 43 Dustin 9,679 ](/dustin)[ 44 Sean 9,616 ](/sean)[ 45 Kenneth 8,965 ](/kenneth)[ 46 Jesse 8,469 ](/jesse)[ 47 Bryan 8,191 ](/bryan)[ 48 Jose 8,074 ](/jose)[ 49 Chad 7,392 ](/chad)[ 50 Zachary 7,309 ](/zachary)[ 51 Derek 6,988 ](/derek)[ 52 Bradley 6,738 ](/bradley)[ 53 Shawn 6,360 ](/shawn)[ 54 Samuel 6,195 ](/samuel)[ 55 Edward 6,005 ](/edward)[ 56 Jared 5,853 ](/jared)[ 57 Tyler 5,822 ](/tyler)[ 58 Marcus 5,638 ](/marcus)[ 59 Peter 5,484 ](/peter)[ 60 Donald 5,327 ](/donald)[ 61 Keith 5,313 ](/keith)[ 62 Juan 4,894 ](/juan)[ 63 Alexander 4,806 ](/alexander)[ 64 Ronald 4,702 ](/ronald)[ 65 George 4,496 ](/george)[ 66 Phillip 4,470 ](/phillip)[ 67 Joel 4,345 ](/joel)[ 68 Gary 4,269 ](/gary)[ 69 Douglas 4,182 ](/douglas)[ 70 Craig 4,085 ](/craig)[ 71 Raymond 4,015 ](/raymond)[ 71 Jordan 4,015 ](/jordan)[ 73 Brett 3,975 ](/brett)[ 74 Corey 3,967 ](/corey)[ 75 Carlos 3,912 ](/carlos)[ 76 Antonio 3,684 ](/antonio)[ 77 Ian 3,665 ](/ian)[ 78 Derrick 3,656 ](/derrick)[ 79 Nathaniel 3,641 ](/nathaniel)[ 80 Erik 3,636 ](/erik)[ 81 Cody 3,505 ](/cody)[ 82 Philip 3,489 ](/philip)[ 83 Shane 3,404 ](/shane)[ 84 Cory 3,403 ](/cory)[ 85 Larry 3,381 ](/larry)[ 86 Frank 3,362 ](/frank)[ 87 Todd 3,337 ](/todd)[ 88 Luis 3,322 ](/luis)[ 89 Gabriel 3,269 ](/gabriel)[ 90 Casey 3,228 ](/casey)[ 91 Jeffery 3,155 ](/jeffery)[ 92 Dennis 3,047 ](/dennis)[ 93 Evan 3,046 ](/evan)[ 94 Brent 3,030 ](/brent)[ 95 Victor 2,970 ](/victor)[ 96 Randy 2,926 ](/randy)[ 97 Vincent 2,893 ](/vincent)[ 98 Seth 2,857 ](/seth)[ 99 Jeremiah 2,849 ](/jeremiah)[ 100 Curtis 2,847 ](/curtis) [ 1982 ](/year/1982) 1983 [ 1984 ](/year/1984) ## 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 147 years and regional data across all 50 states. ### Explore More [ 1980s Decade ](/decade/1980s) [Rankings Overview ](/rankings) [Trending Names ](/trends) [Browse All Names ](/names)