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Most Popular Baby Names of 1983

Social Security has card records for 3,653,400 people born in the U.S. in 1983. Jennifer was the top girl name (54,353 babies) and Michael the top boy name (68,004).

Top 100 names of 1983

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1983, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Jennifer	54,353	#586
2	Jessica	45,283	#665
3	Amanda	33,749	#493
4	Ashley	33,289	#164
5	Sarah	27,228	#90
6	Melissa	23,475	#419
7	Nicole	22,400	#382
8	Stephanie	22,329	#557
9	Heather	20,747	#1,261
10	Elizabeth	19,842	#17
11	Crystal	17,904	#1,144
12	Amy	17,097	#257
13	Michelle	16,838	#465
14	Tiffany	15,959	#878
15	Kimberly	15,370	#302
16	Christina	15,357	#770
17	Amber	14,892	#520
18	Erin	14,836	#833
19	Rebecca	14,714	#349
20	Rachel	14,591	#250
21	Megan	14,124	#887
22	Angela	13,219	#408
23	Laura	13,199	#379
24	Lauren	12,944	#401
25	Emily	12,377	#34
26	Kelly	11,586	#851
27	Lisa	11,469	#987
28	Jamie	11,025	#857
29	Danielle	10,634	#549
30	Andrea	10,413	#235
31	Sara	10,087	#198
32	Mary	9,897	#125
33	Erica	9,713	#1,396
34	Katherine	9,684	#186
35	Lindsey	8,679	#1,367
36	Lindsay	8,622	#2,194
37	Kristen	8,618	#1,990
38	Shannon	8,424	#2,387
39	April	8,209	#542
40	Samantha	7,703	#151
41	Alicia	7,492	#460
42	Kristin	7,267	#4,661
43	Maria	6,847	#87
44	Courtney	6,748	#2,326
45	Katie	6,705	#646
46	Julie	6,653	#872
47	Christine	6,499	#1,272
48	Holly	6,388	#416
48	Vanessa	6,388	#377
50	Kathryn	6,370	#729

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1983, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Tara	6,272	#844
52	Natalie	5,723	#89
53	Jacqueline	5,405	#558
53	Monica	5,405	#736
55	Anna	5,217	#107
56	Brandi	5,203	#4,758
57	Brandy	5,194	#3,067
58	Victoria	5,046	#54
59	Allison	4,973	#103
60	Patricia	4,926	#1,334
61	Stacy	4,678	#1,652
62	Cynthia	4,553	#1,013
63	Kristina	4,382	#1,721
64	Brittany	4,377	#928
65	Carrie	4,296	#2,719
66	Catherine	4,252	#313
67	Leslie	4,248	#712
68	Veronica	4,069	#427
69	Diana	4,039	#244
70	Cassandra	4,006	#630
71	Natasha	3,955	#1,144
72	Dana	3,926	#1,027
73	Kathleen	3,923	#1,150
74	Valerie	3,901	#127
75	Meghan	3,888	#1,902
76	Stacey	3,799	#3,067
77	Karen	3,787	#1,279
78	Krystal	3,716	#2,117
79	Melanie	3,553	#142
80	Erika	3,548	#1,109
81	Kayla	3,527	#364
82	Leah	3,484	#58
83	Alexis	3,462	#554
84	Candice	3,420	#5,099
85	Julia	3,381	#131
86	Susan	3,358	#1,085
87	Misty	3,189	#4,067
88	Sandra	3,175	#1,207
89	Tracy	3,158	#2,153
90	Latoya	3,150	#10,917
91	Pamela	3,029	#2,239
92	Margaret	2,944	#112
93	Nichole	2,926	#3,342
94	Desiree	2,915	#1,427
94	Heidi	2,915	#340
96	Brooke	2,862	#313
97	Renee	2,846	#1,098
98	Jill	2,787	#5,722
99	Bethany	2,765	#751
100	Tina	2,738	#2,778

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1983, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Michael	68,004	#21
2	Christopher	59,324	#68
3	Matthew	50,209	#32
4	David	39,201	#35
5	Joshua	36,687	#66
6	James	36,342	#6
7	Jason	35,113	#165
8	Daniel	34,748	#22
9	John	33,154	#23
10	Robert	32,745	#92
11	Joseph	30,442	#29
12	Justin	28,298	#233
13	Ryan	27,849	#99
14	Brian	26,050	#339
15	Andrew	25,559	#73
16	William	25,396	#9
17	Brandon	23,519	#261
18	Adam	23,488	#101
19	Jonathan	22,756	#89
20	Eric	20,347	#273
21	Nicholas	19,891	#112
22	Anthony	19,830	#46
23	Steven	18,307	#271
24	Thomas	17,565	#34
25	Kevin	17,377	#221
26	Timothy	16,363	#203
27	Richard	15,888	#234
28	Jeffrey	15,649	#552
29	Aaron	14,460	#80
30	Jeremy	14,254	#292
31	Mark	13,815	#244
32	Benjamin	13,285	#11
33	Charles	13,212	#48
34	Kyle	12,372	#508
35	Stephen	11,564	#383
36	Jacob	10,999	#43
37	Patrick	10,876	#235
38	Scott	10,846	#534
39	Paul	10,828	#262
40	Nathan	10,557	#63
41	Travis	10,478	#434
42	Gregory	9,980	#593
43	Dustin	9,678	#728
44	Sean	9,615	#489
45	Kenneth	8,965	#294
46	Jesse	8,469	#184
47	Bryan	8,191	#336
48	Jose	8,073	#95
49	Chad	7,390	#1,699
50	Zachary	7,309	#216

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1983, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Derek	6,986	#284
52	Bradley	6,738	#403
53	Shawn	6,359	#681
54	Samuel	6,195	#18
55	Edward	6,005	#224
56	Jared	5,853	#396
57	Tyler	5,821	#219
58	Marcus	5,637	#258
59	Peter	5,482	#187
60	Donald	5,327	#690
61	Keith	5,313	#800
62	Juan	4,894	#159
63	Alexander	4,806	#30
64	Ronald	4,702	#637
65	George	4,495	#126
66	Phillip	4,470	#651
67	Joel	4,345	#219
68	Gary	4,266	#1,073
69	Douglas	4,182	#807
70	Craig	4,084	#1,644
71	Raymond	4,016	#394
72	Jordan	4,014	#131
73	Brett	3,975	#1,382
74	Corey	3,967	#778
75	Carlos	3,912	#150
76	Antonio	3,683	#176
77	Ian	3,665	#83
78	Derrick	3,656	#850
79	Nathaniel	3,641	#140
80	Erik	3,636	#545
81	Cody	3,505	#318
82	Philip	3,488	#527
83	Cory	3,404	#1,244
83	Shane	3,404	#635
85	Larry	3,381	#1,084
86	Frank	3,361	#513
87	Todd	3,334	#1,609
88	Luis	3,321	#144
89	Gabriel	3,269	#37
90	Casey	3,228	#320
91	Jeffery	3,154	#1,554
92	Dennis	3,047	#707
93	Evan	3,046	#153
94	Brent	3,030	#1,509
95	Victor	2,970	#209
96	Randy	2,926	#1,084
97	Vincent	2,893	#107
98	Seth	2,857	#581
99	Jeremiah	2,849	#88
100	Curtis	2,847	#984

Entered the top 100 in 1983

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