Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1983

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1983 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1982						Change from 1982
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	54,346	3.037	0	-2,771	1	Michael	68,000	3.649	0	-235
2	Jessica	45,282	2.530	0	-169	2	Christopher	59,349	3.185	0	118
3	Amanda	33,754	1.886	0	-460	3	Matthew	50,217	2.695	0	4,151
4	Ashley	33,293	1.860	13	18,436	4	David	39,199	2.103	1	-1,260
5	Sarah	27,229	1.522	-1	-1,255	5	Joshua	36,707	1.970	2	-1,321
6	Melissa	23,473	1.312	-1	-2,394	6	James	36,354	1.951	0	-2,521
7	Nicole	22,399	1.252	-1	692	7	Jason	35,115	1.884	-3	-5,517
8	Stephanie	22,330	1.248	-1	1,473	8	Daniel	34,750	1.865	2	2,097
9	Heather	20,746	1.159	3	3,252	9	John	33,153	1.779	-1	-1,552
10	Elizabeth	19,842	1.109	-2	-672	10	Robert	32,746	1.757	-1	-1,679
11	Crystal	17,905	1.001	-2	-1,199	11	Joseph	30,460	1.635	0	-590
12	Amy	17,097	0.955	-2	-1,706	12	Justin	28,301	1.519	0	-806
13	Michelle	16,834	0.941	-2	-932	13	Ryan	27,845	1.494	0	1,145
14	Tiffany	15,961	0.892	-1	-1,212	14	Brian	26,060	1.398	0	229
15	Kimberly	15,372	0.859	-1	-728	15	Andrew	25,577	1.372	2	2,738
16	Christina	15,360	0.858	3	845	16	William	25,395	1.363	-1	-206
17	Amber	14,891	0.832	1	212	17	Brandon	23,518	1.262	1	3,296
18	Erin	14,838	0.829	2	473	18	Adam	23,495	1.261	1	3,392
19	Rebecca	14,713	0.822	-4	-1,014	19	Jonathan	22,750	1.221	-3	-376
20	Rachel	14,592	0.815	1	721	20	Eric	20,352	1.092	0	474
21	Megan	14,125	0.789	13	4,606	21	Nicholas	19,893	1.067	0	247
22	Angela	13,218	0.739	-6	-1,784	22	Anthony	19,832	1.064	0	190
23	Laura	13,196	0.737	-1	-112	23	Steven	18,314	0.983	3	1,168
24	Lauren	12,945	0.723	2	1,352	24	Thomas	17,566	0.943	-1	-16
25	Emily	12,379	0.692	-1	-139	25	Kevin	17,383	0.933	-1	-84
26	Kelly	11,585	0.647	-1	-586	26	Timothy	16,365	0.878	-1	-1,100
27	Lisa	11,470	0.641	-4	-1,167	27	Richard	15,897	0.853	0	-823
28	Jamie	11,028	0.616	1	-11	28	Jeffrey	15,657	0.840	1	-381
29	Danielle	10,636	0.594	2	428	29	Aaron	14,459	0.776	1	44
30	Andrea	10,414	0.582	-3	-962	30	Jeremy	14,258	0.765	-2	-2,212
31	Sara	10,087	0.564	-3	-1,256	31	Mark	13,818	0.741	1	-55
32	Mary	9,897	0.553	-2	-958	32	Benjamin	13,287	0.713	1	-529
33	Erica	9,711	0.543	2	370	33	Charles	13,212	0.709	-2	-1,094
34	Katherine	9,681	0.541	2	501	34	Kyle	12,374	0.664	13	4,165
35	Lindsey	8,681	0.485	5	723	35	Stephen	11,562	0.620	3	931
36	Lindsay	8,620	0.482	3	362	36	Jacob	11,001	0.590	5	939
37	Kristen	8,617	0.482	-4	-918	37	Patrick	10,880	0.584	0	179
38	Shannon	8,427	0.471	0	-195	38	Scott	10,857	0.583	-4	-1,355
39	April	8,206	0.459	-7	-1,856	39	Paul	10,831	0.581	-4	-476
40	Samantha	7,705	0.431	4	934	40	Nathan	10,558	0.567	-4	-245
41	Alicia	7,491	0.419	12	1,876	41	Travis	10,479	0.562	-2	61
42	Kristin	7,268	0.406	-5	-1,465	42	Gregory	9,984	0.536	-2	-167
43	Maria	6,846	0.383	-1	-496	43	Dustin	9,680	0.519	-1	129
44	Courtney	6,748	0.377	-1	-350	44	Sean	9,622	0.516	0	248
45	Katie	6,702	0.375	0	22	45	Kenneth	8,969	0.481	0	-387
46	Julie	6,654	0.372	-5	-1,040	46	Jesse	8,471	0.455	-3	-1,034
47	Christine	6,497	0.363	-1	-59	47	Bryan	8,192	0.440	2	695
48	Holly	6,388	0.357	13	1,706	48	Jose	8,075	0.433	-2	-543
49	Vanessa	6,386	0.357	0	233	49	Chad	7,388	0.396	-1	-521
50	Kathryn	6,370	0.356	-2	85	50	Zachary	7,311	0.392	5	1,161

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.