Top Names of 1983
The most popular names recorded in 1983 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 49 | Vanessa | 6,388 |
| 50 | Kathryn | 6,372 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |