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

#NameBabies
1Jennifer54,355
2Jessica45,284
3Amanda33,750
4Ashley33,291
5Sarah27,230
6Melissa23,474
7Nicole22,400
8Stephanie22,331
9Heather20,747
10Elizabeth19,842
11Crystal17,907
12Amy17,096
13Michelle16,838
14Tiffany15,959
15Kimberly15,370
16Christina15,358
17Amber14,893
18Erin14,837
19Rebecca14,714
20Rachel14,592
21Megan14,124
22Angela13,218
23Laura13,199
24Lauren12,944
25Emily12,377
26Kelly11,587
27Lisa11,471
28Jamie11,025
29Danielle10,634
30Andrea10,414
31Sara10,086
32Mary9,896
33Erica9,713
34Katherine9,683
35Lindsey8,679
36Lindsay8,622
37Kristen8,618
38Shannon8,425
39April8,209
40Samantha7,704
41Alicia7,492
42Kristin7,267
43Maria6,848
44Courtney6,748
45Katie6,704
46Julie6,652
47Christine6,499
48Holly6,388
49Vanessa6,388
50Kathryn6,372

Boys

#NameBabies
1Michael67,997
2Christopher59,329
3Matthew50,208
4David39,206
5Joshua36,688
6James36,344
7Jason35,118
8Daniel34,748
9John33,158
10Robert32,744
11Joseph30,444
12Justin28,301
13Ryan27,849
14Brian26,047
15Andrew25,564
16William25,396
17Brandon23,516
18Adam23,489
19Jonathan22,756
20Eric20,356
21Nicholas19,894
22Anthony19,832
23Steven18,311
24Thomas17,565
25Kevin17,378
26Timothy16,363
27Richard15,891
28Jeffrey15,653
29Aaron14,461
30Jeremy14,257
31Mark13,818
32Benjamin13,286
33Charles13,213
34Kyle12,372
35Stephen11,564
36Jacob10,998
37Patrick10,874
38Scott10,847
39Paul10,826
40Nathan10,558
41Travis10,480
42Gregory9,982
43Dustin9,679
44Sean9,616
45Kenneth8,965
46Jesse8,469
47Bryan8,191
48Jose8,074
49Chad7,392
50Zachary7,309