Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1983. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1983, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 58901 | Jennifer | 48953 |
| 2 | Christopher | 52825 | Jessica | 40899 |
| 3 | Matthew | 45717 | Ashley | 31542 |
| 4 | Joshua | 35633 | Amanda | 31008 |
| 5 | David | 35281 | Sarah | 25614 |
| 6 | James | 31748 | Melissa | 21221 |
| 7 | Daniel | 31505 | Nicole | 20282 |
| 8 | Jason | 31111 | Stephanie | 19992 |
| 9 | Robert | 28911 | Heather | 19563 |
| 10 | John | 28257 | Elizabeth | 18089 |
| 11 | Ryan | 27878 | Amy | 15752 |
| 12 | Joseph | 26694 | Michelle | 15649 |
| 13 | Justin | 26542 | Crystal | 15629 |
| 14 | Andrew | 24064 | Amber | 14959 |
| 15 | Brian | 23328 | Tiffany | 14345 |
| 16 | Brandon | 22711 | Christina | 13834 |
| 17 | Adam | 22669 | Megan | 13752 |
| 18 | William | 22143 | Rachel | 13520 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 20308 | Kimberly | 13500 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 19739 | Erin | 13379 |
| 21 | Eric | 18917 | Rebecca | 13310 |
| 22 | Anthony | 17590 | Angela | 12361 |
| 23 | Steven | 16517 | Laura | 11536 |
| 24 | Kevin | 15646 | Emily | 11381 |
| 25 | Timothy | 14826 | Jamie | 10544 |
| 26 | Thomas | 14757 | Lisa | 10117 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 14571 | Andrea | 10082 |
| 28 | Richard | 14053 | Lauren | 9961 |
| 29 | Aaron | 14005 | Kelly | 9859 |
| 30 | Jeremy | 13733 | Sara | 9650 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 13121 | Danielle | 9319 |
| 32 | Kyle | 12414 | Mary | 8873 |
| 33 | Mark | 11824 | Erica | 8745 |
| 34 | Charles | 11163 | Katherine | 8656 |
| 35 | Jacob | 10966 | Lindsey | 8393 |
| 36 | Nathan | 10670 | Lindsay | 7993 |
| 37 | Travis | 10647 | April | 7875 |
| 38 | Scott | 10474 | Shannon | 7545 |
| 39 | Dustin | 9787 | Kristen | 7250 |
| 40 | Patrick | 9734 | Alicia | 6867 |
| 41 | Paul | 9538 | Samantha | 6755 |
| 42 | Stephen | 9413 | Katie | 6424 |
| 43 | Sean | 8832 | Julie | 6384 |
| 44 | Gregory | 8727 | Kristin | 6378 |
| 45 | Jesse | 8182 | Courtney | 6106 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 7965 | Maria | 6030 |
| 47 | Bryan | 7516 | Holly | 5981 |
| 48 | Zachary | 7208 | Kathryn | 5601 |
| 49 | Jose | 7058 | Tara | 5551 |
| 50 | Chad | 6937 | Natalie | 5330 |
| 51 | Derek | 6639 | Christine | 5185 |
| 52 | Tyler | 6407 | Anna | 5060 |
| 53 | Samuel | 5748 | Monica | 4911 |
| 54 | Jared | 5652 | Vanessa | 4805 |
| 55 | Bradley | 5619 | Jacqueline | 4669 |
| 56 | Shawn | 5608 | Patricia | 4521 |
| 57 | Marcus | 5212 | Allison | 4398 |
| 58 | Edward | 4883 | Brandi | 4312 |
| 59 | Donald | 4778 | Brandy | 4246 |
| 60 | Keith | 4407 | Stacy | 4133 |
| 61 | Phillip | 4159 | Victoria | 4095 |
| 62 | Ronald | 4054 | Kristina | 4079 |
| 63 | Peter | 3942 | Brittany | 3732 |
| 64 | Juan | 3890 | Cassandra | 3718 |
| 65 | Joel | 3770 | Leslie | 3698 |
| 66 | Alexander | 3750 | Cynthia | 3627 |
| 67 | Jordan | 3671 | Catherine | 3303 |
| 68 | George | 3394 | Carrie | 3234 |
| 69 | Erik | 3157 | Valerie | 3118 |
| 70 | Ian | 3144 | Veronica | 3011 |
| 71 | Corey | 3107 | Melanie | 2986 |
| 72 | Brett | 2997 | Karen | 2951 |
| 73 | Craig | 2953 | Erika | 2864 |
| 74 | Nathaniel | 2938 | Alexis | 2848 |
| 75 | Antonio | 2907 | Natasha | 2778 |
| 76 | Carlos | 2896 | Kathleen | 2709 |
| 77 | Douglas | 2889 | Diana | 2646 |
| 78 | Raymond | 2880 | Candice | 2578 |
| 79 | Jeffery | 2625 | Julia | 2520 |
| 80 | Gary | 2625 | Kayla | 2479 |
| 81 | Shane | 2535 | Stacey | 2456 |
| 82 | Luis | 2529 | Krystal | 2409 |
| 83 | Derrick | 2453 | Leah | 2275 |
| 84 | Cory | 2376 | Dana | 2246 |
| 85 | Evan | 2361 | Renee | 2154 |
| 86 | Jesus | 2227 | Misty | 2139 |
| 87 | Brent | 2213 | Nichole | 2044 |
| 88 | Gabriel | 2165 | Heidi | 2006 |
| 89 | Todd | 2058 | Desiree | 1954 |
| 90 | Philip | 2040 | Jill | 1938 |
| 91 | Miguel | 2018 | Meghan | 1853 |
| 92 | Victor | 1979 | Sandra | 1848 |
| 93 | Frank | 1948 | Tracy | 1848 |
| 94 | Larry | 1917 | Bethany | 1746 |
| 95 | Seth | 1903 | Brooke | 1724 |
| 96 | Casey | 1891 | Nancy | 1664 |
| 97 | Cody | 1809 | Latoya | 1607 |
| 98 | Jeremiah | 1767 | Susan | 1549 |
| 99 | Ricardo | 1708 | Marquita | 1524 |
| 100 | Jorge | 1686 | Monique | 1522 |
| 101 | Luke | 1633 | Kara | 1507 |
| 102 | Mario | 1618 | Margaret | 1505 |
| 103 | Manuel | 1593 | Miranda | 1492 |
| 104 | Francisco | 1579 | Chelsea | 1465 |
| 105 | Vincent | 1577 | Wendy | 1451 |
| 106 | Curtis | 1568 | Dawn | 1316 |
| 107 | Lucas | 1561 | Lacey | 1309 |
| 108 | Alan | 1539 | Sabrina | 1297 |
| 109 | Randy | 1510 | Hannah | 1284 |
| 110 | Christian | 1445 | Linda | 1269 |
| 111 | Troy | 1434 | Pamela | 1260 |
| 112 | Adrian | 1417 | Molly | 1223 |
| 113 | Russell | 1392 | Brenda | 1212 |
| 114 | Wesley | 1349 | Teresa | 1206 |
| 115 | Alejandro | 1342 | Jenny | 1197 |
| 116 | Terry | 1295 | Katrina | 1174 |
| 117 | Ruben | 1203 | Daisy | 1142 |
| 118 | Roberto | 1181 | Candace | 1120 |
| 119 | Dennis | 1160 | Mayra | 1114 |
| 120 | Jerry | 1160 | Denise | 1097 |
| 121 | Oscar | 1114 | Angelica | 1077 |
| 122 | Blake | 1101 | Sheena | 1068 |
| 123 | Sergio | 1068 | Casey | 1039 |
| 124 | Javier | 1064 | Claudia | 1036 |
| 125 | Trevor | 1029 | Stefanie | 1030 |
| 126 | Fernando | 1018 | Tina | 994 |
| 127 | Jaime | 978 | Adriana | 948 |
| 128 | Martin | 971 | Kristy | 943 |
| 129 | Hector | 968 | Anne | 934 |
| 130 | Raul | 922 | Kelli | 926 |
| 131 | Bobby | 916 | Rachael | 918 |
| 132 | Willie | 878 | Ana | 886 |
| 133 | Carl | 869 | Cristina | 882 |
| 134 | Shaun | 859 | Gabriela | 854 |
| 135 | Armando | 846 | Cindy | 826 |
| 136 | Eduardo | 826 | Lori | 812 |
| 137 | Austin | 785 | Evelyn | 798 |
| 138 | Caleb | 767 | Jillian | 795 |
| 139 | Clinton | 762 | Joanna | 768 |
| 140 | Allen | 721 | Latasha | 765 |
| 141 | Billy | 697 | Abigail | 762 |
| 142 | Lance | 682 | Marissa | 750 |
| 143 | Johnathan | 670 | Christy | 739 |
| 144 | Johnny | 647 | Tabitha | 735 |
| 145 | Randall | 628 | Kari | 723 |
| 146 | Mitchell | 593 | Kelsey | 644 |
| 147 | Kristopher | 576 | Tonya | 615 |
| 148 | Jonathon | 544 | Abby | 610 |
| 149 | Jamie | 540 | Krista | 586 |
| 150 | Chase | 507 | Theresa | 580 |
| 151 | Jimmy | 505 | Colleen | 569 |
| 152 | Tony | 502 | Felicia | 500 |
| 153 | Maurice | 493 | Ebony | 485 |
| 154 | Ricky | 484 | Robin | 484 |
| 155 | Jermaine | 475 | Alison | 465 |
| 156 | Cameron | 466 | Jaclyn | 443 |
| 157 | Reginald | 445 | Alisha | 425 |
| 158 | Mathew | 441 | Kendra | 414 |
| 159 | Cole | 417 | Whitney | 404 |
| 160 | Devin | 407 | Gina | 402 |
| 161 | Grant | 373 | Beth | 380 |
| 162 | Tyson | 338 | Caitlin | 375 |
| 163 | Lawrence | 333 | Kristi | 347 |
| 164 | Henry | 318 | Jodi | 335 |
| 165 | Isaac | 317 | Ashlee | 328 |
| 166 | Ross | 314 | Tasha | 327 |
| 167 | Andre | 308 | Jaime | 322 |
| 168 | Colin | 298 | Tanya | 313 |
| 169 | Roger | 288 | Tamara | 309 |
| 170 | Micheal | 284 | Adrienne | 289 |
| 171 | Calvin | 280 | Tammy | 250 |
| 172 | Rodney | 257 | Michaela | 244 |
| 173 | Clayton | 246 | Bridget | 240 |
| 174 | Cedric | 244 | Rebekah | 236 |
| 175 | Marc | 239 | Cassie | 204 |
| 176 | Noah | 229 | Michele | 198 |
| 177 | Terrance | 210 | Kate | 184 |
| 178 | Demetrius | 204 | Haley | 171 |
| 179 | Roderick | 192 | Meredith | 168 |
| 180 | Jon | 192 | Latonya | 153 |
| 181 | Kelvin | 168 | Angel | 152 |
| 182 | Garrett | 168 | Morgan | 151 |
| 183 | Levi | 148 | Autumn | 148 |
| 184 | Francis | 141 | Barbara | 145 |
| 185 | Courtney | 141 | Melinda | 141 |
| 186 | Brad | 141 | Meagan | 138 |
| 187 | Darren | 136 | Shawna | 137 |
| 188 | Danny | 124 | Lacy | 133 |
| 189 | Dana | 104 | Brianna | 128 |
| 190 | Quentin | 100 | Rachelle | 122 |
| 191 | Walter | 97 | Caroline | 108 |
| 192 | Louis | 96 | Regina | 100 |
| 193 | Lee | 88 | Virginia | 82 |
| 194 | Quinton | 86 | Sharon | 82 |
| 195 | Byron | 84 | Aimee | 75 |
| 196 | Marvin | 84 | Ann | 73 |
| 197 | Neil | 78 | Camille | 72 |
| 198 | Alex | 76 | Carly | 70 |
| 199 | Spencer | 68 | Summer | 61 |
| 200 | Kelly | 67 | Mindy | 57 |
| 201 | Kurt | 63 | Brittney | 55 |
| 202 | Wayne | 63 | Malia | 47 |
| 203 | Brady | 58 | Naomi | 46 |
| 204 | Bryce | 54 | Jasmine | 45 |
| 205 | Taylor | 51 | Aubrey | 44 |
| 206 | Colby | 49 | Trisha | 41 |
| 207 | Dominic | 49 | Mandy | 38 |
| 208 | Albert | 44 | Jessie | 33 |
| 209 | Brendan | 41 | Leilani | 32 |
| 210 | Dane | 39 | Robyn | 32 |
| 211 | Landon | 37 | Chelsey | 28 |
| 212 | Ikaika | 35 | Alexandra | 25 |
| 213 | Tyrone | 32 | Janelle | 24 |
| 214 | Bruce | 32 | Hillary | 22 |
| 215 | Harry | 30 | Tiare | 20 |
| 216 | Jake | 29 | Hailey | 20 |
| 217 | Kawika | 26 | Kerri | 20 |
| 218 | Geoffrey | 23 | Kasey | 20 |
| 219 | Micah | 22 | Hilary | 20 |
| 220 | Keoni | 21 | Joy | 19 |
| 221 | Reid | 21 | Kristine | 18 |
| 222 | Bronson | 19 | Shantel | 17 |
| 223 | Shannon | 18 | Jenna | 16 |
| 224 | Ethan | 18 | Carolyn | 16 |
| 225 | Jayson | 18 | Tiana | 16 |
| 226 | Jay | 17 | Tessa | 15 |
| 227 | Earl | 16 | Stacie | 15 |
| 228 | Ernest | 16 | Melody | 15 |
| 229 | Jarrod | 15 | Bonnie | 14 |
| 230 | Antoine | 14 | Emma | 14 |
| 231 | Lamar | 14 | Shana | 14 |
| 232 | Brendon | 12 | Cara | 14 |
| 233 | Nelson | 9 | Randi | 13 |
| 234 | Jack | 9 | Kiana | 13 |
| 235 | Dale | 8 | Jolene | 13 |
| 236 | Beau | 8 | Sasha | 13 |