Born in 1983 · Millennials
Baby names of 1983
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,463,173 babies born in 1983: 1,670,609 girls and 1,792,564 boys. Jennifer and Michael were the most popular names, and 21.0% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 22.2% in 1973. The name most tied to 1983 is Marquita: among girls, it was 29× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Millennials
- Born 1981–1996
- Babies on record
- 3,463,173
- 1,670,609 girls · 1,792,564 boys
- Different names
- 12,074
- for girls, plus 7,344 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 21.0%
- of babies got one · girls 18.1%, boys 23.7%
Top 10 names of 1983
- Jennifer was the #1 name for girls every year from 1970 to 1984.
- Michael was the #1 name for boys every year from 1961 to 1998.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 1983, 21.0% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 1983
These names were far more common in 1983 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 1983 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquita | Girl | #112 | 29× |
| Sheena | Girl | #107 | 21× |
| Krystle | Girl | #232 | 17× |
| Latoya | Girl | #90 | 9.3× |
| Lindsay | Girl | #36 | 6.7× |
| Stefanie | Girl | #105 | 5.7× |
| Candice | Girl | #84 | 5.2× |
| Trista | Girl | #285 | 5.1× |
| Ebony | Girl | #135 | 5.0× |
| Latasha | Girl | #166 | 5.0× |
Names that peaked in 1983
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 1983, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 1983.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew | Boy | #3 |
| Nicole | Girl | #7 |
| Erin | Girl | #18 |
| Erica | Girl | #33 |
| Lindsay | Girl | #36 |
| Holly | Girl | #48 |
| Desiree | Girl | #94 |
| Stefanie | Girl | #105 |
| Marquita | Girl | #112 |
| Lacey | Girl | #128 |
New to the top 1,000 in 1983
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 1983 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Mallory689 babies
- Kaitlyn274 babies
- Ciji244 babies
- Ashely241 babies
- Kirby232 babies
- Giselle197 babies
- Tess191 babies
- Maegan186 babies
Boys
- Akeem192 babies
- Cassidy163 babies
- Devan111 babies
- Martell111 babies
- Remington106 babies
- Jacoby93 babies
- Jakob89 babies
- Trumaine86 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 1983 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 1983 and 2025.
Girls
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data