100 Most popular girl names of 1983, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular female names in US prevalent in 1983 with their respective percentage. View girl name from popular names trending in America in 1983.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Jennifer
54349
3.04
-
2
Jessica
45280
2.53
-
3
Amanda
33755
1.89
-
4
Ashley
33296
1.86
+13
5
Sarah
27232
1.52
-1
6
Melissa
23474
1.31
-1
7
Nicole
22401
1.25
-1
8
Stephanie
22330
1.25
-1
9
Heather
20745
1.16
+3
10
Elizabeth
19842
1.11
-2
11
Crystal
17905
1
-2
12
Amy
17097
0.96
-2
13
Michelle
16837
0.94
-2
14
Tiffany
15960
0.89
-1
15
Kimberly
15370
0.86
-1
16
Christina
15360
0.86
+3
17
Amber
14892
0.83
+1
18
Erin
14838
0.83
+2
19
Rebecca
14715
0.82
-4
20
Rachel
14592
0.82
+1
21
Megan
14126
0.79
+13
22
Angela
13217
0.74
-6
23
Laura
13196
0.74
-1
24
Lauren
12945
0.72
+2
25
Emily
12377
0.69
-1
26
Kelly
11585
0.65
-1
27
Lisa
11471
0.64
-4
28
Jamie
11026
0.62
+1
29
Danielle
10636
0.59
+2
30
Andrea
10416
0.58
-3
31
Sara
10086
0.56
-3
32
Mary
9896
0.55
-2
33
Erica
9710
0.54
+2
34
Katherine
9681
0.54
+2
35
Lindsey
8682
0.49
+5
36
Lindsay
8621
0.48
+3
37
Kristen
8618
0.48
-4
38
Shannon
8427
0.47
-
39
April
8207
0.46
-7
40
Samantha
7705
0.43
+4
41
Alicia
7491
0.42
+12
42
Kristin
7267
0.41
-5
43
Maria
6849
0.38
-1
44
Courtney
6747
0.38
-1
45
Katie
6704
0.37
-
46
Julie
6654
0.37
-5
47
Christine
6499
0.36
-1
48
Holly
6387
0.36
+13
49
Vanessa
6386
0.36
-
50
Kathryn
6371
0.36
-2
51
Tara
6273
0.35
-4
52
Natalie
5724
0.32
-1
53
Jacqueline
5404
0.3
+1
54
Monica
5403
0.3
-2
55
Anna
5219
0.29
+1
56
Brandi
5203
0.29
-1
57
Brandy
5194
0.29
-7
58
Victoria
5046
0.28
+7
59
Allison
4973
0.28
-1
60
Patricia
4924
0.28
-1
61
Stacy
4678
0.26
+12
62
Cynthia
4551
0.25
+2
63
Kristina
4382
0.24
+6
64
Brittany
4377
0.24
+30
65
Carrie
4297
0.24
-8
66
Catherine
4250
0.24
+6
66
Leslie
4250
0.24
-6
68
Veronica
4069
0.23
+1
69
Diana
4039
0.23
-6
70
Cassandra
4005
0.22
-8
71
Natasha
3954
0.22
-
72
Kathleen
3925
0.22
+5
73
Dana
3923
0.22
-6
74
Valerie
3903
0.22
+1
75
Meghan
3888
0.22
+35
76
Stacey
3799
0.21
+9
77
Karen
3788
0.21
-9
78
Krystal
3717
0.21
+5
79
Melanie
3552
0.2
-13
80
Erika
3548
0.2
+1
81
Kayla
3527
0.2
+52
82
Leah
3483
0.19
-3
83
Alexis
3462
0.19
+10
84
Candice
3420
0.19
-6
85
Julia
3381
0.19
-1
86
Susan
3357
0.19
-10
87
Misty
3188
0.18
-13
88
Sandra
3174
0.18
-8
89
Tracy
3158
0.18
-1
90
Latoya
3151
0.18
+1
91
Pamela
3029
0.17
-9
92
Margaret
2944
0.16
+5
93
Nichole
2927
0.16
+6
94
Heidi
2916
0.16
-8
95
Desiree
2914
0.16
+47
96
Brooke
2862
0.16
-4
97
Renee
2847
0.16
+4
98
Jill
2788
0.16
-9
99
Bethany
2765
0.15
+13
100
Tina
2739
0.15
-10
101
Kara
2714
0.15
+12
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100 Most Popular Boy Names in USA (1983)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html