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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1983

7,344 different boys’ names were recorded in 1983, covering 1,792,564 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Michael68,004
2Christopher59,324
3Matthew50,209
4David39,201
5Joshua36,687
6James36,342
7Jason35,113
8Daniel34,748
9John33,154
10Robert32,745
11Joseph30,442
12Justin28,298
13Ryan27,849
14Brian26,050
15Andrew25,559
16William25,396
17Brandon23,519
18Adam23,488
19Jonathan22,756
20Eric20,347
21Nicholas19,891
22Anthony19,830
23Steven18,307
24Thomas17,565
25Kevin17,377
26Timothy16,363
27Richard15,888
28Jeffrey15,649
29Aaron14,460
30Jeremy14,254
31Mark13,815
32Benjamin13,285
33Charles13,212
34Kyle12,372
35Stephen11,564
36Jacob10,999
37Patrick10,876
38Scott10,846
39Paul10,828
40Nathan10,557
41Travis10,478
42Gregory9,980
43Dustin9,678
44Sean9,615
45Kenneth8,965
46Jesse8,469
47Bryan8,191
48Jose8,073
49Chad7,390
50Zachary7,309
51Derek6,986
52Bradley6,738
53Shawn6,359
54Samuel6,195
55Edward6,005
56Jared5,853
57Tyler5,821
58Marcus5,637
59Peter5,482
60Donald5,327
61Keith5,313
62Juan4,894
63Alexander4,806
64Ronald4,702
65George4,495
66Phillip4,470
67Joel4,345
68Gary4,266
69Douglas4,182
70Craig4,084
71Raymond4,016
72Jordan4,014
73Brett3,975
74Corey3,967
75Carlos3,912
76Antonio3,683
77Ian3,665
78Derrick3,656
79Nathaniel3,641
80Erik3,636
81Cody3,505
82Philip3,488
83Cory3,404
83Shane3,404
85Larry3,381
86Frank3,361
87Todd3,334
88Luis3,321
89Gabriel3,269
90Casey3,228
91Jeffery3,154
92Dennis3,047
93Evan3,046
94Brent3,030
95Victor2,970
96Randy2,926
97Vincent2,893
98Seth2,857
99Jeremiah2,849
100Curtis2,847
101Wesley2,788
102Alan2,771
103Jerry2,757
104Russell2,744
105Luke2,655
106Carl2,605
107Adrian2,550
108Jesus2,511
109Blake2,497
110Terry2,470
111Shaun2,466
112Christian2,419
113Troy2,406
114Miguel2,378
115Mario2,373
116Johnny2,361
117Lucas2,359
118Bobby2,357
119Tony2,351
120Allen2,247
121Ricardo2,179
122Martin2,175
123Alex2,155
124Billy2,151
125Marc2,091
126Andre2,089
126Jimmy2,089
128Ricky2,081
129Randall2,060
130Trevor2,051
131Austin2,050
132Lawrence2,027
133Danny2,019
134Kristopher2,012
135Lance1,962
136Henry1,952
137Johnathan1,927
138Lee1,917
139Jorge1,910
140Micheal1,909
141Clinton1,900
142Devin1,894
143Mitchell1,878
144Roger1,870
145Manuel1,869
146Mathew1,866
147Francisco1,824
147Jon1,824
149Chase1,823
150Albert1,822
151Isaac1,796
152Roberto1,774
153Jamie1,773
154Walter1,767
155Willie1,763
156Louis1,762
157Arthur1,747
158Clayton1,729
159Caleb1,716
160Jonathon1,694
161Rodney1,692
162Maurice1,684
163Joe1,614
164Darren1,599
165Jermaine1,562
166Colin1,557
167Grant1,550
168Gerald1,549
169Noah1,542
170Jay1,541
171Wayne1,529
172Jack1,526
173Garrett1,516
174Ruben1,497
175Brad1,471
176Roy1,456
177Cameron1,447
178Bruce1,439
179Frederick1,437
180Calvin1,429
181Javier1,423
182Drew1,376
183Oscar1,370
184Hector1,369
185Angel1,349
186Ross1,343
187Alejandro1,334
188Darrell1,332
189Geoffrey1,320
190Fernando1,280
191Brendan1,276
192Omar1,274
193Reginald1,268
194Jerome1,234
195Neil1,226
196Jaime1,222
197Terrance1,194
198Edwin1,193
199Ernest1,191
199Ronnie1,191

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1983 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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