Popular names of 1983, and how old they are now

People born in 1983 turn 43 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.5 million births in 1983 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 95% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Millennials (see Millennial names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1983: Matthew, Erin, Lindsay, Holly, Desiree, Stefanie, Marquita, Adrienne, Tabatha, Hollie, Adrianne and Marques.

Top girl names of 1983

Most popular girl names of 1983
#	Name	Born 1983	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jennifer	54,353	52,000	46
2	Jessica	45,283	44,000	38
3	Amanda	33,749	33,000	39
4	Ashley	33,289	32,000	33
5	Sarah	27,228	26,000	39
6	Melissa	23,475	23,000	46
7	Nicole	22,400	22,000	39
8	Stephanie	22,329	22,000	43
9	Heather	20,747	20,000	45
10	Elizabeth	19,842	19,000	44
11	Crystal	17,904	17,000	43
12	Amy	17,097	16,000	47
13	Michelle	16,838	16,000	48
14	Tiffany	15,959	15,000	40
15	Kimberly	15,370	15,000	48
16	Christina	15,357	15,000	44
17	Amber	14,892	14,000	37
18	Erin	14,836	14,000	39
19	Rebecca	14,714	14,000	48
20	Rachel	14,591	14,000	38
21	Megan	14,124	14,000	35
22	Angela	13,219	13,000	49
23	Laura	13,199	13,000	51
24	Lauren	12,944	12,000	33
25	Emily	12,377	12,000	29
26	Kelly	11,586	11,000	48
27	Lisa	11,469	11,000	56
28	Jamie	11,025	11,000	43
29	Danielle	10,634	10,000	38
30	Andrea	10,413	10,000	42
31	Sara	10,087	9,700	40
32	Mary	9,897	9,500	66
33	Erica	9,713	9,400	40
34	Katherine	9,684	9,300	43
35	Lindsey	8,679	8,400	36
36	Lindsay	8,622	8,300	38
37	Kristen	8,618	8,300	41
38	Shannon	8,424	8,100	46
39	April	8,209	7,900	45
40	Samantha	7,703	7,400	30
41	Alicia	7,492	7,200	41
42	Kristin	7,267	7,000	45
43	Maria	6,847	6,600	45
44	Courtney	6,748	6,500	36
45	Katie	6,705	6,500	37
46	Julie	6,653	6,400	55
47	Christine	6,499	6,300	57
48	Holly	6,388	6,200	45
49	Vanessa	6,388	6,200	37
50	Kathryn	6,370	6,100	51

Top boy names of 1983

Most popular boy names of 1983
#	Name	Born 1983	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	68,004	64,000	49
2	Christopher	59,324	55,000	41
3	Matthew	50,209	47,000	36
4	David	39,201	37,000	52
5	Joshua	36,687	34,000	33
6	James	36,342	34,000	54
7	Jason	35,113	33,000	42
8	Daniel	34,748	32,000	42
9	John	33,154	31,000	55
10	Robert	32,745	31,000	58
11	Joseph	30,442	28,000	45
12	Justin	28,298	26,000	34
13	Ryan	27,849	26,000	33
14	Brian	26,050	24,000	48
15	Andrew	25,559	24,000	36
16	William	25,396	24,000	51
17	Brandon	23,519	22,000	33
18	Adam	23,488	22,000	35
19	Jonathan	22,756	21,000	35
20	Eric	20,347	19,000	44
21	Nicholas	19,891	19,000	33
22	Anthony	19,830	19,000	40
23	Steven	18,307	17,000	52
24	Thomas	17,565	16,000	53
25	Kevin	17,377	16,000	45
26	Timothy	16,363	15,000	50
27	Richard	15,888	15,000	60
28	Jeffrey	15,649	15,000	53
29	Aaron	14,460	14,000	34
30	Jeremy	14,254	13,000	39
31	Mark	13,815	13,000	56
32	Benjamin	13,285	12,000	30
33	Charles	13,212	12,000	54
34	Kyle	12,372	12,000	34
35	Stephen	11,564	11,000	54
36	Jacob	10,999	10,000	26
37	Patrick	10,876	10,000	47
38	Scott	10,846	10,000	53
39	Paul	10,828	10,000	57
40	Nathan	10,557	9,900	30
41	Travis	10,478	9,800	39
42	Gregory	9,980	9,300	54
43	Dustin	9,678	9,000	37
44	Sean	9,615	9,000	38
45	Kenneth	8,965	8,400	57
46	Jesse	8,469	7,900	39
47	Bryan	8,191	7,700	39
48	Jose	8,073	7,500	34
49	Chad	7,390	6,900	45
50	Zachary	7,309	6,800	29

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1983, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1983. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1983 babies. How we calculate this