Most popular girls’ names in California, 1983
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 5,832 |
| 2 | Jessica | 4,509 |
| 3 | Nicole | 2,645 |
| 4 | Melissa | 2,622 |
| 5 | Sarah | 2,608 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 2,381 |
| 7 | Michelle | 2,363 |
| 8 | Stephanie | 2,324 |
| 9 | Christina | 2,279 |
| 10 | Ashley | 2,257 |
| 11 | Amanda | 2,238 |
| 12 | Heather | 1,994 |
| 13 | Crystal | 1,890 |
| 14 | Maria | 1,779 |
| 15 | Vanessa | 1,541 |
| 16 | Amber | 1,535 |
| 17 | Kimberly | 1,465 |
| 18 | Tiffany | 1,444 |
| 19 | Laura | 1,346 |
| 20 | Rebecca | 1,340 |
| 21 | Megan | 1,338 |
| 22 | Amy | 1,320 |
| 23 | Danielle | 1,310 |
| 24 | Rachel | 1,290 |
| 25 | Erin | 1,287 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Lisa | 1,274 |
| 27 | Lauren | 1,222 |
| 28 | Erica | 1,185 |
| 29 | Veronica | 1,181 |
| 30 | Angela | 1,179 |
| 31 | Andrea | 1,162 |
| 32 | Cynthia | 1,134 |
| 33 | Monica | 1,072 |
| 34 | Sara | 1,041 |
| 35 | Kelly | 1,001 |
| 36 | Jamie | 978 |
| 37 | Shannon | 971 |
| 38 | Katherine | 960 |
| 39 | Emily | 946 |
| 40 | Christine | 920 |
| 41 | Natalie | 874 |
| 42 | Diana | 868 |
| 43 | Jacqueline | 865 |
| 44 | Patricia | 856 |
| 45 | Erika | 816 |
| 46 | Alicia | 759 |
| 47 | Nancy | 756 |
| 48 | Mary | 752 |
| 49 | Kristen | 744 |
| 50 | Sandra | 723 |
| 51 | Lindsay | 721 |
| 52 | Julie | 705 |
| 53 | April | 699 |
| 54 | Lindsey | 649 |
| 55 | Victoria | 630 |
| 56 | Valerie | 615 |
| 57 | Kristina | 614 |
| 58 | Kristin | 613 |
| 59 | Monique | 610 |
| 60 | Samantha | 605 |
| 61 | Anna | 595 |
| 62 | Courtney | 585 |
| 63 | Desiree | 581 |
| 64 | Daisy | 571 |
| 65 | Kathryn | 558 |
| 66 | Mayra | 557 |
| 67 | Linda | 549 |
| 68 | Brenda | 548 |
| 69 | Claudia | 518 |
| 70 | Angelica | 508 |
| 70 | Katie | 508 |
| 72 | Wendy | 495 |
| 73 | Holly | 485 |
| 74 | Cassandra | 479 |
| 74 | Karen | 479 |
| 76 | Tara | 475 |
| 77 | Adriana | 474 |
| 77 | Alexis | 474 |
| 79 | Denise | 471 |
| 80 | Julia | 468 |
| 81 | Allison | 461 |
| 82 | Teresa | 457 |
| 83 | Ana | 443 |
| 84 | Cristina | 441 |
| 85 | Gabriela | 427 |
| 86 | Leslie | 421 |
| 87 | Catherine | 414 |
| 88 | Cindy | 413 |
| 89 | Brittany | 406 |
| 89 | Stacy | 406 |
| 91 | Evelyn | 399 |
| 92 | Sabrina | 398 |
| 93 | Candice | 391 |
| 94 | Krystal | 389 |
| 95 | Kathleen | 388 |
| 96 | Renee | 384 |
| 97 | Jenny | 377 |
| 98 | Melanie | 376 |
| 99 | Marissa | 362 |
| 100 | Joanna | 361 |