Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1983
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,964 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,922 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,236 |
| 4 | Daniel | 2,811 |
| 5 | David | 2,793 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,763 |
| 7 | Jason | 2,678 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,378 |
| 9 | John | 2,377 |
| 10 | James | 2,229 |
| 11 | Anthony | 2,087 |
| 12 | Brian | 2,009 |
| 13 | Andrew | 1,800 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 1,695 |
| 15 | William | 1,666 |
| 16 | Thomas | 1,535 |
| 17 | Adam | 1,508 |
| 18 | Joshua | 1,447 |
| 19 | Ryan | 1,432 |
| 20 | Eric | 1,411 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,409 |
| 22 | Justin | 1,404 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,342 |
| 24 | Kevin | 1,327 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 1,303 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeffrey | 1,085 |
| 27 | Mark | 1,045 |
| 28 | Timothy | 1,006 |
| 29 | Sean | 885 |
| 30 | Paul | 864 |
| 31 | Gregory | 840 |
| 32 | Stephen | 825 |
| 33 | Charles | 769 |
| 34 | Patrick | 765 |
| 35 | Peter | 760 |
| 36 | Brandon | 730 |
| 37 | Scott | 701 |
| 38 | Jose | 696 |
| 39 | Aaron | 649 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 621 |
| 41 | Edward | 593 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 588 |
| 43 | Jeremy | 556 |
| 44 | Kyle | 534 |
| 45 | Luis | 517 |
| 46 | Keith | 493 |
| 47 | Alexander | 489 |
| 48 | Bryan | 488 |
| 49 | Jesse | 470 |
| 50 | Joel | 462 |
| 51 | Vincent | 461 |
| 52 | Shawn | 449 |
| 53 | George | 444 |
| 54 | Frank | 441 |
| 55 | Carlos | 435 |
| 56 | Raymond | 428 |
| 57 | Jacob | 399 |
| 58 | Samuel | 377 |
| 59 | Christian | 346 |
| 60 | Philip | 344 |
| 61 | Craig | 336 |
| 62 | Juan | 334 |
| 63 | Nathan | 333 |
| 64 | Angel | 329 |
| 65 | Ronald | 325 |
| 66 | Donald | 322 |
| 67 | Derek | 321 |
| 68 | Travis | 311 |
| 69 | Zachary | 303 |
| 70 | Ian | 300 |
| 71 | Chad | 297 |
| 72 | Gary | 295 |
| 73 | Marc | 291 |
| 74 | Dennis | 285 |
| 75 | Victor | 281 |
| 76 | Edwin | 277 |
| 77 | Douglas | 270 |
| 78 | Jared | 269 |
| 79 | Evan | 268 |
| 80 | Andre | 267 |
| 80 | Erik | 267 |
| 82 | Miguel | 245 |
| 83 | Louis | 232 |
| 84 | Corey | 228 |
| 85 | Gabriel | 226 |
| 86 | Bradley | 221 |
| 87 | Todd | 220 |
| 88 | Brendan | 204 |
| 88 | Nathaniel | 204 |
| 90 | Lawrence | 202 |
| 90 | Phillip | 202 |
| 92 | Rafael | 201 |
| 93 | Carl | 199 |
| 93 | Marcus | 199 |
| 95 | Cory | 198 |
| 95 | Jordan | 198 |
| 97 | Brett | 191 |
| 98 | Antonio | 185 |
| 99 | Alex | 183 |
| 99 | Henry | 183 |