Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1983
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,805 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,954 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,464 |
| 4 | David | 2,006 |
| 5 | Jason | 1,933 |
| 6 | John | 1,861 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,750 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,750 |
| 9 | Daniel | 1,722 |
| 10 | James | 1,717 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,665 |
| 12 | Ryan | 1,636 |
| 13 | Brian | 1,528 |
| 14 | Justin | 1,511 |
| 15 | Andrew | 1,486 |
| 16 | William | 1,348 |
| 17 | Adam | 1,152 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 1,058 |
| 19 | Thomas | 1,046 |
| 20 | Kevin | 976 |
| 21 | Anthony | 975 |
| 22 | Eric | 972 |
| 23 | Timothy | 942 |
| 24 | Steven | 922 |
| 25 | Mark | 897 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeffrey | 895 |
| 27 | Nicholas | 832 |
| 28 | Richard | 804 |
| 29 | Brandon | 799 |
| 30 | Stephen | 788 |
| 31 | Gregory | 619 |
| 32 | Sean | 615 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 612 |
| 34 | Scott | 608 |
| 35 | Patrick | 602 |
| 36 | Charles | 580 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 560 |
| 38 | Aaron | 546 |
| 39 | Kyle | 526 |
| 40 | Nathan | 515 |
| 41 | Paul | 505 |
| 42 | Shawn | 486 |
| 43 | Edward | 484 |
| 44 | Chad | 426 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 410 |
| 46 | Bryan | 385 |
| 46 | Jesse | 385 |
| 48 | Zachary | 380 |
| 49 | Bradley | 346 |
| 50 | Jacob | 330 |
| 51 | Travis | 326 |
| 52 | Derek | 324 |
| 53 | Jared | 301 |
| 53 | Keith | 301 |
| 55 | Ronald | 297 |
| 56 | Dustin | 295 |
| 57 | Donald | 284 |
| 58 | Peter | 282 |
| 59 | George | 268 |
| 60 | Samuel | 262 |
| 61 | Douglas | 254 |
| 62 | Todd | 238 |
| 63 | Gary | 224 |
| 64 | Ian | 218 |
| 65 | Craig | 200 |
| 66 | Raymond | 197 |
| 67 | Frank | 196 |
| 68 | Dennis | 195 |
| 69 | Joel | 187 |
| 70 | Alexander | 185 |
| 71 | Jordan | 184 |
| 72 | Vincent | 183 |
| 73 | Philip | 182 |
| 74 | Corey | 177 |
| 74 | Tyler | 177 |
| 76 | Brett | 174 |
| 77 | Cory | 172 |
| 78 | Shane | 160 |
| 79 | Seth | 155 |
| 80 | Erik | 151 |
| 80 | Nathaniel | 151 |
| 82 | Luke | 145 |
| 83 | Evan | 139 |
| 84 | Christian | 138 |
| 85 | Carl | 137 |
| 86 | Marc | 135 |
| 86 | Phillip | 135 |
| 88 | Shaun | 134 |
| 89 | Brent | 126 |
| 90 | Francis | 125 |
| 90 | Russell | 125 |
| 92 | Alan | 123 |
| 93 | Derrick | 120 |
| 94 | Curtis | 116 |
| 95 | Jose | 115 |
| 96 | Maurice | 114 |
| 97 | Marcus | 113 |
| 98 | Troy | 112 |
| 99 | Randy | 109 |
| 100 | Lawrence | 108 |