Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1973

Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1973. The 10 most popular names went to 26% of boys and 18% of girls, from 5,875 boy names and 9,808 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1973

  1. Michael 67,797
  2. Christopher 48,313
  3. Jason 46,683
  4. James 42,836
  5. David 41,082
  6. John 39,165
  7. Robert 38,698
  8. Brian 35,686
  9. William 28,018
  10. Matthew 24,531
  11. Daniel 23,672
  12. Joseph 21,326
  13. Eric 20,802
  14. Kevin 20,768
  15. Mark 20,367
  16. Richard 19,942
  17. Jeffrey 19,216
  18. Scott 18,980
  19. Thomas 17,921
  20. Steven 17,175
  21. Anthony 16,414
  22. Timothy 16,036
  23. Charles 15,752
  24. Paul 12,901
  25. Chad 12,886
  26. Gregory 11,674
  27. Shawn 11,451
  28. Kenneth 10,979
  29. Andrew 10,728
  30. Ryan 10,511
  31. Jonathan 10,273
  32. Stephen 9,955
  33. Jeremy 9,363
  34. Aaron 9,232
  35. Todd 8,677
  36. Sean 8,553
  37. Patrick 8,480
  38. Donald 8,361
  39. Edward 8,360
  40. Ronald 8,327
  41. Keith 8,165
  42. Joshua 8,057
  43. Bryan 7,110
  44. Gary 6,851
  45. Adam 6,842
  46. George 6,601
  47. Douglas 6,595
  48. Craig 6,295
  49. Jose 6,097
  50. Larry 6,080
  51. Justin 6,078
  52. Peter 5,913
  53. Travis 5,868
  54. Shane 5,710
  55. Benjamin 5,226
  56. Dennis 5,176
  57. Jerry 5,097
  58. Brandon 5,065
  59. Troy 5,064
  60. Raymond 4,831
  61. Frank 4,785
  62. Bradley 4,748
  63. Nathan 4,734
  64. Jeffery 4,407
  65. Terry 4,374
  66. Samuel 4,267
  67. Juan 4,087
  68. Rodney 4,059
  69. Derek 3,919
  70. Jamie 3,913
  71. Phillip 3,861
  72. Marcus 3,714
  73. Joel 3,570
  74. Carlos 3,569
  75. Jesse 3,442
  76. Billy 3,437
  77. Russell 3,397
  78. Tony 3,348
  79. Randy 3,345
  80. Brent 3,287
  81. Marc 3,275
  82. Johnny 3,267
  83. Danny 3,181
  84. Roger 3,155
  85. Nicholas 3,153
  86. Erik 3,062
  87. Derrick 3,054
  88. Brett 3,030
  89. Corey 3,019
  90. Carl 3,013
  91. Philip 2,997
  92. Antonio 2,965
  93. Bobby 2,889
  94. Jon 2,798
  95. Jimmy 2,735
  96. Chris 2,703
  97. Christian 2,693
  98. Curtis 2,690
  99. Vincent 2,686
  100. Shannon 2,636

Top girl names of 1973

  1. Jennifer 62,448
  2. Amy 26,962
  3. Michelle 26,935
  4. Kimberly 23,531
  5. Lisa 22,677
  6. Melissa 22,479
  7. Angela 20,898
  8. Heather 19,347
  9. Stephanie 17,263
  10. Rebecca 14,868
  11. Nicole 13,922
  12. Julie 12,785
  13. Elizabeth 12,360
  14. Mary 12,313
  15. Tammy 11,244
  16. Christina 10,888
  17. Christine 10,549
  18. Kelly 10,512
  19. Laura 10,344
  20. Tracy 9,913
  21. Dawn 9,890
  22. Shannon 9,802
  23. Karen 9,352
  24. Tina 9,307
  25. Susan 9,279
  26. Cynthia 8,743
  27. Patricia 8,476
  28. Lori 8,472
  29. Wendy 7,810
  30. Andrea 7,766
  31. Maria 7,667
  32. Stacy 7,338
  33. April 7,264
  34. Jessica 7,228
  35. Sarah 7,214
  36. Tonya 7,184
  37. Tara 6,707
  38. Denise 6,615
  39. Sandra 6,585
  40. Monica 6,380
  41. Stacey 6,253
  42. Rachel 6,103
  43. Melanie 6,079
  44. Michele 5,996
  45. Teresa 5,986
  46. Carrie 5,835
  47. Pamela 5,813
  48. Crystal 5,768
  49. Danielle 5,648
  50. Tanya 5,632
  51. Amanda 5,625
  52. Tiffany 5,501
  53. Brenda 5,379
  54. Holly 5,114
  55. Donna 5,058
  56. Deborah 4,980
  57. Sharon 4,963
  58. Kristen 4,936
  59. Dana 4,934
  60. Robin 4,804
  61. Linda 4,731
  62. Jill 4,538
  63. Barbara 4,433
  64. Katherine 4,420
  65. Heidi 4,396
  66. Tamara 4,286
  67. Catherine 4,261
  68. Kathleen 4,250
  69. Theresa 4,178
  70. Rhonda 4,161
  71. Veronica 4,152
  72. Melinda 4,144
  73. Christy 4,121
  74. Cheryl 4,010
  75. Leslie 3,954
  76. Sherry 3,952
  77. Nancy 3,945
  78. Kristin 3,903
  79. Erin 3,877
  80. Renee 3,846
  81. Erica 3,793
  82. Brandy 3,715
  83. Gina 3,699
  84. Debra 3,652
  85. Diana 3,519
  86. Anna 3,507
  87. Paula 3,504
  88. Jacqueline 3,500
  89. Sara 3,479
  90. Misty 3,475
  91. Alicia 3,433
  92. Cindy 3,280
  93. Ann 3,255
  94. Margaret 3,167
  95. Victoria 3,070
  96. Valerie 3,042
  97. Kristina 3,037
  98. Suzanne 3,036
  99. Emily 3,027
  100. Jodi 3,024

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1973?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1973 (67,797 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (62,448 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1973?
Social Security records list 3,016,785 babies born in 1973 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,558,576 boys and 1,458,209 girls.