Popular baby names of 1973

In 1973, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (62,448 babies) and Michael for boys (67,797). Social Security records show 3,016,785 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 9,810 girls' names and 5,877 boys' names.

1973 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 26.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Brandy, Sara, Misty, Kristina, Emily.
New in the boys' top 100: Philip, Vincent.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972
1	Jennifer	62,448	–
2	Amy	26,962	↑3
3	Michelle	26,935	↓1
4	Kimberly	23,531	–
5	Lisa	22,677	↓2
6	Melissa	22,479	↑1
7	Angela	20,898	↓1
8	Heather	19,347	↑1
9	Stephanie	17,263	↓1
10	Rebecca	14,868	↑4
11	Nicole	13,922	↓1
12	Julie	12,785	–
13	Elizabeth	12,360	↑2
14	Mary	12,313	↓1
15	Tammy	11,244	↓4
16	Christina	10,888	↑10
17	Christine	10,549	↓1
18	Kelly	10,512	↑5
19	Laura	10,344	↓2
20	Tracy	9,913	↓1
21	Dawn	9,890	↓1
22	Shannon	9,802	–
23	Karen	9,352	↓2
24	Tina	9,307	↓6
25	Susan	9,279	↓1
26	Cynthia	8,743	↓1
27	Patricia	8,476	–
28	Lori	8,472	–
29	Wendy	7,810	–
30	Andrea	7,766	–
31	Maria	7,667	↑1
32	Stacy	7,338	↑1
33	April	7,264	↑15
34	Jessica	7,228	↑12
35	Sarah	7,214	↑14
36	Tonya	7,184	↑1
37	Tara	6,707	↑1
38	Denise	6,615	↓3
39	Sandra	6,585	↓8
40	Monica	6,380	↑7
41	Stacey	6,253	–
42	Rachel	6,103	↓2
43	Melanie	6,079	↓1
44	Michele	5,996	↓8
45	Teresa	5,986	↓6
46	Carrie	5,835	↑7
47	Pamela	5,813	↓13
48	Crystal	5,768	↑11
49	Danielle	5,648	↑24
50	Tanya	5,632	↑4
51	Amanda	5,625	↑25
52	Tiffany	5,501	↑9
53	Brenda	5,379	↓9
54	Holly	5,114	↑17
55	Donna	5,058	↓10
56	Deborah	4,980	↓13
57	Sharon	4,963	↓7
58	Kristen	4,936	↑27
59	Dana	4,934	↓7
60	Robin	4,804	↓5
61	Linda	4,731	↓10
62	Jill	4,538	–
63	Barbara	4,433	↓5
64	Katherine	4,420	↑5
65	Heidi	4,396	↓1
66	Tamara	4,286	↑18
67	Catherine	4,261	↓2
68	Kathleen	4,250	↓11
69	Theresa	4,178	↓1
70	Rhonda	4,161	↓10
71	Veronica	4,152	↑11
72	Melinda	4,144	↑9
73	Christy	4,121	↑1
74	Cheryl	4,010	↓18
75	Leslie	3,954	–
76	Sherry	3,952	↓6
77	Nancy	3,945	↓14
78	Kristin	3,903	↓11
79	Erin	3,877	↑14
80	Renee	3,846	↓3
81	Erica	3,793	↑6
82	Brandy	3,715	new
83	Gina	3,699	↓5
84	Debra	3,652	↓18
85	Diana	3,519	↓2
86	Anna	3,507	–
87	Paula	3,504	↓15
88	Jacqueline	3,500	↓9
89	Sara	3,479	new
90	Misty	3,475	new
91	Alicia	3,433	↑5
92	Cindy	3,280	↓12
93	Ann	3,255	↓2
94	Margaret	3,167	↑1
95	Victoria	3,070	↑4
96	Valerie	3,042	↑4
97	Kristina	3,037	new
98	Suzanne	3,036	↓6
99	Emily	3,027	new
100	Jodi	3,024	↓3

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972
1	Michael	67,797	–
2	Christopher	48,313	–
3	Jason	46,683	↑4
4	James	42,836	↓1
5	David	41,082	↓1
6	John	39,165	↓1
7	Robert	38,698	↓1
8	Brian	35,686	–
9	William	28,018	–
10	Matthew	24,531	–
11	Daniel	23,672	↑4
12	Joseph	21,326	–
13	Eric	20,802	↑3
14	Kevin	20,768	↓1
15	Mark	20,367	↑3
16	Richard	19,942	↓2
17	Jeffrey	19,216	–
18	Scott	18,980	↓7
19	Thomas	17,921	↑1
20	Steven	17,175	↓1
21	Anthony	16,414	↑1
22	Timothy	16,036	↓1
23	Charles	15,752	–
24	Paul	12,901	–
25	Chad	12,886	–
26	Gregory	11,674	–
27	Shawn	11,451	↑1
28	Kenneth	10,979	↓1
29	Andrew	10,728	↑1
30	Ryan	10,511	↑9
31	Jonathan	10,273	↑6
32	Stephen	9,955	↓3
33	Jeremy	9,363	↑9
34	Aaron	9,232	↑6
35	Todd	8,677	↓4
36	Sean	8,553	↓3
37	Patrick	8,480	↓2
38	Donald	8,361	↓2
39	Edward	8,360	↓5
40	Ronald	8,327	↓8
41	Keith	8,165	↓3
42	Joshua	8,057	↑17
43	Bryan	7,110	↑2
44	Gary	6,851	↓3
45	Adam	6,842	↑6
46	George	6,601	↓2
47	Douglas	6,595	↓4
48	Craig	6,295	↓2
49	Jose	6,097	↑1
50	Larry	6,080	↓3
51	Justin	6,078	↑9
52	Peter	5,913	↓4
53	Travis	5,868	↑4
54	Shane	5,710	↑1
55	Benjamin	5,226	↑9
56	Dennis	5,176	↓4
57	Jerry	5,097	↓4
58	Brandon	5,065	↑5
59	Troy	5,064	↓10
60	Raymond	4,831	↓6
61	Frank	4,785	↓5
62	Bradley	4,748	↓1
63	Nathan	4,734	↑16
64	Jeffery	4,407	↓6
65	Terry	4,374	↓3
66	Samuel	4,267	–
67	Juan	4,087	↑6
68	Rodney	4,059	↓3
69	Derek	3,919	↓2
70	Jamie	3,913	↑2
71	Phillip	3,861	↑4
72	Marcus	3,714	↓1
73	Joel	3,570	↑5
74	Carlos	3,569	↑10
75	Jesse	3,442	↑13
76	Billy	3,437	↑5
77	Russell	3,397	↓8
78	Tony	3,348	↓10
79	Randy	3,345	↓9
80	Brent	3,287	↓3
81	Marc	3,275	↑2
82	Johnny	3,267	↓8
83	Danny	3,181	↑4
84	Roger	3,155	↓8
85	Nicholas	3,153	↑14
86	Erik	3,062	–
87	Derrick	3,054	↑4
88	Brett	3,030	↓8
89	Corey	3,019	↑6
90	Carl	3,013	↓5
91	Philip	2,997	new
92	Antonio	2,965	↑1
93	Bobby	2,889	↓3
94	Jon	2,798	↓5
95	Jimmy	2,735	↑2
96	Chris	2,703	↓14
97	Christian	2,693	↓1
98	Curtis	2,690	↓6
99	Vincent	2,686	new
100	Shannon	2,636	↓6

Every name given in 1973

All 15,687 names Social Security recorded for 1973, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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