Popular baby names in Florida, 1973

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,908 babies) and Michael for boys (2,257). Social Security records list 92,454 babies born in Florida in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1973

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tangela: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lissette: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Mercedes: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latosha: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Latasha: 86 babies, 3× the national rate
Lashawn: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katina: 186 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sabrina: 122 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Selena: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Avery: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alton: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Willie: 205 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cedric: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alejandro: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carlton: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Demetrius: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,908	–	1
2	Kimberly	957	–	4
3	Michelle	945	–	3
4	Melissa	775	↑2	6
5	Angela	710	–	7
6	Lisa	689	↓2	5
7	Amy	651	↑1	2
8	Stephanie	642	↓1	9
9	Heather	573	↑1	8
10	Christina	461	↑5	16
11	Rebecca	461	↑10	10
12	Mary	446	↓1	14
13	Tammy	395	↓4	15
14	Elizabeth	388	↓2	13
15	Shannon	346	↓2	22
16	Nicole	339	↑3	11
17	Tina	338	–	24
18	Dawn	336	↓4	21
19	Cynthia	335	↓1	26
20	Kelly	329	↑5	18
21	Julie	327	↓1	12
22	Patricia	321	↑2	27
23	Christine	319	↑3	17
24	Tracy	313	↓8	20
25	Wendy	293	↑6	29
26	April	286	↑10	33
27	Laura	285	↓4	19
28	Karen	284	↓6	23
29	Tonya	279	–	36
30	Susan	276	↓3	25
31	Lori	256	↑4	28
32	Andrea	239	↑2	30
33	Tiffany	237	↑14	52
34	Stacy	228	↑9	32
35	Pamela	222	↓7	47
36	Barbara	219	↑2	63
37	Tara	216	↑5	37
38	Michele	215	new	44
39	Monica	207	↑11	40
40	Sandra	207	↓7	39
41	Teresa	205	↓11	45
42	Stacey	204	↑7	41
43	Maria	198	↓4	31
44	Melanie	195	↓3	43
45	Donna	193	↓8	55
46	Tanya	189	–	50
47	Deborah	186	↓3	56
48	Katina	186	↓16	>100
49	Denise	185	new	38
50	Sharon	184	↓5	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	2,257	–	1
2	James	1,755	↑1	4
3	Christopher	1,609	↓1	2
4	Robert	1,450	–	7
5	David	1,368	↑1	5
6	John	1,362	↓1	6
7	Jason	1,307	↑1	3
8	William	1,163	↓1	9
9	Brian	986	–	8
10	Richard	799	–	16
11	Daniel	750	↑4	11
12	Joseph	726	↓1	12
13	Charles	695	–	23
14	Eric	658	–	13
15	Kevin	621	↓3	14
16	Thomas	583	–	19
17	Anthony	582	↑1	21
18	Matthew	564	↑4	10
19	Timothy	545	–	22
20	Mark	534	↑1	15
21	Steven	524	↓1	20
22	Scott	507	↓5	18
23	Kenneth	440	–	28
24	Jeffrey	439	–	17
25	Shawn	410	↑2	27
26	Paul	401	↓1	24
27	Stephen	351	↑1	32
28	Gregory	348	↓2	26
29	Jonathan	332	↑6	31
30	Donald	329	↓1	38
31	Sean	319	↑1	36
32	Ronald	313	↓2	40
33	Keith	286	↓2	41
34	George	272	–	46
35	Chad	268	↑1	25
36	Edward	260	↓3	39
37	Andrew	258	↑1	29
38	Gary	254	↑2	44
39	Larry	253	↑2	50
40	Patrick	250	↓3	37
41	Joshua	245	new	42
42	Ryan	237	–	30
43	Bryan	221	↑3	43
44	Douglas	221	↑1	47
45	Todd	219	↓6	35
46	Willie	205	↓3	>100
47	Travis	202	new	53
48	Samuel	198	↑1	66
49	Jeremy	196	new	33
50	Aaron	193	new	34

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