Popular baby names in Indiana, 1973

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (2,016 babies) and Michael for boys (1,901). Social Security records list 75,180 babies born in Indiana in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1973

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

Girls

Joni: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tessa: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Charity: 61 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chastity: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mindy: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darla: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shawn: 66 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chasity: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Misty: 169 babies, 2× the national rate
Penny: 72 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rex: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jonathon: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Max: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kent: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chester: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brad: 99 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ty: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,016	–	1
2	Amy	1,012	↑1	2
3	Angela	1,003	↓1	7
4	Michelle	900	–	3
5	Melissa	747	↑1	6
6	Kimberly	721	↓1	4
7	Lisa	649	–	5
8	Heather	635	–	8
9	Stephanie	526	↑1	9
10	Christina	418	↑4	16
11	Julie	409	↓2	12
12	Rebecca	407	↑4	10
13	Dawn	387	↓2	21
14	Kelly	372	↑3	18
15	Nicole	353	↓3	11
16	Elizabeth	345	↑7	13
17	Tina	328	↓4	24
18	Mary	320	↑1	14
19	Tracy	320	↑1	20
20	April	307	↑12	33
21	Lori	303	↓3	28
22	Laura	298	–	19
23	Shannon	296	↓2	22
24	Tammy	291	↓9	15
25	Amanda	271	↑18	51
26	Tonya	255	↓1	36
27	Stacy	253	–	32
28	Susan	246	↓4	25
29	Carrie	234	↓1	46
30	Christine	217	↓4	17
31	Rachel	211	↑4	42
32	Sarah	211	↑6	35
33	Wendy	204	↓2	29
34	Karen	200	↓5	23
35	Jill	199	↑6	62
36	Stacey	195	–	41
37	Andrea	194	↓3	30
38	Denise	189	↑8	38
39	Holly	186	new	54
40	Patricia	184	↓3	27
41	Crystal	177	new	48
42	Cynthia	173	↓12	26
43	Misty	169	new	90
44	Tamara	167	↑1	66
45	Brandy	166	new	82
46	Teresa	165	↓7	45
47	Jessica	159	new	34
48	Michele	159	↓15	44
49	Melanie	155	↓2	43
50	Robin	146	↓8	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,901	–	1
2	Jason	1,681	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,340	↓1	2
4	James	1,212	↑1	4
5	Brian	1,156	↑1	8
6	David	1,150	↓2	5
7	Robert	1,071	↑1	7
8	John	1,019	↓1	6
9	Matthew	867	↑1	10
10	William	742	↓1	9
11	Scott	669	–	18
12	Eric	651	↑2	13
13	Daniel	641	↑4	11
14	Mark	628	↑2	15
15	Chad	611	↓2	25
16	Jeffrey	571	↓4	17
17	Steven	547	↑2	20
18	Kevin	512	↓3	14
19	Timothy	511	↑1	22
20	Joseph	484	↑3	12
21	Charles	482	↑3	23
22	Ryan	480	↑3	30
23	Richard	455	↓5	16
24	Anthony	453	↓3	21
25	Thomas	450	↓3	19
26	Jeremy	402	↑5	33
27	Andrew	391	↑3	29
28	Gregory	384	↓1	26
29	Shawn	382	↓1	27
30	Aaron	375	↑4	34
31	Paul	307	↓2	24
32	Todd	299	↓6	35
33	Joshua	270	new	42
34	Kenneth	270	↓2	28
35	Douglas	266	–	47
36	Donald	261	↓3	38
37	Jonathan	257	↑12	31
38	Ronald	244	↓1	40
39	Stephen	241	↓3	32
40	Shane	240	↑3	54
41	Adam	226	new	45
42	Bryan	226	–	43
43	Bradley	225	↓5	62
44	Larry	222	↓4	50
45	Troy	218	↓6	59
46	Craig	210	↓1	48
47	Keith	206	↓1	41
48	Travis	203	new	53
49	Jeffery	197	new	64
50	Jerry	196	new	57

← Indiana 1972 Indiana: all years · US 1973 Indiana 1974 →