Popular baby names in New York, 1973

The most popular baby names in New York in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (4,956 babies) and Michael for boys (5,734). Social Security records list 217,679 babies born in New York in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1973

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

Girls

Milagros: 67 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Chana: 61 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lissette: 61 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maritza: 108 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ivette: 62 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Madeline: 102 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Aileen: 59 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Luz: 104 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Yesenia: 97 babies, 4× the national rate
Eileen: 240 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 67 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Jamel: 78 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 192 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wilfredo: 71 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dominick: 91 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angel: 350 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jean: 66 babies, 4× the national rate
Gerard: 106 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nelson: 153 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angelo: 130 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,956	–	1
2	Lisa	1,966	–	5
3	Michelle	1,945	–	3
4	Nicole	1,526	–	11
5	Amy	1,517	↑2	2
6	Melissa	1,506	↑2	6
7	Christine	1,338	↓2	17
8	Kimberly	1,326	↓2	4
9	Elizabeth	1,160	–	13
10	Heather	1,108	↑2	8
11	Maria	935	–	31
12	Karen	922	↓2	23
13	Stephanie	867	↑9	9
14	Michele	864	–	44
15	Dawn	852	↓2	21
16	Danielle	838	↑10	49
17	Tara	833	↑4	37
18	Mary	821	↓3	14
19	Patricia	821	↓3	27
20	Kelly	800	↓3	18
21	Rebecca	775	↑3	10
22	Susan	768	↓3	25
23	Denise	756	↓5	38
24	Jessica	743	↑9	34
25	Laura	736	↓5	19
26	Julie	712	↓3	12
27	Christina	656	↑4	16
28	Angela	624	–	7
29	Tracy	620	↓4	20
30	Kathleen	604	–	68
31	Tammy	598	↓4	15
32	Andrea	571	↑5	30
33	Cynthia	565	↑2	26
34	Sandra	561	↑2	39
35	Lori	549	↓1	28
36	Deborah	547	↓7	56
37	Tina	540	↓5	24
38	Stacey	510	↑2	41
39	Rachel	488	↑3	42
40	Kristen	470	new	58
41	Sarah	466	new	35
42	Wendy	462	↓1	29
43	Tanya	457	↑3	50
44	Nancy	454	↓6	77
45	Catherine	445	↓2	67
46	Barbara	441	↓1	63
47	Jacqueline	429	↓8	88
48	Donna	418	↓4	55
49	Sharon	412	↓1	57
50	Stacy	409	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	5,734	–	1
2	Christopher	3,587	–	2
3	John	3,480	–	6
4	David	3,205	–	5
5	Robert	3,132	–	7
6	James	2,904	–	4
7	Joseph	2,628	–	12
8	Jason	2,614	↑3	3
9	Brian	2,434	↓1	8
10	Daniel	2,109	↑3	11
11	William	1,963	↓2	9
12	Thomas	1,834	–	19
13	Anthony	1,833	↑1	21
14	Matthew	1,806	↑2	10
15	Richard	1,744	↓5	16
16	Kevin	1,585	↑1	14
17	Scott	1,557	↓2	18
18	Mark	1,495	↑2	15
19	Eric	1,455	↓1	13
20	Jeffrey	1,373	↓1	17
21	Paul	1,238	↑1	24
22	Steven	1,170	↓1	20
23	Peter	1,044	–	52
24	Andrew	1,036	↑1	29
25	Timothy	965	↑1	22
26	Edward	956	↓2	39
27	Gregory	918	↑2	26
28	Jose	899	–	49
29	Charles	887	↓2	23
30	Keith	846	↑3	41
31	Kenneth	812	↑1	28
32	Sean	806	↓1	36
33	Jonathan	801	↑3	31
34	Stephen	795	↓4	32
35	Shawn	778	↑2	27
36	Frank	724	↓1	61
37	Patrick	707	↓3	37
38	George	680	–	46
39	Adam	670	↑1	45
40	Todd	624	↓1	35
41	Craig	593	↑1	48
42	Ronald	590	↓1	40
43	Raymond	545	–	60
44	Luis	522	↑1	>100
45	Donald	503	↓1	38
46	Vincent	487	↑1	99
47	Carlos	474	new	74
48	Joshua	474	new	42
49	Marc	471	↑1	81
50	Douglas	468	↓4	47

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