Popular baby names in Virginia, 1973

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,339 babies) and Michael for boys (1,504). Social Security records list 59,644 babies born in Virginia in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1973

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

Girls

Katina: 176 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Demetria: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Virginia: 94 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shelby: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tabatha: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Crystal: 283 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Courtney: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vickie: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vicky: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Frances: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Sterling: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carlton: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Claude: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Darrick: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Darius: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clyde: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Earnest: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charlie: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Calvin: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,339	–	1
2	Kimberly	659	–	4
3	Melissa	633	↑2	6
4	Angela	627	↓1	7
5	Amy	580	↑1	2
6	Michelle	557	↓2	3
7	Stephanie	487	↑2	9
8	Lisa	455	↓1	5
9	Mary	396	↑1	14
10	Heather	392	↑4	8
11	Tammy	370	↓3	15
12	Rebecca	355	–	10
13	Elizabeth	348	↓2	13
14	Crystal	283	↑12	48
15	Karen	276	↓2	23
16	Susan	273	↓1	25
17	Christina	264	↑10	16
18	Shannon	248	–	22
19	Laura	242	↑4	19
20	Tina	240	↓3	24
21	Wendy	238	↑8	29
22	Tracy	231	↓6	20
23	Tonya	230	↓3	36
24	Kelly	227	↑10	18
25	Cynthia	214	↓6	26
26	Patricia	206	↓1	27
27	Julie	204	↑3	12
28	April	201	↑16	33
29	Nicole	192	↓8	11
30	Dawn	191	↓2	21
31	Pamela	191	↓7	47
32	Donna	189	–	55
33	Katina	176	↑3	>100
34	Christine	171	↓1	17
35	Sharon	165	↓4	57
36	Teresa	165	↓14	45
37	Katherine	164	↑10	64
38	Sarah	163	–	35
39	Robin	161	↓2	60
40	Melanie	158	↑2	43
41	Lori	153	↓6	28
42	Stacey	147	↑8	41
43	Andrea	146	↑3	30
44	Sandra	137	↓3	39
45	Rhonda	135	↓2	70
46	Catherine	134	↑3	67
47	Deborah	134	↓2	56
48	Christy	131	new	73
49	Tara	131	new	37
50	Denise	129	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,504	–	1
2	Christopher	1,410	–	2
3	James	1,167	–	4
4	Robert	960	↑1	7
5	John	953	↑2	6
6	David	942	↓2	5
7	William	934	↓1	9
8	Brian	870	–	8
9	Jason	724	↑2	3
10	Kevin	615	↓1	14
11	Charles	491	↓1	23
12	Matthew	491	↑6	10
13	Richard	459	↑1	16
14	Mark	456	↑3	15
15	Thomas	445	–	19
16	Jeffrey	433	↓4	17
17	Joseph	420	↓4	12
18	Daniel	410	↑4	11
19	Timothy	406	↓3	22
20	Eric	403	↑1	13
21	Anthony	371	↓2	21
22	Steven	318	↓2	20
23	Jonathan	302	↑6	31
24	Gregory	294	–	26
25	Shawn	289	↑3	27
26	Stephen	286	↑1	32
27	Scott	267	↓4	18
28	Kenneth	251	↓3	28
29	Paul	248	↓3	24
30	Donald	234	–	38
31	Ronald	233	↑3	40
32	George	211	↑4	46
33	Andrew	207	↓1	29
34	Sean	187	↓3	36
35	Gary	186	↑3	44
36	Edward	181	↓3	39
37	Keith	178	↓2	41
38	Patrick	176	↑1	37
39	Jerry	169	↑2	57
40	Chad	162	↑4	25
41	Douglas	162	↓1	47
42	Larry	160	↓5	50
43	Bryan	153	↓1	43
44	Jeremy	147	new	33
45	Travis	144	new	53
46	Samuel	141	new	66
47	Benjamin	138	new	55
48	Aaron	137	↓3	34
49	Rodney	135	–	68
50	Todd	134	↓3	35

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