Popular baby names in Washington, 1973

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,034 babies) and Jason for boys (1,023). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,246 babies born in Washington in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1973

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

Girls

Darcy: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leanne: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tawnya: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tami: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lena: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kimberlee: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kari: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kirsten: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 168 babies, 3× the national rate
Karin: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Shad: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ty: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jake: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyler: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gordon: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Donovan: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Micah: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trevor: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rick: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,034	–	1
2	Michelle	428	–	3
3	Amy	416	↑1	2
4	Heather	394	↑2	8
5	Angela	352	–	7
6	Lisa	337	↓3	5
7	Kimberly	317	–	4
8	Melissa	267	↑3	6
9	Shannon	253	↓1	22
10	Stephanie	252	–	9
11	Julie	251	↓2	12
12	Rebecca	233	↑1	10
13	Sarah	203	↑5	35
14	Christina	192	↑1	16
15	Heidi	168	↑4	65
16	Mary	166	↑14	14
17	Elizabeth	163	↑9	13
18	Dawn	159	↓2	21
19	Nicole	157	↓7	11
20	Tina	146	↓6	24
21	Andrea	144	↓1	30
22	Rachel	142	↑10	42
23	Tracy	139	–	20
24	Christine	133	↓7	17
25	Wendy	132	↓1	29
26	Jessica	130	↑5	34
27	Kelly	126	↑7	18
28	Brenda	125	↓3	53
29	Laura	125	↓7	19
30	Tammy	123	↓2	15
31	Carrie	122	↑2	46
32	Teresa	118	↓3	45
33	Holly	115	↑16	54
34	Tanya	115	↑6	50
35	Tara	114	–	37
36	Lori	112	↑3	28
37	Karen	108	↓10	23
38	April	105	↑8	33
39	Danielle	100	new	49
40	Stacy	97	↑5	32
41	Susan	97	↓20	25
42	Kristina	94	↑1	97
43	Tiffany	93	new	52
44	Melanie	92	new	43
45	Sandra	92	new	39
46	Erin	91	↓8	79
47	Crystal	90	new	48
48	Monica	90	new	40
49	Cynthia	88	↓12	26
50	Patricia	86	↓14	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	1,023	↑1	3
2	Michael	907	↓1	1
3	Christopher	642	–	2
4	David	611	–	5
5	Brian	563	↑1	8
6	John	535	↑1	6
7	James	531	↑1	4
8	Robert	472	↓3	7
9	Matthew	430	–	10
10	Daniel	421	↑2	11
11	Ryan	366	↑5	30
12	Jeffrey	354	↓1	17
13	Eric	342	–	13
14	Aaron	318	↑6	34
15	Scott	318	↓5	18
16	William	310	↓1	9
17	Mark	308	↑1	15
18	Kevin	298	↓1	14
19	Richard	287	↓5	16
20	Steven	280	↓1	20
21	Chad	247	↑2	25
22	Jeremy	247	↑2	33
23	Timothy	246	↓1	22
24	Joseph	240	↓3	12
25	Joshua	235	↑15	42
26	Thomas	212	↑1	19
27	Andrew	200	↑4	29
28	Travis	190	↑8	53
29	Shawn	187	↓1	27
30	Anthony	185	↓1	21
31	Todd	183	↓1	35
32	Justin	170	↑3	51
33	Paul	168	↓8	24
34	Charles	164	↓1	23
35	Sean	164	↓9	36
36	Adam	156	↑8	45
37	Gregory	153	↓3	26
38	Kenneth	150	↓6	28
39	Jonathan	145	↑6	31
40	Shane	141	↓2	54
41	Bryan	140	–	43
42	Brandon	139	new	58
43	Nathan	136	new	63
44	Patrick	131	↓7	37
45	Craig	116	↓3	48
46	Douglas	115	new	47
47	Peter	115	↓1	52
48	Ronald	113	↑2	40
49	Donald	111	↓10	38
50	Stephen	111	new	32

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