1973
Top Baby Names of 1973
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1973
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Jennifer 62,447 2
Amy 26,964 3
Michelle 26,936 4
Kimberly 23,531 5
Lisa 22,673 6
Melissa 22,480 7
Angela 20,898 8
Heather 19,346 9
Stephanie 17,264 10
Rebecca 14,869 11
Nicole 13,922 12
Julie 12,784 13
Elizabeth 12,358 14
Mary 12,313 15
Tammy 11,245 16
Christina 10,888 17
Christine 10,549 18
Kelly 10,514 19
Laura 10,343 20
Tracy 9,913 21
Dawn 9,890 22
Shannon 9,803 23
Karen 9,352 24
Tina 9,308 25
Susan 9,279 26
Cynthia 8,744 27
Patricia 8,477 28
Lori 8,472 29
Wendy 7,811 30
Andrea 7,766 31
Maria 7,665 32
Stacy 7,339 33
April 7,265 34
Jessica 7,228 35
Sarah 7,214 36
Tonya 7,185 37
Tara 6,708 38
Denise 6,615 39
Sandra 6,584 40
Monica 6,379 41
Stacey 6,253 42
Rachel 6,103 43
Melanie 6,079 44
Michele 5,996 45
Teresa 5,986 46
Carrie 5,836 47
Pamela 5,813 48
Crystal 5,769 49
Danielle 5,648 50
Tanya 5,632 51
Amanda 5,626 52
Tiffany 5,501 53
Brenda 5,379 54
Holly 5,114 55
Donna 5,058 56
Deborah 4,979 57
Sharon 4,963 58
Kristen 4,936 59
Dana 4,934 60
Robin 4,805 61
Linda 4,731 62
Jill 4,538 63
Barbara 4,434 64
Katherine 4,419 65
Heidi 4,396 66
Tamara 4,286 67
Catherine 4,262 68
Kathleen 4,250 69
Theresa 4,179 70
Rhonda 4,161 71
Veronica 4,152 72
Melinda 4,144 73
Christy 4,121 74
Cheryl 4,010 75
Leslie 3,954 76
Sherry 3,952 77
Nancy 3,945 78
Kristin 3,904 79
Erin 3,877 80
Renee 3,846 81
Erica 3,794 82
Brandy 3,715 83
Gina 3,699 84
Debra 3,652 85
Diana 3,519 86
Anna 3,507 87
Paula 3,504 88
Jacqueline 3,500 89
Sara 3,479 90
Misty 3,475 91
Alicia 3,432 92
Cindy 3,280 93
Ann 3,255 94
Margaret 3,167 95
Victoria 3,070 96
Valerie 3,042 97
Kristina 3,038 98
Suzanne 3,036 99
Emily 3,027 100
Jodi 3,024 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1973
1
Michael 67,808 2
Christopher 48,309 3
Jason 46,678 4
James 42,838 5
David 41,085 6
John 39,169 7
Robert 38,698 8
Brian 35,688 9
William 28,015 10
Matthew 24,535 11
Daniel 23,673 12
Joseph 21,327 13
Eric 20,802 14
Kevin 20,771 15
Mark 20,372 16
Richard 19,943 17
Jeffrey 19,215 18
Scott 18,981 19
Thomas 17,924 20
Steven 17,177 21
Anthony 16,415 22
Timothy 16,035 23
Charles 15,751 24
Paul 12,903 25
Chad 12,885 26
Gregory 11,673 27
Shawn 11,451 28
Kenneth 10,981 29
Andrew 10,729 30
Ryan 10,513 31
Jonathan 10,271 32
Stephen 9,958 33
Jeremy 9,364 34
Aaron 9,231 35
Todd 8,678 36
Sean 8,556 37
Patrick 8,483 38
Donald 8,361 39
Edward 8,359 40
Ronald 8,328 41
Keith 8,167 42
Joshua 8,058 43
Bryan 7,112 44
Gary 6,851 45
Adam 6,841 46
George 6,603 47
Douglas 6,595 48
Craig 6,294 49
Jose 6,096 50
Larry 6,080 51
Justin 6,077 52
Peter 5,913 53
Travis 5,867 54
Shane 5,711 55
Benjamin 5,227 56
Dennis 5,176 57
Jerry 5,097 58
Brandon 5,066 59
Troy 5,065 60
Raymond 4,833 61
Frank 4,784 62
Bradley 4,747 63
Nathan 4,735 64
Jeffery 4,407 65
Terry 4,375 66
Samuel 4,266 67
Juan 4,087 68
Rodney 4,059 69
Derek 3,920 70
Jamie 3,913 71
Phillip 3,861 72
Marcus 3,715 73
Joel 3,570 74
Carlos 3,568 75
Jesse 3,442 76
Billy 3,437 77
Russell 3,397 78
Tony 3,348 79
Randy 3,346 80
Brent 3,287 81
Marc 3,275 82
Johnny 3,267 83
Danny 3,180 84
Nicholas 3,154 84
Roger 3,154 86
Erik 3,060 87
Derrick 3,056 88
Brett 3,031 89
Corey 3,019 90
Carl 3,013 91
Philip 2,998 92
Antonio 2,964 93
Bobby 2,889 94
Jon 2,799 95
Jimmy 2,735 96
Chris 2,703 97
Christian 2,693 98
Curtis 2,691 99
Vincent 2,685 100
Shannon 2,636 About 1973 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1973, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.