100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1973

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 67,836
2 Christopher 0 48,306
3 Jason +4 46,666
4 James -1 42,894
5 David -1 41,090
6 John -1 39,166
7 Robert -1 38,727
8 Brian 0 35,712
9 William 0 28,016
10 Matthew 0 24,542
11 Daniel +4 23,662
12 Joseph 0 21,307
13 Eric +3 20,806
14 Kevin -1 20,792
15 Mark +3 20,372
16 Richard -2 19,951
17 Jeffrey 0 19,220
18 Scott -7 18,974
19 Thomas +1 17,923
20 Steven -1 17,190
21 Anthony +1 16,410
22 Timothy -1 16,053
23 Charles 0 15,747
24 Paul 0 12,898
25 Chad 0 12,884
26 Gregory 0 11,667
27 Shawn +1 11,440
28 Kenneth -1 10,981
29 Andrew +1 10,740
30 Ryan +9 10,511
31 Jonathan +6 10,267
32 Stephen -3 9,950
33 Jeremy +9 9,358
34 Aaron +6 9,242
35 Todd -4 8,671
36 Sean -3 8,566
37 Patrick -2 8,482
38 Edward -4 8,364
39 Donald -3 8,363
40 Ronald -8 8,328
41 Keith -3 8,162
42 Joshua +17 8,062
43 Bryan +2 7,109
44 Gary -3 6,861
45 Adam +6 6,843
46 Douglas -3 6,603
47 George -3 6,602
48 Craig -2 6,291
49 Jose +1 6,093
50 Larry -3 6,078
51 Justin +9 6,070
52 Peter -4 5,914
53 Travis +4 5,870
54 Shane +1 5,709
55 Benjamin +9 5,231
56 Dennis -4 5,174
57 Jerry -4 5,102
58 Brandon +5 5,074
59 Troy -10 5,058
60 Raymond -6 4,828
61 Frank -5 4,783
62 Bradley -1 4,752
63 Nathan +16 4,745
64 Jeffery -6 4,403
65 Terry -3 4,376
66 Samuel 0 4,265
67 Juan +6 4,085
68 Rodney -3 4,062
69 Derek -2 3,933
70 Jamie +2 3,912
71 Phillip +7 3,852
72 Marcus -1 3,714
73 Joel +4 3,570
74 Carlos +10 3,568
75 Jesse +13 3,445
76 Billy +6 3,441
77 Russell -8 3,398
78 Tony -10 3,355
79 Randy -9 3,348
80 Brent -5 3,287
81 Marc +2 3,279
82 Johnny -8 3,264
83 Danny +4 3,176
84 Nicholas +15 3,150
85 Roger -9 3,149
86 Erik 0 3,058
87 Derrick +4 3,057
88 Brett -8 3,030
89 Corey +6 3,021
90 Carl -5 3,015
91 Philip +13 3,001
92 Antonio +1 2,955
93 Bobby -3 2,889
94 Jon -5 2,800
95 Jimmy +2 2,732
96 Chris -15 2,706
97 Christian -1 2,691
98 Curtis -6 2,691
99 Vincent +6 2,682
100 Shannon -6 2,635
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 62,447
2 Amy +3 26,962
3 Michelle -1 26,927
4 Kimberly 0 23,530
5 Lisa -2 22,660
6 Melissa +1 22,482
7 Angela -1 20,895
8 Heather +1 19,348
9 Stephanie -1 17,251
10 Rebecca +4 14,873
11 Nicole -1 13,918
12 Julie 0 12,783
13 Elizabeth +2 12,356
14 Mary -1 12,321
15 Tammy -4 11,242
16 Christina +10 10,882
17 Christine -1 10,547
18 Kelly +5 10,514
19 Laura -2 10,337
20 Tracy -1 9,907
21 Dawn -1 9,892
22 Shannon 0 9,803
23 Karen -2 9,360
24 Tina -6 9,311
25 Susan -1 9,293
26 Cynthia -1 8,753
27 Patricia 0 8,483
28 Lori 0 8,472
29 Wendy 0 7,808
30 Andrea 0 7,767
31 Maria +1 7,627
32 Stacy +1 7,340
33 April +15 7,257
34 Jessica +12 7,225
35 Sarah +15 7,213
36 Tonya +1 7,179
37 Tara +1 6,706
38 Denise -3 6,618
39 Sandra -8 6,588
40 Monica +7 6,377
41 Stacey 0 6,250
42 Rachel -2 6,105
43 Melanie -1 6,077
44 Michele -8 5,996
45 Teresa -6 5,982
46 Carrie +7 5,835
47 Pamela -13 5,821
48 Crystal +11 5,771
49 Danielle +24 5,646
50 Tanya +4 5,628
51 Amanda +25 5,626
52 Tiffany +9 5,503
53 Brenda -9 5,384
54 Holly +17 5,115
55 Donna -10 5,061
56 Deborah -13 4,989
57 Sharon -8 4,966
58 Kristen +27 4,936
59 Dana -7 4,931
60 Robin -5 4,808
61 Linda -10 4,737
62 Jill +1 4,540
63 Barbara -5 4,437
64 Katherine +5 4,422
65 Heidi -1 4,393
66 Tamara +18 4,287
67 Catherine -2 4,269
68 Kathleen -11 4,256
69 Theresa -1 4,180
70 Rhonda -10 4,162
71 Veronica +11 4,150
72 Melinda +9 4,146
73 Christy +1 4,122
74 Cheryl -18 4,009
75 Sherry -5 3,956
76 Leslie -1 3,953
77 Nancy -15 3,947
78 Kristin -11 3,907
79 Erin +14 3,877
80 Renee -3 3,845
81 Erica +5 3,796
82 Brandy +58 3,712
83 Gina -5 3,700
84 Debra -18 3,659
85 Diana -2 3,522
86 Paula -14 3,508
87 Jacqueline -8 3,501
88 Anna -1 3,498
89 Sara +12 3,480
90 Misty +35 3,475
91 Alicia +5 3,435
92 Cindy -12 3,282
93 Ann -2 3,255
94 Margaret +1 3,171
95 Victoria +4 3,068
96 Valerie +4 3,044
97 Kristina +15 3,037
98 Suzanne -6 3,035
99 Emily +33 3,027
100 Jodi -3 3,022