100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1973

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 67,846
2 Christopher 0 48,322
3 Jason +4 46,684
4 James -1 42,888
5 David -1 41,106
6 John -1 39,175
7 Robert -1 38,701
8 Brian 0 35,713
9 William 0 28,021
10 Matthew 0 24,548
11 Daniel +4 23,697
12 Joseph 0 21,328
13 Eric +3 20,810
14 Kevin -1 20,784
15 Mark +3 20,388
16 Richard -2 19,952
17 Jeffrey 0 19,224
18 Scott -7 18,981
19 Thomas +1 17,937
20 Steven -1 17,190
21 Anthony +1 16,417
22 Timothy -1 16,052
23 Charles 0 15,756
24 Paul 0 12,906
25 Chad 0 12,884
26 Gregory 0 11,683
27 Shawn +1 11,448
28 Kenneth -1 10,981
29 Andrew +1 10,735
30 Ryan +9 10,517
31 Jonathan +6 10,274
32 Stephen -3 9,958
33 Jeremy +9 9,364
34 Aaron +6 9,244
35 Todd -4 8,681
36 Sean -3 8,561
37 Patrick -2 8,481
38 Edward -4 8,370
39 Donald -3 8,367
40 Ronald -8 8,327
41 Keith -3 8,168
42 Joshua +17 8,063
43 Bryan +2 7,115
44 Gary -3 6,852
45 Adam +6 6,840
46 George -2 6,606
47 Douglas -4 6,601
48 Craig -2 6,296
49 Jose +1 6,092
50 Larry -3 6,082
51 Justin +9 6,077
52 Peter -4 5,918
53 Travis +4 5,873
54 Shane +1 5,712
55 Benjamin +9 5,235
56 Dennis -4 5,180
57 Jerry -4 5,096
58 Brandon +5 5,072
59 Troy -10 5,064
60 Raymond -6 4,832
61 Frank -5 4,790
62 Bradley -1 4,751
63 Nathan +16 4,749
64 Jeffery -6 4,405
65 Terry -3 4,378
66 Samuel 0 4,267
67 Juan +6 4,092
68 Rodney -3 4,062
69 Derek -2 3,932
70 Jamie +2 3,913
71 Phillip +6 3,863
72 Marcus -1 3,714
73 Carlos +11 3,573
74 Joel +4 3,569
75 Jesse +13 3,448
76 Billy +6 3,444
77 Russell -8 3,399
78 Tony -10 3,355
79 Randy -9 3,348
80 Brent -4 3,288
81 Marc +2 3,276
82 Johnny -8 3,265
83 Danny +4 3,179
84 Roger -9 3,159
85 Nicholas +14 3,152
86 Erik 0 3,060
87 Derrick +4 3,055
88 Brett -8 3,031
89 Corey +6 3,022
90 Carl -5 3,014
91 Philip +13 2,998
92 Antonio +1 2,959
93 Bobby -3 2,888
94 Jon -5 2,803
95 Jimmy +2 2,733
96 Chris -15 2,705
97 Christian -1 2,699
98 Curtis -6 2,692
99 Vincent +6 2,683
100 Shannon -6 2,636
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 62,451
2 Amy +3 26,964
3 Michelle -1 26,931
4 Kimberly 0 23,532
5 Lisa -2 22,669
6 Melissa +1 22,480
7 Angela -1 20,896
8 Heather +1 19,350
9 Stephanie -1 17,261
10 Rebecca +4 14,870
11 Nicole -1 13,925
12 Julie 0 12,787
13 Elizabeth +2 12,358
14 Mary -1 12,318
15 Tammy -4 11,244
16 Christina +10 10,889
17 Christine -1 10,550
18 Kelly +5 10,517
19 Laura -2 10,341
20 Tracy -1 9,910
21 Dawn -1 9,890
22 Shannon 0 9,804
23 Karen -2 9,356
24 Tina -6 9,308
25 Susan -1 9,284
26 Cynthia -1 8,744
27 Patricia 0 8,475
28 Lori 0 8,472
29 Wendy 0 7,813
30 Andrea 0 7,767
31 Maria +1 7,651
32 Stacy +1 7,339
33 April +15 7,263
34 Jessica +12 7,226
35 Sarah +14 7,216
36 Tonya +1 7,180
37 Tara +1 6,707
38 Denise -3 6,617
39 Sandra -8 6,584
40 Monica +7 6,375
41 Stacey 0 6,250
42 Rachel -2 6,106
43 Melanie -1 6,079
44 Michele -8 5,996
45 Teresa -6 5,987
46 Carrie +7 5,836
47 Pamela -13 5,814
48 Crystal +11 5,771
49 Danielle +24 5,650
50 Tanya +4 5,630
51 Amanda +24 5,625
52 Tiffany +9 5,499
53 Brenda -9 5,382
54 Holly +17 5,115
55 Donna -10 5,059
56 Deborah -13 4,982
57 Sharon -7 4,964
58 Kristen +27 4,937
59 Dana -7 4,932
60 Robin -5 4,806
61 Linda -10 4,730
62 Jill 0 4,539
63 Barbara -5 4,437
64 Katherine +5 4,419
65 Heidi -1 4,395
66 Tamara +18 4,286
67 Catherine -2 4,265
68 Kathleen -11 4,248
69 Theresa -1 4,178
70 Rhonda -10 4,163
71 Veronica +11 4,151
72 Melinda +9 4,144
73 Christy +1 4,121
74 Cheryl -18 4,011
75 Leslie +1 3,954
76 Sherry -6 3,953
77 Nancy -14 3,942
78 Kristin -11 3,905
79 Erin +14 3,878
80 Renee -3 3,846
81 Erica +6 3,798
82 Brandy +58 3,714
83 Gina -5 3,699
84 Debra -18 3,652
85 Diana -2 3,521
86 Paula -14 3,504
87 Jacqueline -8 3,500
88 Anna -2 3,496
89 Sara +12 3,480
90 Misty +35 3,475
91 Alicia +5 3,433
92 Cindy -12 3,284
93 Ann -2 3,255
94 Margaret +1 3,168
95 Victoria +4 3,071
96 Valerie +4 3,042
97 Kristina +15 3,038
98 Suzanne -6 3,037
99 Emily +32 3,028
100 Jodi -3 3,024