Top Baby Names of 1973
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.