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The most popular baby names of 1973

SSA recorded 3,016,785 births in 1973 across all reported names — 1,458,209 girls and 1,558,576 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1973

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1972.
#NameBirthsvs 1972
1 Jennifer 62,448 —
2 Amy 26,962 +3
3 Michelle 26,935 -1
4 Kimberly 23,531 —
5 Lisa 22,677 -2
6 Melissa 22,479 +1
7 Angela 20,898 -1
8 Heather 19,347 +1
9 Stephanie 17,263 -1
10 Rebecca 14,868 +4
11 Nicole 13,922 -1
12 Julie 12,785 —
13 Elizabeth 12,360 +2
14 Mary 12,313 -1
15 Tammy 11,244 -4
16 Christina 10,888 +10
17 Christine 10,549 -1
18 Kelly 10,512 +5
19 Laura 10,344 -2
20 Tracy 9,913 -1
21 Dawn 9,890 -1
22 Shannon 9,802 —
23 Karen 9,352 -2
24 Tina 9,307 -6
25 Susan 9,279 -1
26 Cynthia 8,743 -1
27 Patricia 8,476 —
28 Lori 8,472 —
29 Wendy 7,810 —
30 Andrea 7,766 —
31 Maria 7,667 +1
32 Stacy 7,338 +1
33 April 7,264 +15
34 Jessica 7,228 +12
35 Sarah 7,214 +14
36 Tonya 7,184 +1
37 Tara 6,707 +1
38 Denise 6,615 -3
39 Sandra 6,585 -8
40 Monica 6,380 +7
41 Stacey 6,253 —
42 Rachel 6,103 -2
43 Melanie 6,079 -1
44 Michele 5,996 -8
45 Teresa 5,986 -6
46 Carrie 5,835 +7
47 Pamela 5,813 -13
48 Crystal 5,768 +11
49 Danielle 5,648 +24
50 Tanya 5,632 +4
51 Amanda 5,625 +25
52 Tiffany 5,501 +9
53 Brenda 5,379 -9
54 Holly 5,114 +17
55 Donna 5,058 -10
56 Deborah 4,980 -13
57 Sharon 4,963 -7
58 Kristen 4,936 +27
59 Dana 4,934 -7
60 Robin 4,804 -5
61 Linda 4,731 -10
62 Jill 4,538 —
63 Barbara 4,433 -5
64 Katherine 4,420 +5
65 Heidi 4,396 -1
66 Tamara 4,286 +18
67 Catherine 4,261 -2
68 Kathleen 4,250 -11
69 Theresa 4,178 -1
70 Rhonda 4,161 -10
71 Veronica 4,152 +11
72 Melinda 4,144 +9
73 Christy 4,121 +1
74 Cheryl 4,010 -18
75 Leslie 3,954 —
76 Sherry 3,952 -6
77 Nancy 3,945 -14
78 Kristin 3,903 -11
79 Erin 3,877 +14
80 Renee 3,846 -3
81 Erica 3,793 +6
82 Brandy 3,715 +58
83 Gina 3,699 -5
84 Debra 3,652 -18
85 Diana 3,519 -2
86 Anna 3,507 —
87 Paula 3,504 -15
88 Jacqueline 3,500 -9
89 Sara 3,479 +12
90 Misty 3,475 +35
91 Alicia 3,433 +5
92 Cindy 3,280 -12
93 Ann 3,255 -2
94 Margaret 3,167 +1
95 Victoria 3,070 +4
96 Valerie 3,042 +4
97 Kristina 3,037 +15
98 Suzanne 3,036 -6
99 Emily 3,027 +32
100 Jodi 3,024 -3

Top 100 boys' names in 1973

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1972.
#NameBirthsvs 1972
1 Michael 67,797 —
2 Christopher 48,313 —
3 Jason 46,683 +4
4 James 42,836 -1
5 David 41,082 -1
6 John 39,165 -1
7 Robert 38,698 -1
8 Brian 35,686 —
9 William 28,018 —
10 Matthew 24,531 —
11 Daniel 23,672 +4
12 Joseph 21,326 —
13 Eric 20,802 +3
14 Kevin 20,768 -1
15 Mark 20,367 +3
16 Richard 19,942 -2
17 Jeffrey 19,216 —
18 Scott 18,980 -7
19 Thomas 17,921 +1
20 Steven 17,175 -1
21 Anthony 16,414 +1
22 Timothy 16,036 -1
23 Charles 15,752 —
24 Paul 12,901 —
25 Chad 12,886 —
26 Gregory 11,674 —
27 Shawn 11,451 +1
28 Kenneth 10,979 -1
29 Andrew 10,728 +1
30 Ryan 10,511 +9
31 Jonathan 10,273 +6
32 Stephen 9,955 -3
33 Jeremy 9,363 +9
34 Aaron 9,232 +6
35 Todd 8,677 -4
36 Sean 8,553 -3
37 Patrick 8,480 -2
38 Donald 8,361 -2
39 Edward 8,360 -5
40 Ronald 8,327 -8
41 Keith 8,165 -3
42 Joshua 8,057 +17
43 Bryan 7,110 +2
44 Gary 6,851 -3
45 Adam 6,842 +6
46 George 6,601 -2
47 Douglas 6,595 -4
48 Craig 6,295 -2
49 Jose 6,097 +1
50 Larry 6,080 -3
51 Justin 6,078 +9
52 Peter 5,913 -4
53 Travis 5,868 +4
54 Shane 5,710 +1
55 Benjamin 5,226 +9
56 Dennis 5,176 -4
57 Jerry 5,097 -4
58 Brandon 5,065 +5
59 Troy 5,064 -10
60 Raymond 4,831 -6
61 Frank 4,785 -5
62 Bradley 4,748 -1
63 Nathan 4,734 +16
64 Jeffery 4,407 -6
65 Terry 4,374 -3
66 Samuel 4,267 —
67 Juan 4,087 +6
68 Rodney 4,059 -3
69 Derek 3,919 -2
70 Jamie 3,913 +2
71 Phillip 3,861 +4
72 Marcus 3,714 -1
73 Joel 3,570 +5
74 Carlos 3,569 +10
75 Jesse 3,442 +13
76 Billy 3,437 +5
77 Russell 3,397 -8
78 Tony 3,348 -10
79 Randy 3,345 -9
80 Brent 3,287 -3
81 Marc 3,275 +2
82 Johnny 3,267 -8
83 Danny 3,181 +4
84 Roger 3,155 -8
85 Nicholas 3,153 +14
86 Erik 3,062 —
87 Derrick 3,054 +4
88 Brett 3,030 -8
89 Corey 3,019 +6
90 Carl 3,013 -5
91 Philip 2,997 +13
92 Antonio 2,965 +1
93 Bobby 2,889 -3
94 Jon 2,798 -5
95 Jimmy 2,735 +2
96 Chris 2,703 -14
97 Christian 2,693 -1
98 Curtis 2,690 -6
99 Vincent 2,686 +6
100 Shannon 2,636 -6

Names that climbed fastest in 1973

Ranked by places gained against 1972, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1973Rank 1972Change
Chastity girls 380 675 +295
Jenna girls 359 550 +191
Lakisha girls 478 661 +183
Esmeralda girls 432 609 +177
Jeremiah boys 256 431 +175
Tessa girls 542 695 +153
Latoya girls 407 558 +151
Maggie girls 504 645 +141
Claire girls 451 585 +134
Selena girls 362 495 +133
Tameka girls 402 523 +121
Janna girls 508 628 +120
Jamison boys 408 526 +118
Ami girls 543 658 +115
Tyson boys 366 479 +113

Names that fell fastest in 1973

NameRank 1973Rank 1972Change
Anissa girls 675 421 -254
Gwen girls 695 552 -143
Nanette girls 664 524 -140
Carole girls 682 569 -113
Dayna girls 687 576 -111
Deann girls 675 566 -109
Kris girls 692 586 -106
Trista girls 718 616 -102
Patti girls 618 518 -100
Felecia girls 664 568 -96
Rosalind girls 695 599 -96
Kareem boys 501 405 -96
Eugenia girls 705 610 -95
Shelli girls 651 561 -90
Yesenia girls 503 414 -89

Names that first appear in 1973

1973 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1973

For these names, 1973 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.