Top Names of 1973 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1973 were Michelle for girls and Jason for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,394
2	Kylie	1,330
3	Nicole	1,236
4	Melissa	1,086
5	Karen	1,015
6	Lisa	933
7	Rebecca	882
8	Amanda	827
9	Belinda	699
10	Julie	641
11	Jennifer	631
12	Jodie	616
13	Joanne	602
14	Fiona	544
15	Sharon	538
16	Samantha	536
17	Tracey	535
18	Angela	526
19	Kim	523
20	Natalie	512
21	Rachel	500
22	Leanne	495
23	Elizabeth	492
24	Tanya	491
25	Kelly	487
26	Donna	483
27	Catherine	465
28	Susan	462
29	Linda	439
30	Katrina	421
31	Sarah	420
32	Deborah	411
33	Melanie	411
34	Danielle	408
35	Vanessa	402
36	Alison	395
37	Tracy	380
38	Louise	373
39	Melinda	370
40	Christine	360
41	Megan	360
42	Sandra	347
43	Kellie	338
44	Maria	325
45	Helen	320
46	Katherine	309
47	Jacqueline	306
48	Kathryn	303
49	Simone	298
50	Jane	284

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Jason	2,637
2	Michael	2,266
3	David	2,195
4	Matthew	1,798
5	Andrew	1,756
6	Mark	1,562
7	Paul	1,512
8	Christopher	1,461
9	Scott	1,418
10	Peter	1,304
11	Shane	1,140
12	Robert	1,103
13	Anthony	1,068
14	John	1,055
15	Craig	1,039
16	Adam	1,010
17	Daniel	976
18	Darren	822
19	Brett	810
20	James	805
21	Stephen	779
22	Steven	772
23	Bradley	738
24	Troy	670
25	Richard	629
26	Gregory	625
27	Simon	617
28	Benjamin	569
29	Timothy	568
30	Justin	505
31	Jamie	492
32	Nathan	427
33	Wayne	419
34	Rodney	394
35	Glenn	387
36	Gavin	357
37	Dean	349
38	Ian	341
39	Damien	339
40	Grant	338
41	Adrian	332
42	Sean	326
43	Nicholas	320
44	Aaron	310
45	Glen	307
46	Stuart	303
47	William	300
48	Cameron	297
49	Brendan	284
50	Phillip	282