Top Names of 1973
The most popular names recorded in 1973 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |