Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1973

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1973 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1972						Change from 1972
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	62,447	4.018	0	-1,156	1	Michael	67,847	4.203	0	-3,558
2	Amy	26,964	1.735	3	1,091	2	Christopher	48,321	2.994	0	-3,868
3	Michelle	26,934	1.733	-1	-2,350	3	Jason	46,683	2.892	4	9,237
4	Kimberly	23,533	1.514	0	-2,757	4	James	42,889	2.657	-1	-4,194
5	Lisa	22,669	1.459	-2	-4,880	5	David	41,102	2.546	-1	-5,264
6	Melissa	22,480	1.447	1	-23	6	John	39,176	2.427	-1	-4,005
7	Angela	20,896	1.345	-1	-2,660	7	Robert	38,701	2.398	-1	-4,336
8	Heather	19,349	1.245	1	3,028	8	Brian	35,715	2.213	0	-607
9	Stephanie	17,263	1.111	-1	378	9	William	28,021	1.736	0	-2,508
10	Rebecca	14,870	0.957	4	1,618	10	Matthew	24,546	1.521	0	1,603
11	Nicole	13,924	0.896	-1	-1,828	11	Daniel	23,695	1.468	4	1,584
12	Julie	12,787	0.823	0	-1,283	12	Joseph	21,331	1.321	0	-1,136
13	Elizabeth	12,357	0.795	2	172	13	Eric	20,809	1.289	3	-1,228
14	Mary	12,316	0.793	-1	-1,445	14	Kevin	20,781	1.287	-1	-1,582
15	Tammy	11,244	0.724	-4	-2,966	15	Mark	20,384	1.263	3	-1,116
16	Christina	10,888	0.701	10	718	16	Richard	19,950	1.236	-2	-2,368
17	Christine	10,550	0.679	-1	-1,438	17	Jeffrey	19,225	1.191	0	-2,461
18	Kelly	10,517	0.677	5	-426	18	Scott	18,980	1.176	-7	-3,877
19	Laura	10,339	0.665	-2	-1,433	19	Thomas	17,938	1.111	1	-1,636
20	Tracy	9,912	0.638	-1	-1,524	20	Steven	17,189	1.065	-1	-2,668
21	Dawn	9,890	0.636	-1	-1,450	21	Anthony	16,419	1.017	1	-1,043
22	Shannon	9,804	0.631	0	-1,161	22	Timothy	16,047	0.994	-1	-1,558
23	Karen	9,355	0.602	-2	-1,827	23	Charles	15,760	0.976	0	-1,220
24	Tina	9,308	0.599	-6	-2,213	24	Paul	12,906	0.800	0	-1,657
25	Susan	9,283	0.597	-1	-1,294	25	Chad	12,885	0.798	0	-514
26	Cynthia	8,744	0.563	-1	-1,427	26	Gregory	11,680	0.724	0	-1,380
27	Patricia	8,476	0.545	0	-1,124	27	Shawn	11,454	0.710	1	170
28	Lori	8,472	0.545	0	-962	28	Kenneth	10,981	0.680	-1	-1,353
29	Wendy	7,813	0.503	0	-719	29	Andrew	10,730	0.665	1	605
30	Andrea	7,767	0.500	0	-251	30	Ryan	10,515	0.651	9	1,623
31	Maria	7,653	0.492	1	-50	31	Jonathan	10,272	0.636	6	1,045
32	Stacy	7,339	0.472	1	-264	32	Stephen	9,960	0.617	-3	-1,083
33	April	7,263	0.467	15	1,142	33	Jeremy	9,364	0.580	9	1,964
34	Jessica	7,226	0.465	12	1,016	34	Aaron	9,239	0.572	6	1,375
35	Sarah	7,216	0.464	14	1,103	35	Todd	8,681	0.538	-4	-1,300
36	Tonya	7,180	0.462	1	-64	36	Sean	8,558	0.530	-3	-899
37	Tara	6,707	0.432	1	-524	37	Patrick	8,483	0.526	-2	-799
38	Denise	6,618	0.426	-3	-765	38	Edward	8,368	0.518	-4	-929
39	Sandra	6,584	0.424	-8	-1,330	39	Donald	8,364	0.518	-3	-899
40	Monica	6,376	0.410	7	249	40	Ronald	8,329	0.516	-8	-1,182
41	Stacey	6,252	0.402	0	-128	41	Keith	8,168	0.506	-3	-987
42	Rachel	6,106	0.393	-2	-308	42	Joshua	8,065	0.500	17	3,025
43	Melanie	6,079	0.391	-1	-215	43	Bryan	7,116	0.441	2	77
44	Michele	5,996	0.386	-8	-1,380	44	Gary	6,850	0.424	-3	-916
45	Teresa	5,988	0.385	-6	-1,189	45	Adam	6,839	0.424	6	1,094
46	Carrie	5,836	0.376	7	414	46	George	6,607	0.409	-2	-560
47	Pamela	5,814	0.374	-13	-1,662	47	Douglas	6,600	0.409	-4	-792
48	Crystal	5,771	0.371	11	727	48	Craig	6,295	0.390	-2	-441
49	Danielle	5,649	0.364	24	1,450	49	Jose	6,093	0.377	1	161
50	Tanya	5,631	0.362	4	230	50	Larry	6,083	0.377	-3	-521

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.