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

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1973 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	62,447	4.018	-344	-61,532	1	Michael	67,847	4.203	-13	-56,227
2	Amy	26,964	1.735	-203	-25,467	2	Christopher	48,321	2.994	-40	-41,060
3	Michelle	26,934	1.733	-260	-25,695	3	Jason	46,683	2.892	-97	-42,836
4	Kimberly	23,533	1.514	-166	-21,837	4	James	42,889	2.657	0	-29,364
5	Lisa	22,669	1.459	-886	-22,367	5	David	41,102	2.546	-17	-31,405
6	Melissa	22,480	1.447	-291	-21,366	6	John	39,176	2.427	-21	-30,057
7	Angela	20,896	1.345	-257	-19,660	7	Robert	38,701	2.398	-64	-33,561
8	Heather	19,349	1.245	-1,141	-19,139	8	Brian	35,715	2.213	-227	-34,097
9	Stephanie	17,263	1.111	-309	-16,237	9	William	28,021	1.736	6	-13,505
10	Rebecca	14,870	0.957	-204	-13,428	10	Matthew	24,546	1.521	-10	-14,622
11	Nicole	13,924	0.896	-207	-12,508	11	Daniel	23,695	1.468	-4	-12,522
12	Julie	12,787	0.823	-576	-12,271	12	Joseph	21,331	1.321	-11	-11,776
13	Elizabeth	12,357	0.795	0	-3,844	13	Eric	20,809	1.289	-147	-18,420
14	Mary	12,316	0.793	-112	-9,989	14	Kevin	20,781	1.287	-111	-17,657
15	Tammy	11,244	0.724	-4,087	-11,209	15	Mark	20,384	1.263	-195	-18,525
16	Christina	10,888	0.701	-423	-10,169	16	Richard	19,950	1.236	-172	-17,831
17	Christine	10,550	0.679	-909	-10,263	17	Jeffrey	19,225	1.191	-314	-18,222
18	Kelly	10,517	0.677	-600	-10,033	18	Scott	18,980	1.176	-502	-18,439
19	Laura	10,339	0.665	-321	-9,404	19	Thomas	17,938	1.111	-30	-11,159
20	Tracy	9,912	0.638	-2,322	-9,834	20	Steven	17,189	1.065	-178	-15,167
21	Dawn	9,890	0.636	-1,939	-9,790	21	Anthony	16,419	1.017	-17	-8,416
22	Shannon	9,804	0.631	-1,456	-9,656	22	Timothy	16,047	0.994	-143	-13,717
23	Karen	9,355	0.602	-612	-8,887	23	Charles	15,760	0.976	-29	-9,156
24	Tina	9,308	0.599	-1,660	-9,185	24	Paul	12,906	0.800	-210	-11,281
25	Susan	9,283	0.597	-1,054	-9,049	25	Chad	12,885	0.798	-872	-12,645
26	Cynthia	8,744	0.563	-667	-8,328	26	Gregory	11,680	0.724	-382	-10,902
27	Patricia	8,476	0.545	-886	-8,183	27	Shawn	11,454	0.710	-366	-10,652
28	Lori	8,472	0.545	-1,547	-8,336	28	Kenneth	10,981	0.680	-198	-9,326
29	Wendy	7,813	0.503	-940	-7,543	29	Andrew	10,730	0.665	-14	-3,496
30	Andrea	7,767	0.500	-104	-5,613	30	Ryan	10,515	0.651	-16	-3,610
31	Maria	7,653	0.492	-85	-5,058	31	Jonathan	10,272	0.636	-32	-4,560
32	Stacy	7,339	0.472	-1,284	-7,167	32	Stephen	9,960	0.617	-252	-8,724
33	April	7,263	0.467	-443	-6,610	33	Jeremy	9,364	0.580	-171	-7,409
34	Jessica	7,226	0.465	-278	-6,169	34	Aaron	9,239	0.572	-26	-3,286
35	Sarah	7,216	0.464	-32	-3,482	35	Todd	8,681	0.538	-1,166	-8,525
36	Tonya	7,180	0.462	-5,535	-7,157	36	Sean	8,558	0.530	-233	-7,248
37	Tara	6,707	0.432	-994	-6,458	37	Patrick	8,483	0.526	-152	-6,372
38	Denise	6,618	0.426	-1,031	-6,382	38	Edward	8,368	0.518	-131	-6,100
39	Sandra	6,584	0.424	-936	-6,315	39	Donald	8,364	0.518	-487	-7,831
40	Monica	6,376	0.410	-568	-5,881	40	Ronald	8,329	0.516	-453	-7,751
41	Stacey	6,252	0.402	-2,345	-6,176	41	Keith	8,168	0.506	-463	-7,603
42	Rachel	6,106	0.393	-156	-4,562	42	Joshua	8,065	0.500	1	-701
43	Melanie	6,079	0.391	-62	-3,238	43	Bryan	7,116	0.441	-189	-5,483
44	Michele	5,996	0.386	-4,455	-5,965	44	Gary	6,850	0.424	-630	-6,483
45	Teresa	5,988	0.385	-753	-5,647	45	Adam	6,839	0.424	-33	-2,164
46	Carrie	5,836	0.376	-1,722	-5,721	46	George	6,607	0.409	-81	-3,548
47	Pamela	5,814	0.374	-1,537	-5,679	47	Douglas	6,600	0.409	-625	-6,229
48	Crystal	5,771	0.371	-669	-5,376	48	Craig	6,295	0.390	-1,140	-6,136
49	Danielle	5,649	0.364	-333	-4,840	49	Jose	6,093	0.377	-40	-1,801
50	Tanya	5,631	0.362	-2,541	-5,564	50	Larry	6,083	0.377	-656	-5,744

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.