Name.Baby Names by year 1970s 1973 Most Popular Baby Names of 1973 Social Security has card records for 3,168,011 people born in the U.S. in 1973. Jennifer was the top girl name (62,448 babies) and Michael the top boy name (67,797).
Top 100 names of 1973 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1973, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 62,448 #586 2 Amy 26,962 #257 3 Michelle 26,935 #465 4 Kimberly 23,531 #302 5 Lisa 22,677 #987 6 Melissa 22,479 #419 7 Angela 20,898 #408 8 Heather 19,347 #1,261 9 Stephanie 17,263 #557 10 Rebecca 14,868 #349 11 Nicole 13,922 #382 12 Julie 12,785 #872 13 Elizabeth 12,360 #17 14 Mary 12,313 #125 15 Tammy 11,244 #3,645 16 Christina 10,888 #770 17 Christine 10,549 #1,272 18 Kelly 10,512 #851 19 Laura 10,344 #379 20 Tracy 9,913 #2,153 21 Dawn 9,890 #2,173 22 Shannon 9,802 #2,387 23 Karen 9,352 #1,279 24 Tina 9,307 #2,778 25 Susan 9,279 #1,085 26 Cynthia 8,743 #1,013 27 Patricia 8,476 #1,334 28 Lori 8,472 #1,721 29 Wendy 7,810 #1,341 30 Andrea 7,766 #235 31 Maria 7,667 #87 32 Stacy 7,338 #1,652 33 April 7,264 #542 34 Jessica 7,228 #665 35 Sarah 7,214 #90 36 Tonya 7,184 #8,860 37 Tara 6,707 #844 38 Denise 6,615 #1,673 39 Sandra 6,585 #1,207 40 Monica 6,380 #736 41 Stacey 6,253 #3,067 42 Rachel 6,103 #250 43 Melanie 6,079 #142 44 Michele 5,996 #4,758 45 Teresa 5,986 #908 46 Carrie 5,835 #2,719 47 Pamela 5,813 #2,239 48 Crystal 5,768 #1,144 49 Danielle 5,648 #549 50 Tanya 5,632 #3,712
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1973, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Amanda 5,625 #493 52 Tiffany 5,501 #878 53 Brenda 5,379 #1,525 54 Holly 5,114 #416 55 Donna 5,058 #1,962 56 Deborah 4,980 #862 57 Sharon 4,963 #1,250 58 Kristen 4,936 #1,990 59 Dana 4,934 #1,027 60 Robin 4,804 #704 61 Linda 4,731 #902 62 Jill 4,538 #5,722 63 Barbara 4,433 #968 64 Katherine 4,420 #186 65 Heidi 4,396 #340 66 Tamara 4,286 #1,808 67 Catherine 4,261 #313 68 Kathleen 4,250 #1,150 69 Theresa 4,178 #1,548 70 Rhonda 4,161 #6,116 71 Veronica 4,152 #427 72 Melinda 4,144 #1,981 73 Christy 4,121 #4,172 74 Cheryl 4,010 #4,352 75 Leslie 3,954 #712 76 Sherry 3,952 #5,410 77 Nancy 3,945 #965 78 Kristin 3,903 #4,661 79 Erin 3,877 #833 80 Renee 3,846 #1,098 81 Erica 3,793 #1,396 82 Brandy 3,715 #3,067 83 Gina 3,699 #2,076 84 Debra 3,652 #4,460 85 Diana 3,519 #244 86 Anna 3,507 #107 87 Paula 3,504 #853 88 Jacqueline 3,500 #558 89 Sara 3,479 #198 90 Misty 3,475 #4,067 91 Alicia 3,433 #460 92 Cindy 3,280 #1,927 93 Ann 3,255 #1,076 94 Margaret 3,167 #112 95 Victoria 3,070 #54 96 Valerie 3,042 #127 97 Kristina 3,037 #1,721 98 Suzanne 3,036 #2,387 99 Emily 3,027 #34 100 Jodi 3,024 #3,975
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1973, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 67,797 #21 2 Christopher 48,313 #68 3 Jason 46,683 #165 4 James 42,836 #6 5 David 41,082 #35 6 John 39,165 #23 7 Robert 38,698 #92 8 Brian 35,686 #339 9 William 28,018 #9 10 Matthew 24,531 #32 11 Daniel 23,672 #22 12 Joseph 21,326 #29 13 Eric 20,802 #273 14 Kevin 20,768 #221 15 Mark 20,367 #244 16 Richard 19,942 #234 17 Jeffrey 19,216 #552 18 Scott 18,980 #534 19 Thomas 17,921 #34 20 Steven 17,175 #271 21 Anthony 16,414 #46 22 Timothy 16,036 #203 23 Charles 15,752 #48 24 Paul 12,901 #262 25 Chad 12,886 #1,699 26 Gregory 11,674 #593 27 Shawn 11,451 #681 28 Kenneth 10,979 #294 29 Andrew 10,728 #73 30 Ryan 10,511 #99 31 Jonathan 10,273 #89 32 Stephen 9,955 #383 33 Jeremy 9,363 #292 34 Aaron 9,232 #80 35 Todd 8,677 #1,609 36 Sean 8,553 #489 37 Patrick 8,480 #235 38 Donald 8,361 #690 39 Edward 8,360 #224 40 Ronald 8,327 #637 41 Keith 8,165 #800 42 Joshua 8,057 #66 43 Bryan 7,110 #336 44 Gary 6,851 #1,073 45 Adam 6,842 #101 46 George 6,601 #126 47 Douglas 6,595 #807 48 Craig 6,295 #1,644 49 Jose 6,097 #95 50 Larry 6,080 #1,084
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1973, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Justin 6,078 #233 52 Peter 5,913 #187 53 Travis 5,868 #434 54 Shane 5,710 #635 55 Benjamin 5,226 #11 56 Dennis 5,176 #707 57 Jerry 5,097 #906 58 Brandon 5,065 #261 59 Troy 5,064 #532 60 Raymond 4,831 #394 61 Frank 4,785 #513 62 Bradley 4,748 #403 63 Nathan 4,734 #63 64 Jeffery 4,407 #1,554 65 Terry 4,374 #1,115 66 Samuel 4,267 #18 67 Juan 4,087 #159 68 Rodney 4,059 #1,091 69 Derek 3,919 #284 70 Jamie 3,913 #577 71 Phillip 3,861 #651 72 Marcus 3,714 #258 73 Joel 3,570 #219 74 Carlos 3,569 #150 75 Jesse 3,442 #184 76 Billy 3,437 #1,068 77 Russell 3,397 #345 78 Tony 3,348 #783 79 Randy 3,345 #1,084 80 Brent 3,287 #1,509 81 Marc 3,275 #1,235 82 Johnny 3,267 #457 83 Danny 3,181 #628 84 Roger 3,155 #832 85 Nicholas 3,153 #112 86 Erik 3,062 #545 87 Derrick 3,054 #850 88 Brett 3,030 #1,382 89 Corey 3,019 #778 90 Carl 3,013 #1,132 91 Philip 2,997 #527 92 Antonio 2,965 #176 93 Bobby 2,889 #1,097 94 Jon 2,798 #951 95 Jimmy 2,735 #846 96 Chris 2,703 #646 97 Christian 2,693 #96 98 Curtis 2,690 #984 99 Vincent 2,686 #107 100 Shannon 2,636 #2,991
Entered the top 100 in 1973
