Top Baby Names of 1973
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1973, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1973)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Justin | 6,077 |
| 52 | Peter | 5,913 |
| 53 | Travis | 5,867 |
| 54 | Shane | 5,711 |
| 55 | Benjamin | 5,227 |
| 56 | Dennis | 5,176 |
| 57 | Jerry | 5,097 |
| 58 | Brandon | 5,066 |
| 59 | Troy | 5,065 |
| 60 | Raymond | 4,833 |
| 61 | Frank | 4,784 |
| 62 | Bradley | 4,747 |
| 63 | Nathan | 4,735 |
| 64 | Jeffery | 4,407 |
| 65 | Terry | 4,375 |
| 66 | Samuel | 4,266 |
| 67 | Juan | 4,087 |
| 68 | Rodney | 4,059 |
| 69 | Derek | 3,920 |
| 70 | Jamie | 3,913 |
| 71 | Phillip | 3,861 |
| 72 | Marcus | 3,715 |
| 73 | Joel | 3,570 |
| 74 | Carlos | 3,568 |
| 75 | Jesse | 3,442 |
| 76 | Billy | 3,437 |
| 77 | Russell | 3,397 |
| 78 | Tony | 3,348 |
| 79 | Randy | 3,346 |
| 80 | Brent | 3,287 |
| 81 | Marc | 3,275 |
| 82 | Johnny | 3,267 |
| 83 | Danny | 3,180 |
| 84 | Nicholas | 3,154 |
| 85 | Roger | 3,154 |
| 86 | Erik | 3,060 |
| 87 | Derrick | 3,056 |
| 88 | Brett | 3,031 |
| 89 | Corey | 3,019 |
| 90 | Carl | 3,013 |
| 91 | Philip | 2,998 |
| 92 | Antonio | 2,964 |
| 93 | Bobby | 2,889 |
| 94 | Jon | 2,799 |
| 95 | Jimmy | 2,735 |
| 96 | Chris | 2,703 |
| 97 | Christian | 2,693 |
| 98 | Curtis | 2,691 |
| 99 | Vincent | 2,685 |
| 100 | Shannon | 2,636 |