Popular Names of 1973

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1973, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1973
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Jennifer	62,448	586
2	Amy	26,962	257
3	Michelle	26,935	465
4	Kimberly	23,531	303
5	Lisa	22,677	991
6	Melissa	22,479	420
7	Angela	20,898	408
8	Heather	19,347	1,264
9	Stephanie	17,263	557
10	Rebecca	14,868	350
11	Nicole	13,922	383
12	Julie	12,785	873
13	Elizabeth	12,360	17
14	Mary	12,313	125
15	Tammy	11,244	3,703
16	Christina	10,888	770
17	Christine	10,549	1,274
18	Kelly	10,512	852
19	Laura	10,344	379
20	Tracy	9,913	2,171

Table 2. Male names, 1973
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	245
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

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.