The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1973
5,877 different boys’ names were recorded in 1973, covering 1,558,576 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,797 |
| 2 | Christopher | 48,313 |
| 3 | Jason | 46,683 |
| 4 | James | 42,836 |
| 5 | David | 41,082 |
| 6 | John | 39,165 |
| 7 | Robert | 38,698 |
| 8 | Brian | 35,686 |
| 9 | William | 28,018 |
| 10 | Matthew | 24,531 |
| 11 | Daniel | 23,672 |
| 12 | Joseph | 21,326 |
| 13 | Eric | 20,802 |
| 14 | Kevin | 20,768 |
| 15 | Mark | 20,367 |
| 16 | Richard | 19,942 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 19,216 |
| 18 | Scott | 18,980 |
| 19 | Thomas | 17,921 |
| 20 | Steven | 17,175 |
| 21 | Anthony | 16,414 |
| 22 | Timothy | 16,036 |
| 23 | Charles | 15,752 |
| 24 | Paul | 12,901 |
| 25 | Chad | 12,886 |
| 26 | Gregory | 11,674 |
| 27 | Shawn | 11,451 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 10,979 |
| 29 | Andrew | 10,728 |
| 30 | Ryan | 10,511 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 10,273 |
| 32 | Stephen | 9,955 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 9,363 |
| 34 | Aaron | 9,232 |
| 35 | Todd | 8,677 |
| 36 | Sean | 8,553 |
| 37 | Patrick | 8,480 |
| 38 | Donald | 8,361 |
| 39 | Edward | 8,360 |
| 40 | Ronald | 8,327 |
| 41 | Keith | 8,165 |
| 42 | Joshua | 8,057 |
| 43 | Bryan | 7,110 |
| 44 | Gary | 6,851 |
| 45 | Adam | 6,842 |
| 46 | George | 6,601 |
| 47 | Douglas | 6,595 |
| 48 | Craig | 6,295 |
| 49 | Jose | 6,097 |
| 50 | Larry | 6,080 |
| 51 | Justin | 6,078 |
| 52 | Peter | 5,913 |
| 53 | Travis | 5,868 |
| 54 | Shane | 5,710 |
| 55 | Benjamin | 5,226 |
| 56 | Dennis | 5,176 |
| 57 | Jerry | 5,097 |
| 58 | Brandon | 5,065 |
| 59 | Troy | 5,064 |
| 60 | Raymond | 4,831 |
| 61 | Frank | 4,785 |
| 62 | Bradley | 4,748 |
| 63 | Nathan | 4,734 |
| 64 | Jeffery | 4,407 |
| 65 | Terry | 4,374 |
| 66 | Samuel | 4,267 |
| 67 | Juan | 4,087 |
| 68 | Rodney | 4,059 |
| 69 | Derek | 3,919 |
| 70 | Jamie | 3,913 |
| 71 | Phillip | 3,861 |
| 72 | Marcus | 3,714 |
| 73 | Joel | 3,570 |
| 74 | Carlos | 3,569 |
| 75 | Jesse | 3,442 |
| 76 | Billy | 3,437 |
| 77 | Russell | 3,397 |
| 78 | Tony | 3,348 |
| 79 | Randy | 3,345 |
| 80 | Brent | 3,287 |
| 81 | Marc | 3,275 |
| 82 | Johnny | 3,267 |
| 83 | Danny | 3,181 |
| 84 | Roger | 3,155 |
| 85 | Nicholas | 3,153 |
| 86 | Erik | 3,062 |
| 87 | Derrick | 3,054 |
| 88 | Brett | 3,030 |
| 89 | Corey | 3,019 |
| 90 | Carl | 3,013 |
| 91 | Philip | 2,997 |
| 92 | Antonio | 2,965 |
| 93 | Bobby | 2,889 |
| 94 | Jon | 2,798 |
| 95 | Jimmy | 2,735 |
| 96 | Chris | 2,703 |
| 97 | Christian | 2,693 |
| 98 | Curtis | 2,690 |
| 99 | Vincent | 2,686 |
| 100 | Shannon | 2,636 |
| 101 | Walter | 2,626 |
| 102 | Gerald | 2,592 |
| 103 | Victor | 2,579 |
| 104 | Lawrence | 2,524 |
| 105 | Joe | 2,522 |
| 106 | Micheal | 2,476 |
| 107 | Wayne | 2,448 |
| 108 | Martin | 2,399 |
| 109 | Willie | 2,391 |
| 110 | Kyle | 2,372 |
| 111 | Henry | 2,357 |
| 112 | Albert | 2,288 |
| 112 | Darren | 2,288 |
| 114 | Luis | 2,272 |
| 115 | Alan | 2,269 |
| 116 | Alexander | 2,259 |
| 117 | Roy | 2,236 |
| 118 | Jay | 2,215 |
| 119 | Arthur | 2,204 |
| 120 | Frederick | 2,183 |
| 121 | Randall | 2,172 |
| 122 | Jacob | 2,123 |
| 123 | Lee | 2,106 |
| 124 | Allen | 2,077 |
| 125 | Damon | 2,045 |
| 126 | Tracy | 2,043 |
| 127 | Jermaine | 2,038 |
| 128 | Cory | 2,034 |
| 129 | Mario | 2,018 |
| 130 | Gabriel | 1,980 |
| 131 | Darrell | 1,977 |
| 132 | Andre | 1,961 |
| 133 | Ricky | 1,939 |
| 134 | Bruce | 1,914 |
| 135 | Louis | 1,905 |
| 136 | Ronnie | 1,895 |
| 137 | Brad | 1,885 |
| 138 | Jack | 1,850 |
| 139 | Tyrone | 1,831 |
| 140 | Harold | 1,812 |
| 141 | Dale | 1,802 |
| 142 | Jesus | 1,739 |
| 143 | Tommy | 1,731 |
| 144 | Eugene | 1,717 |
| 145 | Manuel | 1,709 |
| 146 | Glenn | 1,702 |
| 146 | Kelly | 1,702 |
| 148 | Lance | 1,682 |
| 149 | Ernest | 1,680 |
| 150 | Leonard | 1,666 |
| 151 | Ricardo | 1,631 |
| 152 | Reginald | 1,630 |
| 153 | Dustin | 1,616 |
| 154 | Adrian | 1,612 |
| 155 | Jared | 1,590 |
| 156 | Eddie | 1,585 |
| 157 | Ralph | 1,558 |
| 158 | Wesley | 1,554 |
| 159 | Barry | 1,515 |
| 160 | Steve | 1,511 |
| 161 | Clinton | 1,510 |
| 162 | Marvin | 1,506 |
| 163 | Miguel | 1,461 |
| 164 | Jerome | 1,449 |
| 165 | Maurice | 1,439 |
| 165 | Roberto | 1,439 |
| 167 | Dwayne | 1,435 |
| 168 | Dean | 1,410 |
| 169 | Nathaniel | 1,391 |
| 170 | Melvin | 1,380 |
| 171 | Francisco | 1,375 |
| 172 | Stanley | 1,358 |
| 173 | Calvin | 1,350 |
| 174 | Howard | 1,349 |
| 175 | Theodore | 1,342 |
| 176 | Duane | 1,334 |
| 177 | Edwin | 1,320 |
| 178 | Jorge | 1,319 |
| 179 | Ruben | 1,309 |
| 180 | Ian | 1,302 |
| 181 | Greg | 1,300 |
| 182 | Neil | 1,297 |
| 183 | Casey | 1,277 |
| 184 | Alex | 1,246 |
| 185 | Jody | 1,242 |
| 186 | Kurt | 1,235 |
| 187 | Mitchell | 1,217 |
| 188 | Kirk | 1,211 |
| 189 | Harry | 1,203 |
| 190 | Hector | 1,194 |
| 191 | Terrance | 1,187 |
| 192 | Jeff | 1,182 |
| 193 | Clifford | 1,174 |
| 194 | Terrence | 1,166 |
| 195 | Earl | 1,157 |
| 196 | Seth | 1,136 |
| 197 | Zachary | 1,135 |
| 198 | Wade | 1,110 |
| 199 | Clayton | 1,106 |
| 200 | Clarence | 1,100 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1973 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.