100 Most popular boy names of 1973, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1973 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1973.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
67843
4.37
-
2
Christopher
48323
3.11
-
3
Jason
46689
3
+4
4
James
42871
2.76
-1
5
David
41098
2.64
-1
6
John
39182
2.52
-1
7
Robert
38700
2.49
-1
8
Brian
35707
2.3
-
9
William
28024
1.8
-
10
Matthew
24544
1.58
-
11
Daniel
23691
1.52
+4
12
Joseph
21338
1.37
-
13
Eric
20806
1.34
+3
14
Kevin
20780
1.34
-1
15
Mark
20382
1.31
+3
16
Richard
19949
1.28
-2
17
Jeffrey
19223
1.24
-
18
Scott
18982
1.22
-7
19
Thomas
17932
1.15
+1
20
Steven
17185
1.11
-1
21
Anthony
16420
1.06
+1
22
Timothy
16044
1.03
-1
23
Charles
15759
1.01
-
24
Paul
12904
0.83
-
25
Chad
12885
0.83
-
26
Gregory
11682
0.75
-
27
Shawn
11451
0.74
+1
28
Kenneth
10981
0.71
-1
29
Andrew
10731
0.69
+1
30
Ryan
10510
0.68
+9
31
Jonathan
10274
0.66
+6
32
Stephen
9958
0.64
-3
33
Jeremy
9365
0.6
+9
34
Aaron
9236
0.59
+6
35
Todd
8680
0.56
-4
36
Sean
8557
0.55
-3
37
Patrick
8484
0.55
-2
38
Edward
8364
0.54
-4
39
Donald
8362
0.54
-3
40
Ronald
8327
0.54
-8
41
Keith
8167
0.53
-3
42
Joshua
8064
0.52
+17
43
Bryan
7113
0.46
+2
44
Gary
6850
0.44
-3
45
Adam
6840
0.44
+6
46
George
6606
0.43
-2
47
Douglas
6598
0.42
-4
48
Craig
6299
0.41
-2
49
Jose
6096
0.39
+1
50
Larry
6081
0.39
-3
51
Justin
6078
0.39
+9
52
Peter
5915
0.38
-4
53
Travis
5870
0.38
+4
54
Shane
5712
0.37
+1
55
Benjamin
5234
0.34
+9
56
Dennis
5179
0.33
-4
57
Jerry
5096
0.33
-4
58
Brandon
5070
0.33
+5
59
Troy
5064
0.33
-10
60
Raymond
4835
0.31
-6
61
Frank
4786
0.31
-5
62
Bradley
4750
0.31
-1
63
Nathan
4743
0.31
+16
64
Jeffery
4408
0.28
-6
65
Terry
4378
0.28
-3
66
Samuel
4268
0.27
-
67
Juan
4091
0.26
+6
68
Rodney
4060
0.26
-3
69
Derek
3926
0.25
-2
70
Jamie
3914
0.25
+2
71
Phillip
3862
0.25
+5
72
Marcus
3714
0.24
-1
73
Carlos
3573
0.23
+11
74
Joel
3570
0.23
+3
75
Jesse
3444
0.22
+13
76
Billy
3440
0.22
+6
77
Russell
3399
0.22
-8
78
Tony
3351
0.22
-10
79
Randy
3347
0.22
-9
80
Brent
3288
0.21
-2
81
Marc
3276
0.21
+2
82
Johnny
3266
0.21
-8
83
Danny
3180
0.2
+4
84
Roger
3156
0.2
-9
85
Nicholas
3152
0.2
+14
86
Erik
3059
0.2
-
87
Derrick
3055
0.2
+4
88
Brett
3029
0.19
-8
89
Corey
3020
0.19
+6
90
Carl
3014
0.19
-5
91
Philip
2999
0.19
+13
92
Antonio
2962
0.19
+1
93
Bobby
2889
0.19
-3
94
Jon
2801
0.18
-5
95
Jimmy
2734
0.18
+2
96
Chris
2704
0.17
-15
97
Christian
2699
0.17
-1
98
Curtis
2691
0.17
-6
99
Vincent
2684
0.17
+6
100
Shannon
2636
0.17
-6
101
Walter
2628
0.17
-3
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1973)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html