Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1973
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,734 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,587 |
| 3 | John | 3,480 |
| 4 | David | 3,205 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,132 |
| 6 | James | 2,904 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,628 |
| 8 | Jason | 2,614 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,434 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,109 |
| 11 | William | 1,963 |
| 12 | Thomas | 1,834 |
| 13 | Anthony | 1,833 |
| 14 | Matthew | 1,806 |
| 15 | Richard | 1,744 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,585 |
| 17 | Scott | 1,557 |
| 18 | Mark | 1,495 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,455 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 1,373 |
| 21 | Paul | 1,238 |
| 22 | Steven | 1,170 |
| 23 | Peter | 1,044 |
| 24 | Andrew | 1,036 |
| 25 | Timothy | 965 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Edward | 956 |
| 27 | Gregory | 918 |
| 28 | Jose | 899 |
| 29 | Charles | 887 |
| 30 | Keith | 846 |
| 31 | Kenneth | 812 |
| 32 | Sean | 806 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 801 |
| 34 | Stephen | 795 |
| 35 | Shawn | 778 |
| 36 | Frank | 724 |
| 37 | Patrick | 707 |
| 38 | George | 680 |
| 39 | Adam | 670 |
| 40 | Todd | 624 |
| 41 | Craig | 593 |
| 42 | Ronald | 590 |
| 43 | Raymond | 545 |
| 44 | Luis | 522 |
| 45 | Donald | 503 |
| 46 | Vincent | 487 |
| 47 | Carlos | 474 |
| 47 | Joshua | 474 |
| 49 | Marc | 471 |
| 50 | Douglas | 468 |
| 51 | Dennis | 465 |
| 52 | Aaron | 437 |
| 53 | Juan | 414 |
| 54 | Gary | 411 |
| 55 | Jeremy | 403 |
| 56 | Chad | 381 |
| 57 | Philip | 376 |
| 58 | Nicholas | 375 |
| 59 | Christian | 374 |
| 60 | Ryan | 365 |
| 61 | Victor | 354 |
| 62 | Alexander | 353 |
| 63 | Angel | 350 |
| 63 | Benjamin | 350 |
| 65 | Justin | 335 |
| 66 | Louis | 323 |
| 67 | Bryan | 306 |
| 68 | Samuel | 291 |
| 69 | Lawrence | 289 |
| 70 | Edwin | 288 |
| 71 | Erik | 283 |
| 72 | Derek | 260 |
| 73 | Jermaine | 256 |
| 74 | Miguel | 243 |
| 75 | Hector | 240 |
| 76 | Carl | 239 |
| 77 | Wayne | 237 |
| 78 | Brett | 222 |
| 79 | Jamie | 216 |
| 79 | Rafael | 216 |
| 79 | Russell | 216 |
| 79 | Walter | 216 |
| 83 | Antonio | 215 |
| 83 | Martin | 215 |
| 85 | Henry | 214 |
| 86 | Albert | 212 |
| 87 | Frederick | 211 |
| 88 | Darren | 202 |
| 89 | Andre | 201 |
| 90 | Joel | 200 |
| 91 | Gerald | 198 |
| 92 | Salvatore | 192 |
| 93 | Roger | 191 |
| 94 | Alan | 188 |
| 95 | Ralph | 186 |
| 96 | Roberto | 185 |
| 97 | Corey | 183 |
| 98 | Shane | 182 |
| 99 | Damon | 180 |
| 100 | Jerry | 175 |