Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1973
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,827 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,008 |
| 3 | Jason | 2,848 |
| 4 | James | 2,609 |
| 5 | David | 2,537 |
| 6 | John | 2,493 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,311 |
| 8 | Jose | 1,639 |
| 9 | Brian | 1,509 |
| 10 | Juan | 1,413 |
| 11 | William | 1,389 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,221 |
| 13 | Mark | 1,218 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,204 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,079 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,006 |
| 17 | Charles | 995 |
| 18 | Steven | 944 |
| 19 | Matthew | 895 |
| 20 | Joseph | 829 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 824 |
| 22 | Anthony | 747 |
| 23 | Thomas | 739 |
| 24 | Paul | 734 |
| 25 | Joe | 712 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Chad | 687 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 652 |
| 28 | Scott | 640 |
| 29 | Stephen | 637 |
| 30 | Timothy | 628 |
| 31 | Jesus | 611 |
| 32 | Carlos | 581 |
| 33 | Gregory | 561 |
| 34 | Bryan | 526 |
| 35 | Jeremy | 522 |
| 36 | Billy | 501 |
| 36 | Shawn | 501 |
| 38 | Brandon | 495 |
| 38 | Patrick | 495 |
| 40 | Jonathan | 494 |
| 41 | Jerry | 484 |
| 42 | Johnny | 481 |
| 43 | Edward | 479 |
| 44 | Larry | 470 |
| 45 | Ruben | 443 |
| 46 | Luis | 433 |
| 47 | Aaron | 432 |
| 47 | George | 432 |
| 49 | Donald | 431 |
| 50 | Marcus | 428 |
| 51 | Gary | 421 |
| 52 | Ricardo | 420 |
| 53 | Ronald | 413 |
| 54 | Andrew | 412 |
| 55 | Mario | 408 |
| 56 | Rodney | 403 |
| 57 | Roberto | 397 |
| 58 | Victor | 396 |
| 59 | Jorge | 382 |
| 60 | Ryan | 381 |
| 61 | Samuel | 376 |
| 62 | Jesse | 375 |
| 62 | Jimmy | 375 |
| 64 | Manuel | 369 |
| 65 | Sean | 355 |
| 66 | Justin | 352 |
| 67 | Gabriel | 351 |
| 67 | Joshua | 351 |
| 69 | Javier | 346 |
| 70 | Francisco | 344 |
| 71 | Keith | 340 |
| 72 | Raul | 339 |
| 73 | Adam | 322 |
| 74 | Joel | 321 |
| 75 | Raymond | 319 |
| 76 | Danny | 318 |
| 77 | Adrian | 315 |
| 78 | Bobby | 314 |
| 79 | Miguel | 311 |
| 80 | Antonio | 308 |
| 81 | Shane | 304 |
| 82 | Jaime | 296 |
| 82 | Jeffery | 296 |
| 84 | Terry | 289 |
| 85 | Benjamin | 286 |
| 85 | Phillip | 286 |
| 87 | Frank | 284 |
| 88 | Hector | 281 |
| 89 | Oscar | 279 |
| 90 | Chris | 276 |
| 90 | Craig | 276 |
| 92 | Bradley | 274 |
| 93 | Troy | 271 |
| 94 | Rene | 269 |
| 95 | Russell | 265 |
| 96 | Todd | 263 |
| 97 | Douglas | 260 |
| 98 | Martin | 259 |
| 99 | Nathan | 255 |
| 100 | Travis | 254 |