Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1972

Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1972. The 10 most popular names went to 27% of boys and 18% of girls, from 5,749 boy names and 9,664 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1972

  1. Michael 71,393
  2. Christopher 52,172
  3. James 47,063
  4. David 46,322
  5. John 43,158
  6. Robert 43,013
  7. Jason 37,423
  8. Brian 36,306
  9. William 30,510
  10. Matthew 22,928
  11. Scott 22,838
  12. Joseph 22,454
  13. Kevin 22,354
  14. Richard 22,302
  15. Daniel 22,092
  16. Eric 22,027
  17. Jeffrey 21,677
  18. Mark 21,490
  19. Steven 19,851
  20. Thomas 19,557
  21. Timothy 17,605
  22. Anthony 17,454
  23. Charles 16,968
  24. Paul 14,555
  25. Chad 13,392
  26. Gregory 13,056
  27. Kenneth 12,334
  28. Shawn 11,277
  29. Stephen 11,037
  30. Andrew 10,111
  31. Todd 9,968
  32. Ronald 9,502
  33. Sean 9,444
  34. Edward 9,292
  35. Patrick 9,276
  36. Donald 9,261
  37. Jonathan 9,219
  38. Keith 9,145
  39. Ryan 8,878
  40. Aaron 7,863
  41. Gary 7,758
  42. Jeremy 7,398
  43. Douglas 7,387
  44. George 7,167
  45. Bryan 7,035
  46. Craig 6,729
  47. Larry 6,604
  48. Peter 6,471
  49. Troy 6,348
  50. Jose 5,935
  51. Adam 5,740
  52. Dennis 5,608
  53. Jerry 5,597
  54. Raymond 5,443
  55. Shane 5,236
  56. Frank 5,165
  57. Travis 5,136
  58. Jeffery 5,063
  59. Joshua 5,033
  60. Justin 4,975
  61. Bradley 4,839
  62. Terry 4,770
  63. Brandon 4,625
  64. Benjamin 4,498
  65. Rodney 4,363
  66. Samuel 4,213
  67. Derek 4,146
  68. Tony 4,001
  69. Russell 3,782
  70. Randy 3,739
  71. Marcus 3,685
  72. Jamie 3,680
  73. Juan 3,672
  74. Johnny 3,564
  75. Phillip 3,532
  76. Roger 3,531
  77. Brent 3,530
  78. Joel 3,528
  79. Nathan 3,512
  80. Brett 3,503
  81. Billy 3,473
  82. Chris 3,472
  83. Marc 3,465
  84. Carlos 3,434
  85. Carl 3,406
  86. Erik 3,398
  87. Danny 3,306
  88. Jesse 3,226
  89. Jon 3,221
  90. Bobby 3,171
  91. Derrick 3,088
  92. Curtis 3,080
  93. Antonio 3,028
  94. Shannon 3,014
  95. Corey 2,990
  96. Christian 2,962
  97. Jimmy 2,932
  98. Walter 2,918
  99. Nicholas 2,843
  100. Joe 2,825

Top girl names of 1972

  1. Jennifer 63,600
  2. Michelle 29,285
  3. Lisa 27,543
  4. Kimberly 26,282
  5. Amy 25,873
  6. Angela 23,561
  7. Melissa 22,494
  8. Stephanie 16,890
  9. Heather 16,320
  10. Nicole 15,755
  11. Tammy 14,211
  12. Julie 14,062
  13. Mary 13,757
  14. Rebecca 13,252
  15. Elizabeth 12,182
  16. Christine 11,986
  17. Laura 11,778
  18. Tina 11,523
  19. Tracy 11,436
  20. Dawn 11,340
  21. Karen 11,181
  22. Shannon 10,965
  23. Kelly 10,944
  24. Susan 10,574
  25. Cynthia 10,173
  26. Christina 10,172
  27. Patricia 9,602
  28. Lori 9,434
  29. Wendy 8,529
  30. Andrea 8,022
  31. Sandra 7,917
  32. Maria 7,721
  33. Stacy 7,604
  34. Pamela 7,472
  35. Denise 7,382
  36. Michele 7,380
  37. Tonya 7,244
  38. Tara 7,234
  39. Teresa 7,176
  40. Rachel 6,417
  41. Stacey 6,380
  42. Melanie 6,296
  43. Deborah 6,271
  44. Brenda 6,270
  45. Donna 6,257
  46. Jessica 6,206
  47. Monica 6,133
  48. April 6,120
  49. Sarah 6,114
  50. Sharon 6,111
  51. Linda 5,742
  52. Dana 5,610
  53. Carrie 5,421
  54. Tanya 5,402
  55. Robin 5,369
  56. Cheryl 5,136
  57. Kathleen 5,097
  58. Barbara 5,080
  59. Crystal 5,044
  60. Rhonda 5,001
  61. Tiffany 4,844
  62. Jill 4,824
  63. Nancy 4,818
  64. Heidi 4,723
  65. Catherine 4,686
  66. Debra 4,666
  67. Kristin 4,586
  68. Theresa 4,569
  69. Katherine 4,514
  70. Sherry 4,447
  71. Holly 4,376
  72. Paula 4,260
  73. Danielle 4,201
  74. Christy 4,190
  75. Leslie 4,184
  76. Amanda 4,180
  77. Renee 4,088
  78. Gina 4,057
  79. Jacqueline 3,803
  80. Cindy 3,737
  81. Melinda 3,671
  82. Veronica 3,563
  83. Diana 3,548
  84. Tamara 3,531
  85. Kristen 3,527
  86. Anna 3,449
  87. Erica 3,443
  88. Tracey 3,407
  89. Yolanda 3,398
  90. Sheila 3,394
  91. Ann 3,360
  92. Suzanne 3,300
  93. Erin 3,289
  94. Shelly 3,288
  95. Margaret 3,286
  96. Alicia 3,268
  97. Jodi 3,259
  98. Laurie 3,227
  99. Victoria 3,206
  100. Valerie 3,193

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1972?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1972 (71,393 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (63,600 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1972?
Social Security records list 3,142,852 babies born in 1972 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,621,608 boys and 1,521,244 girls.