100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1972

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 71,405
2 Christopher +4 52,187
3 James -1 47,083
4 David -1 46,371
5 John -1 43,182
6 Robert -1 43,035
7 Jason +1 37,446
8 Brian +1 36,324
9 William -2 30,532
10 Matthew +9 22,947
11 Scott -1 22,864
12 Joseph +3 22,469
13 Kevin +1 22,360
14 Richard -3 22,318
15 Daniel +5 22,110
16 Eric +2 22,037
17 Jeffrey -5 21,683
18 Mark -5 21,507
19 Steven -3 19,857
20 Thomas -3 19,575
21 Timothy 0 17,608
22 Anthony +1 17,464
23 Charles -1 16,980
24 Paul 0 14,565
25 Chad +4 13,400
26 Gregory -1 13,060
27 Kenneth -1 12,334
28 Shawn 0 11,286
29 Stephen -2 11,043
30 Andrew +3 10,125
31 Todd -1 9,983
32 Ronald -1 9,511
33 Sean +3 9,459
34 Edward -2 9,298
35 Patrick 0 9,282
36 Donald -2 9,264
37 Jonathan +3 9,226
38 Keith -1 9,155
39 Ryan +12 8,892
40 Aaron +1 7,863
41 Gary -3 7,765
42 Jeremy +3 7,401
43 Douglas -4 7,394
44 George -2 7,165
45 Bryan +3 7,039
46 Craig -3 6,734
47 Larry -3 6,605
48 Peter -1 6,480
49 Troy -3 6,350
50 Jose +5 5,934
51 Adam +6 5,747
52 Dennis -3 5,608
53 Jerry -3 5,600
54 Raymond -2 5,446
55 Shane +5 5,241
56 Frank -2 5,172
57 Travis +4 5,141
58 Jeffery -5 5,069
59 Joshua +20 5,040
60 Justin +43 4,972
61 Bradley -3 4,837
62 Terry -6 4,770
63 Brandon +32 4,633
64 Benjamin +5 4,504
65 Rodney -6 4,367
66 Samuel 0 4,215
67 Derek -4 4,144
68 Tony -6 4,002
69 Russell -5 3,784
70 Randy -3 3,737
71 Marcus -6 3,689
72 Jamie +24 3,680
73 Juan +8 3,674
74 Johnny 0 3,565
75 Roger -4 3,536
76 Brent -3 3,533
77 Phillip -1 3,532
78 Joel +8 3,531
79 Nathan +25 3,522
80 Brett +11 3,509
81 Chris -13 3,478
82 Billy -7 3,468
83 Marc -13 3,465
84 Carlos +5 3,436
85 Carl -13 3,407
86 Erik +11 3,397
87 Danny -5 3,306
88 Jesse +19 3,227
89 Jon -11 3,221
90 Bobby -10 3,177
91 Derrick -7 3,086
92 Curtis -4 3,078
93 Antonio +18 3,023
94 Shannon +12 3,014
95 Corey -18 2,993
96 Christian +26 2,963
97 Jimmy -4 2,931
98 Walter -8 2,912
99 Nicholas +24 2,845
100 Joe +1 2,824
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 63,604
2 Michelle 0 29,284
3 Lisa 0 27,547
4 Kimberly 0 26,293
5 Amy 0 25,873
6 Angela 0 23,556
7 Melissa 0 22,501
8 Stephanie +3 16,886
9 Heather +3 16,324
10 Nicole +17 15,750
11 Tammy -3 14,210
12 Julie -2 14,070
13 Mary -4 13,760
14 Rebecca +9 13,255
15 Elizabeth +4 12,187
16 Christine +2 11,988
17 Laura -1 11,771
18 Tina +2 11,519
19 Tracy -6 11,437
20 Dawn -6 11,341
21 Karen -6 11,180
22 Shannon -1 10,964
23 Kelly -1 10,944
24 Susan -7 10,575
25 Cynthia -1 10,173
26 Christina +4 10,170
27 Patricia -1 9,601
28 Lori -3 9,433
29 Wendy 0 8,533
30 Andrea +5 8,015
31 Sandra 0 7,914
32 Maria +5 7,701
33 Stacy -1 7,602
34 Pamela -6 7,476
35 Denise +1 7,383
36 Michele +3 7,377
37 Tonya +8 7,244
38 Tara +11 7,231
39 Teresa -5 7,176
40 Rachel +14 6,415
41 Stacey 0 6,383
42 Melanie +24 6,295
43 Deborah -10 6,274
44 Brenda -1 6,270
45 Donna -7 6,262
46 Jessica +18 6,210
47 Monica +1 6,127
48 April +8 6,121
49 Sarah +9 6,113
50 Sharon -10 6,110
51 Linda -9 5,743
52 Dana -8 5,607
53 Carrie +2 5,421
54 Tanya +18 5,402
55 Robin -4 5,369
56 Cheryl -6 5,135
57 Kathleen -4 5,097
58 Barbara -11 5,081
59 Crystal +20 5,043
60 Rhonda -14 4,999
61 Tiffany +1 4,848
62 Jill -3 4,825
63 Nancy -11 4,816
64 Heidi +13 4,723
65 Catherine 0 4,685
66 Debra -9 4,665
67 Kristin +4 4,584
68 Theresa -7 4,571
69 Katherine -2 4,513
70 Sherry -10 4,448
71 Holly +5 4,376
72 Paula -9 4,258
73 Danielle +26 4,200
74 Christy +14 4,190
75 Amanda +9 4,181
76 Leslie -8 4,181
77 Renee -4 4,092
78 Gina -9 4,057
79 Jacqueline -4 3,802
80 Cindy -10 3,737
81 Melinda +4 3,671
82 Veronica +28 3,565
83 Diana -1 3,547
84 Tamara -4 3,531
85 Kristen +2 3,529
86 Anna +20 3,447
87 Erica +21 3,444
88 Tracey -14 3,408
89 Yolanda +8 3,397
90 Sheila -9 3,394
91 Ann -13 3,361
92 Suzanne -3 3,302
93 Erin -1 3,291
94 Shelly +9 3,289
95 Margaret -9 3,286
96 Alicia +9 3,267
97 Jodi -3 3,260
98 Laurie -2 3,230
99 Victoria -1 3,206
100 Valerie +2 3,193