1972
Top Baby Names of 1972
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1972
1
Jennifer 63,602 2
Michelle 29,287 3
Lisa 27,543 4
Kimberly 26,281 5
Amy 25,872 6
Angela 23,562 7
Melissa 22,494 8
Stephanie 16,890 9
Heather 16,320 10
Nicole 15,755 11
Tammy 14,211 12
Julie 14,063 13
Mary 13,756 14
Rebecca 13,253 15
Elizabeth 12,183 16
Christine 11,986 17
Laura 11,777 18
Tina 11,522 19
Tracy 11,436 20
Dawn 11,340 21
Karen 11,180 22
Shannon 10,966 23
Kelly 10,943 24
Susan 10,574 25
Christina 10,173 25
Cynthia 10,173 27
Patricia 9,600 28
Lori 9,434 29
Wendy 8,529 30
Andrea 8,021 31
Sandra 7,916 32
Maria 7,717 33
Stacy 7,603 34
Pamela 7,471 35
Denise 7,381 36
Michele 7,380 37
Tonya 7,243 38
Tara 7,234 39
Teresa 7,177 40
Rachel 6,417 41
Stacey 6,380 42
Melanie 6,295 43
Deborah 6,273 44
Brenda 6,270 45
Donna 6,256 46
Jessica 6,206 47
Monica 6,133 48
April 6,120 49
Sarah 6,114 50
Sharon 6,111 51
Linda 5,743 52
Dana 5,611 53
Carrie 5,422 54
Tanya 5,402 55
Robin 5,368 56
Cheryl 5,136 57
Kathleen 5,096 58
Barbara 5,079 59
Crystal 5,043 60
Rhonda 5,001 61
Tiffany 4,845 62
Jill 4,825 63
Nancy 4,818 64
Heidi 4,723 65
Catherine 4,685 66
Debra 4,666 67
Kristin 4,587 68
Theresa 4,569 69
Katherine 4,511 70
Sherry 4,447 71
Holly 4,376 72
Paula 4,260 73
Danielle 4,201 74
Christy 4,189 75
Leslie 4,184 76
Amanda 4,181 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 3,547 84
Tamara 3,531 85
Kristen 3,528 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 3,260 98
Laurie 3,228 99
Victoria 3,206 100
Valerie 3,193 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1972
1
Michael 71,391 2
Christopher 52,173 3
James 47,064 4
David 46,326 5
John 43,162 6
Robert 43,015 7
Jason 37,434 8
Brian 36,309 9
William 30,512 10
Matthew 22,931 11
Scott 22,840 12
Joseph 22,456 13
Kevin 22,357 14
Richard 22,303 15
Daniel 22,091 16
Eric 22,031 17
Jeffrey 21,677 18
Mark 21,494 19
Steven 19,853 20
Thomas 19,561 21
Timothy 17,605 22
Anthony 17,459 23
Charles 16,969 24
Paul 14,561 25
Chad 13,391 26
Gregory 13,059 27
Kenneth 12,333 28
Shawn 11,279 29
Stephen 11,037 30
Andrew 10,114 31
Todd 9,968 32
Ronald 9,503 33
Sean 9,446 34
Edward 9,295 35
Patrick 9,275 36
Donald 9,261 37
Jonathan 9,223 38
Keith 9,146 39
Ryan 8,879 40
Aaron 7,863 41
Gary 7,759 42
Jeremy 7,399 43
Douglas 7,389 44
George 7,164 45
Bryan 7,034 46
Craig 6,731 47
Larry 6,603 48
Peter 6,475 49
Troy 6,347 50
Jose 5,935 51
Adam 5,740 52
Dennis 5,608 53
Jerry 5,597 54
Raymond 5,442 55
Shane 5,235 56
Frank 5,167 57
Travis 5,138 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 4,214 67
Derek 4,146 68
Tony 4,001 69
Russell 3,783 70
Randy 3,739 71
Marcus 3,685 72
Jamie 3,680 73
Juan 3,674 74
Johnny 3,564 75
Roger 3,534 76
Phillip 3,532 77
Brent 3,530 78
Joel 3,528 79
Nathan 3,514 80
Brett 3,503 81
Chris 3,473 81
Billy 3,473 83
Marc 3,465 84
Carlos 3,436 85
Carl 3,406 86
Erik 3,399 87
Danny 3,306 88
Jesse 3,226 89
Jon 3,221 90
Bobby 3,172 91
Derrick 3,088 92
Curtis 3,080 93
Antonio 3,029 94
Shannon 3,013 95
Corey 2,991 96
Christian 2,962 97
Jimmy 2,933 98
Walter 2,917 99
Nicholas 2,844 100
Joe 2,825 About 1972 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1972, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.