United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1972

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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