Top Baby Names of 1972
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.