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Most popular baby names in 1972
Below you can find the most popular (top 100) baby names in 1972. The name "Michael" was the most popular name for a boy in 1972 with 71425 births. For a girl it was Jennifer with 63610 births. See the full top 100 baby names in 1972 below.
Boy names
# Births
1. Michael
71425
2. Christopher
52192
3. James
47088
4. David
46383
5. John
43185
6. Robert
43033
7. Jason
37446
8. Brian
36325
9. William
30531
10. Matthew
22947
11. Scott
22865
12. Joseph
22471
13. Kevin
22369
14. Richard
22321
15. Daniel
22112
16. Eric
22043
17. Jeffrey
21687
18. Mark
21508
19. Steven
19861
20. Thomas
19575
21. Timothy
17612
22. Anthony
17460
23. Charles
16984
24. Paul
14567
25. Chad
13402
Girl names
# Births
1. Jennifer
63610
2. Michelle
29284
3. Lisa
27547
4. Kimberly
26297
5. Amy
25872
6. Angela
23558
7. Melissa
22498
8. Stephanie
16886
9. Heather
16325
10. Nicole
15753
11. Tammy
14211
12. Julie
14071
13. Mary
13761
14. Rebecca
13256
15. Elizabeth
12188
16. Christine
11991
17. Laura
11774
18. Tina
11518
19. Tracy
11437
20. Dawn
11341
21. Karen
11185
22. Shannon
10964
23. Kelly
10945
24. Susan
10577
25. Cynthia
10170
26. Gregory
13068
27. Kenneth
12336
28. Shawn
11288
29. Stephen
11046
30. Andrew
10130
31. Todd
9986
32. Ronald
9509
33. Sean
9454
34. Edward
9304
35. Patrick
9280
36. Donald
9268
37. Jonathan
9223
38. Keith
9157
39. Ryan
8902
40. Aaron
7864
41. Gary
7767
42. Jeremy
7404
43. Douglas
7395
44. George
7164
45. Bryan
7040
46. Craig
6730
47. Larry
6610
48. Peter
6479
49. Troy
6351
50. Jose
5909
51. Adam
5748
52. Dennis
5609
53. Jerry
5596
54. Raymond
5446
55. Shane
5242
56. Frank
5172
57. Travis
5139
58. Jeffery
5069
59. Joshua
5041
60. Justin
4973
61. Bradley
4828
62. Terry
4761
63. Brandon
4630
64. Benjamin
4506
65. Rodney
4365
66. Samuel
4215
67. Derek
4146
68. Tony
3994
69. Russell
3784
70. Randy
3731
71. Jamie
3675
72. Marcus
3671
73. Juan
3655
74. Johnny
3537
75. Brent
3534
76. Roger
3531
77. Joel
3526
78. Phillip
3525
79. Nathan
3521
80. Brett
3513
81. Chris
3470
82. Marc
3460
83. Billy
3447
84. Carlos
3416
85. Carl
3405
86. Erik
3399
87. Danny
3293
88. Jesse
3230
89. Jon
3218
90. Bobby
3153
91. Derrick
3075
92. Curtis
3074
93. Shannon
3010
94. Antonio
2993
95. Corey
2991
96. Christian
2955
97. Jimmy
2918
98. Walter
2899
99. Nicholas
2840
100. Gerald
2822
26. Christina
10169
27. Patricia
9602
28. Lori
9438
29. Wendy
8531
30. Andrea
8014
31. Sandra
7912
32. Maria
7690
33. Stacy
7605
34. Pamela
7479
35. Denise
7385
36. Michele
7378
37. Tonya
7245
38. Tara
7230
39. Teresa
7177
40. Rachel
6418
41. Stacey
6385
42. Melanie
6295
43. Deborah
6279
44. Brenda
6271
45. Donna
6264
46. Jessica
6208
47. Monica
6127
48. April
6119
49. Sarah
6112
50. Sharon
6105
51. Linda
5746
52. Dana
5606
53. Carrie
5423
54. Tanya
5405
55. Robin
5371
56. Cheryl
5135
57. Kathleen
5101
58. Barbara
5081
59. Crystal
5041
60. Rhonda
4997
61. Tiffany
4844
62. Jill
4825
63. Nancy
4821
64. Heidi
4722
65. Catherine
4686
66. Debra
4662
67. Kristin
4581
68. Theresa
4571
69. Katherine
4514
70. Sherry
4445
71. Holly
4376
72. Paula
4255
73. Danielle
4195
74. Christy
4188
75. Amanda
4181
76. Leslie
4174
77. Renee
4091
78. Gina
4054
79. Jacqueline
3801
80. Cindy
3737
81. Melinda
3668
82. Veronica
3547
83. Diana
3544
84. Tamara
3530
85. Kristen
3529
86. Anna
3440
87. Erica
3434
88. Tracey
3405
89. Sheila
3392
90. Yolanda
3362
91. Ann
3360
92. Suzanne
3301
93. Erin
3293
94. Shelly
3287
95. Margaret
3279
96. Jodi
3256
97. Alicia
3254
98. Laurie
3225
99. Victoria
3202
100. Valerie
3193
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