Most Popular Baby Names in 1972

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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
26	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