EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1972

United States · 3,142,852 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jennifer63,600—
#2Michelle29,285—
#3Lisa27,543—
#4Kimberly26,282—
#5Amy25,873—
#6Angela23,561—
#7Melissa22,494—
#8Stephanie16,890↑3
#9Heather16,320↑3
#10Nicole15,755↑17
#11Tammy14,211↓3
#12Julie14,062↓2
#13Mary13,757↓4
#14Rebecca13,252↑9
#15Elizabeth12,182↑4
#16Christine11,986↑2
#17Laura11,778↓1
#18Tina11,523↑2
#19Tracy11,436↓6
#20Dawn11,340↓6
#21Karen11,181↓6
#22Shannon10,965↓1
#23Kelly10,944↓1
#24Susan10,574↓7
#25Cynthia10,173↓1
#26Christina10,172↑4
#27Patricia9,602↓1
#28Lori9,434↓3
#29Wendy8,529—
#30Andrea8,022↑5
#31Sandra7,917—
#32Maria7,721↑5
#33Stacy7,604↓1
#34Pamela7,472↓6
#35Denise7,382↑1
#36Michele7,380↑3
#37Tonya7,244↑8
#38Tara7,234↑11
#39Teresa7,176↓5
#40Rachel6,417↑14
#41Stacey6,380—
#42Melanie6,296↑24
#43Deborah6,271↓10
#44Brenda6,270↓1
#45Donna6,257↓7
#46Jessica6,206↑18
#47Monica6,133↑1
#48April6,120↑8
#49Sarah6,114↑9
#50Sharon6,111↓10
#51Linda5,742↓9
#52Dana5,610↓8
#53Carrie5,421↑2
#54Tanya5,402↑18
#55Robin5,369↓4
#56Cheryl5,136↓6
#57Kathleen5,097↓4
#58Barbara5,080↓11
#59Crystal5,044↑20
#60Rhonda5,001↓14
#61Tiffany4,844↑1
#62Jill4,824↓3
#63Nancy4,818↓11
#64Heidi4,723↑13
#65Catherine4,686—
#66Debra4,666↓9
#67Kristin4,586↑4
#68Theresa4,569↓7
#69Katherine4,514↓2
#70Sherry4,447↓10
#71Holly4,376↑5
#72Paula4,260↓9
#73Danielle4,201↑26
#74Christy4,190↑15
#75Leslie4,184↓7
#76Amanda4,180↑8
#77Renee4,088↓4
#78Gina4,057↓9
#79Jacqueline3,803↓4
#80Cindy3,737↓10
#81Melinda3,671↑4
#82Veronica3,563
#83Diana3,548↓1
#84Tamara3,531↓4
#85Kristen3,527↑2
#86Anna3,449
#87Erica3,443
#88Tracey3,407↓14
#89Yolanda3,398↑9
#90Sheila3,394↓9
#91Ann3,360↓13
#92Suzanne3,300↓4
#93Erin3,289—
#94Shelly3,288
#95Margaret3,286↓9
#96Alicia3,268
#97Jodi3,259↓3
#98Laurie3,227↓2
#99Victoria3,206↓2
#100Valerie3,193

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael71,393—
#2Christopher52,172↑4
#3James47,063↓1
#4David46,322↓1
#5John43,158↓1
#6Robert43,013↓1
#7Jason37,423↑1
#8Brian36,306↑1
#9William30,510↓2
#10Matthew22,928↑9
#11Scott22,838↓1
#12Joseph22,454↑3
#13Kevin22,354↑1
#14Richard22,302↓3
#15Daniel22,092↑5
#16Eric22,027↑2
#17Jeffrey21,677↓5
#18Mark21,490↓5
#19Steven19,851↓3
#20Thomas19,557↓3
#21Timothy17,605—
#22Anthony17,454↑1
#23Charles16,968↓1
#24Paul14,555—
#25Chad13,392↑4
#26Gregory13,056—
#27Kenneth12,334↓2
#28Shawn11,277—
#29Stephen11,037↓2
#30Andrew10,111↑3
#31Todd9,968↓1
#32Ronald9,502↓1
#33Sean9,444↑3
#34Edward9,292↓2
#35Patrick9,276—
#36Donald9,261↓2
#37Jonathan9,219↑3
#38Keith9,145↓1
#39Ryan8,878↑12
#40Aaron7,863↑1
#41Gary7,758↓3
#42Jeremy7,398↑3
#43Douglas7,387↓4
#44George7,167↓2
#45Bryan7,035↑3
#46Craig6,729↓3
#47Larry6,604↓3
#48Peter6,471↓1
#49Troy6,348↓3
#50Jose5,935↑5
#51Adam5,740↑6
#52Dennis5,608↓3
#53Jerry5,597↓3
#54Raymond5,443↓2
#55Shane5,236↑5
#56Frank5,165↓2
#57Travis5,136↑4
#58Jeffery5,063↓5
#59Joshua5,033↑21
#60Justin4,975
#61Bradley4,839↓3
#62Terry4,770↓6
#63Brandon4,625↑32
#64Benjamin4,498↑5
#65Rodney4,363↓6
#66Samuel4,213—
#67Derek4,146↓4
#68Tony4,001↓6
#69Russell3,782↓5
#70Randy3,739↓3
#71Marcus3,685↓6
#72Jamie3,680↑24
#73Juan3,672↑8
#74Johnny3,564—
#75Phillip3,532↑1
#76Roger3,531↓5
#77Brent3,530↓4
#78Joel3,528↑8
#79Nathan3,512
#80Brett3,503↑10
#81Billy3,473↓6
#82Chris3,472↓14
#83Marc3,465↓13
#84Carlos3,434↑4
#85Carl3,406↓13
#86Erik3,398↑11
#87Danny3,306↓5
#88Jesse3,226
#89Jon3,221↓11
#90Bobby3,171↓11
#91Derrick3,088↓7
#92Curtis3,080↓4
#93Antonio3,028
#94Shannon3,014
#95Corey2,990↓18
#96Christian2,962
#97Jimmy2,932↓4
#98Walter2,918↓7
#99Nicholas2,843
#100Joe2,825