Top Names of 1972 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1972 were Michelle for girls and Jason for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,637
2	Kylie	1,374
3	Nicole	1,294
4	Karen	1,116
5	Lisa	1,070
6	Melissa	897
7	Joanne	841
8	Amanda	840
9	Rebecca	813
10	Julie	809
11	Jennifer	765
12	Sharon	759
13	Jodie	699
14	Tracey	681
15	Kim	653
16	Leanne	616
17	Fiona	595
18	Catherine	573
19	Elizabeth	570
20	Donna	564
21	Samantha	537
22	Angela	528
23	Susan	497
24	Tanya	495
25	Rachel	484
26	Natalie	481
27	Belinda	473
28	Sandra	471
29	Vanessa	470
30	Alison	468
31	Linda	448
32	Christine	445
33	Kelly	437
34	Deborah	436
35	Louise	419
36	Katrina	401
37	Tracy	394
38	Jacqueline	381
39	Maria	380
40	Melinda	377
41	Danielle	374
42	Megan	374
43	Sarah	371
44	Helen	350
45	Jane	346
46	Kathryn	325
47	Suzanne	319
48	Katherine	308
49	Tania	299
50	Sonia	295

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Jason	3,321
2	David	2,539
3	Michael	2,424
4	Andrew	1,844
5	Paul	1,797
6	Matthew	1,764
7	Mark	1,652
8	Peter	1,541
9	Christopher	1,526
10	Scott	1,352
11	Robert	1,330
12	Shane	1,280
13	John	1,264
14	Anthony	1,255
15	Craig	1,216
16	Darren	1,032
17	Adam	1,026
18	Stephen	926
19	Steven	893
20	Daniel	881
21	Brett	854
22	James	836
23	Bradley	770
24	Richard	734
25	Gregory	712
26	Troy	650
27	Simon	626
28	Jamie	567
29	Justin	544
30	Timothy	532
31	Wayne	508
32	Benjamin	428
33	Ian	409
34	Rodney	400
35	Glenn	398
36	William	397
37	Dean	389
38	Gavin	374
39	Glen	362
40	Aaron	361
41	Stuart	359
42	Sean	352
43	Phillip	339
44	Nicholas	330
45	Nathan	325
46	Jeffrey	323
47	Grant	320
48	Geoffrey	302
49	Kevin	302
50	Cameron	296