Top Names of 1972
The most popular names recorded in 1972 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |