Popular Baby Names in 1972

The most popular baby names in 1972.

All Girls Boys
Rank Name Gender Count
1 Michael Boy 71,391
2 Christopher Boy 52,173
3 James Boy 47,064
4 David Boy 46,326
5 John Boy 43,162
6 Robert Boy 43,015
7 Jason Boy 37,434
8 Brian Boy 36,309
9 William Boy 30,512
10 Matthew Boy 22,931
11 Scott Boy 22,840
12 Joseph Boy 22,456
13 Kevin Boy 22,357
14 Richard Boy 22,303
15 Daniel Boy 22,091
16 Eric Boy 22,031
17 Jeffrey Boy 21,677
18 Mark Boy 21,494
19 Steven Boy 19,853
20 Thomas Boy 19,561
21 Timothy Boy 17,605
22 Anthony Boy 17,459
23 Charles Boy 16,969
24 Paul Boy 14,561
25 Chad Boy 13,391
26 Gregory Boy 13,059
27 Kenneth Boy 12,333
28 Shawn Boy 11,279
29 Stephen Boy 11,037
30 Andrew Boy 10,114
31 Todd Boy 9,968
32 Ronald Boy 9,503
33 Sean Boy 9,446
34 Edward Boy 9,295
35 Patrick Boy 9,275
36 Donald Boy 9,261
37 Jonathan Boy 9,223
38 Keith Boy 9,146
39 Ryan Boy 8,879
40 Aaron Boy 7,863
41 Gary Boy 7,759
42 Jeremy Boy 7,399
43 Douglas Boy 7,389
44 George Boy 7,164
45 Bryan Boy 7,034
46 Craig Boy 6,731
47 Larry Boy 6,603
48 Peter Boy 6,475
49 Troy Boy 6,347
50 Jose Boy 5,935
51 Adam Boy 5,740
52 Dennis Boy 5,608
53 Jerry Boy 5,597
54 Raymond Boy 5,442
55 Shane Boy 5,235
56 Frank Boy 5,167
57 Travis Boy 5,138
58 Jeffery Boy 5,063
59 Joshua Boy 5,033
60 Justin Boy 4,975
61 Bradley Boy 4,839
62 Terry Boy 4,770
63 Brandon Boy 4,625
64 Benjamin Boy 4,498
65 Rodney Boy 4,363
66 Samuel Boy 4,214
67 Derek Boy 4,146
68 Tony Boy 4,001
69 Russell Boy 3,783
70 Randy Boy 3,739
71 Marcus Boy 3,685
72 Jamie Boy 3,680
73 Juan Boy 3,674
74 Johnny Boy 3,564
75 Roger Boy 3,534
76 Phillip Boy 3,532
77 Brent Boy 3,530
78 Joel Boy 3,528
79 Nathan Boy 3,514
80 Brett Boy 3,503
81 Billy Boy 3,473
82 Chris Boy 3,473
83 Marc Boy 3,465
84 Carlos Boy 3,436
85 Carl Boy 3,406
86 Erik Boy 3,399
87 Danny Boy 3,306
88 Jesse Boy 3,226
89 Jon Boy 3,221
90 Bobby Boy 3,172
91 Derrick Boy 3,088
92 Curtis Boy 3,080
93 Antonio Boy 3,029
94 Shannon Boy 3,013
95 Corey Boy 2,991
96 Christian Boy 2,962
97 Jimmy Boy 2,933
98 Walter Boy 2,917
99 Nicholas Boy 2,844
100 Joe Boy 2,825