Top names of 1972

Girls

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▲ 28 83Diana3,548▼ 1 84Tamara3,531▼ 4 85Kristen3,527▲ 2 86Anna3,449▲ 20 87Erica3,443▲ 21 88Tracey3,407▼ 14 89Yolanda3,398▲ 9 90Sheila3,394▼ 9 91Ann3,360▼ 13 92Suzanne3,300▼ 4 93Erin3,289– 94Shelly3,288▲ 9 95Margaret3,286▼ 9 96Alicia3,268▲ 9 97Jodi3,259▼ 3 98Laurie3,227▼ 2 99Victoria3,206▼ 2 100Valerie3,193▲ 2

Boys

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▲ 43 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▲ 25 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▲ 19 89Jon3,221▼ 11 90Bobby3,171▼ 11 91Derrick3,088▼ 7 92Curtis3,080▼ 4 93Antonio3,028▲ 17 94Shannon3,014▲ 12 95Corey2,990▼ 18 96Christian2,962▲ 26 97Jimmy2,932▼ 4 98Walter2,918▼ 7 99Nicholas2,843▲ 24 100Joe2,825▲ 1