Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1972

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1972 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	63,603	3.945	-344	-62,688	1	Michael	71,405	4.264	-13	-59,785
2	Michelle	29,284	1.816	-261	-28,045	2	Christopher	52,189	3.117	-40	-44,928
3	Lisa	27,549	1.709	-888	-27,247	3	James	47,083	2.812	-1	-33,558
4	Kimberly	26,290	1.630	-166	-24,594	4	David	46,366	2.769	-18	-36,669
5	Amy	25,873	1.605	-200	-24,376	5	John	43,181	2.579	-22	-34,062
6	Angela	23,556	1.461	-258	-22,320	6	Robert	43,037	2.570	-65	-37,897
7	Melissa	22,503	1.396	-290	-21,389	7	Jason	37,446	2.236	-93	-33,599
8	Stephanie	16,885	1.047	-310	-15,859	8	Brian	36,322	2.169	-227	-34,704
9	Heather	16,321	1.012	-1,140	-16,111	9	William	30,529	1.823	6	-16,013
10	Nicole	15,752	0.977	-208	-14,336	10	Matthew	22,943	1.370	-10	-13,019
11	Tammy	14,210	0.881	-4,091	-14,175	11	Scott	22,857	1.365	-509	-22,316
12	Julie	14,070	0.873	-576	-13,554	12	Joseph	22,467	1.342	-11	-12,912
13	Mary	13,761	0.853	-113	-11,434	13	Kevin	22,363	1.335	-112	-19,239
14	Rebecca	13,252	0.822	-200	-11,810	14	Richard	22,318	1.333	-174	-20,199
15	Elizabeth	12,185	0.756	2	-3,672	15	Daniel	22,111	1.320	0	-10,938
16	Christine	11,988	0.743	-910	-11,701	16	Eric	22,037	1.316	-144	-19,648
17	Laura	11,772	0.730	-323	-10,837	17	Jeffrey	21,686	1.295	-314	-20,683
18	Tina	11,521	0.715	-1,666	-11,398	18	Mark	21,500	1.284	-192	-19,641
19	Tracy	11,436	0.709	-2,323	-11,358	19	Steven	19,857	1.186	-179	-17,835
20	Dawn	11,340	0.703	-1,940	-11,240	20	Thomas	19,574	1.169	-29	-12,795
21	Karen	11,182	0.693	-614	-10,714	21	Timothy	17,605	1.051	-144	-15,275
22	Shannon	10,965	0.680	-1,456	-10,817	22	Anthony	17,462	1.043	-16	-9,459
23	Kelly	10,943	0.679	-595	-10,459	23	Charles	16,980	1.014	-29	-10,376
24	Susan	10,577	0.656	-1,055	-10,343	24	Paul	14,563	0.870	-210	-12,938
25	Cynthia	10,171	0.631	-668	-9,755	25	Chad	13,399	0.800	-872	-13,159
26	Christina	10,170	0.631	-413	-9,451	26	Gregory	13,060	0.780	-382	-12,282
27	Patricia	9,600	0.595	-886	-9,307	27	Kenneth	12,334	0.737	-199	-10,679
28	Lori	9,434	0.585	-1,547	-9,298	28	Shawn	11,284	0.674	-365	-10,482
29	Wendy	8,532	0.529	-940	-8,262	29	Stephen	11,043	0.659	-255	-9,807
30	Andrea	8,018	0.497	-104	-5,864	30	Andrew	10,125	0.605	-13	-2,891
31	Sandra	7,914	0.491	-944	-7,645	31	Todd	9,981	0.596	-1,170	-9,825
32	Maria	7,703	0.478	-84	-5,108	32	Ronald	9,511	0.568	-461	-8,933
33	Stacy	7,603	0.472	-1,283	-7,431	33	Sean	9,457	0.565	-236	-8,147
34	Pamela	7,476	0.464	-1,550	-7,341	34	Edward	9,297	0.555	-135	-7,029
35	Denise	7,383	0.458	-1,034	-7,147	35	Patrick	9,282	0.554	-154	-7,171
36	Michele	7,376	0.457	-4,463	-7,345	36	Donald	9,263	0.553	-490	-8,730
37	Tonya	7,244	0.449	-5,534	-7,221	37	Jonathan	9,227	0.551	-26	-3,515
38	Tara	7,231	0.448	-993	-6,982	38	Keith	9,155	0.547	-466	-8,590
39	Teresa	7,177	0.445	-759	-6,836	39	Ryan	8,892	0.531	-7	-1,987
40	Rachel	6,414	0.398	-158	-4,870	40	Aaron	7,864	0.470	-20	-1,911
41	Stacey	6,380	0.396	-2,345	-6,304	41	Gary	7,766	0.464	-633	-7,399
42	Melanie	6,294	0.390	-63	-3,453	42	Jeremy	7,400	0.442	-162	-5,445
43	Deborah	6,273	0.389	-736	-5,926	43	Douglas	7,392	0.441	-629	-7,021
44	Brenda	6,271	0.389	-968	-6,016	44	George	7,167	0.428	-83	-4,108
45	Donna	6,261	0.388	-1,522	-6,124	45	Bryan	7,039	0.420	-187	-5,406
46	Jessica	6,210	0.385	-266	-5,153	46	Craig	6,736	0.402	-1,142	-6,577
47	Monica	6,127	0.380	-561	-5,632	47	Larry	6,604	0.394	-659	-6,265
48	April	6,121	0.380	-428	-5,468	48	Peter	6,480	0.387	-163	-4,668
49	Sarah	6,113	0.379	-18	-2,379	49	Troy	6,351	0.379	-314	-5,447
50	Sharon	6,110	0.379	-1,077	-5,894	50	Jose	5,932	0.354	-39	-1,640

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.