Year rank 1972

Names picked for kids in 1972

For a girl

1. jennifer

63602

2. michelle

29287

3. lisa

27547

4. kimberly

26284

5. amy

25873

6. angela

23560

7. melissa

22500

8. stephanie

16890

9. heather

16321

10. nicole

15754

11. tammy

14210

12. julie

14065

13. mary

13759

14. rebecca

13254

15. elizabeth

12183

16. christine

11987

17. laura

11777

18. tina

11520

19. tracy

11435

20. dawn

11339

21. karen

11182

22. shannon

10966

23. kelly

10942

24. susan

10575

25. cynthia

10172

26. christina

10171

27. patricia

9600

28. lori

9434

29. wendy

8530

30. andrea

8021

31. sandra

7914

32. maria

7711

33. stacy

7603

34. pamela

7472

35. denise

7382

36. michele

7376

37. tonya

7245

38. tara

7232

39. teresa

7177

40. rachel

6416

41. stacey

6380

42. melanie

6295

43. deborah

6273

44. brenda

6270

45. donna

6258

46. jessica

6208

47. monica

6130

48. april

6121

49. sarah

6114

50. sharon

6111

51. linda

5744

52. dana

5609

53. carrie

5422

54. tanya

5401

55. robin

5368

56. cheryl

5136

57. kathleen

5096

58. barbara

5080

59. crystal

5045

60. rhonda

5001

61. tiffany

4845

62. jill

4825

63. nancy

4816

64. heidi

4723

65. catherine

4685

66. debra

4666

67. kristin

4586

68. theresa

4570

69. katherine

4512

70. sherry

4448

71. holly

4377

72. paula

4259

73. danielle

4199

74. christy

4189

75. leslie

4185

76. amanda

4181

77. renee

4089

78. gina

4058

79. jacqueline

3803

80. cindy

3737

81. melinda

3671

82. veronica

3564

83. diana

3546

84. tamara

3531

85. kristen

3528

86. anna

3450

87. erica

3443

88. tracey

3408

89. yolanda

3399

90. sheila

3392

91. ann

3360

92. suzanne

3300

93. erin

3289

94. shelly

3288

95. margaret

3285

96. alicia

3268

97. jodi

3260

98. laurie

3229

99. victoria

3206

100. valerie

3193

For a boy

1. michael

71387

2. christopher

52182

3. james

47079

4. david

46338

5. john

43169

6. robert

43026

7. jason

37437

8. brian

36317

9. william

30514

10. matthew

22940

11. scott

22850

12. joseph

22460

13. kevin

22361

14. richard

22307

15. daniel

22097

16. eric

22033

17. jeffrey

21677

18. mark

21497

19. steven

19858

20. thomas

19566

21. timothy

17608

22. anthony

17460

23. charles

16973

24. paul

14566

25. chad

13396

26. gregory

13057

27. kenneth

12334

28. shawn

11280

29. stephen

11041

30. andrew

10118

31. todd

9974

32. ronald

9505

33. sean

9453

34. edward

9295

35. patrick

9279

36. donald

9264

37. jonathan

9226

38. keith

9150

39. ryan

8886

40. aaron

7862

41. gary

7763

42. jeremy

7401

43. douglas

7390

44. george

7166

45. bryan

7038

46. craig

6737

47. larry

6604

48. peter

6478

49. troy

6348

50. jose

5935

51. adam

5743

52. dennis

5608

53. jerry

5599

54. raymond

5447

55. shane

5238

56. frank

5168

57. travis

5138

58. jeffery

5067

59. joshua

5036

60. justin

4975

61. bradley

4839

62. terry

4771

63. brandon

4627

64. benjamin

4502

65. rodney

4365

66. samuel

4214

67. derek

4144

68. tony

4006

69. russell

3783

70. randy

3739

71. marcus

3686

72. jamie

3680

73. juan

3675

74. johnny

3565

75. roger

3534

76. phillip

3532

77. brent

3530

78. joel

3529

79. nathan

3516

80. brett

3503

81. chris

3478

82. billy

3474

83. marc

3464

84. carlos

3437

85. carl

3407

86. erik

3399

87. danny

3307

88. jesse

3228

89. jon

3221

90. bobby

3173

91. derrick

3088

92. curtis

3080

93. antonio

3028

94. shannon

3013

95. corey

2992

96. christian

2965

97. jimmy

2933

98. walter

2916

99. nicholas

2847

100. joe

2823