Top baby names of 1972
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James56,240
- 5David55,372
- 6John51,550
- 7Robert51,400
- 8Jason44,732
- 9Brian43,398
- 10William36,454
- 11Michelle36,314
- 12Lisa34,172
- 13Kimberly32,620
- 14Amy32,084
- 15Angela29,218
- 16Melissa27,896
- 17Matthew27,388
- 18Scott27,306
- 19Joseph26,834
- 20Kevin26,712
- 21Richard26,654
- 22Daniel26,406
- 23Eric26,320
- 24Jeffrey25,900
- 25Mark25,702
- 26Steven23,730
- 27Thomas23,362
- 28Timothy21,038
- 29Stephanie20,942
- 30Anthony20,862
- 31Charles20,284
- 32Heather20,248
- 33Nicole19,542
- 34Tammy17,628
- 35Julie17,448
- 36Paul17,408
- 37Mary17,082
- 38Rebecca16,434
- 39Chad16,008
- 40Gregory15,610
- 41Elizabeth15,114
- 42Christine14,880
- 43Kenneth14,742
- 44Laura14,606
- 45Tina14,286
- 46Tracy14,194
- 47Dawn14,068
- 48Karen13,882
- 49Shannon13,592
- 50Kelly13,572
- 51Shawn13,484
- 52Stephen13,196
- 53Susan13,116
- 54Cynthia12,618
- 55Christina12,614
- 56Andrew12,092
- 57Todd11,932
- 58Patricia11,918
- 59Lori11,710
- 60Ronald11,360
- 61Sean11,284
- 62Edward11,110
- 63Patrick11,082
- 64Donald11,070
- 65Jonathan11,014
- 66Keith10,940
- 67Ryan10,616
- 68Wendy10,582
- 69Andrea9,934
- 70Sandra9,810
- 71Maria9,534
- 72Stacy9,434
- 73Aaron9,398
- 74Pamela9,284
- 75Gary9,274
- 76Denise9,150
- 77Michele9,146
- 78Tonya8,988
- 79Tara8,970
- 80Teresa8,906
- 81Jeremy8,846
- 82Douglas8,834
- 83George8,546
- 84Bryan8,404
- 85Craig8,036
- 86Rachel7,956
- 87Stacey7,920
- 88Larry7,894
- 89Melanie7,808
- 90Deborah7,796
- 91Brenda7,780
- 92Donna7,776
- 93Peter7,734
- 94Jessica7,692
- 95Monica7,602
- 96April7,590
- 97Troy7,590
- 98Sharon7,584
- 99Sarah7,582
- 100Jose7,084