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The most popular names in 1972

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Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #11Tammy14,211
  12. #12Julie14,062
  13. #13Mary13,757
  14. #14Rebecca13,252
  15. #15Elizabeth12,182
  16. #16Christine11,986
  17. #17Laura11,778
  18. #18Tina11,523
  19. #19Tracy11,436
  20. #20Dawn11,340
  21. #21Karen11,181
  22. #22Shannon10,965
  23. #23Kelly10,944
  24. #24Susan10,574
  25. #25Cynthia10,173
  26. #26Christina10,172
  27. #27Patricia9,602
  28. #28Lori9,434
  29. #29Wendy8,529
  30. #30Andrea8,022
  31. #31Sandra7,917
  32. #32Maria7,721
  33. #33Stacy7,604
  34. #34Pamela7,472
  35. #35Denise7,382
  36. #36Michele7,380
  37. #37Tonya7,244
  38. #38Tara7,234
  39. #39Teresa7,176
  40. #40Rachel6,417
  41. #41Stacey6,380
  42. #42Melanie6,296
  43. #43Deborah6,271
  44. #44Brenda6,270
  45. #45Donna6,257
  46. #46Jessica6,206
  47. #47Monica6,133
  48. #48April6,120
  49. #49Sarah6,114
  50. #50Sharon6,111
  51. #51Linda5,742
  52. #52Dana5,610
  53. #53Carrie5,421
  54. #54Tanya5,402
  55. #55Robin5,369
  56. #56Cheryl5,136
  57. #57Kathleen5,097
  58. #58Barbara5,080
  59. #59Crystal5,044
  60. #60Rhonda5,001
  61. #61Tiffany4,844
  62. #62Jill4,824
  63. #63Nancy4,818
  64. #64Heidi4,723
  65. #65Catherine4,686
  66. #66Debra4,666
  67. #67Kristin4,586
  68. #68Theresa4,569
  69. #69Katherine4,514
  70. #70Sherry4,447
  71. #71Holly4,376
  72. #72Paula4,260
  73. #73Danielle4,201
  74. #74Christy4,190
  75. #75Leslie4,184
  76. #76Amanda4,180
  77. #77Renee4,088
  78. #78Gina4,057
  79. #79Jacqueline3,803
  80. #80Cindy3,737
  81. #81Melinda3,671
  82. #82Veronica3,563
  83. #83Diana3,548
  84. #84Tamara3,531
  85. #85Kristen3,527
  86. #86Anna3,449
  87. #87Erica3,443
  88. #88Tracey3,407
  89. #89Yolanda3,398
  90. #90Sheila3,394
  91. #91Ann3,360
  92. #92Suzanne3,300
  93. #93Erin3,289
  94. #94Shelly3,288
  95. #95Margaret3,286
  96. #96Alicia3,268
  97. #97Jodi3,259
  98. #98Laurie3,227
  99. #99Victoria3,206
  100. #100Valerie3,193

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #11Scott22,838
  12. #12Joseph22,454
  13. #13Kevin22,354
  14. #14Richard22,302
  15. #15Daniel22,092
  16. #16Eric22,027
  17. #17Jeffrey21,677
  18. #18Mark21,490
  19. #19Steven19,851
  20. #20Thomas19,557
  21. #21Timothy17,605
  22. #22Anthony17,454
  23. #23Charles16,968
  24. #24Paul14,555
  25. #25Chad13,392
  26. #26Gregory13,056
  27. #27Kenneth12,334
  28. #28Shawn11,277
  29. #29Stephen11,037
  30. #30Andrew10,111
  31. #31Todd9,968
  32. #32Ronald9,502
  33. #33Sean9,444
  34. #34Edward9,292
  35. #35Patrick9,276
  36. #36Donald9,261
  37. #37Jonathan9,219
  38. #38Keith9,145
  39. #39Ryan8,878
  40. #40Aaron7,863
  41. #41Gary7,758
  42. #42Jeremy7,398
  43. #43Douglas7,387
  44. #44George7,167
  45. #45Bryan7,035
  46. #46Craig6,729
  47. #47Larry6,604
  48. #48Peter6,471
  49. #49Troy6,348
  50. #50Jose5,935
  51. #51Adam5,740
  52. #52Dennis5,608
  53. #53Jerry5,597
  54. #54Raymond5,443
  55. #55Shane5,236
  56. #56Frank5,165
  57. #57Travis5,136
  58. #58Jeffery5,063
  59. #59Joshua5,033
  60. #60Justin4,975
  61. #61Bradley4,839
  62. #62Terry4,770
  63. #63Brandon4,625
  64. #64Benjamin4,498
  65. #65Rodney4,363
  66. #66Samuel4,213
  67. #67Derek4,146
  68. #68Tony4,001
  69. #69Russell3,782
  70. #70Randy3,739
  71. #71Marcus3,685
  72. #72Jamie3,680
  73. #73Juan3,672
  74. #74Johnny3,564
  75. #75Phillip3,532
  76. #76Roger3,531
  77. #77Brent3,530
  78. #78Joel3,528
  79. #79Nathan3,512
  80. #80Brett3,503
  81. #81Billy3,473
  82. #82Chris3,472
  83. #83Marc3,465
  84. #84Carlos3,434
  85. #85Carl3,406
  86. #86Erik3,398
  87. #87Danny3,306
  88. #88Jesse3,226
  89. #89Jon3,221
  90. #90Bobby3,171
  91. #91Derrick3,088
  92. #92Curtis3,080
  93. #93Antonio3,028
  94. #94Shannon3,014
  95. #95Corey2,990
  96. #96Christian2,962
  97. #97Jimmy2,932
  98. #98Walter2,918
  99. #99Nicholas2,843
  100. #100Joe2,825