The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1972
5,751 different boys’ names were recorded in 1972, covering 1,621,608 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 71,393 |
| 2 | Christopher | 52,172 |
| 3 | James | 47,063 |
| 4 | David | 46,322 |
| 5 | John | 43,158 |
| 6 | Robert | 43,013 |
| 7 | Jason | 37,423 |
| 8 | Brian | 36,306 |
| 9 | William | 30,510 |
| 10 | Matthew | 22,928 |
| 11 | Scott | 22,838 |
| 12 | Joseph | 22,454 |
| 13 | Kevin | 22,354 |
| 14 | Richard | 22,302 |
| 15 | Daniel | 22,092 |
| 16 | Eric | 22,027 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 21,677 |
| 18 | Mark | 21,490 |
| 19 | Steven | 19,851 |
| 20 | Thomas | 19,557 |
| 21 | Timothy | 17,605 |
| 22 | Anthony | 17,454 |
| 23 | Charles | 16,968 |
| 24 | Paul | 14,555 |
| 25 | Chad | 13,392 |
| 26 | Gregory | 13,056 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 12,334 |
| 28 | Shawn | 11,277 |
| 29 | Stephen | 11,037 |
| 30 | Andrew | 10,111 |
| 31 | Todd | 9,968 |
| 32 | Ronald | 9,502 |
| 33 | Sean | 9,444 |
| 34 | Edward | 9,292 |
| 35 | Patrick | 9,276 |
| 36 | Donald | 9,261 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 9,219 |
| 38 | Keith | 9,145 |
| 39 | Ryan | 8,878 |
| 40 | Aaron | 7,863 |
| 41 | Gary | 7,758 |
| 42 | Jeremy | 7,398 |
| 43 | Douglas | 7,387 |
| 44 | George | 7,167 |
| 45 | Bryan | 7,035 |
| 46 | Craig | 6,729 |
| 47 | Larry | 6,604 |
| 48 | Peter | 6,471 |
| 49 | Troy | 6,348 |
| 50 | Jose | 5,935 |
| 51 | Adam | 5,740 |
| 52 | Dennis | 5,608 |
| 53 | Jerry | 5,597 |
| 54 | Raymond | 5,443 |
| 55 | Shane | 5,236 |
| 56 | Frank | 5,165 |
| 57 | Travis | 5,136 |
| 58 | Jeffery | 5,063 |
| 59 | Joshua | 5,033 |
| 60 | Justin | 4,975 |
| 61 | Bradley | 4,839 |
| 62 | Terry | 4,770 |
| 63 | Brandon | 4,625 |
| 64 | Benjamin | 4,498 |
| 65 | Rodney | 4,363 |
| 66 | Samuel | 4,213 |
| 67 | Derek | 4,146 |
| 68 | Tony | 4,001 |
| 69 | Russell | 3,782 |
| 70 | Randy | 3,739 |
| 71 | Marcus | 3,685 |
| 72 | Jamie | 3,680 |
| 73 | Juan | 3,672 |
| 74 | Johnny | 3,564 |
| 75 | Phillip | 3,532 |
| 76 | Roger | 3,531 |
| 77 | Brent | 3,530 |
| 78 | Joel | 3,528 |
| 79 | Nathan | 3,512 |
| 80 | Brett | 3,503 |
| 81 | Billy | 3,473 |
| 82 | Chris | 3,472 |
| 83 | Marc | 3,465 |
| 84 | Carlos | 3,434 |
| 85 | Carl | 3,406 |
| 86 | Erik | 3,398 |
| 87 | Danny | 3,306 |
| 88 | Jesse | 3,226 |
| 89 | Jon | 3,221 |
| 90 | Bobby | 3,171 |
| 91 | Derrick | 3,088 |
| 92 | Curtis | 3,080 |
| 93 | Antonio | 3,028 |
| 94 | Shannon | 3,014 |
| 95 | Corey | 2,990 |
| 96 | Christian | 2,962 |
| 97 | Jimmy | 2,932 |
| 98 | Walter | 2,918 |
| 99 | Nicholas | 2,843 |
| 100 | Joe | 2,825 |
| 101 | Lawrence | 2,823 |
| 102 | Gerald | 2,816 |
| 103 | Wayne | 2,792 |
| 104 | Philip | 2,776 |
| 105 | Vincent | 2,746 |
| 106 | Darren | 2,675 |
| 107 | Victor | 2,619 |
| 108 | Micheal | 2,609 |
| 109 | Willie | 2,596 |
| 110 | Alan | 2,580 |
| 111 | Tracy | 2,540 |
| 112 | Albert | 2,510 |
| 113 | Kyle | 2,477 |
| 114 | Roy | 2,476 |
| 115 | Jay | 2,443 |
| 116 | Frederick | 2,438 |
| 117 | Martin | 2,421 |
| 118 | Henry | 2,418 |
| 119 | Arthur | 2,394 |
| 120 | Randall | 2,354 |
| 121 | Bruce | 2,313 |
| 121 | Darrell | 2,313 |
| 123 | Allen | 2,302 |
| 124 | Luis | 2,278 |
| 125 | Lee | 2,260 |
| 126 | Lance | 2,253 |
| 127 | Ricky | 2,236 |
| 128 | Andre | 2,152 |
| 129 | Alexander | 2,116 |
| 130 | Louis | 2,102 |
| 131 | Dale | 2,062 |
| 132 | Harold | 2,035 |
| 133 | Ronnie | 2,003 |
| 134 | Glenn | 1,979 |
| 135 | Jermaine | 1,967 |
| 136 | Cory | 1,957 |
| 137 | Damon | 1,927 |
| 137 | Mario | 1,927 |
| 139 | Gabriel | 1,920 |
| 140 | Kelly | 1,917 |
| 141 | Reginald | 1,912 |
| 142 | Jack | 1,899 |
| 143 | Steve | 1,845 |
| 144 | Tyrone | 1,840 |
| 145 | Eugene | 1,807 |
| 146 | Tommy | 1,773 |
| 147 | Ernest | 1,767 |
| 148 | Barry | 1,752 |
| 149 | Brad | 1,748 |
| 150 | Eddie | 1,739 |
| 151 | Leonard | 1,718 |
| 152 | Manuel | 1,703 |
| 153 | Ricardo | 1,701 |
| 154 | Wesley | 1,690 |
| 155 | Jacob | 1,683 |
| 156 | Dean | 1,682 |
| 157 | Adrian | 1,678 |
| 158 | Duane | 1,677 |
| 159 | Ralph | 1,671 |
| 160 | Maurice | 1,641 |
| 161 | Jesus | 1,611 |
| 162 | Marvin | 1,594 |
| 162 | Dwayne | 1,594 |
| 164 | Kurt | 1,582 |
| 165 | Dustin | 1,561 |
| 166 | Jerome | 1,546 |
| 167 | Jeff | 1,540 |
| 168 | Howard | 1,493 |
| 169 | Clinton | 1,485 |
| 170 | Stanley | 1,473 |
| 171 | Melvin | 1,456 |
| 172 | Calvin | 1,448 |
| 173 | Greg | 1,438 |
| 174 | Miguel | 1,421 |
| 175 | Theodore | 1,419 |
| 176 | Roberto | 1,405 |
| 177 | Edwin | 1,397 |
| 178 | Mike | 1,392 |
| 179 | Mitchell | 1,366 |
| 180 | Kirk | 1,350 |
| 181 | Jody | 1,339 |
| 182 | Harry | 1,334 |
| 182 | Francisco | 1,334 |
| 184 | Ruben | 1,321 |
| 185 | Neil | 1,304 |
| 186 | Clifford | 1,268 |
| 187 | Jared | 1,258 |
| 188 | Earl | 1,251 |
| 189 | Ian | 1,248 |
| 190 | Heath | 1,234 |
| 191 | Clarence | 1,214 |
| 192 | Nathaniel | 1,208 |
| 193 | Daryl | 1,200 |
| 194 | Jorge | 1,197 |
| 195 | Casey | 1,190 |
| 196 | Alex | 1,182 |
| 197 | Ray | 1,178 |
| 198 | Norman | 1,171 |
| 199 | Karl | 1,167 |
| 200 | Alfred | 1,162 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1972 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.