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Top Baby Names 1972

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,521,236 · Total Boys: 1,621,758

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	63,602	4.181%
2	Michelle	29,287	1.925%
3	Lisa	27,543	1.811%
4	Kimberly	26,281	1.728%
5	Amy	25,872	1.701%
6	Angela	23,562	1.549%
7	Melissa	22,494	1.479%
8	Stephanie	16,890	1.110%
9	Heather	16,320	1.073%
10	Nicole	15,755	1.036%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Tammy	14,211	0.934%
12	Julie	14,063	0.924%
13	Mary	13,756	0.904%
14	Rebecca	13,253	0.871%
15	Elizabeth	12,183	0.801%
16	Christine	11,986	0.788%
17	Laura	11,777	0.774%
18	Tina	11,522	0.757%
19	Tracy	11,436	0.752%
20	Dawn	11,340	0.745%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Karen	11,180	0.735%
22	Shannon	10,966	0.721%
23	Kelly	10,943	0.719%
24	Susan	10,574	0.695%
25	Christina	10,173	0.669%
26	Cynthia	10,173	0.669%
27	Patricia	9,600	0.631%
28	Lori	9,434	0.620%
29	Wendy	8,529	0.561%
30	Andrea	8,021	0.527%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Sandra	7,916	0.520%
32	Maria	7,717	0.507%
33	Stacy	7,603	0.500%
34	Pamela	7,471	0.491%
35	Denise	7,381	0.485%
36	Michele	7,380	0.485%
37	Tonya	7,243	0.476%
38	Tara	7,234	0.476%
39	Teresa	7,177	0.472%
40	Rachel	6,417	0.422%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Stacey	6,380	0.419%
42	Melanie	6,295	0.414%
43	Deborah	6,273	0.412%
44	Brenda	6,270	0.412%
45	Donna	6,256	0.411%
46	Jessica	6,206	0.408%
47	Monica	6,133	0.403%
48	April	6,120	0.402%
49	Sarah	6,114	0.402%
50	Sharon	6,111	0.402%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Linda	5,743	0.378%
52	Dana	5,611	0.369%
53	Carrie	5,422	0.356%
54	Tanya	5,402	0.355%
55	Robin	5,368	0.353%
56	Cheryl	5,136	0.338%
57	Kathleen	5,096	0.335%
58	Barbara	5,079	0.334%
59	Crystal	5,043	0.332%
60	Rhonda	5,001	0.329%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Tiffany	4,845	0.318%
62	Jill	4,825	0.317%
63	Nancy	4,818	0.317%
64	Heidi	4,723	0.310%
65	Catherine	4,685	0.308%
66	Debra	4,666	0.307%
67	Kristin	4,587	0.302%
68	Theresa	4,569	0.300%
69	Katherine	4,511	0.297%
70	Sherry	4,447	0.292%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Holly	4,376	0.288%
72	Paula	4,260	0.280%
73	Danielle	4,201	0.276%
74	Christy	4,189	0.275%
75	Leslie	4,184	0.275%
76	Amanda	4,181	0.275%
77	Renee	4,088	0.269%
78	Gina	4,057	0.267%
79	Jacqueline	3,803	0.250%
80	Cindy	3,737	0.246%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Melinda	3,671	0.241%
82	Veronica	3,563	0.234%
83	Diana	3,547	0.233%
84	Tamara	3,531	0.232%
85	Kristen	3,528	0.232%
86	Anna	3,449	0.227%
87	Erica	3,443	0.226%
88	Tracey	3,407	0.224%
89	Yolanda	3,398	0.223%
90	Sheila	3,394	0.223%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Ann	3,360	0.221%
92	Suzanne	3,300	0.217%
93	Erin	3,289	0.216%
94	Shelly	3,288	0.216%
95	Margaret	3,286	0.216%
96	Alicia	3,268	0.215%
97	Jodi	3,260	0.214%
98	Laurie	3,228	0.212%
99	Victoria	3,206	0.211%
100	Valerie	3,193	0.210%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	71,391	4.402%
2	Christopher	52,173	3.217%
3	James	47,064	2.902%
4	David	46,326	2.857%
5	John	43,162	2.661%
6	Robert	43,015	2.652%
7	Jason	37,434	2.308%
8	Brian	36,309	2.239%
9	William	30,512	1.881%
10	Matthew	22,931	1.414%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Scott	22,840	1.408%
12	Joseph	22,456	1.385%
13	Kevin	22,357	1.379%
14	Richard	22,303	1.375%
15	Daniel	22,091	1.362%
16	Eric	22,031	1.358%
17	Jeffrey	21,677	1.337%
18	Mark	21,494	1.325%
19	Steven	19,853	1.224%
20	Thomas	19,561	1.206%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Timothy	17,605	1.086%
22	Anthony	17,459	1.077%
23	Charles	16,969	1.046%
24	Paul	14,561	0.898%
25	Chad	13,391	0.826%
26	Gregory	13,059	0.805%
27	Kenneth	12,333	0.760%
28	Shawn	11,279	0.695%
29	Stephen	11,037	0.681%
30	Andrew	10,114	0.624%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Todd	9,968	0.615%
32	Ronald	9,503	0.586%
33	Sean	9,446	0.582%
34	Edward	9,295	0.573%
35	Patrick	9,275	0.572%
36	Donald	9,261	0.571%
37	Jonathan	9,223	0.569%
38	Keith	9,146	0.564%
39	Ryan	8,879	0.547%
40	Aaron	7,863	0.485%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Gary	7,759	0.478%
42	Jeremy	7,399	0.456%
43	Douglas	7,389	0.456%
44	George	7,164	0.442%
45	Bryan	7,034	0.434%
46	Craig	6,731	0.415%
47	Larry	6,603	0.407%
48	Peter	6,475	0.399%
49	Troy	6,347	0.391%
50	Jose	5,935	0.366%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Adam	5,740	0.354%
52	Dennis	5,608	0.346%
53	Jerry	5,597	0.345%
54	Raymond	5,442	0.336%
55	Shane	5,235	0.323%
56	Frank	5,167	0.319%
57	Travis	5,138	0.317%
58	Jeffery	5,063	0.312%
59	Joshua	5,033	0.310%
60	Justin	4,975	0.307%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Bradley	4,839	0.298%
62	Terry	4,770	0.294%
63	Brandon	4,625	0.285%
64	Benjamin	4,498	0.277%
65	Rodney	4,363	0.269%
66	Samuel	4,214	0.260%
67	Derek	4,146	0.256%
68	Tony	4,001	0.247%
69	Russell	3,783	0.233%
70	Randy	3,739	0.231%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Marcus	3,685	0.227%
72	Jamie	3,680	0.227%
73	Juan	3,674	0.227%
74	Johnny	3,564	0.220%
75	Roger	3,534	0.218%
76	Phillip	3,532	0.218%
77	Brent	3,530	0.218%
78	Joel	3,528	0.218%
79	Nathan	3,514	0.217%
80	Brett	3,503	0.216%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Billy	3,473	0.214%
82	Chris	3,473	0.214%
83	Marc	3,465	0.214%
84	Carlos	3,436	0.212%
85	Carl	3,406	0.210%
86	Erik	3,399	0.210%
87	Danny	3,306	0.204%
88	Jesse	3,226	0.199%
89	Jon	3,221	0.199%
90	Bobby	3,172	0.196%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Derrick	3,088	0.190%
92	Curtis	3,080	0.190%
93	Antonio	3,029	0.187%
94	Shannon	3,013	0.186%
95	Corey	2,991	0.184%
96	Christian	2,962	0.183%
97	Jimmy	2,933	0.181%
98	Walter	2,917	0.180%
99	Nicholas	2,844	0.175%
100	Joe	2,825	0.174%

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