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Top Names of 1972

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Top 100 girls

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

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