Top 200 Boy Names of 1972

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1972 with 71,391 births. The list ends at 1,163 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1972
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	71,391
2	Christopher	52,173
3	James	47,064
4	David	46,326
5	John	43,162
6	Robert	43,015
7	Jason	37,434
8	Brian	36,309
9	William	30,512
10	Matthew	22,931
11	Scott	22,840
12	Joseph	22,456
13	Kevin	22,357
14	Richard	22,303
15	Daniel	22,091
16	Eric	22,031
17	Jeffrey	21,677
18	Mark	21,494
19	Steven	19,853
20	Thomas	19,561
21	Timothy	17,605
22	Anthony	17,459
23	Charles	16,969
24	Paul	14,561
25	Chad	13,391
26	Gregory	13,059
27	Kenneth	12,333
28	Shawn	11,279
29	Stephen	11,037
30	Andrew	10,114
31	Todd	9,968
32	Ronald	9,503
33	Sean	9,446
34	Edward	9,295
35	Patrick	9,275
36	Donald	9,261
37	Jonathan	9,223
38	Keith	9,146
39	Ryan	8,879
40	Aaron	7,863
41	Gary	7,759
42	Jeremy	7,399
43	Douglas	7,389
44	George	7,164
45	Bryan	7,034
46	Craig	6,731
47	Larry	6,603
48	Peter	6,475
49	Troy	6,347
50	Jose	5,935
51	Adam	5,740
52	Dennis	5,608
53	Jerry	5,597
54	Raymond	5,442
55	Shane	5,235
56	Frank	5,167
57	Travis	5,138
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	4,214
67	Derek	4,146
68	Tony	4,001
69	Russell	3,783
70	Randy	3,739
71	Marcus	3,685
72	Jamie	3,680
73	Juan	3,674
74	Johnny	3,564
75	Roger	3,534
76	Phillip	3,532
77	Brent	3,530
78	Joel	3,528
79	Nathan	3,514
80	Brett	3,503
81	Billy	3,473
81	Chris	3,473
83	Marc	3,465
84	Carlos	3,436
85	Carl	3,406
86	Erik	3,399
87	Danny	3,306
88	Jesse	3,226
89	Jon	3,221
90	Bobby	3,172
91	Derrick	3,088
92	Curtis	3,080
93	Antonio	3,029
94	Shannon	3,013
95	Corey	2,991
96	Christian	2,962
97	Jimmy	2,933
98	Walter	2,917
99	Nicholas	2,844
100	Joe	2,825
101	Lawrence	2,823
102	Gerald	2,816
103	Wayne	2,792
104	Philip	2,778
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	2,539
112	Albert	2,509
113	Kyle	2,477
114	Roy	2,476
115	Jay	2,444
116	Frederick	2,438
117	Martin	2,422
118	Henry	2,418
119	Arthur	2,395
120	Randall	2,353
121	Bruce	2,313
122	Darrell	2,311
123	Allen	2,303
124	Luis	2,278
125	Lee	2,259
126	Lance	2,253
127	Ricky	2,236
128	Andre	2,152
129	Alexander	2,118
130	Louis	2,102
131	Dale	2,062
132	Harold	2,035
133	Ronnie	2,003
134	Glenn	1,980
135	Jermaine	1,967
136	Cory	1,957
137	Mario	1,927
138	Damon	1,926
139	Gabriel	1,921
140	Kelly	1,917
141	Reginald	1,912
142	Jack	1,901
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	1,717
152	Manuel	1,704
153	Ricardo	1,700
154	Wesley	1,691
155	Dean	1,683
156	Jacob	1,682
157	Adrian	1,678
158	Duane	1,677
159	Ralph	1,672
160	Maurice	1,641
161	Jesus	1,611
162	Dwayne	1,594
162	Marvin	1,594
164	Kurt	1,582
165	Dustin	1,561
166	Jerome	1,546
167	Jeff	1,540
168	Howard	1,492
169	Clinton	1,484
170	Stanley	1,475
171	Melvin	1,456
172	Calvin	1,450
173	Greg	1,437
174	Theodore	1,422
175	Miguel	1,421
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	Francisco	1,334
182	Harry	1,334
184	Ruben	1,321
185	Neil	1,305
186	Clifford	1,268
187	Jared	1,258
188	Earl	1,250
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	1,191
196	Alex	1,184
197	Ray	1,178
198	Norman	1,172
199	Karl	1,167
200	Alfred	1,163