Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1972

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Michael	71,425
2	2Christopher	52,192
3	3James	47,088
4	4David	46,383
5	5John	43,185
6	6Robert	43,033
7	7Jason	37,446
8	8Brian	36,325
9	9William	30,531
10	10Matthew	22,947
11	11Scott	22,865
12	12Joseph	22,471
13	13Kevin	22,369
14	14Richard	22,321
15	15Daniel	22,112
16	16Eric	22,043
17	17Jeffrey	21,687
18	18Mark	21,508
19	19Steven	19,861
20	20Thomas	19,575
21	21Timothy	17,612
22	22Anthony	17,460
23	23Charles	16,984
24	24Paul	14,567
25	25Chad	13,402
26	26Gregory	13,068
27	27Kenneth	12,336
28	28Shawn	11,288
29	29Stephen	11,046
30	30Andrew	10,130
31	31Todd	9,986
32	32Ronald	9,509
33	33Sean	9,454
34	34Edward	9,304
35	35Patrick	9,280
36	36Donald	9,268
37	37Jonathan	9,223
38	38Keith	9,157
39	39Ryan	8,902
40	40Aaron	7,864
41	41Gary	7,767
42	42Jeremy	7,404
43	43Douglas	7,395
44	44George	7,164
45	45Bryan	7,040
46	46Craig	6,730
47	47Larry	6,610
48	48Peter	6,479
49	49Troy	6,351
50	50Jose	5,937
51	51Adam	5,748
52	52Dennis	5,609
53	53Jerry	5,600
54	54Raymond	5,446
55	55Shane	5,242
56	56Frank	5,172
57	57Travis	5,142
58	58Jeffery	5,069
59	59Joshua	5,041
60	60Justin	4,973
61	61Bradley	4,835
62	62Terry	4,771
63	63Brandon	4,633
64	64Benjamin	4,506
65	65Rodney	4,367
66	66Samuel	4,215
67	67Derek	4,146
68	68Tony	3,998
69	69Russell	3,784
70	70Randy	3,737
71	71Marcus	3,688
72	72Jamie	3,679
73	73Juan	3,674
74	74Johnny	3,567
75	75Roger	3,538
76	76Brent	3,534
77	77Phillip	3,533
78	78Joel	3,530
79	79Nathan	3,521
80	80Brett	3,513
81	81Chris	3,480
82	82Billy	3,469
83	83Marc	3,465
84	84Carlos	3,436
85	85Carl	3,409
86	86Erik	3,400
87	87Danny	3,306
88	88Jesse	3,230
89	89Jon	3,222
90	90Bobby	3,178
91	91Derrick	3,088
92	92Curtis	3,078
93	93Antonio	3,018
94	94Shannon	3,014
95	95Corey	2,993
96	96Christian	2,963
97	97Jimmy	2,931
98	98Walter	2,914
99	99Nicholas	2,846
100	100Lawrence	2,826

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.