Top 300 baby girl names in the USA during year 1972

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
201201Ruth1,384
202202Catina1,370
203203Betty1,366
204204Tammie1,361
205205Claudia1,360
206206Joyce1,351
207207Joanne1,345
208208Peggy1,345
209209Shirley1,336
210210Ginger1,317
211211Rose1,309
212212Jean1,300
213213Hope1,294
214214Rosa1,287
215215Tami1,286
216216Frances1,280
217217Tonia1,280
218218Dorothy1,277
219219Kimberley1,271
220220Judith1,263
221221Gretchen1,260
222222Judy1,259
223223Kellie1,254
224224Candace1,253
225225Helen1,245
226226Molly1,235
227227Kelley1,217
228228Marsha1,213
229229Leigh1,210
230230Alice1,199
231231Rita1,199
232232Latonya1,196
233233Sonja1,192
234234Ashley1,176
235235Bobbie1,175
236236Ellen1,175
237237Maureen1,172
238238Jane1,161
239239Norma1,149
240240Tasha1,138
241241Juanita1,134
242242Melody1,123
243243Vickie1,122
244244Karla1,121
245245Christa1,120
246246Keri1,115
247247Joann1,102
248248Dina1,096
249249Ana1,085
250250Billie1,077
251251Caroline1,071
252252Elaine1,065
253253Evelyn1,062
254254Staci1,062
255255Sandy1,055
256256Leticia1,053
257257Loretta1,049
258258Rochelle1,049
259259Jackie1,026
260260Angie1,016
261261Raquel1,013
262262Lauren1,008
263263Candice1,002
264264Teri1,002
265265Cheri996
266266Marcia995
267267Gail989
268268Lynette984
269269Rachael979
270270Roberta979
271271Dena972
272272Stefanie970
273273Sheryl954
274274Adrienne944
275275Jeanne943
276276Ronda939
277277Jodie935
278278Eileen920
279279Audrey918
280280Christi917
281281Marcy917
282282Jenifer913
283283Sally910
284284Rachelle898
285285Kirsten897
286286Lora890
287287Eva888
288288Roxanne884
289289Gwendolyn869
290290Jennie864
291291Jana862
292292Mindy862
293293Marilyn860
294294Candy857
295295Deana855
296296Lara830
297297Tabitha830
298298Cherie823
299299Shari823
300300Angelia806

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

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