Top 400 baby girl names in the USA during year 1972

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
301301Ericka806
302302Jeannie806
303303Keisha804
304304Antoinette803
305305Shelia802
306306Nina798
307307Irene790
308308Desiree784
309309Bethany780
310310Alisa775
311311Lorraine774
312312Dianna773
313313Katie773
314314Marla772
315315Trisha771
316316Priscilla765
317317Shana764
318318Shelby754
319319Lydia753
320320Terry749
321321Brooke736
322322Joan729
323323Bobbi724
324324Jo722
325325Cara721
326326Tammi718
327327Sherrie715
328328Latasha713
329329Angelique708
330330Wendi706
331331Darla693
332332Lee690
333333Esther689
334334Ramona688
335335Audra686
336336Lorie682
337337Courtney671
338338Jacquelyn667
339339Angelica664
340340Karin664
341341Chandra660
342342Cristina654
343343Marlene654
344344Lesley642
345345Patrice642
346346Marisol639
347347Naomi639
348348Bernadette637
349349Ruby637
350350Betsy634
351351Melisa633
352352Tanisha629
353353Tamika628
354354Alexandra626
355355Lillian620
356356Marcie618
357357Rosemary618
358358Glenda614
359359Tisha614
360360Shanna612
361361Elisa607
362362Doris606
363363Grace606
364364Nora605
365365Lana601
366366Shauna599
367367Janine594
368368Vicky589
369369Amie588
370370Janelle586
371371Charity583
372372Josephine581
373373Angelina578
374374Jeannette574
375375Vivian572
376376Miriam570
377377Marci569
378378Alma568
379379Cecilia568
380380Tania567
381381Constance563
382382Alisha562
383383Kenya556
384384Daphne555
385385Maribel555
386386Celeste552
387387Casey544
388388Bridgette542
389389Rebekah539
390390Lynda531
391391Dionne529
392392Faith526
393393Darcy522
394394Latanya520
395395Lorena520
396396Leanne518
397397Camille512
398398Phyllis504
399399Ladonna503
400400Arlene501

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

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