Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names in 1972

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1972.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Massachusetts was Michael. In total there were 37,651 boys born sharing 441 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1972 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 17 (5.9%)	2,218
2	Christopher	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,633
3	David	1 in 26 (3.8%)	1,432
4	John	1 in 28 (3.5%)	1,330
5	Robert	1 in 31 (3.2%)	1,207
6	James	1 in 33 (3.1%)	1,156
7	Brian	1 in 34 (2.9%)	1,104
8	Jason	1 in 40 (2.5%)	942
9	Scott	1 in 43 (2.3%)	880
10	Matthew	1 in 46 (2.2%)	819
11	William	1 in 47 (2.1%)	802
12	Mark	1 in 50 (2%)	759
13	Joseph	1 in 50 (2%)	756
14	Richard	1 in 51 (2%)	745
15	Daniel	1 in 51 (2%)	737
16	Kevin	1 in 54 (1.8%)	695
17	Eric	1 in 54 (1.8%)	694
18	Jeffrey	1 in 57 (1.7%)	655
19	Paul	1 in 60 (1.7%)	626
20	Thomas	1 in 63 (1.6%)	600
21	Steven	1 in 71 (1.4%)	529
22	Stephen	1 in 71 (1.4%)	529
23	Sean	1 in 75 (1.3%)	501
24	Peter	1 in 76 (1.3%)	496
25	Timothy	1 in 83 (1.2%)	452
26	Keith	1 in 94 (1.1%)	400
27	Derek	1 in 98 (1%)	383
28	Jonathan	1 in 99 (1%)	379
29	Shawn	1 in 102 (1%)	368
30	Anthony	1 in 106 (0.9%)	355
31	Edward	1 in 109 (0.9%)	344
32	Todd	1 in 113 (0.9%)	333
33	Gregory	1 in 113 (0.9%)	332
34	Kenneth	1 in 115 (0.9%)	328
35	Andrew	1 in 125 (0.8%)	301
36	Charles	1 in 135 (0.7%)	279
37	Patrick	1 in 135 (0.7%)	279
38	Adam	1 in 158 (0.6%)	238
39	Craig	1 in 162 (0.6%)	233
40	Joshua	1 in 174 (0.6%)	216
41	Marc	1 in 182 (0.5%)	207
42	George	1 in 186 (0.5%)	202
43	Douglas	1 in 200 (0.5%)	188
44	Ronald	1 in 208 (0.5%)	181
45	Donald	1 in 224 (0.4%)	168
46	Dennis	1 in 231 (0.4%)	163
47	Jeremy	1 in 243 (0.4%)	155
48	Gary	1 in 246 (0.4%)	153
49	Frank	1 in 267 (0.4%)	141
50	Chad	1 in 269 (0.4%)	140
51	Aaron	1 in 290 (0.3%)	130
52	Ryan	1 in 290 (0.3%)	130
53	Benjamin	1 in 294 (0.3%)	128
54	Justin	1 in 309 (0.3%)	122
55	Jose	1 in 309 (0.3%)	122
56	Erik	1 in 311 (0.3%)	121
57	Philip	1 in 327 (0.3%)	115
58	Christian	1 in 330 (0.3%)	114
59	Wayne	1 in 333 (0.3%)	113
60	Raymond	1 in 352 (0.3%)	107
61	Bryan	1 in 355 (0.3%)	106
62	Jamie	1 in 369 (0.3%)	102
63	Dana	1 in 377 (0.3%)	100
64	Brett	1 in 418 (0.2%)	90
65	Shane	1 in 418 (0.2%)	90
66	Alexander	1 in 448 (0.2%)	84
67	Randy	1 in 454 (0.2%)	83
68	Nicholas	1 in 454 (0.2%)	83
69	Jon	1 in 465 (0.2%)	81
70	Joel	1 in 471 (0.2%)	80
71	Alan	1 in 477 (0.2%)	79
72	Lawrence	1 in 502 (0.2%)	75
73	Russell	1 in 502 (0.2%)	75
74	Troy	1 in 502 (0.2%)	75
75	Arthur	1 in 509 (0.2%)	74
76	Walter	1 in 516 (0.2%)	73
77	Roger	1 in 546 (0.2%)	69
78	Bruce	1 in 554 (0.2%)	68
79	Carl	1 in 562 (0.2%)	67
80	Francis	1 in 562 (0.2%)	67
81	Nathan	1 in 588 (0.2%)	64
82	Luis	1 in 588 (0.2%)	64
83	Louis	1 in 588 (0.2%)	64
84	Glenn	1 in 598 (0.2%)	63
85	Jay	1 in 607 (0.2%)	62
86	Frederick	1 in 617 (0.2%)	61
87	Albert	1 in 628 (0.2%)	60
88	Corey	1 in 628 (0.2%)	60
89	Shaun	1 in 638 (0.2%)	59
90	Brendan	1 in 638 (0.2%)	59
91	Victor	1 in 649 (0.2%)	58
92	Neil	1 in 661 (0.2%)	57
93	Vincent	1 in 661 (0.2%)	57
94	Jesse	1 in 685 (0.1%)	55
95	Brandon	1 in 697 (0.1%)	54
96	Kurt	1 in 724 (0.1%)	52
97	Gerald	1 in 724 (0.1%)	52
98	Darren	1 in 724 (0.1%)	52
99	Seth	1 in 738 (0.1%)	51
100	Samuel	1 in 738 (0.1%)	51