Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular New Jersey 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 New Jersey was Michael. In total there were 45,899 boys born sharing 623 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 18 (5.6%)	2,564
2	John	1 in 27 (3.7%)	1,687
3	Robert	1 in 29 (3.5%)	1,601
4	Christopher	1 in 29 (3.5%)	1,588
5	David	1 in 32 (3.1%)	1,441
6	James	1 in 33 (3%)	1,396
7	Brian	1 in 39 (2.5%)	1,166
8	Joseph	1 in 40 (2.5%)	1,142
9	William	1 in 44 (2.3%)	1,050
10	Thomas	1 in 51 (2%)	898
11	Richard	1 in 54 (1.8%)	844
12	Daniel	1 in 63 (1.6%)	726
13	Jason	1 in 64 (1.6%)	722
14	Kevin	1 in 65 (1.5%)	710
15	Scott	1 in 65 (1.5%)	710
16	Anthony	1 in 66 (1.5%)	700
17	Mark	1 in 71 (1.4%)	645
18	Jeffrey	1 in 73 (1.4%)	633
19	Matthew	1 in 74 (1.4%)	623
20	Eric	1 in 74 (1.4%)	622
21	Steven	1 in 78 (1.3%)	586
22	Paul	1 in 89 (1.1%)	517
23	Edward	1 in 94 (1.1%)	488
24	Charles	1 in 99 (1%)	463
25	Kenneth	1 in 109 (0.9%)	422
26	Peter	1 in 109 (0.9%)	422
27	Stephen	1 in 110 (0.9%)	418
28	Keith	1 in 118 (0.8%)	388
29	Gregory	1 in 119 (0.8%)	385
30	Sean	1 in 125 (0.8%)	367
31	Frank	1 in 127 (0.8%)	361
32	George	1 in 128 (0.8%)	359
33	Andrew	1 in 130 (0.8%)	352
34	Timothy	1 in 132 (0.8%)	349
35	Ronald	1 in 144 (0.7%)	318
36	Jose	1 in 157 (0.6%)	293
37	Shawn	1 in 162 (0.6%)	283
38	Craig	1 in 169 (0.6%)	272
39	Jonathan	1 in 174 (0.6%)	264
40	Todd	1 in 180 (0.6%)	255
41	Patrick	1 in 184 (0.5%)	249
42	Douglas	1 in 187 (0.5%)	245
43	Raymond	1 in 203 (0.5%)	226
44	Marc	1 in 217 (0.5%)	212
45	Donald	1 in 231 (0.4%)	199
46	Adam	1 in 233 (0.4%)	197
47	Ryan	1 in 233 (0.4%)	197
48	Vincent	1 in 234 (0.4%)	196
49	Luis	1 in 237 (0.4%)	194
50	Gary	1 in 247 (0.4%)	186
51	Dennis	1 in 249 (0.4%)	184
52	Christian	1 in 259 (0.4%)	177
53	Bryan	1 in 280 (0.4%)	164
54	Nicholas	1 in 291 (0.3%)	158
55	Louis	1 in 292 (0.3%)	157
56	Juan	1 in 317 (0.3%)	145
57	Carlos	1 in 335 (0.3%)	137
58	Walter	1 in 335 (0.3%)	137
59	Jermaine	1 in 370 (0.3%)	124
60	Erik	1 in 379 (0.3%)	121
61	Carl	1 in 382 (0.3%)	120
62	Glenn	1 in 382 (0.3%)	120
63	Victor	1 in 382 (0.3%)	120
64	Philip	1 in 406 (0.2%)	113
65	Alexander	1 in 410 (0.2%)	112
66	Lawrence	1 in 421 (0.2%)	109
67	Troy	1 in 421 (0.2%)	109
68	Angel	1 in 433 (0.2%)	106
69	Samuel	1 in 433 (0.2%)	106
70	Wayne	1 in 437 (0.2%)	105
71	Albert	1 in 446 (0.2%)	103
72	Darren	1 in 450 (0.2%)	102
73	Derek	1 in 450 (0.2%)	102
74	Antonio	1 in 459 (0.2%)	100
75	Frederick	1 in 468 (0.2%)	98
76	Chad	1 in 478 (0.2%)	96
77	Edwin	1 in 483 (0.2%)	95
78	Russell	1 in 483 (0.2%)	95
79	Justin	1 in 499 (0.2%)	92
80	Derrick	1 in 499 (0.2%)	92
81	Corey	1 in 499 (0.2%)	92
82	Benjamin	1 in 504 (0.2%)	91
83	Henry	1 in 516 (0.2%)	89
84	Andre	1 in 522 (0.2%)	88
85	Marcus	1 in 540 (0.2%)	85
86	Kyle	1 in 540 (0.2%)	85
87	Arthur	1 in 546 (0.2%)	84
88	Joshua	1 in 560 (0.2%)	82
89	Tyrone	1 in 560 (0.2%)	82
90	Martin	1 in 567 (0.2%)	81
91	Larry	1 in 567 (0.2%)	81
92	Aaron	1 in 574 (0.2%)	80
93	Jeremy	1 in 588 (0.2%)	78
94	Francis	1 in 596 (0.2%)	77
95	Brett	1 in 604 (0.2%)	76
96	Harry	1 in 612 (0.2%)	75
97	Eugene	1 in 612 (0.2%)	75
98	Leonard	1 in 620 (0.2%)	74
99	Bruce	1 in 629 (0.2%)	73
100	Ralph	1 in 629 (0.2%)	73