Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular New York 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 York was Michael. In total there were 121,850 boys born sharing 1,191 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 19 (5.1%)	6,258
2	Christopher	1 in 30 (3.4%)	4,124
3	John	1 in 32 (3.1%)	3,792
4	David	1 in 34 (3%)	3,612
5	Robert	1 in 34 (2.9%)	3,573
6	James	1 in 39 (2.6%)	3,161
7	Joseph	1 in 44 (2.3%)	2,757
8	Brian	1 in 48 (2.1%)	2,546
9	William	1 in 53 (1.9%)	2,303
10	Richard	1 in 57 (1.7%)	2,126
11	Jason	1 in 57 (1.7%)	2,120
12	Thomas	1 in 61 (1.6%)	2,009
13	Daniel	1 in 61 (1.6%)	2,006
14	Anthony	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,994
15	Scott	1 in 65 (1.5%)	1,879
16	Matthew	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,822
17	Kevin	1 in 73 (1.4%)	1,669
18	Eric	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,605
19	Jeffrey	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,554
20	Mark	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,552
21	Steven	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,484
22	Paul	1 in 92 (1.1%)	1,320
23	Peter	1 in 100 (1%)	1,217
24	Edward	1 in 109 (0.9%)	1,115
25	Andrew	1 in 110 (0.9%)	1,110
26	Timothy	1 in 114 (0.9%)	1,072
27	Charles	1 in 119 (0.8%)	1,025
28	Jose	1 in 124 (0.8%)	982
29	Gregory	1 in 125 (0.8%)	974
30	Stephen	1 in 128 (0.8%)	954
31	Sean	1 in 129 (0.8%)	943
32	Kenneth	1 in 130 (0.8%)	939
33	Keith	1 in 137 (0.7%)	888
34	Patrick	1 in 157 (0.6%)	776
35	Frank	1 in 162 (0.6%)	750
36	Jonathan	1 in 165 (0.6%)	739
37	Shawn	1 in 166 (0.6%)	732
38	George	1 in 173 (0.6%)	706
39	Todd	1 in 176 (0.6%)	694
40	Adam	1 in 187 (0.5%)	651
41	Ronald	1 in 192 (0.5%)	636
42	Craig	1 in 200 (0.5%)	608
43	Raymond	1 in 209 (0.5%)	583
44	Donald	1 in 212 (0.5%)	576
45	Luis	1 in 213 (0.5%)	571
46	Douglas	1 in 226 (0.4%)	539
47	Vincent	1 in 243 (0.4%)	502
48	Gary	1 in 256 (0.4%)	476
49	Dennis	1 in 257 (0.4%)	474
50	Marc	1 in 267 (0.4%)	457
51	Aaron	1 in 274 (0.4%)	445
52	Carlos	1 in 283 (0.4%)	430
53	Nicholas	1 in 300 (0.3%)	406
54	Juan	1 in 306 (0.3%)	398
55	Christian	1 in 310 (0.3%)	393
56	Chad	1 in 312 (0.3%)	391
57	Joshua	1 in 328 (0.3%)	372
58	Philip	1 in 335 (0.3%)	364
59	Victor	1 in 341 (0.3%)	357
60	Jeremy	1 in 354 (0.3%)	344
61	Alexander	1 in 363 (0.3%)	336
62	Edwin	1 in 366 (0.3%)	333
63	Lawrence	1 in 369 (0.3%)	330
64	Ryan	1 in 374 (0.3%)	326
65	Samuel	1 in 378 (0.3%)	322
66	Angel	1 in 380 (0.3%)	321
67	Benjamin	1 in 392 (0.3%)	311
68	Louis	1 in 397 (0.3%)	307
69	Justin	1 in 402 (0.2%)	303
70	Bryan	1 in 403 (0.2%)	302
71	Erik	1 in 406 (0.2%)	300
72	Brett	1 in 413 (0.2%)	295
73	Jermaine	1 in 437 (0.2%)	279
74	Miguel	1 in 448 (0.2%)	272
75	Wayne	1 in 474 (0.2%)	257
76	Rafael	1 in 484 (0.2%)	252
77	Frederick	1 in 495 (0.2%)	246
78	Derek	1 in 501 (0.2%)	243
79	Henry	1 in 508 (0.2%)	240
80	Gerald	1 in 510 (0.2%)	239
81	Russell	1 in 510 (0.2%)	239
82	Arthur	1 in 512 (0.2%)	238
83	Albert	1 in 514 (0.2%)	237
84	Antonio	1 in 514 (0.2%)	237
85	Carl	1 in 516 (0.2%)	236
86	Jamie	1 in 525 (0.2%)	232
87	Andre	1 in 532 (0.2%)	229
88	Hector	1 in 564 (0.2%)	216
89	Martin	1 in 564 (0.2%)	216
90	Darren	1 in 567 (0.2%)	215
91	Salvatore	1 in 567 (0.2%)	215
92	Joel	1 in 575 (0.2%)	212
93	Walter	1 in 606 (0.2%)	201
94	Roger	1 in 612 (0.2%)	199
95	Glenn	1 in 628 (0.2%)	194
96	Larry	1 in 631 (0.2%)	193
97	Roberto	1 in 631 (0.2%)	193
98	Jerry	1 in 638 (0.2%)	191
99	Julio	1 in 638 (0.2%)	191
100	Eugene	1 in 641 (0.2%)	190