Popular North Carolina Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular North Carolina 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 North Carolina was Michael. In total there were 41,619 boys born sharing 599 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 21 (4.7%)	1,938
2	Christopher	1 in 24 (4.2%)	1,760
3	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	1,758
4	William	1 in 34 (2.9%)	1,216
5	David	1 in 35 (2.8%)	1,183
6	Robert	1 in 36 (2.8%)	1,158
7	John	1 in 39 (2.5%)	1,059
8	Brian	1 in 45 (2.2%)	922
9	Charles	1 in 59 (1.7%)	700
10	Kevin	1 in 60 (1.7%)	696
11	Jason	1 in 66 (1.5%)	630
12	Timothy	1 in 67 (1.5%)	617
13	Jeffrey	1 in 69 (1.4%)	603
14	Anthony	1 in 74 (1.3%)	559
15	Richard	1 in 75 (1.3%)	557
16	Eric	1 in 82 (1.2%)	509
17	Steven	1 in 84 (1.2%)	494
18	Joseph	1 in 85 (1.2%)	491
19	Thomas	1 in 89 (1.1%)	467
20	Mark	1 in 95 (1.1%)	437
21	Jonathan	1 in 98 (1%)	426
22	Kenneth	1 in 99 (1%)	422
23	Gregory	1 in 115 (0.9%)	363
24	Larry	1 in 119 (0.8%)	349
25	Daniel	1 in 123 (0.8%)	338
26	Stephen	1 in 127 (0.8%)	328
27	Matthew	1 in 128 (0.8%)	325
28	Chad	1 in 136 (0.7%)	305
29	Donald	1 in 138 (0.7%)	302
30	Rodney	1 in 139 (0.7%)	300
31	Scott	1 in 142 (0.7%)	294
32	Ronald	1 in 143 (0.7%)	292
33	Jerry	1 in 145 (0.7%)	287
34	Paul	1 in 148 (0.7%)	282
35	Gary	1 in 151 (0.7%)	275
36	Bobby	1 in 166 (0.6%)	251
37	Tony	1 in 168 (0.6%)	247
38	Edward	1 in 183 (0.5%)	227
39	George	1 in 186 (0.5%)	224
40	Shawn	1 in 188 (0.5%)	221
41	Bryan	1 in 189 (0.5%)	220
42	Terry	1 in 193 (0.5%)	216
43	Keith	1 in 194 (0.5%)	214
44	Patrick	1 in 198 (0.5%)	210
45	Johnny	1 in 202 (0.5%)	206
46	Travis	1 in 225 (0.4%)	185
47	Jamie	1 in 233 (0.4%)	179
48	Phillip	1 in 236 (0.4%)	176
49	Billy	1 in 236 (0.4%)	176
50	Andrew	1 in 236 (0.4%)	176
51	Randy	1 in 239 (0.4%)	174
52	Jeffery	1 in 243 (0.4%)	171
53	Jimmy	1 in 245 (0.4%)	170
54	Samuel	1 in 245 (0.4%)	170
55	Derrick	1 in 254 (0.4%)	164
56	Marcus	1 in 260 (0.4%)	160
57	Dennis	1 in 260 (0.4%)	160
58	Douglas	1 in 262 (0.4%)	159
59	Danny	1 in 265 (0.4%)	157
60	Roger	1 in 281 (0.4%)	148
61	Jeremy	1 in 299 (0.3%)	139
62	Ronnie	1 in 299 (0.3%)	139
63	Todd	1 in 304 (0.3%)	137
64	Reginald	1 in 308 (0.3%)	135
65	Walter	1 in 311 (0.3%)	134
66	Shannon	1 in 315 (0.3%)	132
67	Tracy	1 in 318 (0.3%)	131
68	Antonio	1 in 320 (0.3%)	130
69	Benjamin	1 in 330 (0.3%)	126
70	Sean	1 in 330 (0.3%)	126
71	Chris	1 in 336 (0.3%)	124
72	Bradley	1 in 338 (0.3%)	123
73	Ricky	1 in 338 (0.3%)	123
74	Ryan	1 in 344 (0.3%)	121
75	Aaron	1 in 347 (0.3%)	120
76	Brandon	1 in 353 (0.3%)	118
77	Micheal	1 in 389 (0.3%)	107
78	Willie	1 in 389 (0.3%)	107
79	Curtis	1 in 396 (0.3%)	105
80	Barry	1 in 400 (0.2%)	104
81	Darrell	1 in 400 (0.2%)	104
82	Derek	1 in 404 (0.2%)	103
83	Raymond	1 in 404 (0.2%)	103
84	Craig	1 in 408 (0.2%)	102
85	Shane	1 in 412 (0.2%)	101
86	Russell	1 in 416 (0.2%)	100
87	Frederick	1 in 420 (0.2%)	99
88	Carl	1 in 434 (0.2%)	96
89	Jody	1 in 434 (0.2%)	96
90	Troy	1 in 462 (0.2%)	90
91	Maurice	1 in 473 (0.2%)	88
92	Adam	1 in 484 (0.2%)	86
93	Kelvin	1 in 484 (0.2%)	86
94	Tommy	1 in 484 (0.2%)	86
95	Wesley	1 in 490 (0.2%)	85
96	Tyrone	1 in 490 (0.2%)	85
97	Eddie	1 in 490 (0.2%)	85
98	Harold	1 in 495 (0.2%)	84
99	Corey	1 in 508 (0.2%)	82
100	Jermaine	1 in 508 (0.2%)	82