Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania was Michael. In total there were 79,231 boys born sharing 709 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 (5.3%)	4,187
2	John	1 in 28 (3.5%)	2,797
3	Christopher	1 in 29 (3.5%)	2,768
4	David	1 in 29 (3.5%)	2,742
5	Robert	1 in 30 (3.4%)	2,665
6	Brian	1 in 30 (3.3%)	2,652
7	James	1 in 33 (3.1%)	2,420
8	William	1 in 41 (2.4%)	1,925
9	Joseph	1 in 44 (2.3%)	1,798
10	Jason	1 in 45 (2.2%)	1,767
11	Matthew	1 in 51 (2%)	1,567
12	Thomas	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,428
13	Scott	1 in 56 (1.8%)	1,410
14	Richard	1 in 58 (1.7%)	1,376
15	Mark	1 in 59 (1.7%)	1,345
16	Jeffrey	1 in 60 (1.7%)	1,328
17	Daniel	1 in 60 (1.7%)	1,316
18	Eric	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,290
19	Kevin	1 in 65 (1.5%)	1,217
20	Timothy	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,036
21	Steven	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,000
22	Shawn	1 in 87 (1.1%)	908
23	Charles	1 in 87 (1.1%)	907
24	Stephen	1 in 96 (1%)	824
25	Anthony	1 in 97 (1%)	818
26	Paul	1 in 106 (0.9%)	746
27	Gregory	1 in 108 (0.9%)	734
28	Edward	1 in 109 (0.9%)	729
29	Todd	1 in 112 (0.9%)	708
30	Andrew	1 in 121 (0.8%)	657
31	Ronald	1 in 121 (0.8%)	657
32	Sean	1 in 122 (0.8%)	648
33	Keith	1 in 124 (0.8%)	640
34	Kenneth	1 in 130 (0.8%)	609
35	Chad	1 in 139 (0.7%)	569
36	Donald	1 in 151 (0.7%)	525
37	George	1 in 154 (0.7%)	516
38	Patrick	1 in 158 (0.6%)	501
39	Douglas	1 in 160 (0.6%)	494
40	Jonathan	1 in 180 (0.6%)	441
41	Ryan	1 in 192 (0.5%)	413
42	Gary	1 in 204 (0.5%)	389
43	Craig	1 in 207 (0.5%)	383
44	Raymond	1 in 214 (0.5%)	370
45	Dennis	1 in 214 (0.5%)	370
46	Frank	1 in 219 (0.5%)	361
47	Troy	1 in 233 (0.4%)	340
48	Bryan	1 in 236 (0.4%)	336
49	Aaron	1 in 243 (0.4%)	326
50	Peter	1 in 248 (0.4%)	319
51	Adam	1 in 256 (0.4%)	309
52	Jeremy	1 in 287 (0.3%)	276
53	Bradley	1 in 304 (0.3%)	261
54	Samuel	1 in 305 (0.3%)	260
55	Justin	1 in 311 (0.3%)	255
56	Larry	1 in 312 (0.3%)	254
57	Christian	1 in 339 (0.3%)	234
58	Marc	1 in 340 (0.3%)	233
59	Joshua	1 in 351 (0.3%)	226
60	Brett	1 in 354 (0.3%)	224
61	Shane	1 in 357 (0.3%)	222
62	Carl	1 in 379 (0.3%)	209
63	Benjamin	1 in 383 (0.3%)	207
64	Jamie	1 in 402 (0.2%)	197
65	Gerald	1 in 404 (0.2%)	196
66	Wayne	1 in 408 (0.2%)	194
67	Vincent	1 in 411 (0.2%)	193
68	Erik	1 in 415 (0.2%)	191
69	Nicholas	1 in 417 (0.2%)	190
70	Terry	1 in 419 (0.2%)	189
71	Bruce	1 in 440 (0.2%)	180
72	Eugene	1 in 455 (0.2%)	174
73	Randy	1 in 461 (0.2%)	172
74	Russell	1 in 463 (0.2%)	171
75	Philip	1 in 466 (0.2%)	170
76	Harry	1 in 469 (0.2%)	169
77	Walter	1 in 469 (0.2%)	169
78	Francis	1 in 474 (0.2%)	167
79	Travis	1 in 483 (0.2%)	164
80	Barry	1 in 486 (0.2%)	163
81	Joel	1 in 489 (0.2%)	162
82	Rodney	1 in 495 (0.2%)	160
83	Lawrence	1 in 498 (0.2%)	159
84	Martin	1 in 511 (0.2%)	155
85	Jesse	1 in 528 (0.2%)	150
86	Albert	1 in 535 (0.2%)	148
87	Glenn	1 in 535 (0.2%)	148
88	Louis	1 in 550 (0.2%)	144
89	Brandon	1 in 558 (0.2%)	142
90	Alan	1 in 566 (0.2%)	140
91	Curtis	1 in 570 (0.2%)	139
92	Frederick	1 in 578 (0.2%)	137
93	Brent	1 in 583 (0.2%)	136
94	Brad	1 in 605 (0.2%)	131
95	Derek	1 in 619 (0.2%)	128
96	Kyle	1 in 629 (0.2%)	126
97	Corey	1 in 634 (0.2%)	125
98	Jon	1 in 644 (0.2%)	123
99	Dale	1 in 660 (0.2%)	120
100	Jermaine	1 in 660 (0.2%)	120