New York ★ 1972

Top names in New York, 1972

Jennifer led for girls with 5,522 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,254. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,522
2	Lisa	2,295
3	Michelle	2,109
4	Nicole	1,637
5	Christine	1,595
6	Kimberly	1,491
7	Amy	1,477
8	Melissa	1,415
9	Elizabeth	1,178
10	Karen	1,117
11	Maria	1,080
12	Heather	1,009
13	Dawn	981
14	Michele	970
15	Mary	952
16	Patricia	905
17	Kelly	893
18	Denise	879
19	Susan	850
20	Laura	842
21	Tara	820
22	Stephanie	801
23	Julie	764
24	Rebecca	754
25	Tracy	727
26	Danielle	709
26	Tammy	709
28	Angela	705
29	Deborah	698
29	Kathleen	698
31	Christina	679
32	Tina	671
33	Jessica	646
34	Lori	621
35	Cynthia	608
36	Sandra	605
37	Andrea	591
38	Nancy	580
39	Jacqueline	568
40	Stacey	550
40	Wendy	550
42	Rachel	544
43	Catherine	540
44	Donna	532
45	Barbara	514
46	Tanya	504
47	Linda	496
48	Sharon	489
49	Kim	472
50	Theresa	455
51	Pamela	451
52	Gina	425
53	Stacy	422
54	Shannon	420
55	Brenda	414
56	Kristin	413
57	Cheryl	411
57	Debra	411
57	Renee	411
60	Sarah	410
61	Colleen	405
62	Diana	395
63	Suzanne	389
64	Melanie	375
65	Kristen	369
66	Jill	363
67	Katherine	355
68	Robin	348
69	Margaret	344
70	Monica	337
71	Diane	332
72	Dana	329
73	Laurie	327
74	Ann	325
75	Allison	317
76	Carmen	312
76	Victoria	312
78	Erica	308
79	Carrie	305
80	Monique	297
81	Anna	285
82	Teresa	284
83	Janet	283
84	Tracey	282
85	Yolanda	277
86	Marie	274
87	Erin	271
88	Beth	270
88	Joanne	270
90	Kerry	263
91	April	262
91	Cindy	262
93	Carolyn	260
93	Heidi	260
95	Alicia	257
96	Jeanette	255
97	Jodi	254
98	Maureen	253
99	Valerie	252
100	Vanessa	249

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,254
2	Christopher	4,125
3	John	3,791
4	David	3,619
5	Robert	3,573
6	James	3,157
7	Joseph	2,754
8	Brian	2,542
9	William	2,297
10	Richard	2,125
11	Jason	2,115
12	Thomas	2,008
13	Daniel	2,007
14	Anthony	2,002
15	Scott	1,874
16	Matthew	1,825
17	Kevin	1,671
18	Eric	1,604
19	Jeffrey	1,552
20	Mark	1,548
21	Steven	1,484
22	Paul	1,321
23	Peter	1,218
24	Edward	1,114
25	Andrew	1,112
26	Timothy	1,073
27	Charles	1,024
28	Jose	984
29	Gregory	975
30	Stephen	951
31	Sean	942
32	Kenneth	938
33	Keith	887
34	Patrick	777
35	Frank	750
36	Jonathan	738
37	Shawn	731
38	George	710
39	Todd	694
40	Adam	651
41	Ronald	635
42	Craig	609
43	Raymond	584
44	Donald	576
45	Luis	571
46	Douglas	539
47	Vincent	503
48	Gary	477
49	Dennis	474
50	Marc	458
51	Aaron	446
52	Carlos	431
53	Nicholas	407
54	Juan	397
55	Christian	394
56	Chad	391
57	Joshua	371
58	Philip	365
59	Victor	357
60	Jeremy	343
61	Alexander	335
62	Edwin	333
63	Lawrence	329
64	Ryan	325
65	Angel	322
65	Samuel	322
67	Benjamin	309
68	Louis	307
69	Justin	302
70	Bryan	300
71	Erik	299
72	Brett	295
73	Jermaine	280
74	Miguel	273
75	Wayne	257
76	Rafael	252
77	Frederick	244
78	Henry	242
79	Derek	241
80	Antonio	239
80	Gerald	239
80	Russell	239
83	Albert	238
84	Arthur	237
85	Carl	236
86	Jamie	232
87	Andre	229
88	Salvatore	217
89	Hector	216
89	Martin	216
91	Darren	215
92	Joel	213
93	Walter	202
94	Roger	199
95	Roberto	196
96	Glenn	194
97	Larry	192
98	Julio	191
99	Eugene	190
99	Jerry	190