Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1972
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |