Popular baby names in Florida, 1972

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,938 babies) and Michael for boys (2,360). Social Security records list 94,970 babies born in Florida in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1972

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tangela: 43 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ivette: 36 babies, 6× the national rate
Lissette: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chiquita: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Latasha: 72 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katina: 262 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lawanda: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lashawn: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lashonda: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sabrina: 134 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Roosevelt: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willie: 231 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Freddie: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cedric: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cecil: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roderick: 67 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alejandro: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jorge: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,938	–	1
2	Kimberly	946	–	4
3	Michelle	917	–	2
4	Lisa	838	–	3
5	Angela	824	–	6
6	Melissa	694	–	7
7	Stephanie	628	↑5	8
8	Amy	621	–	5
9	Tammy	522	↓2	11
10	Heather	519	↑3	9
11	Mary	455	↓2	13
12	Elizabeth	454	↑5	15
13	Shannon	424	↓2	22
14	Dawn	398	↑5	20
15	Christina	397	↑11	26
16	Tracy	397	↓6	19
17	Tina	386	↑1	18
18	Cynthia	384	↓4	25
19	Nicole	381	↑20	10
20	Julie	375	↑3	12
21	Rebecca	365	↑9	14
22	Karen	356	↓7	21
23	Laura	352	↓3	17
24	Patricia	347	↓8	27
25	Kelly	331	–	23
26	Christine	323	↓2	16
27	Susan	321	↓5	24
28	Pamela	299	↓7	34
29	Tonya	299	↑7	37
30	Teresa	279	↓1	39
31	Wendy	275	↓3	29
32	Katina	262	new	>100
33	Sandra	256	–	31
34	Andrea	252	↑13	30
35	Lori	249	↓8	28
36	April	236	↑1	48
37	Donna	235	↓5	45
38	Barbara	229	↓4	58
39	Maria	227	↑6	32
40	Dana	224	↑6	52
41	Melanie	224	new	42
42	Tara	222	↑1	38
43	Stacy	214	↓8	33
44	Deborah	211	↓13	43
45	Sharon	211	↓7	50
46	Tanya	206	new	54
47	Tiffany	204	↓6	61
48	Cheryl	202	new	56
49	Stacey	202	↓1	41
50	Monica	200	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	2,360	–	1
2	Christopher	1,839	↑4	2
3	James	1,811	↓1	3
4	Robert	1,654	–	6
5	John	1,482	↓2	5
6	David	1,467	↓1	4
7	William	1,282	–	9
8	Jason	1,040	↑1	7
9	Brian	910	↑2	8
10	Richard	836	↓2	14
11	Joseph	704	↑3	12
12	Kevin	691	↑1	13
13	Charles	683	↓3	23
14	Eric	656	↑2	16
15	Daniel	625	↑7	15
16	Thomas	618	↓1	20
17	Scott	582	↓5	11
18	Anthony	576	↑2	22
19	Timothy	566	–	21
20	Steven	558	↓2	19
21	Mark	544	↓4	18
22	Matthew	522	↑3	10
23	Kenneth	495	–	27
24	Jeffrey	471	↓3	17
25	Paul	415	↑1	24
26	Gregory	396	↓2	26
27	Shawn	381	↑3	28
28	Stephen	373	↑1	29
29	Donald	360	↓1	36
30	Ronald	351	↓3	32
31	Keith	339	↑3	38
32	Sean	320	↓1	33
33	Edward	304	↓1	34
34	George	294	↓1	44
35	Jonathan	274	↑7	37
36	Chad	271	↑7	25
37	Patrick	259	↓2	35
38	Andrew	257	↑1	30
39	Todd	249	↓2	31
40	Gary	248	↓4	41
41	Larry	246	↓3	47
42	Ryan	231	new	39
43	Willie	231	↓3	>100
44	Raymond	216	new	54
45	Douglas	211	↓4	43
46	Bryan	200	new	45
47	Jerry	184	↓3	53
48	Dennis	182	↓1	52
49	Samuel	182	new	66
50	Troy	177	new	49

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