Popular baby names in Indiana, 1972

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,992 babies) and Michael for boys (1,946). Social Security records list 78,673 babies born in Indiana in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1972

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

Girls

Lora: 62 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Charity: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Amber: 98 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Misty: 125 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Angel: 99 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darla: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trent: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kent: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brent: 204 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 260 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chad: 688 babies, 2× the national rate
Bryon: 22 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,992	–	1
2	Angela	1,101	–	6
3	Amy	971	↑1	5
4	Michelle	903	↓1	2
5	Kimberly	800	–	4
6	Melissa	762	↑1	7
7	Lisa	715	↓1	3
8	Heather	571	↑3	9
9	Julie	492	–	12
10	Stephanie	469	↑3	8
11	Dawn	419	↓3	20
12	Nicole	413	↑20	10
13	Tina	408	↓1	18
14	Christina	400	↑8	26
15	Tammy	391	↓5	11
16	Rebecca	384	↑5	14
17	Kelly	378	↑1	23
18	Lori	364	↓2	28
19	Mary	357	↓4	13
20	Tracy	348	↓3	19
21	Shannon	341	↓2	22
22	Laura	319	↓8	17
23	Elizabeth	284	↑2	15
24	Susan	284	↓4	24
25	Tonya	268	↑6	37
26	Christine	266	↑3	16
27	Stacy	247	↓3	33
28	Carrie	241	↑9	53
29	Karen	234	↓6	21
30	Cynthia	224	↓4	25
31	Wendy	223	↓4	29
32	April	219	↑7	48
33	Michele	218	↑7	36
34	Andrea	215	–	30
35	Rachel	210	new	40
36	Stacey	204	↑2	41
37	Patricia	203	↓7	27
38	Sarah	201	new	49
39	Teresa	192	↓11	39
40	Pamela	191	↓5	34
41	Jill	185	↑2	62
42	Robin	184	↑5	55
43	Amanda	180	new	76
44	Deborah	169	↓3	43
45	Tamara	168	↓12	84
46	Denise	167	↓2	35
47	Melanie	166	new	42
48	Tara	166	new	38
49	Rhonda	162	↓13	60
50	Sandra	159	↓8	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,946	–	1
2	Christopher	1,358	↑3	2
3	Jason	1,352	↑4	7
4	David	1,308	↓1	4
5	James	1,295	↓3	3
6	Brian	1,243	↑2	8
7	John	1,144	↓3	5
8	Robert	1,119	↓2	6
9	William	886	↑1	9
10	Matthew	804	↑2	10
11	Scott	767	↓2	11
12	Jeffrey	711	↓1	17
13	Chad	688	↑10	25
14	Eric	665	↑1	16
15	Kevin	657	↑1	13
16	Mark	655	↓3	18
17	Daniel	593	↑5	15
18	Richard	562	–	14
19	Steven	554	↓5	19
20	Timothy	550	↓3	21
21	Anthony	545	↑3	22
22	Thomas	526	↓3	20
23	Joseph	523	↓3	12
24	Charles	477	↓3	23
25	Ryan	420	↑16	39
26	Todd	401	–	31
27	Gregory	398	↓2	26
28	Shawn	374	↑1	28
29	Paul	342	↓2	24
30	Andrew	335	–	30
31	Jeremy	327	↑9	42
32	Kenneth	316	↓4	27
33	Donald	315	↓1	36
34	Aaron	302	↑4	40
35	Douglas	285	–	43
36	Stephen	283	↓3	29
37	Ronald	263	↓3	32
38	Bradley	260	↓7	61
39	Troy	254	↓3	49
40	Larry	247	↓3	47
41	Gary	235	↓2	41
42	Bryan	228	new	45
43	Shane	222	new	55
44	Sean	221	↑4	33
45	Craig	220	↑2	46
46	Keith	213	↓2	38
47	Edward	211	new	34
48	Patrick	210	↓5	35
49	Jonathan	208	↓3	37
50	Brent	204	↓1	77

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