Popular baby names in New York, 1972

The most popular baby names in New York in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (5,522 babies) and Michael for boys (6,254). Social Security records list 232,720 babies born in New York in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1972

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

Girls

Milagros: 64 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lissette: 78 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lisette: 73 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Yesenia: 193 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maritza: 120 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ivette: 79 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Julissa: 58 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Madeline: 92 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marisol: 197 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daisy: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 63 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Carmelo: 70 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 217 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Wilfredo: 80 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dominick: 103 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angel: 322 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jean: 72 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Efrain: 67 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julio: 191 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 116 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,522	–	1
2	Lisa	2,295	–	3
3	Michelle	2,109	–	2
4	Nicole	1,637	↑8	10
5	Christine	1,595	↓1	16
6	Kimberly	1,491	↓1	4
7	Amy	1,477	↓1	5
8	Melissa	1,415	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	1,178	–	15
10	Karen	1,117	↓2	21
11	Maria	1,080	–	32
12	Heather	1,009	↑8	9
13	Dawn	981	↓3	20
14	Michele	970	↑3	36
15	Mary	952	↓2	13
16	Patricia	905	↓2	27
17	Kelly	893	↑1	23
18	Denise	879	↑1	35
19	Susan	850	↓4	24
20	Laura	842	↓4	17
21	Tara	820	↑10	38
22	Stephanie	801	↑7	8
23	Julie	764	↑2	12
24	Rebecca	754	↑14	14
25	Tracy	727	↓3	19
26	Danielle	709	↑23	73
27	Tammy	709	↓6	11
28	Angela	705	–	6
29	Deborah	698	↓6	43
30	Kathleen	698	↓6	57
31	Christina	679	↑4	26
32	Tina	671	↑2	18
33	Jessica	646	↑15	46
34	Lori	621	↓8	28
35	Cynthia	608	↓8	25
36	Sandra	605	↓6	31
37	Andrea	591	↓1	30
38	Nancy	580	↓5	63
39	Jacqueline	568	–	79
40	Stacey	550	↑1	41
41	Wendy	550	↓1	29
42	Rachel	544	new	40
43	Catherine	540	↑1	65
44	Donna	532	↓12	45
45	Barbara	514	–	58
46	Tanya	504	new	54
47	Linda	496	↓10	51
48	Sharon	489	↓5	50
49	Kim	472	↓2	>100
50	Theresa	455	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	6,254	–	1
2	Christopher	4,125	↑2	2
3	John	3,791	↓1	5
4	David	3,619	↑1	4
5	Robert	3,573	↓2	6
6	James	3,157	–	3
7	Joseph	2,754	–	12
8	Brian	2,542	↑4	8
9	William	2,297	↓1	9
10	Richard	2,125	↓1	14
11	Jason	2,115	↑4	7
12	Thomas	2,008	↓1	20
13	Daniel	2,007	↑1	15
14	Anthony	2,002	↓1	22
15	Scott	1,874	↓5	11
16	Matthew	1,825	↑1	10
17	Kevin	1,671	↓1	13
18	Eric	1,604	↑1	16
19	Jeffrey	1,552	↓1	17
20	Mark	1,548	–	18
21	Steven	1,484	–	19
22	Paul	1,321	–	24
23	Peter	1,218	–	48
24	Edward	1,114	↑1	34
25	Andrew	1,112	↑1	30
26	Timothy	1,073	↓2	21
27	Charles	1,024	–	23
28	Jose	984	–	50
29	Gregory	975	↑3	26
30	Stephen	951	–	29
31	Sean	942	–	33
32	Kenneth	938	↓3	27
33	Keith	887	↑2	38
34	Patrick	777	–	35
35	Frank	750	↓2	56
36	Jonathan	738	↑5	37
37	Shawn	731	↓1	28
38	George	710	↓1	44
39	Todd	694	↓1	31
40	Adam	651	–	51
41	Ronald	635	↓2	32
42	Craig	609	–	46
43	Raymond	584	↑2	54
44	Donald	576	–	36
45	Luis	571	↑1	>100
46	Douglas	539	↓3	43
47	Vincent	503	–	>100
48	Gary	477	↑1	41
49	Dennis	474	new	52
50	Marc	458	↓2	83

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