Popular baby names in Virginia, 1972

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,319 babies) and Michael for boys (1,634). Social Security records list 62,975 babies born in Virginia in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1972

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

Girls

Contina: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitney: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katina: 179 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sheree: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Catina: 83 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Virginia: 101 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chanda: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Felecia: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Selena: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marion: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 25 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Everett: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Randolph: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Antoine: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carlton: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Darrick: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clyde: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harvey: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bryant: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stacy: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,319	–	1
2	Kimberly	748	–	4
3	Angela	742	–	6
4	Michelle	649	↑1	2
5	Melissa	618	↑2	7
6	Amy	610	–	5
7	Lisa	576	↓3	3
8	Tammy	439	↑1	11
9	Stephanie	432	↑3	8
10	Mary	395	↓2	13
11	Elizabeth	343	↓1	15
12	Rebecca	336	↑3	14
13	Karen	330	↓2	21
14	Heather	324	↑11	9
15	Susan	293	↓2	24
16	Tracy	284	↑3	19
17	Tina	282	↑5	18
18	Shannon	276	↑3	22
19	Cynthia	266	↓5	25
20	Tonya	261	↑8	37
21	Nicole	259	new	10
22	Teresa	254	↓2	39
23	Laura	248	↓7	17
24	Pamela	237	↓6	34
25	Patricia	237	↓2	27
26	Crystal	234	↑11	59
27	Christina	230	↑6	26
28	Dawn	224	↓4	20
29	Wendy	224	↓12	29
30	Julie	222	↑9	12
31	Sharon	221	↑1	50
32	Donna	212	↓6	45
33	Christine	206	↑2	16
34	Kelly	195	–	23
35	Lori	189	↓5	28
36	Katina	179	new	>100
37	Robin	178	↑3	55
38	Sarah	171	↑6	49
39	Sherry	171	↓10	70
40	Dana	170	↑2	52
41	Sandra	170	↓5	31
42	Melanie	166	new	42
43	Rhonda	163	↓12	60
44	April	162	new	48
45	Deborah	162	↓18	43
46	Andrea	156	–	30
47	Katherine	151	↑1	69
48	Tanya	151	new	54
49	Catherine	143	↓2	65
50	Stacey	143	↓5	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,634	–	1
2	Christopher	1,477	↑1	2
3	James	1,373	↓1	3
4	David	1,155	↑2	4
5	Robert	1,045	–	6
6	William	1,004	↑1	9
7	John	997	↓3	5
8	Brian	816	–	8
9	Kevin	632	–	13
10	Charles	571	–	23
11	Jason	528	↑8	7
12	Jeffrey	517	↑1	17
13	Joseph	506	↑2	12
14	Richard	504	↓3	14
15	Thomas	477	↓3	20
16	Timothy	457	↑2	21
17	Mark	451	↓3	18
18	Matthew	437	↑3	10
19	Anthony	415	↑3	22
20	Steven	415	↓3	19
21	Eric	407	↓5	16
22	Daniel	399	↑3	15
23	Scott	338	↓3	11
24	Gregory	328	↑3	26
25	Kenneth	325	↓2	27
26	Paul	300	–	24
27	Stephen	300	↓3	29
28	Shawn	293	↑1	28
29	Jonathan	267	↑4	37
30	Donald	232	↓2	36
31	Sean	230	↑6	33
32	Andrew	228	↑6	30
33	Edward	223	↓1	34
34	Ronald	222	↓4	32
35	Keith	216	↓4	38
36	George	212	↓2	44
37	Larry	192	↓1	47
38	Gary	190	↓3	41
39	Patrick	179	–	35
40	Douglas	166	–	43
41	Jerry	163	–	53
42	Bryan	158	↑2	45
43	Troy	153	↑4	49
44	Chad	144	↑5	25
45	Aaron	141	↑1	40
46	Dennis	136	new	52
47	Todd	135	↓5	31
48	Roger	134	–	76
49	Rodney	131	↓6	65
50	Raymond	129	new	54

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