Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1972

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	146
2	John	112
3	David	111
4	James	98
5	Christopher	89
6	Robert	86
7	Jason	78
8	William	69
9	Brian	63
10	Matthew	51
10	Thomas	51
12	Richard	48
13	Daniel	45
13	Joseph	45
15	Paul	44
16	Kenneth	38
17	Scott	37
18	Eric	36
18	Gregory	36
20	Kevin	35
20	Mark	35
22	Charles	33
22	Timothy	33
24	Jeffrey	31
24	Steven	31

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	28
27	Anthony	27
28	Chad	26
29	Ronald	25
30	Andrew	24
30	Donald	24
32	Aaron	23
33	Peter	21
33	Stephen	21
35	Edward	20
36	Keith	19
36	Ryan	19
38	Jonathan	18
38	Patrick	18
38	Sean	18
38	Travis	18
42	Benjamin	17
42	Bryan	17
44	Todd	16
45	Craig	15
45	Joshua	15
45	Justin	15
48	Derek	14
48	Douglas	14
48	Raymond	14
48	Shane	14
52	Frank	13
52	Jesse	13
52	Lawrence	13
55	George	12
55	Jeffery	12
55	Nathan	12
55	Samuel	12
59	Adam	11
59	Curtis	11
59	Erik	11
59	Frederick	11
59	Joel	11
59	Walter	11
65	Arthur	10
65	Brett	10
65	Carl	10
65	Dennis	10
65	Gary	10
65	Harold	10
65	Ian	10
65	Larry	10
65	Russell	10
74	Darren	9
74	Jared	9
74	Jimmy	9
74	Roy	9
78	Allen	8
78	Clifford	8
78	Corey	8
78	Dustin	8
78	Gabriel	8
78	Jack	8
78	Jerry	8
78	Lance	8
78	Nick	8
78	Phillip	8
78	Shaun	8
78	Troy	8
78	Vincent	8
91	Brandon	7
91	Clint	7
91	Danny	7
91	Jay	7
91	Jeremy	7
91	Jon	7
91	Kyle	7
91	Lloyd	7
91	Marvin	7
91	Philip	7
91	Terry	7
91	Wade	7