Most popular boys’ names in Arizona, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	800
2	Christopher	524
3	David	518
4	Robert	509
5	James	484
6	Jason	427
7	John	412
8	Brian	327
9	Daniel	289
10	William	287
11	Richard	284
12	Steven	227
13	Mark	218
14	Scott	207
15	Matthew	202
16	Joseph	196
17	Eric	195
18	Thomas	176
19	Jeffrey	173
20	Anthony	161
21	Kevin	158
22	Paul	153
23	Timothy	144
24	Jose	143
25	Charles	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chad	127
26	Shawn	127
28	Sean	116
29	Andrew	112
30	Gregory	109
31	Edward	108
32	Aaron	103
32	Kenneth	103
34	Stephen	102
35	Patrick	101
36	Justin	100
37	Frank	99
37	Ronald	99
39	Gary	92
40	Bryan	91
41	Ryan	90
42	Travis	89
43	Juan	86
44	Donald	84
45	Francisco	83
46	George	81
46	Jesus	81
48	Jeremy	80
49	Brandon	79
49	Raymond	79
51	Jerry	78
52	Manuel	76
53	Gabriel	75
54	Carlos	73
54	Jonathan	73
54	Troy	73
57	Jesse	68
58	Todd	67
59	Douglas	66
59	Joshua	66
61	Larry	65
62	Joe	64
63	Benjamin	63
64	Adam	62
65	Dennis	58
65	Keith	58
67	Victor	56
68	Samuel	55
69	Albert	53
69	Johnny	53
71	Antonio	52
71	Danny	52
71	Shane	52
74	Luis	51
74	Phillip	51
76	Craig	50
77	Mario	49
77	Peter	49
79	Chris	48
79	Martin	48
81	Randy	46
82	Gilbert	45
83	Jeffery	44
83	Ricardo	44
83	Ruben	44
86	Nathan	43
86	Rene	43
88	Darrell	42
88	Jon	42
88	Ramon	42
91	Tony	41
91	Vincent	41
93	Hector	40
93	Lance	40
95	Brett	39
95	Roger	39
97	Terry	38
98	Oscar	37
99	Wayne	36
100	Adrian	35
100	Arthur	35
100	Billy	35
100	Jimmy	35
100	Russell	35