Most popular boys’ names in California, 1972
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,346 |
| 2 | David | 4,629 |
| 3 | Jason | 4,037 |
| 4 | Christopher | 4,017 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,969 |
| 6 | John | 3,543 |
| 7 | James | 3,345 |
| 8 | Brian | 2,937 |
| 9 | Daniel | 2,502 |
| 10 | Richard | 2,314 |
| 11 | Eric | 2,310 |
| 12 | Matthew | 2,240 |
| 13 | William | 1,931 |
| 14 | Steven | 1,909 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 1,824 |
| 16 | Scott | 1,811 |
| 17 | Mark | 1,805 |
| 18 | Joseph | 1,765 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,675 |
| 20 | Kevin | 1,623 |
| 21 | Jose | 1,573 |
| 22 | Paul | 1,504 |
| 23 | Thomas | 1,335 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,254 |
| 25 | Ryan | 1,149 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Aaron | 1,119 |
| 27 | Gregory | 1,105 |
| 28 | Sean | 1,097 |
| 29 | Charles | 1,076 |
| 30 | Edward | 968 |
| 31 | Andrew | 944 |
| 32 | Kenneth | 941 |
| 33 | Chad | 866 |
| 34 | Joshua | 857 |
| 35 | Juan | 823 |
| 36 | Shawn | 790 |
| 37 | Patrick | 783 |
| 38 | Jeremy | 780 |
| 39 | Stephen | 771 |
| 40 | Jonathan | 763 |
| 41 | Ronald | 727 |
| 42 | Todd | 704 |
| 43 | Donald | 688 |
| 44 | Carlos | 684 |
| 45 | Justin | 674 |
| 46 | Bryan | 663 |
| 47 | Peter | 652 |
| 48 | Raymond | 626 |
| 49 | George | 620 |
| 50 | Frank | 614 |
| 51 | Adam | 609 |
| 52 | Brandon | 608 |
| 53 | Gary | 605 |
| 54 | Keith | 576 |
| 55 | Manuel | 527 |
| 56 | Erik | 523 |
| 57 | Douglas | 512 |
| 58 | Jesse | 509 |
| 59 | Jesus | 508 |
| 60 | Craig | 502 |
| 61 | Gabriel | 498 |
| 62 | Benjamin | 490 |
| 63 | Mario | 488 |
| 64 | Luis | 482 |
| 65 | Victor | 471 |
| 66 | Ricardo | 462 |
| 67 | Francisco | 448 |
| 68 | Dennis | 444 |
| 69 | Larry | 429 |
| 70 | Ruben | 428 |
| 71 | Miguel | 423 |
| 72 | Christian | 413 |
| 73 | Jerry | 412 |
| 74 | Shane | 411 |
| 75 | Antonio | 401 |
| 76 | Nathan | 393 |
| 77 | Samuel | 385 |
| 78 | Joel | 379 |
| 78 | Troy | 379 |
| 80 | Derek | 376 |
| 81 | Jorge | 375 |
| 82 | Phillip | 373 |
| 83 | Roberto | 369 |
| 84 | Jeffery | 359 |
| 85 | Joe | 351 |
| 86 | Albert | 344 |
| 87 | Marc | 339 |
| 88 | Travis | 330 |
| 89 | Martin | 328 |
| 90 | Raul | 327 |
| 91 | Brett | 321 |
| 92 | Jaime | 319 |
| 93 | Danny | 318 |
| 94 | Brent | 315 |
| 95 | Chris | 314 |
| 96 | Tony | 313 |
| 97 | Alexander | 312 |
| 98 | Johnny | 310 |
| 99 | Jon | 305 |
| 100 | Vincent | 294 |