Most popular boys’ names in Colorado, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	826
2	Christopher	617
3	David	558
4	Jason	500
5	Robert	490
6	John	454
7	Brian	446
8	James	422
9	Matthew	336
10	Eric	321
11	Scott	292
12	William	289
13	Jeffrey	288
14	Daniel	278
15	Mark	274
16	Richard	249
17	Steven	247
18	Kevin	230
19	Joseph	216
20	Timothy	205
21	Chad	204
22	Anthony	192
23	Shawn	181
24	Paul	177
25	Thomas	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sean	166
27	Ryan	163
28	Andrew	155
28	Charles	155
30	Gregory	147
31	Troy	139
32	Kenneth	135
33	Todd	131
34	Stephen	127
35	Aaron	125
36	Justin	124
36	Patrick	124
38	Jeremy	122
39	Shane	117
40	Joshua	114
41	Donald	107
42	Brandon	105
43	Jonathan	102
44	Travis	98
45	Ronald	97
46	Gary	93
47	Adam	89
48	Edward	88
49	Nathan	87
50	Douglas	86
51	Keith	85
52	Bryan	80
53	Craig	77
54	Bradley	74
54	Derek	74
56	Dennis	71
57	Larry	66
58	Brett	64
59	Raymond	63
60	Peter	62
61	Jeffery	60
61	Jerry	60
63	Benjamin	58
63	George	58
65	Frank	56
65	Jesse	56
67	Brent	55
68	Phillip	54
68	Samuel	54
70	Erik	52
70	Jay	52
70	Nicholas	52
73	Russell	51
74	Chris	50
75	Dustin	49
76	Jose	47
76	Lance	47
78	Carl	46
78	Jon	46
80	Danny	45
80	Marc	45
82	Randy	43
83	Curtis	42
84	Christian	41
84	Gabriel	41
84	Terry	41
87	Joe	40
88	Alan	38
88	Carlos	38
88	Randall	38
91	Joel	37
92	Lawrence	36
92	Tony	36
94	Corey	35
94	Darren	35
94	Ian	35
94	Kelly	35
98	Dean	34
98	Kyle	34
98	Philip	34