Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	480
2	James	306
3	John	303
4	Christopher	287
5	David	258
6	Robert	248
7	Brian	221
8	William	206
9	Eric	184
10	Kevin	166
11	Anthony	165
12	Matthew	162
13	Joseph	143
14	Charles	139
15	Mark	132
16	Daniel	131
17	Thomas	123
18	Jason	120
19	Richard	119
20	Gregory	111
21	Jeffrey	104
22	Sean	97
23	Stephen	92
24	Steven	91
25	Timothy	88

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Keith	87
27	Kenneth	86
28	Andrew	84
29	Jonathan	82
30	Paul	74
31	George	73
32	Scott	71
33	Ronald	69
34	Andre	68
35	Donald	65
36	Patrick	64
37	Aaron	63
38	Antonio	59
38	Edward	59
40	Marcus	56
41	Jermaine	53
42	Joshua	52
43	Maurice	51
43	Peter	51
45	Derrick	48
45	Reginald	48
47	Shawn	46
48	Douglas	45
49	Benjamin	43
49	Justin	43
49	Larry	43
49	Todd	43
53	Raymond	42
54	Erik	40
55	Tyrone	39
56	Lawrence	38
57	Gary	37
58	Adam	36
59	Bryan	35
59	Marc	35
61	Carlos	34
61	Duane	34
61	Rodney	34
64	Curtis	33
65	Carl	32
65	Christian	32
65	Craig	32
65	Dwayne	32
69	Alexander	31
69	Derek	31
69	Lamont	31
69	Ryan	31
73	Dennis	30
74	Damon	29
74	Nathaniel	29
74	Samuel	29
74	Troy	29
78	Donnell	28
78	Jerome	28
78	Vincent	28
81	Eugene	27
81	Frank	27
81	Walter	27
84	Harold	26
85	Darrell	25
86	Marvin	24
87	Ian	23
87	Nicholas	23
89	Calvin	22
89	Victor	22
89	Wayne	22
92	Louis	21
92	Martin	21
92	Micheal	21
92	Roger	21
92	Willie	21
97	Antoine	20
97	Jeremy	20
97	Philip	20
100	Albert	19