Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,360
2	Christopher	1,839
3	James	1,811
4	Robert	1,654
5	John	1,482
6	David	1,467
7	William	1,282
8	Jason	1,040
9	Brian	910
10	Richard	836
11	Joseph	704
12	Kevin	691
13	Charles	683
14	Eric	656
15	Daniel	625
16	Thomas	618
17	Scott	582
18	Anthony	576
19	Timothy	566
20	Steven	558
21	Mark	544
22	Matthew	522
23	Kenneth	495
24	Jeffrey	471
25	Paul	415

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	396
27	Shawn	381
28	Stephen	373
29	Donald	360
30	Ronald	351
31	Keith	339
32	Sean	320
33	Edward	304
34	George	294
35	Jonathan	274
36	Chad	271
37	Patrick	259
38	Andrew	257
39	Todd	249
40	Gary	248
41	Larry	246
42	Ryan	231
42	Willie	231
44	Raymond	216
45	Douglas	211
46	Bryan	200
47	Jerry	184
48	Dennis	182
48	Samuel	182
50	Troy	177
51	Terry	176
52	Derrick	168
53	Travis	167
54	Aaron	165
54	Adam	165
56	Marcus	164
57	Tony	163
58	Frank	160
59	Jose	156
60	Shane	153
61	Craig	152
62	Carlos	150
63	Jeffery	149
64	Benjamin	148
65	Jeremy	146
66	Derek	144
66	Joshua	144
68	Curtis	142
69	Bobby	141
70	Johnny	140
71	Antonio	133
71	Billy	133
73	Alexander	130
73	Rodney	130
75	Gerald	129
76	Justin	125
77	Peter	123
78	Danny	120
78	Shannon	120
80	Micheal	119
81	Darrell	117
81	Henry	117
81	Walter	117
84	Frederick	114
85	Russell	113
86	Brett	109
86	Joel	109
86	Juan	109
89	Marc	105
89	Wayne	105
91	Corey	104
91	Jimmy	104
93	Arthur	102
93	Eugene	102
95	Albert	100
95	Erik	100
95	Jamie	100
98	Chris	99
98	Christian	99
100	Carl	97
100	Roy	97
100	Vincent	97