Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,852
2	James	1,671
3	Christopher	1,525
4	John	1,180
5	William	1,142
6	Robert	1,096
7	David	1,049
8	Jason	737
9	Brian	679
10	Charles	677
11	Kevin	560
12	Richard	545
13	Joseph	538
14	Anthony	519
15	Eric	518
16	Timothy	495
17	Thomas	452
18	Gregory	419
19	Jeffrey	407
20	Mark	399
21	Steven	378
22	Kenneth	374
23	Matthew	345
24	Jonathan	343
25	Stephen	327

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	294
26	Ronald	294
28	Daniel	285
29	Scott	283
30	Keith	257
31	Jerry	251
32	Donald	245
33	Marcus	236
34	Paul	234
35	Patrick	232
36	Rodney	227
37	Willie	225
38	Terry	223
39	Jeffery	220
40	George	209
41	Johnny	205
42	Bobby	202
43	Gary	197
44	Tony	196
45	Chad	187
46	Reginald	183
47	Edward	181
48	Andrew	179
49	Jimmy	176
50	Travis	173
51	Bryan	171
51	Russell	171
53	Antonio	162
53	Derrick	162
55	Benjamin	160
56	Shawn	157
57	Chris	151
58	Billy	149
59	Douglas	147
60	Samuel	146
61	Shannon	144
62	Danny	141
63	Phillip	136
64	Sean	130
64	Tracy	130
66	Randy	127
67	Ricky	124
68	Jamie	123
69	Raymond	122
70	Dennis	120
71	Frederick	119
72	Jeremy	118
72	Randall	118
74	Eddie	117
74	Roger	117
74	Shane	117
77	Todd	115
78	Ryan	113
79	Ronnie	112
80	Craig	111
81	Curtis	110
81	Wesley	110
83	Bradley	109
84	Tommy	108
85	Troy	107
85	Walter	107
87	Roderick	105
88	Henry	103
89	Dexter	102
90	Carl	100
91	Carlos	98
91	Kelvin	98
93	Micheal	97
94	Brandon	95
95	Cedric	92
96	Adam	91
97	Tyrone	89
98	Corey	88
99	Gerald	87
100	Barry	85
100	Derek	85