Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,946
2	Christopher	1,358
3	Jason	1,352
4	David	1,308
5	James	1,295
6	Brian	1,243
7	John	1,144
8	Robert	1,119
9	William	886
10	Matthew	804
11	Scott	767
12	Jeffrey	711
13	Chad	688
14	Eric	665
15	Kevin	657
16	Mark	655
17	Daniel	593
18	Richard	562
19	Steven	554
20	Timothy	550
21	Anthony	545
22	Thomas	526
23	Joseph	523
24	Charles	477
25	Ryan	420

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Todd	401
27	Gregory	398
28	Shawn	374
29	Paul	342
30	Andrew	335
31	Jeremy	327
32	Kenneth	316
33	Donald	315
34	Aaron	302
35	Douglas	285
36	Stephen	283
37	Ronald	263
38	Bradley	260
39	Troy	254
40	Larry	247
41	Gary	235
42	Bryan	228
43	Shane	222
44	Sean	221
45	Craig	220
46	Keith	213
47	Edward	211
48	Patrick	210
49	Jonathan	208
50	Brent	204
51	Jeffery	200
52	Travis	193
53	Jerry	188
54	Adam	171
55	Terry	162
56	Dennis	155
57	Brandon	151
58	Rodney	147
59	Benjamin	146
60	Tony	138
61	George	136
62	Joshua	135
63	Danny	123
63	Nathan	123
65	Billy	120
66	Jamie	119
67	Shannon	118
68	Chris	117
69	Carl	115
69	Phillip	115
71	Samuel	113
72	Derek	112
73	Jon	108
73	Roger	108
75	Brett	105
76	Russell	103
77	Justin	100
78	Raymond	99
79	Jay	94
80	Darrell	89
81	Randy	88
82	Randall	87
83	Marc	85
84	Jack	83
84	Joel	83
86	Kyle	82
87	Damon	81
88	Brad	80
88	Marcus	80
90	Nicholas	79
91	Bobby	78
91	Darren	78
93	Alan	75
93	Erik	75
93	Peter	75
96	Frank	73
96	Philip	73
96	Walter	73
99	Wayne	70
100	Cory	69
100	Curtis	69