Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	611
2	Christopher	555
3	Jason	491
4	Brian	453
5	James	403
6	David	401
7	John	374
8	Robert	340
9	Scott	273
10	Matthew	253
11	William	241
12	Chad	238
13	Jeffrey	231
14	Steven	220
15	Kevin	214
16	Mark	201
17	Eric	191
18	Shawn	190
19	Daniel	187
20	Richard	183
21	Timothy	153
22	Travis	152
23	Charles	140
24	Joseph	135
25	Aaron	133

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	124
27	Ryan	123
28	Jeremy	121
29	Shane	120
30	Bryan	119
31	Todd	118
32	Justin	117
33	Troy	116
34	Thomas	109
35	Gregory	108
36	Kenneth	105
37	Paul	100
38	Donald	95
39	Patrick	90
40	Andrew	88
41	Brandon	86
41	Gary	86
43	Bradley	85
43	Douglas	85
45	Craig	84
46	Ronald	82
47	Stephen	80
48	Sean	78
49	Larry	77
50	Jonathan	68
51	Edward	65
51	Jeffery	65
53	Terry	64
54	Jerry	63
55	Brent	60
56	Derek	59
56	Dustin	59
58	Curtis	58
59	Raymond	57
60	Dennis	56
61	Lance	55
62	Keith	53
63	Shannon	52
64	Russell	50
65	Darren	49
66	Kyle	47
67	Micheal	46
68	Adam	45
68	Nathan	45
68	Randy	45
71	Chris	44
71	Danny	44
73	Tracy	42
74	George	41
74	Joshua	41
74	Kelly	41
74	Roger	41
78	Jon	40
79	Brad	39
80	Phillip	38
81	Billy	37
81	Joel	37
81	Marcus	37
81	Rodney	37
85	Jamie	36
85	Marc	36
87	Brett	35
87	Jay	35
87	Philip	35
90	Clinton	34
90	Corey	34
90	Darin	34
90	Joe	34
94	Benjamin	33
94	Carl	33
94	Heath	33
94	Wayne	33
98	Cory	32
99	Jeff	31
100	Jesse	30
100	Tony	30