Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,270
2	Michael	1,191
3	Christopher	1,157
4	David	814
5	Robert	808
6	John	793
7	William	781
8	Brian	721
9	Jason	573
10	Charles	519
11	Kevin	452
12	Timothy	421
13	Mark	416
14	Steven	389
15	Joseph	388
16	Jeffrey	381
17	Richard	351
18	Anthony	345
19	Eric	324
20	Gregory	322
21	Thomas	314
22	Matthew	268
23	Daniel	259
24	Scott	257
25	Stephen	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	248
27	Kenneth	244
28	Donald	242
29	Larry	234
30	Chad	211
31	Ronald	210
32	Jerry	202
33	Jonathan	196
34	Troy	192
35	Gary	189
36	Shawn	174
37	Billy	162
38	Terry	161
39	Jeffery	160
40	Todd	159
41	Bryan	157
42	Keith	153
43	Phillip	141
44	George	140
45	Jeremy	136
46	Patrick	130
47	Bradley	125
48	Danny	122
49	Jamie	119
50	Rodney	117
51	Roger	116
52	Johnny	114
52	Sean	114
54	Douglas	112
55	Bobby	111
56	Dennis	108
57	Edward	106
58	Tony	100
59	Shannon	97
60	Aaron	94
61	Jimmy	92
61	Tracy	92
63	Russell	90
63	Samuel	90
65	Andrew	87
66	Ricky	86
67	Carl	84
68	Ronnie	83
69	Benjamin	80
70	Roy	79
71	Randy	78
72	Travis	77
73	Raymond	76
74	Chris	73
74	Darrell	73
74	Randall	73
77	Harold	72
78	Adam	64
78	Gerald	64
80	Brandon	62
80	Donnie	62
80	Ryan	62
80	Shane	62
84	Tommy	61
85	Craig	60
86	Scotty	58
87	Barry	57
88	Darren	56
88	Kelly	56
90	Micheal	55
91	Joshua	53
92	Curtis	52
92	Wesley	52
94	Allen	51
94	Brent	51
96	Justin	49
97	Derrick	48
97	Frank	48
97	Walter	48
100	Joey	47
100	Marvin	47