Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	346
2	Michael	322
3	Scott	257
4	Jason	239
5	David	229
6	Robert	213
7	James	199
8	John	184
9	Matthew	160
10	Eric	154
11	Shawn	149
12	Jeffrey	138
13	Kevin	134
14	Brian	133
14	Richard	133
16	William	132
17	Daniel	129
18	Mark	126
19	Joseph	117
20	Timothy	115
21	Steven	109
22	Peter	99
23	Thomas	92
24	Jonathan	84
24	Stephen	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Todd	83
27	Paul	81
28	Chad	74
29	Charles	73
30	Andrew	71
31	Anthony	68
32	Ryan	65
33	Keith	63
34	Donald	62
34	Troy	62
36	Gregory	61
37	Kenneth	58
38	Aaron	57
39	Adam	51
39	Jeremy	51
41	Sean	49
42	Patrick	47
42	Travis	47
44	Craig	46
45	Ronald	45
46	Gary	39
47	Shane	38
48	Derek	37
48	Nathan	37
50	Dennis	35
50	Joshua	35
52	Corey	34
53	Raymond	32
54	Bruce	31
54	Joel	31
54	Justin	31
57	Douglas	30
57	Edward	30
57	George	30
60	Benjamin	29
60	Marc	29
60	Wayne	29
63	Dana	28
64	Jamie	26
65	Randy	25
65	Roger	25
67	Frank	24
68	Darren	23
68	Philip	23
70	Chris	22
70	Christian	22
72	Arthur	21
73	Kirk	20
73	Larry	20
73	Lawrence	20
73	Rodney	20
77	Brett	19
77	Dale	19
77	Erik	19
77	Heath	19
81	Cory	18
81	Nicholas	18
81	Tony	18
84	Bryan	17
84	Carl	17
84	Jeffery	17
84	Jesse	17
84	Ricky	17
89	Alan	16
89	Gerald	16
89	Ralph	16
89	Walter	16
93	Dean	15
93	Lee	15
93	Russell	15
96	Shannon	14
97	Harold	13
97	Norman	13
97	Randall	13
97	Roy	13
97	Samuel	13
97	Wade	13