Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1972
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,246 |
| 2 | David | 2,175 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,149 |
| 4 | Robert | 2,102 |
| 5 | James | 1,997 |
| 6 | Jason | 1,823 |
| 7 | John | 1,768 |
| 8 | Brian | 1,753 |
| 9 | Scott | 1,569 |
| 10 | Matthew | 1,470 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 1,319 |
| 12 | William | 1,232 |
| 13 | Daniel | 1,156 |
| 14 | Mark | 1,142 |
| 15 | Steven | 1,138 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,133 |
| 17 | Kevin | 1,064 |
| 18 | Joseph | 1,035 |
| 19 | Thomas | 981 |
| 20 | Richard | 938 |
| 21 | Timothy | 937 |
| 22 | Chad | 809 |
| 23 | Anthony | 759 |
| 24 | Paul | 756 |
| 25 | Todd | 681 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Charles | 676 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 604 |
| 28 | Gregory | 567 |
| 29 | Andrew | 561 |
| 30 | Ronald | 472 |
| 31 | Shawn | 469 |
| 32 | Patrick | 459 |
| 33 | Donald | 445 |
| 33 | Keith | 445 |
| 35 | Ryan | 418 |
| 35 | Stephen | 418 |
| 37 | Aaron | 416 |
| 38 | Edward | 409 |
| 39 | Sean | 408 |
| 40 | Douglas | 402 |
| 41 | Gary | 398 |
| 42 | Jeremy | 386 |
| 43 | Craig | 384 |
| 44 | Jonathan | 340 |
| 45 | Dennis | 325 |
| 46 | Jeffery | 322 |
| 47 | Troy | 311 |
| 48 | Derek | 291 |
| 49 | Larry | 290 |
| 50 | George | 272 |
| 51 | Bryan | 266 |
| 52 | Bradley | 261 |
| 53 | Adam | 259 |
| 54 | Peter | 252 |
| 55 | Terry | 235 |
| 56 | Raymond | 232 |
| 57 | Brent | 225 |
| 58 | Jerry | 219 |
| 59 | Frank | 213 |
| 60 | Joel | 210 |
| 61 | Joshua | 200 |
| 61 | Shane | 200 |
| 63 | Marc | 191 |
| 64 | Brett | 190 |
| 64 | Jamie | 190 |
| 64 | Randy | 190 |
| 67 | Rodney | 184 |
| 68 | Benjamin | 183 |
| 69 | Erik | 180 |
| 69 | Gerald | 180 |
| 71 | Nathan | 178 |
| 72 | Tony | 175 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 170 |
| 74 | Brandon | 169 |
| 75 | Marcus | 164 |
| 76 | Dale | 158 |
| 76 | Roger | 158 |
| 78 | Curtis | 157 |
| 79 | Carl | 155 |
| 79 | Nicholas | 155 |
| 81 | Damon | 152 |
| 82 | Andre | 148 |
| 83 | Jon | 147 |
| 84 | Russell | 144 |
| 85 | Corey | 141 |
| 86 | Alan | 139 |
| 87 | Justin | 136 |
| 88 | Derrick | 127 |
| 89 | Phillip | 126 |
| 90 | Philip | 125 |
| 91 | Danny | 124 |
| 91 | Kurt | 124 |
| 93 | Antonio | 123 |
| 93 | Samuel | 123 |
| 95 | Martin | 122 |
| 96 | Bruce | 121 |
| 97 | Arthur | 117 |
| 97 | Darren | 117 |
| 97 | Walter | 117 |
| 100 | Randall | 116 |