Most popular boys’ names in Nevada, 1972
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 214 |
| 2 | Jason | 143 |
| 3 | Christopher | 140 |
| 4 | David | 132 |
| 5 | Robert | 111 |
| 6 | James | 110 |
| 7 | John | 101 |
| 8 | Brian | 92 |
| 9 | William | 77 |
| 10 | Richard | 62 |
| 11 | Steven | 61 |
| 12 | Joseph | 59 |
| 13 | Matthew | 57 |
| 14 | Daniel | 52 |
| 15 | Kevin | 50 |
| 16 | Timothy | 48 |
| 17 | Eric | 47 |
| 18 | Scott | 45 |
| 18 | Sean | 45 |
| 20 | Charles | 44 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 44 |
| 22 | Anthony | 42 |
| 23 | Thomas | 41 |
| 24 | Mark | 40 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 39 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Paul | 39 |
| 27 | Shawn | 38 |
| 28 | Aaron | 36 |
| 29 | Gregory | 31 |
| 30 | Donald | 30 |
| 31 | Chad | 27 |
| 31 | Justin | 27 |
| 33 | Stephen | 26 |
| 34 | Gary | 24 |
| 34 | Patrick | 24 |
| 34 | Travis | 24 |
| 37 | Joshua | 23 |
| 37 | Ronald | 23 |
| 39 | Brandon | 22 |
| 39 | George | 22 |
| 39 | Raymond | 22 |
| 39 | Shane | 22 |
| 39 | Todd | 22 |
| 44 | Troy | 21 |
| 45 | Jeremy | 20 |
| 45 | Jerry | 20 |
| 45 | Keith | 20 |
| 48 | Ryan | 19 |
| 49 | Andrew | 18 |
| 49 | Jesse | 18 |
| 51 | Adam | 16 |
| 51 | Bryan | 16 |
| 51 | Jonathan | 16 |
| 51 | Marcus | 16 |
| 55 | Benjamin | 15 |
| 55 | Chris | 15 |
| 55 | Frank | 15 |
| 55 | Russell | 15 |
| 59 | Brett | 14 |
| 59 | Craig | 14 |
| 59 | Douglas | 14 |
| 59 | Jack | 14 |
| 63 | Dennis | 13 |
| 63 | Edward | 13 |
| 63 | Lance | 13 |
| 63 | Peter | 13 |
| 67 | Darrell | 12 |
| 67 | Jimmy | 12 |
| 67 | Joel | 12 |
| 67 | Larry | 12 |
| 67 | Marc | 12 |
| 72 | Damon | 11 |
| 72 | Darren | 11 |
| 72 | Jeffery | 11 |
| 72 | Jon | 11 |
| 72 | Nathan | 11 |
| 72 | Samuel | 11 |
| 78 | Carl | 10 |
| 78 | Casey | 10 |
| 78 | Christian | 10 |
| 78 | Kelly | 10 |
| 78 | Zachary | 10 |
| 83 | Antonio | 9 |
| 83 | Derrick | 9 |
| 83 | Joe | 9 |
| 83 | Nicholas | 9 |
| 83 | Roy | 9 |
| 88 | Alan | 8 |
| 88 | Danny | 8 |
| 88 | Dean | 8 |
| 88 | Erik | 8 |
| 88 | Jose | 8 |
| 88 | Marvin | 8 |
| 88 | Phillip | 8 |
| 88 | Tony | 8 |
| 88 | Trevor | 8 |
| 88 | Wesley | 8 |
| 98 | Billy | 7 |
| 98 | Bradley | 7 |
| 98 | Brent | 7 |
| 98 | Clinton | 7 |
| 98 | Dale | 7 |
| 98 | Derek | 7 |
| 98 | Jared | 7 |
| 98 | Kyle | 7 |
| 98 | Lee | 7 |
| 98 | Micheal | 7 |
| 98 | Randy | 7 |
| 98 | Steve | 7 |
| 98 | Terry | 7 |
| 98 | Vincent | 7 |