Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,934
2	James	1,760
3	Christopher	1,759
4	William	1,214
5	David	1,181
6	Robert	1,158
7	John	1,061
8	Brian	924
9	Charles	701
10	Kevin	695
11	Jason	629
12	Timothy	616
13	Jeffrey	602
14	Anthony	559
15	Richard	558
16	Eric	508
17	Steven	494
18	Joseph	491
19	Thomas	467
20	Mark	435
21	Jonathan	427
22	Kenneth	421
23	Gregory	363
24	Larry	350
25	Daniel	338

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	328
27	Matthew	325
28	Chad	305
29	Donald	302
30	Rodney	301
31	Scott	294
32	Ronald	292
33	Jerry	288
34	Paul	281
35	Gary	275
36	Bobby	249
37	Tony	247
38	Edward	226
39	George	224
40	Shawn	221
41	Bryan	220
42	Terry	216
43	Keith	213
44	Patrick	211
45	Johnny	205
46	Travis	185
47	Jamie	180
48	Billy	177
49	Phillip	176
50	Andrew	175
51	Randy	174
52	Jeffery	171
53	Jimmy	170
53	Samuel	170
55	Derrick	164
56	Dennis	160
56	Marcus	160
58	Douglas	159
59	Danny	158
60	Roger	148
61	Jeremy	139
61	Ronnie	139
63	Todd	137
64	Walter	135
65	Reginald	134
66	Shannon	132
67	Tracy	131
68	Antonio	130
69	Benjamin	128
70	Sean	125
71	Bradley	124
71	Chris	124
73	Ricky	123
74	Ryan	122
75	Aaron	120
76	Brandon	118
77	Micheal	107
77	Willie	107
79	Curtis	105
80	Barry	104
80	Darrell	104
82	Raymond	103
83	Craig	102
84	Derek	101
84	Shane	101
86	Russell	100
87	Frederick	99
88	Carl	96
88	Jody	96
90	Troy	90
91	Maurice	88
92	Adam	86
92	Kelvin	86
92	Tommy	86
95	Eddie	85
95	Tyrone	85
95	Wesley	85
98	Harold	84
99	Corey	82
99	Jermaine	82
99	Wayne	82