Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,941
2	Christopher	2,792
3	James	2,739
4	David	2,654
5	Robert	2,549
6	Brian	2,523
7	John	2,446
8	Jason	2,143
9	William	1,755
10	Matthew	1,685
11	Scott	1,579
12	Mark	1,377
13	Eric	1,364
14	Jeffrey	1,315
15	Kevin	1,269
16	Daniel	1,251
17	Thomas	1,211
18	Richard	1,210
19	Joseph	1,195
20	Steven	1,140
21	Timothy	1,069
22	Charles	984
23	Anthony	976
24	Chad	974
25	Shawn	841

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	829
27	Todd	818
28	Paul	769
29	Kenneth	676
30	Douglas	658
31	Donald	643
32	Ronald	592
33	Andrew	591
34	Stephen	562
35	Ryan	557
36	Aaron	530
37	Sean	502
38	Keith	500
39	Gary	495
40	Bryan	481
41	Edward	469
42	Jonathan	455
43	Jeremy	432
44	Craig	416
45	Patrick	409
46	Larry	365
47	Adam	339
48	Troy	337
49	Dennis	335
50	George	321
51	Jeffery	320
52	Jerry	314
53	Bradley	313
54	Shane	304
54	Terry	304
56	Raymond	279
57	Joshua	260
58	Brent	253
59	Benjamin	245
60	Rodney	241
61	Peter	240
62	Roger	239
63	Frank	216
64	Jamie	208
65	Russell	203
66	Brett	202
67	Travis	199
68	Carl	197
69	Marc	191
70	Brandon	190
70	Randy	190
72	Nicholas	189
73	Samuel	188
74	Tony	179
75	Jon	174
76	Dale	172
77	Phillip	164
78	Nathan	162
79	Derek	160
80	Curtis	159
81	Gerald	155
82	Shannon	151
83	Billy	150
83	Justin	150
85	Joel	148
85	Randall	148
87	Danny	145
88	Chris	144
89	Lawrence	143
90	Bruce	140
91	Brad	139
92	Walter	138
93	Allen	136
94	Marcus	135
95	Alan	132
95	Damon	132
97	Philip	131
98	Jack	129
99	Jay	128
100	Erik	127
100	Jermaine	127