Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	927
2	Christopher	646
3	James	620
4	Jason	556
5	David	541
6	John	510
7	Robert	504
8	Brian	451
9	William	362
10	Kevin	305
11	Steven	302
12	Charles	271
13	Jeffrey	263
14	Richard	254
15	Mark	235
16	Chad	231
17	Timothy	209
18	Scott	204
19	Matthew	202
20	Bryan	185
21	Eric	178
22	Gregory	177
22	Shawn	177
24	Daniel	162
25	Paul	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	152
27	Joseph	151
27	Stephen	151
29	Billy	144
30	Anthony	143
31	Brandon	141
32	Jeremy	140
33	Gary	139
33	Terry	139
35	Ryan	137
36	Jerry	135
36	Justin	135
38	Donald	134
39	Kenneth	128
40	Larry	127
41	Travis	122
42	Ronald	121
43	Aaron	114
44	Jimmy	109
45	Bobby	102
46	Patrick	101
47	Johnny	97
48	Todd	94
49	Jeffery	92
49	Russell	92
51	Sean	91
52	Shane	90
53	Rodney	89
54	Bradley	81
54	Douglas	81
56	Jonathan	77
56	Shannon	77
58	Dustin	76
59	Brent	73
59	Danny	73
61	Chris	72
61	Keith	72
63	Tommy	70
64	George	67
64	Ricky	67
66	Tony	66
67	Marcus	64
67	Randy	64
69	Dennis	62
69	Phillip	62
69	Troy	62
72	Andrew	61
72	Joe	61
74	Darrell	60
74	Lance	60
76	Carl	59
77	Raymond	58
77	Samuel	58
77	Tracy	58
80	Edward	57
80	Kyle	57
82	Randall	56
82	Roger	56
84	Adam	54
84	Craig	54
86	Jay	53
87	Roy	52
88	Brett	50
89	Jon	48
89	Micheal	48
89	Ronnie	48
92	Curtis	47
93	Nathan	46
93	Wesley	46
95	Clinton	44
95	Jack	44
97	Kelly	43
98	Derek	42
99	Corey	41
99	Darren	41
99	Jesse	41