Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	700
2	Michael	631
3	David	461
4	Christopher	425
5	James	359
6	Brian	355
7	Robert	332
8	John	323
9	Matthew	287
10	Scott	280
11	Eric	274
12	Jeffrey	240
13	Daniel	230
14	Kevin	222
15	Ryan	214
16	Steven	211
17	Richard	209
17	William	209
19	Mark	201
20	Aaron	189
21	Timothy	186
22	Joseph	165
23	Jeremy	154
24	Thomas	147
25	Travis	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chad	134
26	Justin	134
26	Shawn	134
29	Anthony	131
30	Gregory	129
31	Paul	127
32	Troy	121
33	Joshua	119
34	Todd	115
35	Kenneth	110
36	Donald	108
37	Sean	103
38	Charles	100
38	Jonathan	100
38	Shane	100
41	Andrew	97
42	Patrick	95
43	Stephen	90
44	Bryan	88
45	Craig	83
46	Nathan	81
47	Douglas	79
48	Brandon	77
49	Gary	71
50	Adam	70
50	Benjamin	70
52	Jeffery	69
53	Erik	65
54	Peter	63
54	Ronald	63
56	Brent	60
57	Dennis	58
57	Larry	58
59	Bradley	55
59	Edward	55
61	Jon	53
62	Chris	51
62	Keith	51
64	Jesse	47
65	Jerry	45
66	Corey	43
66	Derek	43
66	Terry	43
69	Darren	42
69	George	42
69	Kelly	42
72	Brett	41
72	Raymond	41
74	Jacob	40
75	Curtis	39
76	Samuel	38
76	Tracy	38
78	Cory	37
78	Dale	37
80	Casey	36
80	Clinton	36
80	Jeff	36
80	Joel	36
80	Randy	36
80	Tony	36
86	Dustin	35
86	Jamie	35
86	Lance	35
86	Rodney	35
90	Jared	34
91	Christian	33
91	Russell	33
93	Mike	32
93	Phillip	32
95	Carl	31
95	Nicholas	31
97	Kyle	30
97	Mathew	30
99	Marc	29
99	Roger	29
99	Trevor	29