Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,182
2	John	2,796
3	Christopher	2,768
4	David	2,733
5	Robert	2,666
6	Brian	2,650
7	James	2,417
8	William	1,927
9	Joseph	1,794
10	Jason	1,770
11	Matthew	1,565
12	Thomas	1,428
13	Scott	1,410
14	Richard	1,373
15	Mark	1,344
16	Jeffrey	1,328
17	Daniel	1,312
18	Eric	1,290
19	Kevin	1,219
20	Timothy	1,037
21	Steven	998
22	Shawn	909
23	Charles	905
24	Stephen	825
25	Anthony	816

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	744
27	Gregory	733
28	Edward	728
29	Todd	707
30	Andrew	658
31	Ronald	657
32	Sean	644
33	Keith	639
34	Kenneth	611
35	Chad	569
36	Donald	524
37	George	517
38	Patrick	501
39	Douglas	493
40	Jonathan	440
41	Ryan	406
42	Gary	388
43	Craig	383
44	Dennis	370
45	Raymond	369
46	Frank	359
47	Troy	340
48	Bryan	335
49	Aaron	325
50	Peter	320
51	Adam	309
52	Jeremy	276
53	Bradley	262
53	Samuel	262
55	Justin	255
55	Larry	255
57	Marc	232
58	Christian	231
59	Joshua	227
60	Brett	224
61	Shane	221
62	Carl	209
63	Benjamin	205
64	Jamie	197
65	Gerald	196
66	Wayne	194
67	Vincent	192
68	Erik	191
69	Nicholas	189
69	Terry	189
71	Bruce	180
72	Eugene	174
73	Randy	172
74	Russell	171
75	Philip	170
76	Harry	169
76	Walter	169
78	Francis	166
79	Travis	163
80	Barry	162
80	Joel	162
82	Lawrence	159
82	Rodney	159
84	Martin	155
85	Jesse	149
86	Albert	148
86	Glenn	148
88	Louis	144
89	Brandon	142
90	Alan	140
90	Curtis	140
92	Brent	136
92	Frederick	136
94	Brad	131
95	Derek	129
96	Kyle	126
97	Corey	125
98	Jon	123
99	Dale	120
99	Jermaine	120