Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	404
2	Christopher	274
3	David	256
4	John	244
5	James	211
6	Jason	209
6	Robert	209
8	Brian	184
9	Joseph	170
10	Scott	153
11	Richard	141
12	Thomas	136
13	Kevin	128
13	William	128
15	Steven	112
16	Eric	106
17	Mark	104
18	Jeffrey	101
19	Matthew	99
20	Daniel	97
21	Paul	88
22	Stephen	84
23	Timothy	82
24	Peter	73
25	Jonathan	69

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	66
27	Kenneth	64
28	Gregory	63
29	Edward	62
30	Sean	59
31	Keith	58
32	Derek	56
33	Charles	50
34	Ronald	49
35	George	48
36	Shawn	46
37	Andrew	45
37	Joshua	45
39	Todd	44
40	Raymond	41
41	Donald	40
42	Dennis	34
42	Gary	34
42	Jamie	34
45	Patrick	33
46	Adam	30
47	Frank	29
48	Craig	28
48	Ryan	28
50	Marc	27
51	Bryan	26
51	Wayne	26
53	Jeremy	25
53	Louis	25
55	Aaron	23
55	Alan	23
55	Justin	23
58	Douglas	21
58	Philip	21
58	Roger	21
61	Chad	20
61	Christian	20
63	Antonio	17
63	Benjamin	17
65	Nathan	16
65	Phillip	16
65	Shane	16
68	Albert	15
68	Gerald	15
68	Henry	15
68	Jon	15
72	Ernest	14
72	Randy	14
72	Russell	14
72	Troy	14
76	Carl	13
76	Erik	13
76	Neil	13
76	Norman	13
76	Walter	13
81	Bruce	12
81	Glenn	12
81	Lawrence	12
81	Vincent	12
85	Brad	11
85	Brandon	11
85	Brent	11
85	Jose	11
89	Alexander	10
89	Alfred	10
89	Barry	10
89	Frederick	10
89	Jeffery	10
89	Joel	10
89	Nicholas	10
96	Bradley	9
96	Carlos	9
96	Greg	9
96	Ian	9
96	Jared	9
96	Martin	9
96	Terrence	9