Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1972
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,963 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,113 |
| 3 | David | 2,830 |
| 4 | James | 2,827 |
| 5 | John | 2,638 |
| 6 | Robert | 2,495 |
| 7 | Jason | 2,130 |
| 8 | Jose | 1,606 |
| 9 | William | 1,476 |
| 10 | Brian | 1,407 |
| 11 | Richard | 1,314 |
| 12 | Juan | 1,296 |
| 13 | Mark | 1,248 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,204 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,179 |
| 16 | Charles | 1,115 |
| 17 | Steven | 1,021 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,000 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 909 |
| 20 | Joseph | 858 |
| 21 | Paul | 818 |
| 22 | Thomas | 812 |
| 23 | Anthony | 777 |
| 24 | Joe | 771 |
| 25 | Matthew | 743 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Scott | 703 |
| 27 | Stephen | 699 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 697 |
| 29 | Chad | 677 |
| 30 | Timothy | 654 |
| 31 | Gregory | 632 |
| 32 | Jesus | 587 |
| 33 | Patrick | 572 |
| 34 | Bryan | 558 |
| 35 | Carlos | 557 |
| 36 | Jerry | 507 |
| 37 | Edward | 502 |
| 38 | Billy | 492 |
| 38 | Larry | 492 |
| 40 | George | 484 |
| 41 | Gary | 483 |
| 42 | Johnny | 470 |
| 43 | Ronald | 456 |
| 44 | Ricardo | 454 |
| 45 | Shawn | 449 |
| 46 | Donald | 441 |
| 47 | Keith | 434 |
| 48 | Ruben | 432 |
| 49 | Brandon | 429 |
| 49 | Jimmy | 429 |
| 51 | Jonathan | 415 |
| 52 | Luis | 408 |
| 53 | Roberto | 404 |
| 54 | Andrew | 399 |
| 55 | Jeremy | 392 |
| 55 | Marcus | 392 |
| 57 | Manuel | 375 |
| 58 | Gabriel | 373 |
| 59 | Jesse | 364 |
| 59 | Victor | 364 |
| 61 | Raul | 362 |
| 62 | Bobby | 357 |
| 63 | Sean | 356 |
| 64 | Raymond | 355 |
| 65 | Frank | 349 |
| 65 | Samuel | 349 |
| 67 | Aaron | 347 |
| 68 | Jeffery | 346 |
| 69 | Mario | 340 |
| 70 | Chris | 339 |
| 70 | Rodney | 339 |
| 72 | Francisco | 332 |
| 73 | Adrian | 331 |
| 74 | Douglas | 328 |
| 75 | Troy | 327 |
| 76 | Adam | 319 |
| 76 | Todd | 319 |
| 78 | Antonio | 318 |
| 79 | Roy | 316 |
| 80 | Ryan | 311 |
| 81 | Terry | 308 |
| 82 | Jorge | 306 |
| 82 | Oscar | 306 |
| 84 | Rene | 304 |
| 85 | Javier | 303 |
| 86 | Craig | 301 |
| 86 | Randy | 301 |
| 88 | Joel | 298 |
| 89 | Hector | 296 |
| 90 | Jaime | 295 |
| 91 | Russell | 282 |
| 92 | Danny | 279 |
| 93 | Bradley | 277 |
| 94 | Justin | 269 |
| 95 | Albert | 257 |
| 96 | Armando | 255 |
| 97 | Derrick | 254 |
| 97 | Tony | 254 |
| 99 | Miguel | 253 |
| 100 | Martin | 252 |