Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	938
2	Jason	853
3	Christopher	715
4	David	656
5	Robert	602
6	Brian	551
7	John	531
8	James	512
9	Matthew	453
10	Scott	423
11	Jeffrey	379
12	Daniel	366
13	Eric	349
14	Richard	317
15	William	302
16	Ryan	301
17	Kevin	299
18	Mark	296
19	Steven	295
20	Aaron	282
21	Joseph	265
22	Timothy	251
23	Chad	231
24	Jeremy	225
25	Paul	219

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Sean	219
27	Thomas	212
28	Shawn	200
29	Anthony	199
30	Todd	186
31	Andrew	185
32	Kenneth	181
33	Charles	169
33	Gregory	169
35	Justin	156
35	Travis	156
37	Patrick	149
38	Shane	148
39	Donald	134
40	Joshua	133
41	Bryan	124
42	Craig	123
42	Gary	123
44	Adam	122
45	Jonathan	119
46	Peter	114
47	Troy	112
48	Erik	106
49	Keith	103
50	Ronald	102
51	Douglas	100
52	Brandon	99
53	Brent	97
53	Nathan	97
55	Bradley	93
55	Stephen	93
57	Jeffery	92
58	Edward	89
59	Benjamin	88
60	Brett	83
61	Larry	82
62	Jon	79
63	Derek	74
64	Chris	70
65	Jesse	69
65	Joel	69
65	Kyle	69
68	Jerry	68
69	Dennis	67
70	Kelly	60
70	Lance	60
72	Jacob	57
73	Cory	55
73	Jeff	55
75	Jay	54
75	Raymond	54
75	Tony	54
78	George	53
78	Terry	53
80	Christian	52
80	Corey	52
80	Russell	52
80	Samuel	52
80	Tracy	52
85	Trevor	50
86	Curtis	48
86	Darren	48
88	Philip	47
89	Casey	44
89	Dustin	44
89	Marcus	44
89	Randy	44
93	Alan	42
93	Marc	42
93	Mike	42
96	Bruce	41
96	Rodney	41
98	Steve	40
99	Brad	39
99	Lawrence	39
99	Micheal	39
99	Nicholas	39
99	Phillip	39
99	Roger	39