Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,390
2	Jason	995
3	Christopher	964
4	Brian	953
5	Scott	935
6	David	891
7	James	782
8	Robert	738
9	John	737
10	Daniel	714
11	Matthew	675
12	Mark	640
13	Chad	638
14	Jeffrey	624
15	Kevin	551
16	Eric	550
17	Steven	545
18	Timothy	527
19	Todd	455
20	William	444
21	Thomas	441
22	Paul	413
23	Andrew	410
24	Joseph	407
25	Richard	319

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	294
27	Craig	285
28	Ryan	282
29	Anthony	277
30	Troy	268
31	Patrick	254
32	Shawn	241
33	Peter	237
34	Kenneth	212
35	Bradley	204
36	Douglas	193
37	Keith	190
38	Aaron	188
39	Charles	183
40	Jeremy	180
41	Jonathan	169
42	Shane	164
43	Joel	161
44	Donald	143
45	Sean	134
45	Travis	134
47	Kurt	132
48	Jon	130
49	Jamie	129
50	Jeffery	125
51	Brett	123
51	Gary	123
53	Adam	122
53	Ronald	122
55	Bryan	120
56	Dennis	119
57	Joshua	118
58	Dean	114
59	Stephen	112
60	Edward	110
61	Jay	107
62	Cory	104
62	Erik	104
62	Jesse	104
65	Corey	103
66	Brent	100
66	Nathan	100
68	Benjamin	98
69	Nicholas	97
69	Randy	97
71	Dale	93
72	Kyle	89
73	Justin	80
73	Terry	80
75	Derek	76
76	Tony	71
77	Lee	69
78	Allen	68
78	Wayne	68
80	Curtis	67
81	Randall	66
82	Brandon	65
82	Frank	65
82	Lance	65
82	Raymond	65
86	Brad	64
86	Gerald	64
86	Russell	64
86	Shannon	64
90	Chris	61
90	Larry	61
92	Roger	58
93	Alan	57
94	Bruce	54
95	Jerry	53
95	Kelly	53
97	Rodney	52
98	George	51
99	Marc	48
100	Darren	47
100	Phillip	47