Top Boys Names of 1972 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	Michael	71K
2	Christopher	52K
3	James	47K
4	David	46K
5	John	43K
6	Robert	43K
7	Jason	37K
8	Brian	36K
9	William	31K
10	Matthew	23K
11	Scott	23K
12	Joseph	22K
13	Kevin	22K
14	Richard	22K
15	Daniel	22K
16	Eric	22K
17	Jeffrey	22K
18	Mark	21K
19	Steven	20K
20	Thomas	20K
21	Timothy	18K
22	Anthony	17K
23	Charles	17K
24	Paul	15K
25	Chad	13K
26	Gregory	13K
27	Kenneth	12K
28	Shawn	11K
29	Stephen	11K
30	Andrew	10K
31	Todd	10K
32	Ronald	10K
33	Sean	9K
34	Edward	9K
35	Patrick	9K
36	Donald	9K
37	Jonathan	9K
38	Keith	9K
39	Ryan	9K
40	Aaron	8K
41	Gary	8K
42	Jeremy	7K
43	Douglas	7K
44	George	7K
45	Bryan	7K
46	Craig	7K
47	Larry	7K
48	Peter	6K
49	Troy	6K
50	Jose	6K
51	Adam	6K
52	Dennis	6K
53	Jerry	6K
54	Raymond	5K
55	Shane	5K
56	Frank	5K
57	Travis	5K
58	Jeffery	5K
59	Joshua	5K
60	Justin	5K
61	Bradley	5K
62	Terry	5K
63	Brandon	5K
64	Benjamin	4K
65	Rodney	4K
66	Samuel	4K
67	Derek	4K
68	Tony	4K
69	Russell	4K
70	Randy	4K
71	Marcus	4K
72	Jamie	4K
73	Juan	4K
74	Johnny	4K
75	Phillip	4K
76	Roger	4K
77	Brent	4K
78	Joel	4K
79	Nathan	4K
80	Brett	4K
81	Billy	3K
82	Chris	3K
83	Marc	3K
84	Carlos	3K
85	Carl	3K
86	Erik	3K
87	Danny	3K
88	Jesse	3K
89	Jon	3K
90	Bobby	3K
91	Derrick	3K
92	Curtis	3K
93	Antonio	3K
94	Shannon	3K
95	Corey	3K
96	Christian	3K
97	Jimmy	3K
98	Walter	3K
99	Nicholas	3K
100	Joe	3K