Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1972

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jason	764
2	2Michael	680
3	3David	531
4	4Robert	451
5	5Christopher	449
6	6James	352
7	7Kevin	307
8	8John	295
9	9Steven	253
10	10Richard	248
11	11Daniel	225
12	12William	220
13	13Scott	213
14	14Ryan	207
15	15Brian	203
16	16Mark	199
17	17Paul	195
18	18Sean	174
19	19Darren	169
20	20Andrew	152
21	21Shane	152
22	22Shawn	152
23	23Trevor	147
24	24Stephen	142
25	25Kenneth	140
26	26Matthew	139
27	27Jeffrey	136
28	28Gregory	135
29	29Peter	130
30	30Joseph	118
31	31Aaron	117
32	32Derek	117
33	33Douglas	117
34	34Todd	115
35	35Bradley	114
36	36Chad	107
37	37Ian	106
38	38Gordon	101
39	39Ronald	100
40	40Thomas	100
41	41Craig	99
42	42Jeremy	98
43	43Colin	96
44	44Patrick	96
45	45Dean	95
46	46Troy	94
47	47Timothy	89
48	48Brent	88
49	49Anthony	86
50	50Donald	84
51	51Dennis	81
52	52George	78
53	53Eric	77
54	54Keith	70
55	55Jonathan	68
56	56Justin	67
57	57Edward	66
58	58Adam	65
59	59Jamie	60
60	60Wayne	60
61	61Charles	59
62	62Cory	59
63	63Dale	59
64	64Cameron	58
65	65Gary	57
66	66Joshua	57
67	67Clayton	56
68	68Kelly	55
69	69Martin	54
70	70Raymond	53
71	71Lance	51
72	72Clinton	49
73	73Darryl	48
74	74Dwayne	48
75	75Frank	48
76	76Neil	48
77	77Benjamin	47
78	78Glen	47
79	79Alan	46
80	80Rodney	46
81	81Russell	46
82	82Bryan	45
83	83Lee	45
84	84Warren	45
85	85Bruce	42
86	86Wade	42
87	87Allan	40
88	88Brett	39
89	89Corey	39
90	90Grant	38
91	91Darcy	37
92	92Jeffery	37
93	93Roger	37
94	94Terry	37
95	95Vincent	37
96	96Christian	36
97	97Curtis	36
98	98Gerald	36
99	99Randy	36
100	100Travis	36

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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