Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	447
2	Richard	365
3	John	338
4	James	249
5	David	240
6	William	211
7	Ronald	192
8	Michael	183
9	Paul	145
10	Thomas	144
11	Donald	141
12	Bruce	106
12	Charles	106
14	Peter	100
15	Dennis	99
16	Roger	96
17	Stephen	92
18	Kenneth	89
19	George	88
20	Gary	86
21	Daniel	85
22	Raymond	82
23	Wayne	80
24	Edward	75
25	Alan	64

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	62
27	Norman	59
28	Arthur	52
29	Brian	50
29	Steven	50
31	Douglas	48
32	Gerald	43
33	Frank	42
33	Roland	42
35	Albert	40
36	Larry	39
36	Philip	39
38	Russell	36
39	Gerard	35
40	Ralph	33
41	Ernest	32
41	Maurice	32
43	Leo	31
43	Mark	31
45	Barry	30
45	Lawrence	30
45	Stanley	30
45	Timothy	30
45	Walter	30
50	Frederick	29
50	Harold	29
52	Francis	28
52	Jeffrey	28
54	Carl	26
54	Gregory	26
56	Gordon	24
57	Henry	23
58	Allen	21
59	Andrew	20
59	Eugene	20
59	Louis	20
59	Terry	20
59	Theodore	20
64	Harry	19
64	Roy	19
66	Warren	17
67	Alfred	15
67	Glenn	15
67	Leonard	15
67	Normand	15
71	Allan	14
71	Clifford	14
71	Dale	14
71	Keith	14
71	Scott	14
71	Steve	14
77	Bernard	13
77	Dana	13
77	Denis	13
77	Howard	13
77	Jean	13
77	Kevin	13
77	Lester	13
77	Reginald	13
85	Armand	12
85	Guy	12
85	Lionel	12
85	Martin	12
85	Rene	12
85	Rodney	12
85	Wilfred	12
92	Anthony	11
92	Eric	11
92	Fred	11
92	Jon	11
92	Lloyd	11
97	Andre	10
97	Edwin	10
97	Herbert	10
97	Leon	10
97	Leslie	10