Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	313
2	Richard	268
3	David	255
4	John	253
5	Michael	213
6	James	201
7	William	180
8	Thomas	169
9	Paul	146
10	Ronald	130
11	Donald	122
12	Bruce	118
13	Gary	113
14	Dennis	103
15	Charles	102
16	Stephen	97
17	George	82
17	Roger	82
19	Daniel	81
20	Peter	78
21	Kenneth	74
22	Wayne	72
23	Joseph	60
23	Raymond	60
25	Mark	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	56
26	Steven	56
28	Norman	45
29	Philip	44
30	Alan	43
30	Timothy	43
32	Brian	41
32	Douglas	41
34	Kevin	40
35	Arthur	36
36	Lawrence	35
36	Russell	35
38	Larry	33
39	Francis	32
39	Gerald	32
41	Frank	30
41	Roland	30
43	Gregory	29
44	Scott	28
44	Walter	28
46	Albert	26
46	Barry	26
46	Leon	26
49	Henry	25
50	Ernest	24
50	Leo	24
52	Ralph	23
53	Dana	22
53	Frederick	22
53	Gerard	22
56	Harry	21
56	Jeffrey	21
58	Carl	20
58	Glenn	20
60	Allen	19
60	Eric	19
60	Maurice	19
63	Andrew	18
63	Craig	18
63	Keith	18
63	Leonard	18
67	Christopher	17
67	Gordon	17
69	Harold	15
69	Jerry	15
69	Jonathan	15
72	Dean	14
72	Howard	14
72	Marc	14
75	Dale	13
75	Eugene	13
75	Roy	13
75	Theodore	13
79	Anthony	12
79	Louis	12
79	Martin	12
79	Patrick	12
79	Randall	12
84	Bernard	11
84	Fred	11
84	Stanley	11
87	Bradley	10
87	Denis	10
87	Earl	10
87	Herbert	10
87	Jean	10
87	Terry	10
93	Clifford	9
93	Dwight	9
93	Jay	9
93	Jerome	9
93	Kerry	9
93	Lewis	9
93	Warren	9
100	Andre	8
100	Armand	8
100	Normand	8
100	Ricky	8
100	Rodney	8