Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	317
2	Robert	293
3	David	279
4	Richard	275
5	John	231
6	James	199
7	William	192
8	Gary	152
8	Thomas	152
10	Paul	142
11	Stephen	117
12	Ronald	107
13	Dennis	105
14	Donald	100
15	Daniel	99
16	Peter	97
17	Bruce	96
18	Mark	94
19	Steven	93
20	Kenneth	83
21	Charles	73
22	Brian	65
23	George	60
24	Joseph	59
25	Wayne	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	55
27	Raymond	53
28	Alan	51
28	Edward	51
30	Roger	49
31	Timothy	48
32	Douglas	46
33	Kevin	43
34	Philip	38
35	Lawrence	35
35	Norman	35
35	Scott	35
38	Larry	33
39	Arthur	32
40	Gregory	30
41	Roland	28
42	Frank	25
43	Christopher	23
43	Terry	23
45	Henry	22
45	Walter	22
47	Denis	21
47	Frederick	21
47	Gerald	21
47	Maurice	21
51	Barry	20
51	Dana	20
51	Glenn	20
51	Leonard	20
55	Dale	19
55	Harold	19
55	Russell	19
58	Jay	18
58	Rodney	18
60	Anthony	17
60	Francis	17
62	Carl	16
62	Leo	16
64	Allen	15
64	Randall	15
64	Roy	15
67	Ernest	14
67	Gerard	14
67	Normand	14
67	Ralph	14
67	Randy	14
72	Albert	13
72	Eric	13
72	Marc	13
75	Andre	12
75	Andrew	12
75	Gordon	12
75	Patrick	12
75	Stanley	12
75	Theodore	12
81	Alfred	11
81	Bernard	11
81	Jerry	11
81	Jon	11
81	Keith	11
86	Craig	10
86	Danny	10
86	Dean	10
86	Harry	10
86	Jonathan	10
86	Warren	10
92	Edwin	9
92	Fred	9
92	Jack	9
92	Rene	9
92	Ricky	9
92	Steve	9
98	Brent	8
98	Calvin	8
98	Claude	8
98	Duane	8
98	Kim	8
98	Lee	8
98	Martin	8
98	Phillip	8
98	Robin	8
98	Samuel	8