Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	375
2	Michael	327
3	Robert	302
4	Richard	237
5	John	229
6	James	195
7	William	166
8	Gary	158
9	Mark	152
10	Thomas	144
11	Peter	137
12	Paul	131
13	Stephen	129
14	Steven	127
15	Donald	105
16	Daniel	101
17	Bruce	97
18	Ronald	88
19	Kevin	86
20	Dennis	83
21	Kenneth	78
22	Brian	77
23	Charles	74
23	Jeffrey	74
25	Timothy	73

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	64
26	Scott	64
28	Raymond	63
29	Douglas	60
30	George	58
30	Joseph	58
32	Wayne	53
33	Roger	52
34	Alan	51
35	Marc	39
36	Philip	35
37	Arthur	33
37	Dana	33
37	Gregory	33
40	Carl	32
40	Keith	32
42	Andrew	29
43	Anthony	28
43	Norman	28
45	Lawrence	27
45	Russell	27
47	Walter	26
48	Frederick	25
49	Frank	23
50	Christopher	22
50	Glenn	22
50	Larry	22
50	Leo	22
54	Albert	21
54	Denis	21
54	Martin	21
57	Gerard	20
57	Jonathan	20
59	Jon	19
59	Maurice	19
59	Patrick	19
59	Roland	19
63	Ralph	18
63	Terry	18
65	Ernest	17
65	Gerald	17
65	Gordon	17
65	Harold	17
69	Craig	16
69	Glen	16
71	Dale	15
71	Randy	15
71	Rodney	15
74	Alfred	14
74	Allan	14
74	Bradley	14
74	Leon	14
74	Randall	14
79	Barry	13
79	Henry	13
79	Stanley	13
82	Eugene	12
82	Francis	12
82	Fred	12
82	Steve	12
86	Dean	11
86	Eric	11
86	Guy	11
86	Kim	11
90	Herbert	10
90	Micheal	10
90	Normand	10
90	Rene	10
90	Ricky	10
90	Roy	10
96	Harry	9
96	Howard	9
96	Lee	9
96	Samuel	9
100	Allen	8
100	Chester	8
100	Danny	8
100	Garry	8
100	Jack	8
100	Jeffery	8
100	Joel	8
100	Karl	8
100	Louis	8
100	Matthew	8
100	Stuart	8
100	Warren	8