Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	353
2	David	321
3	Robert	280
4	Richard	254
5	John	237
6	James	191
7	William	179
8	Mark	172
9	Paul	156
10	Steven	148
11	Gary	137
12	Peter	135
13	Thomas	130
14	Donald	127
15	Brian	117
15	Stephen	117
17	Kevin	103
18	Daniel	100
19	Ronald	90
20	Bruce	85
21	Timothy	82
22	Charles	77
23	Dennis	75
23	Jeffrey	75
25	Joseph	74

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	65
27	Raymond	63
27	Wayne	63
29	Kenneth	62
30	Douglas	61
31	Edward	60
32	Scott	59
33	Alan	57
34	Roger	50
35	Marc	40
36	Gregory	37
37	Keith	36
38	Philip	35
39	Norman	32
40	Christopher	31
41	Andrew	30
42	Randy	27
43	Lawrence	26
44	Larry	25
45	Carl	24
45	Frederick	24
45	Jonathan	24
48	Dale	23
48	Dana	23
50	Arthur	22
50	Denis	22
50	Randall	22
53	Frank	21
53	Gerard	21
53	Leo	21
56	Anthony	20
56	Roland	20
56	Walter	20
59	Albert	19
59	Barry	19
59	Gerald	19
62	Jay	18
63	Patrick	17
63	Ralph	17
63	Ricky	17
66	Allen	16
66	Eric	16
66	Ernest	16
66	Jon	16
66	Matthew	16
71	Bradley	15
71	Earl	15
73	Craig	14
73	Glenn	14
73	Guy	14
73	Jerry	14
73	Leonard	14
73	Stanley	14
73	Steve	14
80	Danny	13
80	Francis	13
80	Gordon	13
83	Alexander	12
83	Dean	12
83	Eugene	12
83	Harold	12
83	Leslie	12
83	Louis	12
83	Maurice	12
83	Neil	12
83	Russell	12
92	Fred	11
92	Herbert	11
92	Karl	11
92	Theodore	11
96	Glen	10
96	Henry	10
96	Terry	10
96	Vincent	10
100	Allan	9
100	Armand	9
100	Jeffery	9
100	Joel	9
100	Marcel	9
100	Normand	9
100	Rene	9
100	Samuel	9