Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	259
2	Michael	257
3	Jason	203
4	David	179
5	Scott	164
6	Robert	159
7	Matthew	149
8	John	142
9	Brian	133
10	Jeffrey	130
11	James	129
12	Daniel	108
13	Mark	101
14	William	92
15	Eric	91
16	Kevin	84
16	Timothy	84
18	Richard	83
18	Thomas	83
20	Steven	81
21	Shawn	78
22	Stephen	71
23	Jonathan	70
24	Joseph	65
25	Peter	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	56
27	Aaron	52
28	Craig	50
28	Sean	50
28	Todd	50
31	Derek	49
31	Keith	49
33	Gregory	46
33	Joshua	46
35	Paul	45
36	Chad	41
36	Donald	41
36	Kenneth	41
39	Andrew	36
39	Patrick	36
39	Shane	36
42	Charles	35
43	Edward	34
44	Anthony	33
44	Ronald	33
44	Ryan	33
47	Nathan	32
48	Gary	30
49	Adam	29
49	Jamie	29
51	Dennis	28
51	Justin	28
53	George	25
53	Marc	25
53	Raymond	25
53	Travis	25
57	Bruce	24
58	Benjamin	23
59	Dana	22
59	Douglas	22
59	Russell	22
62	Corey	21
62	Erik	21
64	Philip	19
65	Brett	18
66	Christian	17
66	Jesse	17
68	Troy	16
69	Alan	15
69	Dale	15
69	Frank	15
69	Joel	15
69	Wayne	15
74	Bradley	14
74	Brandon	14
74	Randy	14
77	Jon	13
78	Ian	12
79	Carl	11
79	Darren	11
79	Jay	11
79	Tony	11
83	Cory	10
83	Dean	10
83	Ernest	10
83	Roger	10
83	Shannon	10
88	Bryan	9
88	Danny	9
88	Samuel	9
88	Walter	9
92	Alexander	8
92	Alfred	8
92	Casey	8
92	Duane	8
92	Edwin	8
92	Harold	8
92	Herbert	8
92	Jeffery	8
92	Kurt	8
92	Lance	8
92	Lawrence	8
92	Maurice	8
92	Roland	8
92	Steve	8