Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	227
2	Michael	226
3	Christopher	211
4	David	157
5	Robert	151
6	Matthew	144
7	James	142
8	Scott	136
9	John	129
10	Jeffrey	126
11	Brian	122
12	Daniel	107
13	Eric	87
14	Kevin	83
15	William	79
16	Richard	78
17	Timothy	74
18	Mark	73
18	Shawn	73
20	Steven	71
21	Keith	68
22	Thomas	67
23	Jeremy	63
23	Peter	63
25	Joseph	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	60
27	Joshua	55
28	Aaron	54
28	Jonathan	54
30	Craig	51
30	Kenneth	51
32	Stephen	49
33	Adam	48
34	Todd	47
35	Paul	46
35	Ryan	46
37	Sean	42
38	Nathan	40
39	Charles	39
40	Gregory	38
41	Derek	35
41	Marc	35
43	Patrick	34
44	Edward	33
45	Shane	31
46	Anthony	30
47	Gary	28
48	Donald	27
49	Ronald	26
50	Chad	25
51	Douglas	24
51	Jamie	24
51	Justin	24
54	Benjamin	22
54	Dana	22
54	Erik	22
57	Christian	21
58	Bryan	20
58	George	20
58	Seth	20
61	Philip	19
61	Troy	19
63	Corey	18
63	Nicholas	18
63	Raymond	18
66	Dennis	17
66	Roger	17
66	Travis	17
69	Wayne	16
70	Alexander	15
70	Jesse	15
72	Brett	14
72	Dale	14
74	Jay	13
74	Russell	13
76	Brandon	12
76	Jacob	12
76	Jeffery	12
76	Lance	12
76	Norman	12
76	Zachary	12
82	Alan	11
82	Gerald	11
82	Ian	11
82	Joel	11
82	Randy	11
87	Bradley	10
87	Bruce	10
87	Ethan	10
87	Jon	10
87	Ralph	10
87	Steve	10
93	Carl	9
93	Randall	9
93	Rodney	9
93	Samuel	9
93	Walter	9
98	Arthur	8
98	Curtis	8
98	Gabriel	8
98	Kirk	8
98	Kyle	8