Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1974
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 266 |
| 2 | Jason | 255 |
| 3 | Christopher | 214 |
| 4 | Matthew | 171 |
| 5 | James | 155 |
| 6 | David | 154 |
| 7 | Brian | 135 |
| 8 | Daniel | 134 |
| 9 | John | 131 |
| 9 | Robert | 131 |
| 11 | Scott | 124 |
| 12 | Jeffrey | 114 |
| 13 | Eric | 104 |
| 14 | William | 89 |
| 15 | Thomas | 88 |
| 16 | Joshua | 84 |
| 17 | Ryan | 83 |
| 18 | Mark | 82 |
| 19 | Aaron | 81 |
| 20 | Timothy | 78 |
| 21 | Richard | 70 |
| 21 | Shawn | 70 |
| 23 | Jeremy | 68 |
| 23 | Joseph | 68 |
| 25 | Steven | 66 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kevin | 63 |
| 26 | Peter | 63 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 62 |
| 29 | Keith | 59 |
| 30 | Adam | 55 |
| 31 | Andrew | 53 |
| 32 | Todd | 50 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 48 |
| 33 | Justin | 48 |
| 35 | Derek | 47 |
| 36 | Charles | 46 |
| 36 | Nathan | 46 |
| 38 | Gregory | 44 |
| 39 | Craig | 42 |
| 39 | Sean | 42 |
| 39 | Stephen | 42 |
| 42 | Shane | 41 |
| 43 | Paul | 40 |
| 44 | Chad | 38 |
| 45 | Anthony | 37 |
| 46 | Jamie | 31 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 31 |
| 48 | Douglas | 29 |
| 48 | Marc | 29 |
| 50 | Patrick | 27 |
| 51 | Gary | 26 |
| 52 | Dennis | 25 |
| 52 | Donald | 25 |
| 54 | Bryan | 24 |
| 54 | George | 24 |
| 56 | Edward | 23 |
| 57 | Jesse | 22 |
| 57 | Seth | 22 |
| 59 | Carl | 21 |
| 59 | Corey | 21 |
| 61 | Brett | 19 |
| 61 | Travis | 19 |
| 63 | Erik | 18 |
| 63 | Ronald | 18 |
| 65 | Brandon | 17 |
| 66 | Dana | 16 |
| 66 | Ian | 16 |
| 68 | Alan | 14 |
| 68 | Nicholas | 14 |
| 70 | Christian | 13 |
| 70 | Raymond | 13 |
| 72 | Ernest | 12 |
| 72 | Jacob | 12 |
| 72 | Jay | 12 |
| 75 | Jared | 11 |
| 75 | Philip | 11 |
| 75 | Steve | 11 |
| 75 | Troy | 11 |
| 79 | Alexander | 10 |
| 79 | Arthur | 10 |
| 79 | Jeffery | 10 |
| 79 | Joel | 10 |
| 79 | Zachary | 10 |
| 84 | Barry | 9 |
| 84 | Cory | 9 |
| 84 | Jeremiah | 9 |
| 84 | Jon | 9 |
| 84 | Kyle | 9 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 9 |
| 84 | Phillip | 9 |
| 84 | Rodney | 9 |
| 84 | Roland | 9 |
| 84 | Wade | 9 |
| 84 | Walter | 9 |
| 95 | Bruce | 8 |
| 95 | Casey | 8 |
| 95 | Chris | 8 |
| 95 | Frank | 8 |
| 95 | Glenn | 8 |
| 95 | Kirk | 8 |
| 95 | Lawrence | 8 |
| 95 | Russell | 8 |
| 95 | Shannon | 8 |
| 95 | Wayne | 8 |