Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	262
2	Michael	240
3	Christopher	212
4	Matthew	174
5	James	133
6	David	130
7	Brian	123
8	John	120
9	Eric	119
10	Timothy	103
11	Jeffrey	102
12	Joshua	97
12	Robert	97
14	Scott	95
15	Daniel	90
16	Joseph	86
17	Jeremy	81
18	Benjamin	76
19	Andrew	75
20	Ryan	73
21	Kevin	71
22	William	70
23	Adam	69
24	Richard	68
25	Shawn	67

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Thomas	67
27	Justin	63
27	Nathan	63
29	Mark	60
29	Steven	60
31	Jonathan	55
32	Stephen	54
33	Keith	43
34	Peter	40
35	Aaron	39
35	Anthony	39
37	Gregory	38
37	Patrick	38
37	Sean	38
40	Todd	37
41	Charles	35
42	Paul	34
43	Corey	32
44	Derek	31
45	Jacob	27
46	Donald	26
46	Douglas	26
46	Edward	26
46	Marc	26
50	Chad	25
51	Craig	24
51	Jamie	24
51	Kenneth	24
51	Shane	24
51	Travis	24
56	Seth	23
57	Jesse	22
57	Nathaniel	22
59	Zachary	20
60	Ian	19
61	Jeremiah	18
62	Brandon	17
63	George	16
63	Jared	16
63	Raymond	16
63	Troy	16
67	Erik	15
67	Gary	15
67	Jay	15
70	Bryan	13
70	Geoffrey	13
70	Randy	13
70	Samuel	13
74	Bradley	12
74	Dana	12
74	Mathew	12
74	Philip	12
74	Ronald	12
74	Tyler	12
74	Wayne	12
81	Alan	10
81	Brendan	10
81	Brent	10
81	Danny	10
81	Dennis	10
81	Lucas	10
81	Nicholas	10
81	Shannon	10
89	Alexander	9
89	Bruce	9
89	Christian	9
89	Kyle	9
89	Roger	9
89	Theodore	9
89	Walter	9
96	Casey	8
96	Dustin	8
96	Frank	8
96	Gabriel	8
96	Jody	8
96	Joel	8
96	Jon	8
96	Neil	8
96	Norman	8
96	Russell	8
96	Toby	8