Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	274
2	Michael	250
3	Matthew	228
4	Christopher	207
5	David	161
6	Brian	134
7	James	127
8	Timothy	115
9	Kevin	114
10	Eric	111
10	Joshua	111
12	Ryan	108
13	Jeffrey	107
14	John	104
15	Jeremy	101
16	Daniel	100
17	Benjamin	97
18	Robert	96
19	Scott	95
20	Joseph	80
21	Andrew	78
21	Richard	78
23	William	77
24	Adam	75
24	Jonathan	75

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Justin	74
27	Aaron	72
28	Nathan	71
29	Thomas	70
30	Mark	68
31	Shawn	66
32	Peter	62
33	Steven	59
34	Paul	57
35	Keith	55
35	Stephen	55
37	Sean	46
38	Anthony	45
39	Todd	40
40	Gregory	39
41	Corey	38
41	Craig	38
41	Patrick	38
44	Kenneth	37
45	Charles	35
45	Nicholas	35
47	Jesse	32
47	Seth	32
49	Travis	31
50	Donald	29
51	Chad	28
51	Derek	28
51	Jeremiah	28
54	Jacob	26
55	Joel	25
55	Nathaniel	25
55	Samuel	25
55	Shane	25
59	Douglas	24
59	Erik	24
61	Bryan	23
61	Jared	23
63	Randy	22
64	Edward	21
64	Ian	21
66	Brandon	20
67	George	19
67	Marc	19
67	Ronald	19
70	Brett	17
70	Christian	17
70	Dennis	17
70	Gary	17
70	Wesley	17
75	Cory	16
75	Philip	16
77	Jamie	15
78	Mathew	13
78	Russell	13
78	Shaun	13
81	Bradley	12
81	Ethan	12
81	Geoffrey	12
81	Kyle	12
85	Colin	11
85	Dana	11
85	Frank	11
85	Jay	11
85	Raymond	11
85	Zachary	11
91	Arthur	10
91	Brent	10
91	Gabriel	10
91	Tyler	10
91	Wayne	10
96	Alexander	9
96	Brendan	9
96	Carl	9
96	Heath	9
96	Jon	9
96	Kristopher	9
96	Louis	9
96	Phillip	9
96	Troy	9
96	Walter	9