Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	268
2	Matthew	238
3	Christopher	231
4	Jason	213
5	David	161
6	Joshua	152
7	James	124
8	Brian	119
8	Ryan	119
10	Robert	117
11	Daniel	115
12	John	108
13	Eric	105
14	Adam	102
14	Jeremy	102
16	Timothy	101
17	Jeffrey	99
17	Scott	99
19	Nathan	98
20	Kevin	92
21	Jonathan	91
22	Andrew	85
22	Benjamin	85
24	William	82
25	Justin	76

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	72
27	Joseph	67
27	Thomas	67
29	Mark	61
30	Richard	60
31	Paul	54
32	Shawn	53
32	Steven	53
34	Peter	51
35	Sean	50
36	Aaron	49
37	Chad	46
37	Stephen	46
39	Patrick	44
40	Gregory	41
41	Jacob	38
42	Charles	37
43	Corey	36
44	Jesse	35
45	Brandon	34
46	Keith	33
47	Travis	32
48	Shaun	30
48	Todd	30
50	Anthony	28
50	Craig	28
50	Kenneth	28
53	Dennis	27
54	Douglas	25
55	Bryan	24
56	Jared	23
57	Seth	22
57	Shane	22
59	Derek	21
60	Ian	20
60	Samuel	20
62	Edward	19
62	Erik	19
62	Zachary	19
65	Donald	18
65	Gary	18
65	Ronald	18
68	Jeremiah	17
68	Joel	17
68	Tyler	17
71	Brendan	16
71	Casey	16
71	Jamie	16
71	Philip	16
75	Brett	15
75	Ethan	15
75	Kyle	15
78	Bradley	14
78	Bruce	14
78	Dana	14
78	Evan	14
78	Marc	14
83	Mathew	13
83	Nathaniel	13
83	Wayne	13
86	Carl	12
86	Jay	12
86	Kristopher	12
86	Raymond	12
90	Alexander	11
90	Brad	11
90	Ernest	11
90	George	11
94	Alan	10
94	Arthur	10
94	Bradford	10
94	Brent	10
94	Christian	10
94	Cory	10
94	Dale	10
94	Karl	10
94	Luke	10
94	Randy	10
94	Roger	10
94	Ross	10