Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	280
2	Christopher	237
3	Jason	228
4	Matthew	225
5	Joshua	170
6	David	169
7	Ryan	138
8	John	135
9	James	130
10	Brian	127
11	Adam	125
12	Nicholas	120
13	Robert	119
14	Daniel	116
15	Timothy	109
16	Eric	102
17	Scott	94
18	Jeffrey	92
19	Andrew	90
19	Justin	90
21	Thomas	86
22	Nathan	85
23	Jonathan	83
24	Jeremy	82
25	Joseph	80

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	79
27	Aaron	78
28	William	76
29	Benjamin	64
30	Richard	62
31	Peter	61
32	Patrick	59
33	Shawn	55
34	Mark	54
35	Sean	51
36	Steven	46
37	Stephen	44
38	Gregory	42
38	Travis	42
40	Chad	41
41	Paul	40
42	Charles	39
43	Anthony	38
44	Craig	37
44	Jacob	37
44	Jared	37
47	Kenneth	35
48	Jesse	34
48	Todd	34
50	Brandon	33
51	Shaun	32
52	Derek	31
53	Seth	30
53	Zachary	30
55	Corey	27
55	Ronald	27
55	Shane	27
58	Keith	26
59	Dennis	24
60	Erik	23
60	Marc	23
62	Ian	22
62	Kyle	22
64	Douglas	21
64	Jeremiah	21
66	Philip	20
67	Donald	19
68	Brett	18
69	Bryan	17
69	Joel	17
69	Samuel	17
69	Troy	17
73	Alexander	16
73	George	16
73	Raymond	16
76	Casey	15
76	Gary	15
76	Lucas	15
76	Nathaniel	15
80	Edward	14
81	Brendan	13
81	Gabriel	13
83	Alan	12
83	Ethan	12
83	Geoffrey	12
83	Jay	12
83	Trevor	12
88	Christian	11
88	Jamie	11
88	Jon	11
88	Kristopher	11
92	Bruce	10
92	Randy	10
92	Roger	10
92	Tyler	10
96	Brad	9
96	Bradley	9
96	Cory	9
96	Curtis	9
96	Evan	9
96	Garrett	9
96	Isaac	9
96	Luke	9
96	Walter	9