Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	269
2	Matthew	258
3	Christopher	234
4	Jason	215
5	Joshua	177
6	Daniel	150
7	David	147
8	James	146
9	Ryan	141
10	Brian	132
11	Robert	124
12	Adam	120
13	Justin	119
14	John	118
15	Joseph	117
16	Timothy	116
17	Eric	105
18	Jonathan	104
18	Nicholas	104
20	Andrew	101
21	Jeffrey	100
22	William	95
23	Scott	94
24	Nathan	89
25	Jeremy	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	82
27	Kevin	77
27	Thomas	77
29	Aaron	75
30	Mark	61
31	Sean	60
32	Stephen	58
33	Patrick	56
34	Richard	55
35	Keith	50
36	Peter	49
37	Steven	47
38	Derek	46
38	Jesse	46
40	Shawn	45
41	Anthony	44
41	Paul	44
43	Gregory	43
44	Chad	41
45	Kenneth	36
46	Seth	35
46	Travis	35
48	Jacob	34
49	Brandon	33
50	Charles	32
51	Bryan	31
51	Todd	31
51	Zachary	31
54	Douglas	30
55	Shane	29
56	Craig	28
57	Erik	27
57	Joel	27
59	Samuel	26
60	Edward	25
60	George	25
60	Shaun	25
63	Corey	24
64	Kyle	23
64	Philip	23
66	Tyler	22
67	Bradley	21
67	Cory	21
69	Alexander	20
69	Brett	20
69	Jared	20
69	Luke	20
73	Ronald	19
74	Gary	18
74	Ian	18
74	Lucas	18
74	Raymond	18
74	Wayne	18
79	Alan	17
79	Casey	17
79	Donald	17
82	Jamie	16
82	Jeremiah	16
82	Randy	16
85	Nathaniel	15
85	Ross	15
87	Dustin	14
87	Roger	14
89	Frank	13
90	Ethan	12
90	Garrett	12
92	Brad	11
92	Brendan	11
92	Bruce	11
92	Colin	11
92	Dana	11
92	Isaac	11
92	Lance	11
92	Marc	11
100	Arthur	10
100	Brent	10
100	Karl	10
100	Troy	10
100	Walter	10