Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	275
2	Matthew	263
3	Christopher	233
4	Joshua	189
5	Jason	177
6	Ryan	175
7	Daniel	159
8	David	153
9	John	143
10	Timothy	136
11	Jonathan	132
12	Adam	130
13	Brian	127
14	Robert	126
15	Jeffrey	124
16	Justin	123
17	Nicholas	116
18	Eric	115
19	Benjamin	111
19	James	111
21	Andrew	100
21	William	100
23	Joseph	94
24	Thomas	90
25	Kevin	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	79
27	Nathan	78
28	Jesse	76
29	Jeremy	71
30	Aaron	66
30	Stephen	66
32	Patrick	62
33	Brandon	59
34	Shawn	56
35	Derek	54
36	Richard	52
37	Steven	51
38	Gregory	46
39	Jacob	45
40	Mark	44
40	Peter	44
40	Sean	44
43	Corey	41
43	Travis	41
45	Anthony	39
46	Keith	37
46	Paul	37
48	Kyle	35
49	Charles	33
49	Jared	33
51	Douglas	32
52	Seth	31
52	Zachary	31
54	Craig	30
55	Ian	29
55	Kenneth	29
57	Chad	28
58	Shane	27
59	Bryan	26
59	Erik	26
61	Samuel	25
62	Alexander	22
62	Jamie	22
64	Tyler	21
65	Luke	20
66	Brendan	19
66	Brett	19
66	Bruce	19
66	Donald	19
66	Edward	19
71	Bradley	18
71	Cory	18
71	George	18
71	Joel	18
71	Nathaniel	18
71	Shaun	18
77	Dennis	17
77	Gary	17
77	Lucas	17
77	Mathew	17
77	Raymond	17
77	Todd	17
83	Philip	16
84	Jordan	15
85	Casey	14
86	Ethan	13
86	Marc	13
86	Wayne	13
89	Dustin	12
89	Evan	12
91	Phillip	11
91	Ronald	11
93	Arthur	10
93	Christian	10
93	Colin	10
93	Jeffery	10
93	Jeremiah	10
93	Randy	10
93	Ross	10
100	Alan	9
100	Barry	9
100	Clinton	9
100	Garrett	9
100	Lee	9
100	Russell	9
100	Troy	9