Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	341
2	Matthew	276
3	Christopher	271
4	Joshua	231
5	Ryan	204
6	Nicholas	168
7	Daniel	165
8	James	164
9	Andrew	160
10	David	156
10	Jonathan	156
12	Jason	139
13	Robert	135
14	Benjamin	131
15	Adam	129
16	Joseph	121
17	John	115
18	Timothy	113
19	Brian	112
20	Kevin	111
21	Jeffrey	110
22	Justin	105
23	Patrick	104
24	Eric	103
25	Thomas	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kyle	88
27	William	83
28	Brandon	80
29	Nathan	79
30	Jeremy	74
31	Steven	72
32	Tyler	71
33	Stephen	70
34	Scott	69
35	Shawn	65
36	Sean	64
37	Richard	63
38	Gregory	62
39	Mark	58
39	Peter	58
41	Anthony	55
42	Derek	53
43	Jacob	49
44	Zachary	46
45	Aaron	45
46	Paul	44
47	Travis	43
48	Corey	41
49	Keith	40
50	Jesse	39
51	Jared	38
52	Craig	35
53	Alexander	34
53	Bryan	34
53	Kenneth	34
56	Ian	33
57	Samuel	32
58	Charles	31
59	Nathaniel	30
60	Dustin	29
61	Shane	25
62	Trevor	24
63	Bradley	22
63	Chad	22
63	Cory	22
63	Douglas	22
63	Seth	22
68	Evan	20
69	Edward	19
69	Marc	19
69	Philip	19
72	Alex	18
72	Brendan	18
72	Carl	18
72	Joel	18
72	Todd	18
77	Colin	17
77	Donald	17
77	Mathew	17
80	Erik	16
80	Shaun	16
82	Christian	15
82	Dana	15
82	Ross	15
82	Tyson	15
86	Brett	14
86	Lucas	14
86	Phillip	14
89	Geoffrey	13
89	Jordan	13
89	Kristopher	13
92	Dennis	12
92	Luke	12
92	Roger	12
95	Alan	11
95	Cameron	11
95	Casey	11
95	Cody	11
95	Garrett	11
95	George	11
95	Raymond	11