Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	291
2	Matthew	288
3	Christopher	283
4	Ryan	221
5	Joshua	205
6	Daniel	169
7	Andrew	167
7	David	167
9	Nicholas	156
10	Jonathan	153
11	James	143
12	John	128
13	Justin	121
13	Robert	121
15	Timothy	117
16	Joseph	114
17	Eric	112
18	Kevin	109
19	William	108
20	Adam	106
20	Kyle	106
22	Patrick	104
22	Thomas	104
24	Brian	103
25	Jeffrey	100

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jason	97
27	Brandon	96
28	Benjamin	89
29	Tyler	88
30	Richard	85
31	Nathan	79
32	Zachary	74
33	Stephen	71
34	Scott	69
35	Sean	68
36	Jeremy	66
37	Alexander	65
38	Anthony	63
39	Gregory	61
40	Steven	59
41	Jacob	57
42	Corey	56
43	Peter	53
44	Shawn	51
45	Aaron	50
45	Derek	50
47	Travis	49
48	Paul	48
49	Craig	44
49	Mark	44
51	Ian	41
52	Jesse	40
52	Samuel	40
54	Charles	39
54	Jared	39
56	Bryan	37
56	Keith	37
58	Kenneth	30
59	Dustin	29
60	Seth	28
61	Brett	27
61	Jordan	27
61	Shane	27
64	Douglas	25
65	Chad	24
65	Evan	24
67	Casey	23
67	Edward	23
69	Trevor	22
70	Todd	21
71	Alex	20
71	Cory	20
73	Colin	19
73	Erik	19
73	Nathaniel	19
76	Brendan	18
77	Cody	17
77	Curtis	17
77	Dana	17
77	Garrett	17
81	Bradley	16
81	Donald	16
81	Geoffrey	16
81	Lucas	16
81	Raymond	16
86	Brent	15
86	Ethan	15
86	Joel	15
86	Luke	15
86	Marc	15
86	Phillip	15
92	Taylor	14
92	Wesley	14
94	Christian	13
94	Dennis	13
94	Devin	13
97	Dylan	12
97	George	12
97	Neil	12
97	Ronald	12
97	Russell	12