Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 319 |
| 2 | Matthew | 305 |
| 3 | Christopher | 265 |
| 4 | Joshua | 247 |
| 5 | Ryan | 229 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 216 |
| 7 | Daniel | 185 |
| 8 | Andrew | 182 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 156 |
| 10 | Justin | 147 |
| 11 | Jonathan | 146 |
| 12 | Robert | 145 |
| 13 | David | 143 |
| 14 | James | 141 |
| 15 | John | 140 |
| 16 | Kyle | 135 |
| 17 | Brian | 130 |
| 18 | Thomas | 120 |
| 18 | Timothy | 120 |
| 20 | Eric | 118 |
| 21 | Joseph | 117 |
| 22 | Adam | 111 |
| 23 | Zachary | 109 |
| 24 | Patrick | 106 |
| 25 | William | 105 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Alexander | 99 |
| 26 | Sean | 99 |
| 28 | Kevin | 94 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 93 |
| 30 | Nathan | 92 |
| 31 | Jason | 86 |
| 32 | Brandon | 81 |
| 33 | Tyler | 78 |
| 34 | Steven | 77 |
| 35 | Jacob | 72 |
| 36 | Jeremy | 69 |
| 37 | Derek | 67 |
| 38 | Corey | 66 |
| 38 | Stephen | 66 |
| 40 | Anthony | 65 |
| 41 | Mark | 64 |
| 41 | Samuel | 64 |
| 41 | Travis | 64 |
| 44 | Gregory | 62 |
| 45 | Richard | 61 |
| 46 | Scott | 60 |
| 47 | Aaron | 59 |
| 48 | Peter | 53 |
| 49 | Paul | 52 |
| 50 | Craig | 47 |
| 51 | Shane | 45 |
| 52 | Ian | 42 |
| 52 | Shawn | 42 |
| 54 | Charles | 40 |
| 55 | Cory | 39 |
| 55 | Evan | 39 |
| 57 | Bryan | 37 |
| 58 | Cody | 36 |
| 59 | Jordan | 34 |
| 60 | Jared | 33 |
| 60 | Jesse | 33 |
| 60 | Keith | 33 |
| 63 | Nathaniel | 32 |
| 64 | Alex | 31 |
| 65 | Trevor | 28 |
| 66 | Kenneth | 27 |
| 67 | Dylan | 26 |
| 68 | Cameron | 25 |
| 68 | Douglas | 25 |
| 70 | Brett | 23 |
| 70 | Raymond | 23 |
| 70 | Seth | 23 |
| 73 | Bradley | 20 |
| 73 | Chad | 20 |
| 73 | Edward | 20 |
| 76 | Christian | 19 |
| 76 | Devin | 19 |
| 78 | Casey | 18 |
| 78 | Philip | 18 |
| 78 | Taylor | 18 |
| 81 | Austin | 17 |
| 81 | Brendan | 17 |
| 81 | Donald | 17 |
| 81 | Joel | 17 |
| 81 | Kristopher | 17 |
| 81 | Mathew | 17 |
| 81 | Unknown | 17 |
| 88 | Dustin | 16 |
| 88 | Erik | 16 |
| 88 | Gary | 16 |
| 88 | Marc | 16 |
| 88 | Spencer | 16 |
| 93 | Garrett | 15 |
| 93 | Johnathan | 15 |
| 93 | Luke | 15 |
| 93 | Phillip | 15 |
| 97 | Brent | 14 |
| 97 | Caleb | 14 |
| 97 | Colin | 14 |
| 97 | Curtis | 14 |
| 97 | Wesley | 14 |