State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1966 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,174 New Hampshire births in 1966 across 362 distinct names.

Distinctively New Hampshire

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Hampshire more than they say America.

#64Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#73Danaoutside the national top 200
#74Rolandoutside the national top 200
#86Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#90Leooutside the national top 200
#61Nicole#169 nationally
#87Guy#192 nationally
#91Nathan#179 nationally
#99Jody#186 nationally
#100Leon#187 nationally
#44Heather#125 nationally
#77Karl#158 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa267US #1
#2Karen131US #5
#3Michelle121US #4
#4Jennifer106US #10
#5Susan105US #6
#6Kimberly88US #2
#7Tammy84US #8
#8Christine79US #20
#9Wendy74US #41
#10Deborah73US #14
#11Donna73US #12
#12Tina71US #23
#13Pamela69US #15
#14Mary62US #3
#15Patricia62US #7
#16Kelly60US #26
#17Linda59US #18
#18Elizabeth58US #16
#19Laurie56US #63
#20Cheryl54US #34
#21Sandra53US #17
#22Brenda52US #25
#23Kathleen52US #37
#24Melissa52US #22
#25Tracy52US #31
#26Diane51US #45
#27Cynthia49US #11
#28Heidi48US #87
#29Laura48US #19
#30Debra43US #35
#31Julie42US #13
#32Robin42US #42
#33Sharon41US #28
#34Amy40US #30
#35Catherine40US #54
#36Stephanie40US #38
#37Suzanne39US #62
#38Nancy38US #33
#39Barbara37US #27
#40Denise37US #32
#41Dawn35US #24
#42Lori35US #21
#43Ann34US #61
#44Heather34US #125
#45Paula34US #50
#46Bonnie32US #90
#47Michele32US #36
#48Holly31US #101
#49Kim31US #43
#50Kathy29US #59
#51Judith27US #110
#52Rebecca27US #40
#53Andrea26US #52
#54Anne24US #83
#55Carol24US #48
#56Beth23US #65
#57Jill23US #49
#58Rhonda23US #39
#59Cindy22US #56
#60Janet22US #57
#61Nicole22US #169
#62Sarah22US #85
#63Darlene21US #94
#64Kelley21
#65Kristine21US #104
#66Angela20US #9
#67Debbie20US #73
#68Joyce20US #100
#69Katherine20US #78
#70Kristen20US #149
#71Maureen20US #119
#72Sheila20US #51
#73Joanne19US #132
#74Lynn19US #81
#75Margaret19US #55
#76Martha19US #106
#77Terri19US #72
#78Theresa19US #46
#79Christina18US #67
#80Leslie18US #71
#81Marie17US #114
#82Teresa17US #29
#83Gina16US #58
#84Jacqueline16US #47
#85Kristin16US #107
#86Roxanne16
#87Sherry16US #53
#88Valerie16US #74
#89Gail15US #152
#90Vicki15US #115
#91Wanda15US #84
#92Carolyn14US #60
#93Diana14US #64
#94Janice14US #80
#95Kathryn14US #86
#96Shelly14US #89
#97April13US #108
#98Colleen13US #93
#99Jody13US #186
#100Maria13US #44

Boys

#1Michael321US #1
#2David293US #2
#3James217US #3
#4John190US #4
#5Robert184US #5
#6Scott177US #16
#7Richard150US #8
#8Mark147US #7
#9Brian144US #14
#10Steven144US #13
#11Jeffrey141US #9
#12Daniel134US #19
#13Kevin132US #17
#14Timothy129US #11
#15William122US #6
#16Christopher120US #12
#17Thomas113US #10
#18Paul108US #18
#19Stephen77US #26
#20Joseph75US #15
#21Peter73US #39
#22Eric67US #25
#23Keith67US #32
#24Ronald65US #24
#25Charles59US #20
#26Kenneth58US #21
#27Matthew57US #34
#28Douglas53US #33
#29Edward50US #30
#30Bruce46US #53
#31Gregory44US #23
#32Shawn44US #54
#33Wayne44US #59
#34Donald43US #27
#35Raymond42US #47
#36Alan41US #57
#37Gary41US #28
#38Roger37US #51
#39Andrew36US #36
#40Jonathan36US #65
#41Patrick36US #31
#42Sean35US #50
#43Todd35US #29
#44Marc33US #105
#45Anthony32US #22
#46Dennis32US #44
#47George32US #37
#48Randy27US #45
#49Rodney26US #35
#50Craig24US #46
#51Carl23US #56
#52Jason23US #89
#53Philip23US #86
#54Darren22US #63
#55Chris21US #55
#56Jay21US #91
#57Russell20US #61
#58Dean19US #84
#59Troy19US #48
#60Bryan18US #52
#61Dale18US #85
#62Frank18US #43
#63Jon18US #76
#64Glenn17US #90
#65Lawrence16US #66
#66Ricky15US #64
#67Steve15US #67
#68Walter15US #83
#69Albert14US #100
#70Arthur14US #96
#71Henry14US #92
#72Norman14US #137
#73Dana13
#74Roland13
#75Ernest12US #122
#76Frederick12US #109
#77Karl12US #158
#78Lee12US #106
#79Danny11US #62
#80Erik11US #145
#81Gerald11US #60
#82Glen11US #161
#83Jeffery11US #42
#84Kurt11US #110
#85Allen10US #97
#86Fred10US #151
#87Guy10US #192
#88Lance10US #156
#89Larry10US #38
#90Leo10
#91Nathan10US #179
#92Ralph10US #112
#93Randall10US #70
#94Victor10US #101
#95Warren10US #167
#96Aaron9US #117
#97Francis9US #164
#98Harry9US #144
#99Joel9US #102
#100Leon9US #187

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑48Judith#51
↑29Rhonda#58
↑27Melissa#24
↑25Kathy#50
↑23Stephanie#36
↑22Angela#66
↑21Andrea#53
↑21Dean#58

Falling

↓26Jacqueline#84
↓25Lori#42
↓25Sheila#72
↓25Theresa#78
↓25Wanda#91
↓23Dana#73
↓18Rebecca#52
↓18Cindy#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.