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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1970 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,887 New Hampshire births in 1970 across 382 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.

#63Danaoutside the national top 200
#80Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#98Rolandoutside the national top 200
#82Neil#178 nationally
#99Judith#193 nationally
#59Joshua#150 nationally
#100Alfred#190 nationally
#72Darlene#155 nationally
#40Lynn#119 nationally
#78Glen#155 nationally
#93Joanne#170 nationally
#56Christian#127 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer241US #1
#2Lisa185US #2
#3Michelle144US #4
#4Kimberly125US #3
#5Christine116US #14
#6Melissa109US #7
#7Heather108US #19
#8Amy106US #5
#9Karen105US #12
#10Tammy88US #8
#11Susan83US #15
#12Kelly70US #20
#13Tracy70US #10
#14Julie65US #11
#15Tina63US #21
#16Lori60US #23
#17Wendy59US #28
#18Dawn58US #16
#19Kathleen57US #45
#20Mary56US #9
#21Angela53US #6
#22Rebecca52US #29
#23Laura49US #13
#24Heidi48US #81
#25Patricia48US #24
#26Deborah47US #33
#27Stephanie47US #17
#28Michele45US #31
#29Elizabeth44US #18
#30Nicole43US #30
#31Sarah43US #65
#32Shannon43US #22
#33Ann42US #62
#34Donna42US #32
#35Kristen41US #83
#36Kristin41US #63
#37Linda37US #38
#38Debra36US #47
#39Laurie33US #88
#40Lynn33US #119
#41Pamela32US #26
#42Robin32US #51
#43Cheryl31US #44
#44Denise31US #36
#45Nancy31US #50
#46Stacey31US #48
#47Holly30US #74
#48Christina29US #35
#49Sharon29US #37
#50Tracey29US #55
#51Catherine28US #59
#52Jessica28US #98
#53Katherine28US #67
#54Kim28US #78
#55Barbara27US #41
#56Melanie27US #91
#57Sandra26US #27
#58Brenda25US #40
#59Cynthia25US #25
#60Andrea24US #43
#61Cindy24US #72
#62Kathy24US #77
#63Theresa24US #53
#64Beth23US #92
#65Jodi23US #95
#66Paula23US #57
#67Carol22US #71
#68Carrie22US #73
#69Jill22US #52
#70Sherry20US #60
#71Victoria20US #85
#72Darlene19US #155
#73Janet19US #96
#74Tara19US #69
#75Tricia19US #124
#76April18US #82
#77Diane18US #70
#78Kristine18US #109
#79Bonnie17US #130
#80Kelley17
#81Suzanne17US #87
#82Vicki17US #134
#83Amanda16US #108
#84Jacqueline16US #66
#85Rachel16US #58
#86Shelly16US #103
#87Danielle15US #114
#88Kristina15US #125
#89Rhonda15US #46
#90Stacy15US #42
#91Tanya15US #76
#92Valerie15US #97
#93Joanne14US #170
#94Leslie14US #64
#95Penny14US #157
#96Allison13US #133
#97Cathy13US #137
#98Colleen13US #117
#99Judith13US #193
#100Kathryn13US #104

Boys

#1Michael302US #1
#2David236US #3
#3Christopher233US #6
#4John202US #4
#5Robert197US #5
#6Scott186US #12
#7James171US #2
#8Richard160US #10
#9Jeffrey156US #11
#10Jason143US #13
#11William134US #7
#12Matthew128US #24
#13Brian127US #8
#14Kevin125US #14
#15Eric123US #18
#16Daniel117US #19
#17Mark112US #9
#18Steven105US #15
#19Timothy102US #20
#20Stephen83US #27
#21Peter79US #44
#22Thomas78US #17
#23Paul74US #23
#24Shawn73US #34
#25Joseph70US #16
#26Todd67US #28
#27Jonathan63US #42
#28Keith63US #38
#29Kenneth60US #25
#30Charles56US #21
#31Douglas56US #36
#32Andrew50US #32
#33Gregory50US #26
#34Sean49US #37
#35Donald48US #30
#36Raymond46US #49
#37Patrick44US #33
#38Craig42US #39
#39Derek42US #77
#40Gary42US #35
#41Marc42US #60
#42Anthony39US #22
#43Shane39US #64
#44Ronald38US #29
#45Edward36US #31
#46Jeremy34US #70
#47Dennis33US #46
#48Bruce29US #94
#49George29US #40
#50Wayne28US #80
#51Aaron26US #52
#52Arthur23US #111
#53Corey22US #84
#54Jay22US #97
#55Jeffery22US #50
#56Christian20US #127
#57Frank20US #48
#58Jamie20US #125
#59Joshua20US #150
#60Philip20US #92
#61Randy20US #59
#62Dale19US #110
#63Dana18
#64Glenn18US #109
#65Lance18US #76
#66Nathan18US #130
#67Adam17US #72
#68Carl17US #66
#69Roger17US #61
#70Troy17US #41
#71Benjamin16US #81
#72Chris16US #63
#73Bradley15US #47
#74Brett15US #99
#75Erik15US #101
#76Gerald15US #67
#77Russell15US #58
#78Glen14US #155
#79Justin14US #138
#80Walter14US #89
#81Alan13US #91
#82Neil13US #178
#83Albert12US #107
#84Bryan12US #53
#85Dean12US #112
#86Lawrence12US #83
#87Jesse11US #119
#88Jon11US #68
#89Kirk11US #158
#90Kurt11US #149
#91Travis11US #69
#92Danny10US #85
#93Frederick10US #115
#94Henry10US #104
#95Jeff10US #116
#96Louis10US #124
#97Randall10US #100
#98Roland10
#99Steve10US #114
#100Alfred9US #190

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑37Shannon#32
↑31Arthur#52
↑31Christian#56
↑27Dawn#18
↑27Kathy#62
↑25Christina#48
↑22Mary#20
↑22Nicole#30

Falling

↓43Diane#77
↓35Sandra#57
↓32Brenda#58
↓30Joanne#93
↓29Alan#81
↓28Dean#85
↓27Cheryl#43
↓26Cynthia#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.