State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1971 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,638 New Hampshire births in 1971 across 380 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.

#53Danaoutside the national top 200
#71Rolandoutside the national top 200
#96Tobyoutside the national top 200
#97Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#90Norman#190 nationally
#79Glen#174 nationally
#73Kirk#159 nationally
#82Daryl#168 nationally
#74Kerry#145 nationally
#62Lynn#128 nationally
#92Vicki#156 nationally
#16Heidi#77 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer287US #1
#2Lisa149US #3
#3Amy129US #5
#4Michelle111US #2
#5Kimberly108US #4
#6Melissa105US #7
#7Heather96US #12
#8Tammy90US #8
#9Christine89US #18
#10Rebecca81US #23
#11Julie80US #10
#12Stephanie75US #11
#13Karen71US #15
#14Kelly69US #22
#15Wendy64US #29
#16Heidi62US #77
#17Jessica62US #64
#18Dawn60US #14
#19Sarah57US #58
#20Tina55US #20
#21Lori54US #25
#22Susan52US #17
#23Angela51US #6
#24Tracy48US #13
#25Deborah43US #33
#26Kathleen42US #53
#27Pamela42US #28
#28Laura41US #16
#29Nicole41US #27
#30Elizabeth40US #19
#31Andrea38US #35
#32Cynthia38US #24
#33Mary37US #9
#34Tara37US #49
#35Catherine36US #65
#36Kristen36US #87
#37Shannon35US #21
#38Brenda34US #43
#39Laurie34US #96
#40Renee34US #73
#41Sandra34US #31
#42Stacey34US #41
#43Stacy34US #32
#44Carrie32US #55
#45Christina32US #30
#46Sherry31US #60
#47Michele30US #39
#48Nancy30US #52
#49Patricia30US #26
#50Erin29US #93
#51Kristin28US #71
#52Robin28US #51
#53Donna27US #38
#54Kim27US #101
#55Cindy26US #70
#56Debra26US #57
#57Tracey26US #74
#58Jodi25US #94
#59Amanda24US #84
#60Cheryl24US #50
#61Danielle23US #99
#62Lynn23US #128
#63Tricia23US #109
#64Ann22US #78
#65Beth22US #100
#66Katherine22US #67
#67Kathryn22US #111
#68Theresa22US #61
#69Linda21US #42
#70Sharon21US #40
#71Holly20US #76
#72Denise19US #36
#73Jill19US #59
#74Kerry19US #145
#75Kristi19US #113
#76Melanie19US #66
#77Paula19US #63
#78Barbara18US #47
#79Kristine18US #120
#80Crystal17US #79
#81Tanya17US #72
#82Victoria17US #97
#83Alison16US #143
#84April16US #56
#85Diane16US #83
#86Shelley16US #140
#87Suzanne16US #88
#88Carol15US #92
#89Rachel15US #54
#90Samantha15US #144
#91Sheila15US #81
#92Vicki15US #156
#93Allison14US #119
#94Anne14US #122
#95Colleen14US #121
#96Erica14US #108
#97Kelley14
#98Melinda14US #85
#99Penny14US #158
#100Terri14US #115

Boys

#1Michael287US #1
#2Christopher234US #6
#3Scott230US #10
#4David206US #3
#5Robert179US #5
#6John178US #4
#7James175US #2
#8Jason163US #8
#9Matthew135US #19
#10Jeffrey129US #12
#11Brian128US #9
#12William118US #7
#13Mark111US #13
#14Kevin109US #14
#15Richard107US #11
#16Daniel105US #20
#17Shawn94US #28
#18Thomas93US #17
#19Steven92US #16
#20Eric91US #18
#21Stephen86US #27
#22Timothy86US #21
#23Paul83US #24
#24Joseph67US #15
#25Peter67US #47
#26Keith66US #37
#27Jeremy64US #45
#28Jonathan60US #40
#29Kenneth60US #25
#30Todd60US #30
#31Derek59US #63
#32Sean59US #36
#33Charles54US #22
#34Gregory53US #26
#35Aaron49US #41
#36Andrew48US #33
#37Douglas48US #39
#38Edward45US #32
#39Craig44US #43
#40Marc44US #70
#41Patrick44US #35
#42Gary41US #38
#43Donald38US #34
#44Ronald38US #31
#45Anthony37US #23
#46Raymond35US #52
#47Ryan32US #51
#48Dennis31US #49
#49Joshua30US #80
#50Benjamin28US #69
#51Shane28US #60
#52Adam27US #57
#53Dana26
#54Erik26US #97
#55Troy26US #46
#56George24US #42
#57Jamie24US #96
#58Bruce23US #108
#59Chad23US #29
#60Nathan23US #104
#61Randy22US #67
#62Brett21US #90
#63Russell20US #64
#64Wayne20US #92
#65Philip19US #94
#66Alan18US #99
#67Carl18US #72
#68Christian18US #122
#69Frank18US #54
#70Travis18US #61
#71Roland17
#72Barry16US #133
#73Kirk15US #159
#74Arthur14US #117
#75Jay14US #114
#76Joel14US #86
#77Roger14US #71
#78Corey13US #77
#79Glen13US #174
#80Bryan12US #48
#81Danny12US #82
#82Daryl12US #168
#83Gerald12US #83
#84Rodney12US #59
#85Walter12US #91
#86Allen11US #120
#87Bradley11US #58
#88Kyle11US #116
#89Lawrence11US #85
#90Norman11US #190
#91Brandon10US #95
#92Glenn10US #127
#93Jesse10US #107
#94Kelly10US #136
#95Micheal10US #124
#96Toby10
#97Brent9US #73
#98Chris9US #68
#99Darren9US #100
#100Frederick9US #109

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑47Stacy#43
↑40Tara#34
↑35Jessica#17
↑33Kathryn#67
↑29Andrea#31
↑27Cynthia#32
↑27Roland#71
↑26Danielle#61

Falling

↓32Linda#69
↓31Ann#64
↓28Denise#72
↓28Glenn#92
↓26Chris#98
↓25Corey#78
↓24Patricia#49
↓24Holly#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.