State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1975 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,143 New Hampshire births in 1975 across 347 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.

#49Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#50Danaoutside the national top 200
#66Kateoutside the national top 200
#81Meghanoutside the national top 200
#63Lynn#182 nationally
#50Kerry#163 nationally
#91Allanoutside the national top 200
#93Kurtoutside the national top 200
#96Tyleroutside the national top 200
#99Colinoutside the national top 200
#98Becky#193 nationally
#79Ralph#173 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer294US #1
#2Amy177US #2
#3Heather132US #3
#4Jessica113US #13
#5Melissa111US #4
#6Michelle104US #6
#7Lisa92US #8
#8Rebecca92US #11
#9Sarah86US #17
#10Angela73US #5
#11Karen64US #27
#12Kelly62US #16
#13Christine57US #22
#14Kimberly57US #7
#15Stephanie54US #9
#16Amanda52US #14
#17Nicole52US #10
#18Kristen49US #60
#19Carrie46US #29
#20Jill44US #46
#21Tammy44US #31
#22Shannon43US #21
#23Elizabeth39US #15
#24Sara39US #54
#25Tracy36US #24
#26Heidi35US #66
#27Mary34US #19
#28Tina33US #35
#29April32US #25
#30Christina32US #12
#31Erin32US #38
#32Stacey32US #44
#33Stacy32US #34
#34Emily31US #48
#35Julie31US #18
#36Susan31US #32
#37Andrea30US #28
#38Dawn30US #23
#39Holly30US #55
#40Katherine30US #58
#41Danielle29US #42
#42Laura27US #20
#43Kathleen26US #80
#44Megan26US #69
#45Tanya26US #50
#46Tara25US #41
#47Courtney24US #102
#48Wendy23US #33
#49Bethany22
#50Kerry21US #163
#51Kristin21US #74
#52Lori21US #39
#53Melanie21US #52
#54Erica20US #63
#55Cynthia19US #40
#56Rachel19US #26
#57Sharon19US #75
#58Kara18US #118
#59Pamela18US #70
#60Patricia18US #36
#61Brandy17US #57
#62Catherine17US #73
#63Lynn17US #182
#64Samantha17US #101
#65Alison16US #127
#66Kate16
#67Melinda16US #91
#68Christie15US #96
#69Allison14US #89
#70Deborah14US #86
#71Kristina14US #103
#72Laurie14US #125
#73Mandy14US #106
#74Aimee13US #136
#75Beth13US #120
#76Carolyn13US #119
#77Crystal13US #43
#78Denise13US #64
#79Jodi13US #94
#80Leah13US #132
#81Meghan13
#82Michele13US #56
#83Renee13US #87
#84Robin13US #65
#85Sherry13US #95
#86Tonya13US #45
#87Barbara12US #83
#88Brenda12US #67
#89Cheryl12US #97
#90Janet12US #139
#91Kerri12US #167
#92Kim12US #178
#93Meredith12US #181
#94Paula12US #108
#95Sandra12US #51
#96Suzanne12US #121
#97Amber11US #59
#98Becky11US #193
#99Cindy11US #112
#100Diana11US #100

Boys

#1Jason264US #2
#2Michael254US #1
#3Christopher237US #3
#4Matthew173US #9
#5Brian128US #8
#6Scott128US #17
#7Daniel125US #11
#8David124US #5
#9Robert124US #6
#10John120US #7
#11Eric116US #13
#12Jeffrey113US #14
#13James107US #4
#14Joshua100US #26
#15Timothy97US #22
#16Jeremy81US #24
#17Mark79US #19
#18Ryan79US #23
#19Benjamin78US #36
#20William78US #10
#21Jonathan75US #30
#22Thomas73US #20
#23Kevin71US #15
#24Richard69US #16
#25Joseph66US #12
#26Aaron64US #32
#27Andrew64US #28
#28Shawn63US #31
#29Steven63US #18
#30Keith51US #49
#31Adam49US #38
#32Peter46US #54
#33Justin44US #37
#34Nathan42US #45
#35Todd42US #43
#36Stephen41US #34
#37Paul39US #29
#38Sean39US #40
#39Gregory38US #33
#40Chad37US #27
#41Charles37US #25
#42Craig37US #58
#43Jamie30US #62
#44Patrick30US #39
#45Derek28US #83
#46Shane28US #57
#47Anthony27US #21
#48Kenneth27US #35
#49Marc25US #89
#50Dana23
#51Travis22US #51
#52Corey21US #71
#53Dennis21US #59
#54Edward21US #41
#55Seth21US #136
#56Jacob20US #75
#57Jesse20US #64
#58Ronald20US #46
#59Philip19US #85
#60Douglas18US #55
#61Erik18US #87
#62Bryan17US #47
#63Donald17US #42
#64Gary17US #50
#65Joel17US #74
#66Arthur16US #128
#67Brandon15US #44
#68Brett15US #92
#69Darren15US #126
#70Ian15US #144
#71Frank14US #66
#72Jared14US #100
#73Nathaniel14US #131
#74Randy14US #78
#75Carl12US #91
#76Nicholas12US #81
#77Troy12US #69
#78Jay11US #117
#79Ralph11US #173
#80Raymond11US #63
#81Samuel11US #61
#82Walter11US #112
#83Zachary11US #145
#84Alan10US #115
#85Bruce10US #140
#86Christian10US #103
#87George10US #53
#88Glenn10US #170
#89Shannon10US #101
#90Alexander9US #105
#91Allan9
#92Allen9US #127
#93Kurt9
#94Lance9US #163
#95Roger9US #97
#96Tyler9
#97Wayne9US #120
#98Bradley8US #52
#99Colin8
#100Gabriel8US #106

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑43Megan#44
↑36Brandy#61
↑32Stacey#32
↑30Alison#65
↑29Jill#20
↑27Frank#71
↑26Melinda#67
↑24Sara#24

Falling

↓32George#87
↓31Kim#92
↓28Sandra#95
↓27Lynn#63
↓26Michele#82
↓23Tara#46
↓21Catherine#62
↓20Lori#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.