State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1976 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,098 New Hampshire births in 1976 across 343 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.

#68Abigailoutside the national top 200
#75Danaoutside the national top 200
#82Brendanoutside the national top 200
#76Mathew#192 nationally
#85Kateoutside the national top 200
#86Lynnoutside the national top 200
#86Lucasoutside the national top 200
#71Geoffrey#178 nationally
#95Janiceoutside the national top 200
#100Meghanoutside the national top 200
#100Jodyoutside the national top 200
#79Tyler#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer300US #1
#2Amy186US #2
#3Jessica151US #8
#4Melissa131US #3
#5Heather124US #4
#6Sarah118US #15
#7Michelle89US #6
#8Amanda75US #10
#9Rebecca72US #12
#10Lisa68US #9
#11Stephanie68US #11
#12Angela66US #5
#13Kimberly66US #7
#14Shannon66US #17
#15Sara61US #27
#16Kelly58US #19
#17Christine52US #26
#18Nicole52US #13
#19Karen47US #31
#20Erin46US #24
#21Jaime46US #29
#22Elizabeth45US #16
#23Jamie45US #18
#24Julie41US #21
#25Heidi39US #70
#26Andrea38US #25
#27Laura38US #20
#28Katherine37US #57
#29Melanie34US #53
#30Danielle33US #33
#31Emily32US #50
#32Jill32US #52
#33Dawn31US #35
#34Megan31US #62
#35Tammy31US #41
#36Wendy30US #39
#37Erica29US #54
#38Stacey29US #51
#39Carrie28US #28
#40Kristen28US #73
#41Tanya28US #61
#42Tracy27US #37
#43Christina25US #14
#44Kathleen24US #82
#45Mary24US #22
#46Tara24US #42
#47Alison23US #118
#48Michele23US #63
#49Tina23US #48
#50April22US #30
#51Rachel22US #23
#52Stacy21US #38
#53Allison20US #67
#54Beth20US #114
#55Renee19US #86
#56Holly18US #56
#57Laurie18US #137
#58Patricia18US #43
#59Samantha18US #85
#60Sharon18US #81
#61Courtney17US #76
#62Robin17US #75
#63Susan17US #40
#64Tiffany17US #32
#65Carolyn15US #129
#66Crystal15US #36
#67Deborah15US #96
#68Abigail14
#69Brandy14US #55
#70Katie14US #162
#71Kerri14US #168
#72Kristin14US #74
#73Lori14US #47
#74Tonya14US #58
#75Cheryl13US #105
#76Christie13US #139
#77Christy13US #60
#78Jodi13US #102
#79Leah13US #119
#80Lindsay13US #133
#81Barbara12US #98
#82Catherine12US #72
#83Cynthia12US #44
#84Donna12US #93
#85Kate12
#86Lynn12
#87Maria12US #34
#88Melinda12US #95
#89Sandra12US #59
#90Sonya12US #166
#91Valerie12US #83
#92Aimee11US #123
#93Amber11US #49
#94Bethany11US #192
#95Janice11
#96Jenny11US #109
#97Joy11US #132
#98Julia11US #141
#99Kathryn11US #88
#100Meghan11

Boys

#1Jason262US #2
#2Michael240US #1
#3Christopher212US #3
#4Matthew174US #9
#5James133US #5
#6David130US #4
#7Brian123US #8
#8John120US #6
#9Eric119US #13
#10Timothy103US #21
#11Jeffrey102US #17
#12Joshua97US #18
#13Robert97US #7
#14Scott95US #24
#15Daniel90US #10
#16Joseph86US #12
#17Jeremy81US #14
#18Benjamin76US #32
#19Andrew75US #27
#20Ryan73US #16
#21Kevin71US #15
#22William70US #11
#23Adam69US #36
#24Richard69US #19
#25Shawn67US #34
#26Thomas67US #23
#27Justin63US #33
#28Nathan63US #39
#29Mark60US #25
#30Steven60US #20
#31Jonathan55US #31
#32Stephen54US #37
#33Keith43US #48
#34Peter40US #54
#35Aaron39US #30
#36Anthony39US #22
#37Gregory38US #35
#38Patrick38US #41
#39Sean38US #42
#40Todd37US #50
#41Charles35US #26
#42Paul34US #28
#43Corey32US #64
#44Derek31US #84
#45Jacob27US #63
#46Donald26US #47
#47Douglas26US #56
#48Edward26US #45
#49Marc26US #99
#50Chad25US #29
#51Craig24US #61
#52Jamie24US #62
#53Kenneth24US #38
#54Shane24US #57
#55Travis24US #46
#56Seth23US #128
#57Jesse22US #55
#58Nathaniel22US #114
#59Zachary20US #97
#60Ian19US #135
#61Jeremiah18US #93
#62Brandon17US #40
#63George16US #53
#64Jared16US #90
#65Raymond16US #65
#66Troy16US #73
#67Erik15US #94
#68Gary15US #52
#69Jay15US #126
#70Bryan13US #43
#71Geoffrey13US #178
#72Randy13US #79
#73Samuel13US #59
#74Bradley12US #51
#75Dana12
#76Mathew12US #192
#77Philip12US #89
#78Ronald12US #49
#79Tyler12US #179
#80Wayne12US #131
#81Alan10US #115
#82Brendan10
#83Brent10US #78
#84Danny10US #102
#85Dennis10US #66
#86Lucas10
#87Nicholas10US #77
#88Shannon10US #98
#89Alexander9US #107
#90Bruce9US #148
#91Christian9US #112
#92Kyle9US #80
#93Roger9US #103
#94Theodore9US #189
#95Walter9US #127
#96Casey8US #123
#97Dustin8US #82
#98Frank8US #68
#99Gabriel8US #81
#100Jody8

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑34Michele#48
↑28Renee#55
↑24Melanie#29
↑24Zachary#59
↑24George#63
↑24Bradley#74
↑22Robin#62
↑21Beth#54

Falling

↓45Bethany#94
↓32Dennis#85
↓28Cynthia#83
↓27Susan#63
↓27Frank#98
↓25Dana#75
↓23Lynn#86
↓22Kristen#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.