State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1977 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,024 New Hampshire births in 1977 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.

#58Meghanoutside the national top 200
#71Kerryoutside the national top 200
#73Abigailoutside the national top 200
#82Ethanoutside the national top 200
#85Colinoutside the national top 200
#86Danaoutside the national top 200
#78Mathew#191 nationally
#79Cara#189 nationally
#97Brendanoutside the national top 200
#83Geoffrey#185 nationally
#99Jillianoutside the national top 200
#99Heathoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer263US #1
#2Jessica194US #4
#3Amy152US #3
#4Sarah144US #11
#5Heather140US #5
#6Melissa136US #2
#7Kelly91US #10
#8Angela88US #6
#9Rebecca86US #17
#10Stephanie82US #14
#11Elizabeth80US #13
#12Amanda78US #9
#13Michelle72US #7
#14Kimberly69US #8
#15Lisa67US #12
#16Nicole64US #15
#17Jamie58US #18
#18Erin55US #23
#19Laura55US #20
#20Shannon55US #19
#21Carrie50US #28
#22Christine49US #30
#23Karen48US #32
#24Katherine47US #44
#25Christina46US #16
#26Emily39US #37
#27Julie39US #22
#28Danielle37US #31
#29Jaime37US #46
#30Sara36US #27
#31Megan35US #54
#32Kristen34US #72
#33Andrea33US #24
#34Dawn30US #43
#35Heidi30US #81
#36Beth29US #97
#37Crystal29US #25
#38Stacey28US #56
#39Mary27US #21
#40Jill25US #41
#41Sandra25US #61
#42April24US #29
#43Kathryn24US #70
#44Rachel24US #26
#45Erica23US #38
#46Erika23US #103
#47Robin23US #84
#48Tara23US #35
#49Allison22US #66
#50Holly22US #52
#51Kathleen22US #80
#52Katie22US #115
#53Tammy22US #55
#54Meredith21US #154
#55Susan21US #45
#56Tanya21US #67
#57Tracy20US #50
#58Meghan19
#59Amber18US #33
#60Cynthia18US #48
#61Melinda18US #96
#62Renee18US #87
#63Samantha18US #85
#64Kristin17US #82
#65Kristy17US #68
#66Leah17US #112
#67Michele17US #77
#68Patricia17US #47
#69Vanessa17US #90
#70Wendy17US #49
#71Kerry16
#72Kristina16US #83
#73Abigail15
#74Alison15US #122
#75Bethany15US #176
#76Melanie15US #53
#77Stacy15US #42
#78Tina15US #58
#79Cara14US #189
#80Catherine14US #75
#81Lori14US #57
#82Trisha14US #162
#83Anne13US #123
#84Courtney13US #76
#85Lauren13US #114
#86Lindsay13US #110
#87Margaret13US #111
#88Tiffany13US #34
#89Tonya13US #64
#90Brenda12US #91
#91Denise12US #78
#92Jenny12US #108
#93Kelley12US #181
#94Nancy12US #89
#95Theresa12US #98
#96Anna11US #74
#97Carolyn11US #129
#98Gina11US #88
#99Jillian11
#100Kate11

Boys

#1Jason274US #2
#2Michael250US #1
#3Matthew228US #9
#4Christopher207US #3
#5David161US #4
#6Brian134US #8
#7James127US #5
#8Timothy115US #18
#9Kevin114US #13
#10Eric111US #17
#11Joshua111US #14
#12Ryan108US #16
#13Jeffrey107US #19
#14John104US #7
#15Jeremy101US #15
#16Daniel100US #11
#17Benjamin97US #29
#18Robert96US #6
#19Scott95US #27
#20Joseph80US #10
#21Andrew78US #24
#22Richard78US #20
#23William77US #12
#24Adam75US #33
#25Jonathan75US #28
#26Justin74US #30
#27Aaron72US #32
#28Nathan71US #36
#29Thomas70US #22
#30Mark68US #25
#31Shawn66US #37
#32Peter62US #55
#33Steven59US #23
#34Paul57US #31
#35Keith55US #48
#36Stephen55US #38
#37Sean46US #43
#38Anthony45US #21
#39Todd40US #50
#40Gregory39US #35
#41Corey38US #52
#42Craig38US #64
#43Patrick38US #40
#44Kenneth37US #39
#45Charles35US #26
#46Nicholas35US #51
#47Jesse32US #54
#48Seth32US #118
#49Travis31US #44
#50Donald29US #46
#51Chad28US #34
#52Derek28US #84
#53Jeremiah28US #69
#54Jacob26US #56
#55Joel25US #73
#56Nathaniel25US #107
#57Samuel25US #60
#58Shane25US #61
#59Douglas24US #59
#60Erik24US #94
#61Bryan23US #42
#62Jared23US #76
#63Randy22US #86
#64Edward21US #47
#65Ian21US #119
#66Brandon20US #41
#67George19US #57
#68Marc19US #101
#69Ronald19US #53
#70Brett17US #109
#71Christian17US #116
#72Dennis17US #68
#73Gary17US #58
#74Wesley17US #66
#75Cory16US #67
#76Philip16US #90
#77Jamie15US #82
#78Mathew13US #191
#79Russell13US #89
#80Shaun13US #103
#81Bradley12US #49
#82Ethan12
#83Geoffrey12US #185
#84Kyle12US #79
#85Colin11
#86Dana11
#87Frank11US #71
#88Jay11US #130
#89Raymond11US #65
#90Zachary11US #95
#91Arthur10US #135
#92Brent10US #85
#93Gabriel10US #87
#94Tyler10US #165
#95Wayne10US #138
#96Alexander9US #96
#97Brendan9
#98Carl9US #99
#99Heath9
#100Jon9US #117

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑56Kathryn#43
↑48Sandra#41
↑42Meghan#58
↑41Nicholas#46
↑34Amber#59
↑29Crystal#37
↑27Melinda#61
↑23Cynthia#60

Falling

↓47Melanie#76
↓34Wendy#70
↓32Carolyn#97
↓31Zachary#90
↓29Tina#78
↓27Alison#74
↓25Stacy#77
↓25Jamie#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.