State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1978 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,161 New Hampshire births in 1978 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.

#52Kateoutside the national top 200
#71Brendanoutside the national top 200
#74Lynnoutside the national top 200
#76Ethanoutside the national top 200
#70Jillian#194 nationally
#80Danaoutside the national top 200
#81Evan#199 nationally
#90Kerryoutside the national top 200
#91Abigailoutside the national top 200
#96Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#83Mathew#182 nationally
#97Kelley#189 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer244US #1
#2Jessica183US #3
#3Sarah158US #8
#4Melissa145US #2
#5Amy138US #4
#6Heather126US #5
#7Kelly101US #12
#8Rebecca94US #17
#9Amanda88US #6
#10Elizabeth84US #14
#11Nicole82US #10
#12Erin79US #21
#13Michelle70US #9
#14Christina69US #15
#15Stephanie69US #16
#16Lisa68US #11
#17Christine67US #29
#18Kimberly62US #13
#19Angela59US #7
#20Shannon58US #22
#21Danielle49US #31
#22Carrie47US #35
#23Karen46US #39
#24Crystal45US #18
#25Jamie45US #20
#26Kathryn45US #57
#27Sara45US #28
#28Rachel43US #25
#29Katherine41US #38
#30Katie40US #90
#31Kristen40US #62
#32Megan38US #41
#33Andrea37US #23
#34Laura37US #19
#35Stacey36US #53
#36Heidi34US #83
#37Emily33US #33
#38Julie33US #26
#39Samantha33US #74
#40April31US #27
#41Jaime29US #70
#42Jill29US #46
#43Susan29US #49
#44Erica28US #34
#45Holly27US #55
#46Dawn26US #52
#47Stacy26US #44
#48Kristy25US #51
#49Mary25US #24
#50Melanie25US #54
#51Lindsay24US #95
#52Kate23
#53Tanya23US #82
#54Amber22US #30
#55Kathleen22US #79
#56Kristin22US #78
#57Tammy22US #67
#58Tara22US #40
#59Tiffany22US #32
#60Tracy22US #47
#61Alicia21US #58
#62Lori21US #60
#63Tina21US #45
#64Catherine20US #72
#65Kara20US #127
#66Alison19US #123
#67Beth19US #107
#68Kristi19US #98
#69Lauren19US #80
#70Jillian18US #194
#71Mandy18US #96
#72Bethany17US #155
#73Jodi17US #128
#74Lynn17
#75Wendy17US #56
#76Courtney16US #68
#77Aimee15US #144
#78Cheryl15US #94
#79Cynthia15US #50
#80Kristina15US #64
#81Leah15US #108
#82Molly15US #142
#83Robin15US #89
#84Brandi14US #61
#85Meghan14US #164
#86Meredith14US #146
#87Renee14US #99
#88Brooke13US #115
#89Deborah13US #118
#90Kerry13
#91Abigail12
#92Ann12US #125
#93Anne12US #119
#94Colleen12US #133
#95Diana12US #102
#96Katrina12US #122
#97Kelley12US #189
#98Leslie12US #63
#99Martha12US #176
#100Melinda12US #84

Boys

#1Michael269US #1
#2Matthew238US #6
#3Christopher231US #3
#4Jason213US #2
#5David161US #4
#6Joshua152US #12
#7James125US #5
#8Brian119US #9
#9Ryan119US #14
#10Robert117US #8
#11Daniel115US #11
#12John109US #7
#13Eric105US #16
#14Adam102US #29
#15Jeremy102US #18
#16Timothy101US #17
#17Jeffrey99US #19
#18Scott99US #30
#19Nathan98US #36
#20Kevin92US #15
#21Jonathan91US #31
#22Andrew85US #22
#23Benjamin85US #34
#24William82US #13
#25Justin76US #28
#26Nicholas72US #25
#27Joseph67US #10
#28Thomas67US #23
#29Mark61US #26
#30Richard60US #21
#31Paul54US #33
#32Shawn53US #39
#33Steven53US #24
#34Peter51US #54
#35Sean50US #45
#36Aaron49US #32
#37Chad46US #35
#38Stephen46US #37
#39Patrick44US #42
#40Gregory41US #38
#41Jacob38US #50
#42Charles37US #27
#43Corey36US #61
#44Jesse35US #51
#45Brandon34US #40
#46Keith33US #49
#47Travis32US #46
#48Shaun30US #52
#49Todd30US #56
#50Anthony28US #20
#51Craig28US #66
#52Kenneth28US #41
#53Dennis27US #71
#54Douglas25US #59
#55Bryan24US #43
#56Jared23US #72
#57Seth22US #106
#58Shane22US #65
#59Derek21US #75
#60Ian20US #117
#61Samuel20US #57
#62Edward19US #47
#63Erik19US #85
#64Zachary19US #89
#65Donald18US #48
#66Gary18US #60
#67Ronald18US #55
#68Jeremiah17US #81
#69Joel17US #74
#70Tyler17US #150
#71Brendan16
#72Casey16US #92
#73Jamie16US #95
#74Philip16US #84
#75Brett15US #112
#76Ethan15
#77Kyle15US #63
#78Bradley14US #53
#79Bruce14US #151
#80Dana14
#81Evan14US #199
#82Marc14US #107
#83Mathew13US #182
#84Nathaniel13US #94
#85Wayne13US #138
#86Carl12US #100
#87Jay12US #119
#88Kristopher12US #104
#89Raymond12US #69
#90Alexander11US #98
#91Brad11US #123
#92Ernest11US #171
#93George11US #58
#94Alan10US #122
#95Arthur10US #141
#96Bradford10
#97Brent10US #87
#98Christian10US #116
#99Cory10US #73
#100Dale10US #176

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑48Kate#52
↑35Lindsay#51
↑32Shaun#48
↑30Stacy#47
↑29Tiffany#59
↑29Jillian#70
↑26Melanie#50
↑26Zachary#64

Falling

↓39Melinda#100
↓36Robin#83
↓32Meredith#86
↓31Beth#67
↓28Nathaniel#84
↓27Meghan#85
↓27Christian#98
↓26George#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.