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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1979 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,509 New Hampshire births in 1979 across 348 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.

#47Kateoutside the national top 200
#54Abigailoutside the national top 200
#81Brendanoutside the national top 200
#84Ethanoutside the national top 200
#90Hannahoutside the national top 200
#91Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#93Jocelynoutside the national top 200
#85Geoffrey#191 nationally
#95Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#100Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#79Laurie#176 nationally
#92Jillian#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer285US #1
#2Jessica179US #4
#3Melissa164US #2
#4Sarah140US #6
#5Heather130US #7
#6Amanda123US #3
#7Amy119US #5
#8Elizabeth95US #11
#9Angela81US #8
#10Erin77US #21
#11Rebecca77US #17
#12Kelly76US #16
#13Christina67US #14
#14Nicole67US #9
#15Kimberly66US #12
#16Katherine63US #36
#17Michelle63US #10
#18Stephanie63US #15
#19Jamie59US #19
#20Megan59US #31
#21Lisa52US #13
#22Sara50US #30
#23Crystal49US #18
#24Shannon49US #25
#25Laura48US #20
#26Kristen46US #62
#27Emily45US #34
#28April41US #23
#29Danielle40US #33
#30Kathryn40US #50
#31Katie40US #63
#32Andrea39US #26
#33Christine38US #35
#34Jill38US #52
#35Karen38US #46
#36Erica36US #32
#37Mary34US #24
#38Allison33US #70
#39Carrie33US #41
#40Heidi32US #83
#41Kristin32US #73
#42Meghan32US #121
#43Stacy32US #43
#44Catherine31US #78
#45Julie31US #29
#46Melanie30US #53
#47Kate29
#48Rachel26US #27
#49Samantha26US #66
#50Stacey26US #60
#51Holly25US #48
#52Kristy25US #56
#53Lauren25US #45
#54Abigail24
#55Alicia23US #47
#56Amber23US #22
#57Bethany23US #135
#58Tammy23US #79
#59Cheryl22US #94
#60Jaime22US #97
#61Beth21US #118
#62Kathleen21US #84
#63Susan21US #51
#64Colleen20US #133
#65Meredith20US #143
#66Tiffany20US #28
#67Dawn19US #57
#68Kristina19US #74
#69Tara19US #38
#70Brandy18US #39
#71Lindsay18US #88
#72Tracy18US #49
#73Anna17US #59
#74Anne17US #115
#75Sharon17US #117
#76Tanya17US #93
#77Alison16US #102
#78Cassandra16US #146
#79Laurie16US #176
#80Leah16US #98
#81Robin16US #95
#82Brooke15US #85
#83Mandy15US #116
#84Pamela15US #90
#85Kara14US #125
#86Kendra14US #137
#87Patricia14US #44
#88Sandra14US #77
#89Brianne13US #168
#90Hannah13
#91Hilary13
#92Jillian13US #179
#93Jocelyn13
#94Katrina13US #99
#95Kelley13
#96Melinda13US #82
#97Molly13US #139
#98Renee13US #101
#99Aimee12US #156
#100Alyssa12

Boys

#1Michael280US #1
#2Christopher237US #2
#3Jason228US #3
#4Matthew225US #6
#5Joshua170US #9
#6David169US #4
#7Ryan138US #14
#8John135US #7
#9James130US #5
#10Brian127US #10
#11Adam125US #23
#12Nicholas120US #15
#13Robert119US #8
#14Daniel116US #12
#15Timothy109US #18
#16Eric102US #17
#17Scott94US #29
#18Jeffrey92US #24
#19Andrew90US #20
#20Justin90US #22
#21Thomas86US #26
#22Nathan85US #37
#23Jonathan83US #31
#24Jeremy82US #16
#25Joseph80US #11
#26Kevin79US #19
#27Aaron78US #32
#28William76US #13
#29Benjamin64US #33
#30Richard62US #25
#31Peter61US #53
#32Patrick59US #39
#33Shawn55US #43
#34Mark54US #30
#35Sean51US #49
#36Steven46US #27
#37Stephen44US #40
#38Gregory42US #42
#39Travis42US #36
#40Chad41US #38
#41Paul40US #34
#42Charles39US #28
#43Anthony38US #21
#44Craig37US #77
#45Jacob37US #45
#46Jared37US #65
#47Kenneth35US #41
#48Jesse34US #50
#49Todd34US #60
#50Brandon33US #35
#51Shaun32US #64
#52Derek31US #72
#53Seth30US #101
#54Zachary30US #74
#55Corey27US #63
#56Ronald27US #54
#57Keith26US #52
#58Shane26US #67
#59Dennis24US #75
#60Erik23US #66
#61Marc23US #119
#62Ian22US #107
#63Kyle22US #56
#64Douglas21US #58
#65Jeremiah21US #81
#66Philip20US #83
#67Donald19US #51
#68Brett18US #98
#69Bryan17US #46
#70Joel17US #71
#71Samuel17US #55
#72Troy17US #99
#73Alexander16US #94
#74George16US #57
#75Raymond16US #70
#76Casey15US #93
#77Gary15US #59
#78Lucas15US #108
#79Nathaniel15US #95
#80Edward14US #48
#81Brendan13
#82Gabriel13US #90
#83Alan12US #116
#84Ethan12
#85Geoffrey12US #191
#86Jay12US #126
#87Trevor12US #153
#88Christian11US #120
#89Jamie11US #88
#90Jon11US #118
#91Kristopher11US #114
#92Bruce10US #152
#93Randy10US #86
#94Roger10US #132
#95Tyler10US #131
#96Brad9US #115
#97Bradley9US #47
#98Cory9US #82
#99Curtis9US #91
#100Evan9US #169

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑43Meghan#42
↑37Abigail#54
↑30Colleen#64
↑21Meredith#65
↑21Marc#61
↑20Catherine#44
↑19Cheryl#59
↑19Anne#74

Falling

↓25Tyler#95
↓23Tanya#76
↓22Jillian#92
↓22Aimee#99
↓21Dawn#67
↓20Rachel#48
↓20Susan#63
↓20Lindsay#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.