State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1980 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,358 New Hampshire births in 1980 across 371 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.

#57Kate#197 nationally
#82Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#83Hannahoutside the national top 200
#86Rossoutside the national top 200
#88Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#90Ethanoutside the national top 200
#93Brendanoutside the national top 200
#70Abigail#176 nationally
#95Colinoutside the national top 200
#96Danaoutside the national top 200
#99Alissaoutside the national top 200
#91Garrett#189 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer288US #1
#2Jessica214US #3
#3Sarah196US #5
#4Melissa175US #4
#5Amanda146US #2
#6Heather107US #6
#7Amy105US #8
#8Elizabeth98US #9
#9Nicole96US #7
#10Rebecca96US #17
#11Kelly88US #19
#12Stephanie86US #13
#13Erin80US #20
#14Michelle77US #10
#15Angela70US #12
#16Katie63US #44
#17Lisa62US #16
#18Megan62US #30
#19Sara62US #27
#20Kristen60US #39
#21Jamie59US #24
#22Kimberly59US #11
#23Katherine58US #35
#24Laura57US #21
#25Emily56US #31
#26Crystal54US #18
#27Christine52US #41
#28Tiffany50US #14
#29Shannon49US #29
#30Christina45US #15
#31Danielle45US #33
#32Erica43US #34
#33Kristin43US #37
#34Andrea42US #28
#35Heidi42US #79
#36Lauren41US #38
#37Rachel41US #23
#38Mary39US #25
#39Julie35US #32
#40Samantha35US #58
#41Karen34US #54
#42Kathryn34US #50
#43Meghan34US #114
#44Allison33US #59
#45Tara32US #43
#46Catherine31US #77
#47Lindsay30US #71
#48Amber29US #22
#49Jill29US #66
#50Kathleen29US #82
#51Alicia28US #47
#52April27US #26
#53Ashley27US #40
#54Kristy27US #78
#55Alison26US #101
#56Courtney26US #48
#57Kate26US #197
#58Brooke25US #57
#59Carrie25US #46
#60Beth24US #106
#61Cheryl24US #119
#62Molly24US #133
#63Stacey24US #74
#64Bethany22US #124
#65Katrina22US #90
#66Holly21US #52
#67Kristina21US #73
#68Patricia21US #51
#69Tracy21US #56
#70Abigail20US #176
#71Anne20US #112
#72Erika20US #87
#73Melanie20US #60
#74Stacy20US #53
#75Tanya20US #88
#76Susan19US #62
#77Anna18US #55
#78Bonnie18US #166
#79Colleen18US #137
#80Dawn18US #67
#81Kara18US #127
#82Alyssa17
#83Hannah16
#84Jaime16US #116
#85Kendra16US #154
#86Mandy16US #132
#87Tammy16US #96
#88Kelley15
#89Margaret15US #105
#90Renee15US #107
#91Jillian14US #171
#92Miranda14US #128
#93Sabrina14US #113
#94Aimee13US #174
#95Lori13US #76
#96Meredith13US #140
#97Denise12US #95
#98Melinda12US #92
#99Alissa11
#100Christy11US #83

Boys

#1Michael269US #1
#2Matthew258US #6
#3Christopher234US #2
#4Jason215US #3
#5Joshua177US #7
#6Daniel150US #11
#7David147US #4
#8James146US #5
#9Ryan141US #15
#10Brian132US #12
#11Robert124US #9
#12Adam120US #22
#13Justin119US #13
#14John118US #8
#15Joseph117US #10
#16Timothy116US #20
#17Eric105US #16
#18Jonathan104US #21
#19Nicholas104US #17
#20Andrew101US #19
#21Jeffrey100US #27
#22William95US #14
#23Scott94US #33
#24Nathan89US #36
#25Jeremy84US #18
#26Benjamin82US #32
#27Kevin77US #23
#28Thomas77US #25
#29Aaron75US #34
#30Mark61US #30
#31Sean60US #48
#32Stephen58US #40
#33Patrick56US #38
#34Richard55US #26
#35Keith50US #56
#36Peter49US #55
#37Steven47US #28
#38Derek46US #50
#39Jesse46US #45
#40Shawn45US #47
#41Anthony44US #24
#42Paul44US #35
#43Gregory43US #42
#44Chad41US #39
#45Kenneth36US #41
#46Seth35US #99
#47Travis35US #37
#48Jacob34US #43
#49Brandon33US #31
#50Charles32US #29
#51Bryan31US #49
#52Todd31US #75
#53Zachary31US #72
#54Douglas30US #62
#55Shane30US #69
#56Craig28US #73
#57Erik27US #64
#58Joel27US #67
#59Samuel26US #54
#60Edward25US #52
#61George25US #60
#62Shaun25US #79
#63Corey24US #68
#64Kyle23US #57
#65Philip23US #82
#66Tyler22US #114
#67Bradley21US #51
#68Cory21US #83
#69Alexander20US #91
#70Brett20US #96
#71Jared20US #61
#72Luke20US #97
#73Ronald19US #58
#74Gary18US #63
#75Ian18US #104
#76Lucas18US #98
#77Raymond18US #66
#78Wayne18US #146
#79Alan17US #112
#80Casey17US #93
#81Donald17US #53
#82Jamie16US #105
#83Jeremiah16US #76
#84Randy16US #87
#85Nathaniel15US #86
#86Ross15
#87Dustin14US #44
#88Roger14US #134
#89Frank13US #81
#90Ethan12
#91Garrett12US #189
#92Brad11US #116
#93Brendan11
#94Bruce11US #157
#95Colin11
#96Dana11
#97Isaac11US #150
#98Lance11US #152
#99Marc11US #119
#100Arthur10US #147

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑38Tiffany#28
↑35Molly#62
↑30Bradley#67
↑30Cory#68
↑29Katrina#65
↑29Tyler#66
↑24Tara#45
↑24Lindsay#47

Falling

↓38Marc#99
↓31Stacy#74
↓31Meredith#96
↓29Tammy#87
↓27Melanie#73
↓25Jared#71
↓24April#52
↓24Jaime#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.