State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1981 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,491 New Hampshire births in 1981 across 377 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.

#57Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#66Brendanoutside the national top 200
#67Kate#192 nationally
#71Hannah#190 nationally
#86Ethanoutside the national top 200
#95Colinoutside the national top 200
#99Ross#200 nationally
#68Bruce#164 nationally
#68Abigail#156 nationally
#30Meghan#116 nationally
#80Mathew#165 nationally
#61Jillian#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer251US #1
#2Jessica224US #2
#3Sarah209US #4
#4Melissa153US #5
#5Amanda136US #3
#6Amy113US #6
#7Elizabeth111US #9
#8Rebecca111US #12
#9Heather97US #10
#10Erin89US #19
#11Nicole86US #7
#12Sara76US #26
#13Stephanie76US #8
#14Crystal75US #16
#15Kelly74US #23
#16Michelle72US #11
#17Angela70US #15
#18Emily67US #29
#19Laura67US #21
#20Kristen66US #38
#21Katherine65US #39
#22Lisa61US #18
#23Kimberly57US #13
#24Megan53US #33
#25Danielle51US #30
#26Andrea50US #24
#27Katie48US #44
#28Rachel48US #22
#29Jamie47US #28
#30Meghan46US #116
#31Julie45US #37
#32Tiffany44US #14
#33Lauren42US #35
#34Erica41US #36
#35Kristin41US #31
#36Christine39US #42
#37Heidi38US #84
#38Shannon38US #32
#39Mary37US #27
#40Allison36US #57
#41Samantha34US #51
#42Catherine33US #73
#43Kathryn33US #48
#44Lindsay33US #47
#45Tara33US #45
#46Bethany32US #114
#47Kathleen32US #82
#48Karen31US #64
#49Amber30US #20
#50April30US #25
#51Tanya29US #92
#52Tracy29US #77
#53Christina27US #17
#54Courtney27US #43
#55Leah27US #81
#56Brooke26US #52
#57Caitlin26
#58Beth25US #125
#59Lindsey25US #58
#60Holly24US #63
#61Jillian24US #137
#62Carrie23US #55
#63Alicia22US #46
#64Anna22US #54
#65Susan22US #71
#66Jill20US #78
#67Kate20US #192
#68Abigail19US #156
#69Alison19US #113
#70Carolyn19US #144
#71Hannah19US #190
#72Jenny19US #123
#73Melinda19US #108
#74Maria18US #40
#75Molly18US #135
#76Ashley17US #34
#77Brandy17US #41
#78Jaime17US #124
#79Kara17US #121
#80Renee17US #98
#81Stacy17US #65
#82Erika16US #93
#83Kristina16US #72
#84Kristy16US #94
#85Stacey16US #83
#86Theresa16US #100
#87Wendy15US #90
#88Christy14US #99
#89Meredith14US #140
#90Nichole14US #109
#91Patricia14US #53
#92Robin14US #102
#93Victoria14US #87
#94Casey13US #122
#95Dawn13US #79
#96Margaret13US #107
#97Melanie13US #66
#98Rebekah13US #149
#99Vanessa13US #62
#100Brandi12US #50

Boys

#1Michael275US #1
#2Matthew263US #3
#3Christopher233US #2
#4Joshua189US #6
#5Jason177US #4
#6Ryan175US #13
#7Daniel159US #10
#8David153US #5
#9John143US #8
#10Timothy136US #24
#11Jonathan132US #16
#12Adam130US #20
#13Brian127US #14
#14Robert126US #9
#15Jeffrey124US #29
#16Justin123US #12
#17Nicholas116US #21
#18Eric115US #17
#19Benjamin111US #32
#20James111US #7
#21William101US #15
#22Andrew100US #18
#23Joseph94US #11
#24Thomas90US #26
#25Kevin84US #25
#26Scott79US #34
#27Nathan78US #36
#28Jesse76US #37
#29Jeremy71US #22
#30Aaron66US #30
#31Stephen66US #39
#32Patrick62US #38
#33Brandon59US #19
#34Shawn56US #49
#35Derek54US #53
#36Richard52US #27
#37Steven51US #28
#38Gregory46US #46
#39Jacob45US #43
#40Mark44US #33
#41Peter44US #55
#42Sean44US #44
#43Corey41US #69
#44Travis41US #40
#45Anthony39US #23
#46Keith37US #58
#47Paul37US #35
#48Kyle35US #52
#49Charles33US #31
#50Jared33US #57
#51Douglas32US #64
#52Seth31US #95
#53Zachary31US #63
#54Craig30US #72
#55Ian29US #101
#56Kenneth29US #41
#57Chad28US #47
#58Shane27US #81
#59Bryan26US #48
#60Erik26US #76
#61Samuel25US #54
#62Alexander22US #70
#63Jamie22US #118
#64Tyler21US #96
#65Luke20US #100
#66Brendan19
#67Brett19US #79
#68Bruce19US #164
#69Donald19US #56
#70Edward19US #51
#71Bradley18US #50
#72Cory18US #90
#73George18US #61
#74Joel18US #65
#75Nathaniel18US #80
#76Shaun18US #86
#77Dennis17US #83
#78Gary17US #62
#79Lucas17US #89
#80Mathew17US #165
#81Raymond17US #68
#82Todd17US #74
#83Philip16US #84
#84Jordan15US #102
#85Casey14US #85
#86Ethan13
#87Marc13US #134
#88Wayne13US #156
#89Dustin12US #42
#90Evan12US #139
#91Phillip11US #66
#92Ronald11US #59
#93Arthur10US #152
#94Christian10US #121
#95Colin10
#96Jeffery10US #93
#97Jeremiah10US #77
#98Randy10US #91
#99Ross10US #200
#100Alan9US #112

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑30Jillian#61
↑27Brendan#66
↑26Bruce#68
↑25Melinda#73
↑24Tanya#51
↑21Jared#50
↑20Corey#43
↑20Ian#55

Falling

↓30Kristy#84
↓30Todd#82
↓24Melanie#97
↓23Christina#53
↓23Ashley#76
↓23Patricia#91
↓22Stacey#85
↓21Alan#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.