State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1982 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,847 New Hampshire births in 1982 across 391 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.

#54Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#70Kateoutside the national top 200
#75Meaganoutside the national top 200
#50Hannah#175 nationally
#85Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#86Brendanoutside the national top 200
#91Kurtoutside the national top 200
#100Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#97Geoffrey#194 nationally
#75Colin#171 nationally
#63Abigail#157 nationally
#62Meredith#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer251US #1
#2Jessica209US #2
#3Amanda185US #3
#4Sarah182US #4
#5Melissa143US #5
#6Nicole119US #6
#7Heather117US #12
#8Elizabeth114US #8
#9Amy99US #10
#10Emily97US #24
#11Stephanie96US #7
#12Rebecca86US #15
#13Sara80US #28
#14Crystal78US #9
#15Erin76US #20
#16Katherine76US #36
#17Kristen65US #33
#18Angela62US #16
#19Kimberly60US #14
#20Katie58US #45
#21Danielle57US #31
#22Kelly57US #25
#23Laura57US #22
#24Megan57US #34
#25Shannon54US #38
#26Christina53US #19
#27Lauren52US #26
#28Lindsay52US #39
#29Jamie51US #29
#30Christine45US #46
#31Andrea43US #27
#32Michelle42US #11
#33Samantha42US #44
#34Kathryn41US #48
#35Courtney40US #43
#36Lindsey40US #40
#37Lisa40US #23
#38Ashley39US #17
#39Allison38US #58
#40Amber38US #18
#41Kristin38US #37
#42Mary37US #30
#43Rachel37US #21
#44Jillian36US #96
#45Julie36US #41
#46Meghan35US #110
#47Tiffany35US #13
#48Erica34US #35
#49Bethany32US #112
#50Hannah32US #175
#51Kathleen30US #77
#52Carrie29US #57
#53Melanie29US #65
#54Caitlin27
#55Catherine27US #73
#56Alicia26US #53
#57Cassandra26US #62
#58Holly25US #61
#59Susan25US #76
#60Heidi24US #86
#61April23US #32
#62Meredith23US #150
#63Abigail22US #157
#64Jill22US #89
#65Karen22US #68
#66Alison21US #111
#67Anna21US #56
#68Krystal21US #83
#69Julia18US #84
#70Kate18
#71Molly18US #131
#72Stacey18US #85
#73Stacy18US #72
#74Vanessa18US #49
#75Meagan17
#76Dawn16US #95
#77Shawna16US #162
#78Anne15US #122
#79Margaret15US #97
#80Nichole15US #99
#81Patricia15US #59
#82Tara15US #47
#83Tonya15US #126
#84Alexis14US #93
#85Alyssa14
#86Beth14US #148
#87Chelsea14US #170
#88Colleen14US #139
#89Kara14US #113
#90Katrina14US #87
#91Kristina14US #70
#92Melinda14US #123
#93Morgan14US #169
#94Victoria14US #66
#95Casey13US #119
#96Deborah13US #160
#97Jacqueline13US #54
#98Kristy13US #104
#99Rebekah13US #143
#100Shauna13

Boys

#1Michael287US #1
#2Christopher278US #2
#3Matthew264US #3
#4Joshua217US #7
#5Jason190US #4
#6Ryan150US #13
#7John144US #8
#8Jonathan142US #16
#9Adam140US #19
#10Robert136US #9
#11David134US #5
#12Joseph132US #11
#13Daniel129US #10
#14Brian124US #14
#15Justin123US #12
#16Benjamin121US #33
#17Timothy121US #24
#18Andrew117US #17
#19Nicholas114US #22
#20James108US #6
#21William99US #15
#22Nathan91US #36
#23Jeffrey87US #29
#24Eric85US #20
#25Scott81US #34
#26Thomas75US #23
#27Mark74US #32
#28Patrick73US #37
#29Richard69US #27
#30Aaron65US #30
#31Gregory63US #40
#32Peter61US #57
#33Jesse60US #43
#34Steven60US #26
#35Brandon58US #18
#36Stephen58US #38
#37Anthony57US #21
#38Jeremy57US #28
#39Kevin57US #25
#40Charles55US #31
#41Paul53US #35
#42Sean52US #44
#43Derek50US #50
#44Shawn50US #52
#45Travis46US #39
#46Kyle42US #47
#47Jacob40US #41
#48Ian39US #83
#49Kenneth36US #45
#50Jared34US #54
#51Brett33US #72
#52Keith33US #59
#53Tyler32US #66
#54Bryan30US #49
#55Craig30US #73
#56Zachary30US #55
#57Corey27US #74
#58Alexander26US #65
#59Douglas26US #68
#60Seth26US #102
#61Cory24US #93
#62Edward24US #53
#63Nathaniel24US #75
#64Todd24US #82
#65Dennis23US #87
#66Samuel22US #56
#67Chad21US #48
#68Evan21US #108
#69Ronald21US #60
#70Joel20US #69
#71Donald19US #58
#72Bradley18US #51
#73Dustin18US #42
#74Russell18US #97
#75Colin17US #171
#76Erik17US #80
#77Trevor17US #146
#78George16US #62
#79Philip16US #79
#80Randy16US #94
#81Jeremiah15US #89
#82Lucas15US #106
#83Gary14US #64
#84Marc14US #138
#85Shane14US #84
#86Brendan13
#87Jamie13US #131
#88Jordan13US #85
#89Luke13US #119
#90Allen12US #122
#91Kurt12
#92Raymond12US #70
#93Shaun12US #96
#94Casey11US #86
#95Derrick11US #78
#96Garrett11US #180
#97Geoffrey11US #194
#98Troy11US #115
#99Arthur10US #157
#100Brent10US #91

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑44Melanie#53
↑38Ashley#38
↑27Christina#26
↑27Meredith#62
↑25Vanessa#74
↑23Lindsey#36
↑23Ronald#69
↑22Evan#68

Falling

↓37Tara#82
↓28Beth#86
↓27Shane#85
↓24Jamie#87
↓24Luke#89
↓23Heidi#60
↓20Brendan#86
↓19Melinda#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.