State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1983 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,467 New Hampshire births in 1983 across 363 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.

#67Kate#199 nationally
#61Brendan#191 nationally
#83Ethanoutside the national top 200
#91Danaoutside the national top 200
#47Abigail#151 nationally
#97Briannaoutside the national top 200
#98Dylanoutside the national top 200
#87Geoffrey#189 nationally
#53Caitlin#153 nationally
#78Beth#169 nationally
#92Drew#182 nationally
#43Hannah#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer250US #1
#2Jessica240US #2
#3Sarah180US #5
#4Amanda167US #3
#5Melissa129US #6
#6Heather123US #9
#7Nicole113US #7
#8Ashley110US #4
#9Amy109US #12
#10Elizabeth97US #10
#11Stephanie95US #8
#12Rebecca88US #19
#13Erin79US #18
#14Crystal76US #11
#15Emily75US #25
#16Kimberly65US #15
#17Michelle65US #13
#18Megan64US #21
#19Kristen63US #37
#20Danielle62US #29
#21Laura61US #23
#22Sara57US #31
#23Rachel56US #20
#24Katie55US #45
#25Katherine53US #34
#26Kelly53US #26
#27Lisa50US #27
#28Angela48US #22
#29Jamie48US #28
#30Christina47US #16
#31Lauren44US #24
#32Tiffany44US #14
#33Holly43US #48
#34Andrea42US #30
#35Samantha42US #40
#36Lindsay41US #36
#37Shannon41US #38
#38Lindsey40US #35
#39Meghan36US #75
#40Allison35US #59
#41Courtney34US #44
#42Christine33US #47
#43Hannah33US #124
#44Kathryn33US #50
#45Jillian32US #115
#46Kristin32US #42
#47Abigail31US #151
#48Julie31US #46
#49Amber30US #17
#50Erica30US #33
#51Heidi28US #95
#52Alicia27US #41
#53Caitlin27US #153
#54Kathleen26US #73
#55Tara26US #51
#56Bethany25US #99
#57April24US #39
#58Catherine23US #66
#59Krystal23US #78
#60Mary22US #32
#61Katrina21US #108
#62Tanya21US #134
#63Cassandra20US #70
#64Jacqueline20US #53
#65Stacey20US #76
#66Alison18US #116
#67Kate18US #199
#68Renee18US #97
#69Sandra18US #88
#70Victoria18US #58
#71Jenny17US #132
#72Kristina17US #63
#73Desiree16US #94
#74Melanie16US #79
#75Meredith16US #148
#76Molly16US #129
#77Anna15US #55
#78Beth15US #169
#79Chelsea15US #102
#80Kristy15US #133
#81Rebekah15US #152
#82Robin15US #127
#83Susan15US #86
#84Kara14US #101
#85Karen14US #77
#86Patricia14US #60
#87Stacy14US #61
#88Anne13US #130
#89Carrie13US #65
#90Erika13US #80
#91Julia13US #85
#92Krista13US #142
#93Melinda13US #138
#94Morgan13US #167
#95Nichole13US #93
#96Valerie13US #74
#97Brianna12
#98Cynthia12US #62
#99Gina12US #121
#100Jill12US #98

Boys

#1Christopher310US #2
#2Michael279US #1
#3Matthew277US #3
#4Joshua170US #5
#5Ryan165US #13
#6Jason163US #7
#7David151US #4
#8Daniel149US #8
#9Adam147US #18
#10Brian147US #14
#11Justin136US #12
#12Jonathan129US #19
#13Robert126US #10
#14James124US #6
#15Nicholas123US #21
#16Andrew122US #15
#17Joseph115US #11
#18John114US #9
#19Eric111US #20
#20Timothy103US #26
#21Jeffrey101US #28
#22Benjamin90US #32
#23Nathan89US #40
#24Scott88US #38
#25William85US #16
#26Patrick79US #37
#27Thomas79US #24
#28Brandon72US #17
#29Kevin71US #25
#30Steven66US #23
#31Kyle65US #34
#32Richard65US #27
#33Stephen63US #35
#34Aaron60US #29
#35Mark60US #31
#36Gregory59US #42
#37Peter53US #59
#38Jeremy52US #30
#39Derek51US #51
#40Sean48US #44
#41Anthony46US #22
#42Travis46US #41
#43Paul45US #39
#44Jesse43US #46
#45Keith42US #61
#46Jacob40US #36
#47Shawn40US #53
#48Tyler39US #57
#49Bryan38US #47
#50Jared38US #56
#51Zachary35US #50
#52Chad33US #49
#53Ian33US #77
#54Craig32US #70
#55Charles30US #33
#56Samuel29US #54
#57Shane29US #84
#58Seth28US #98
#59Corey27US #74
#60Douglas26US #69
#61Brendan25US #191
#62Erik25US #80
#63Kenneth25US #45
#64Todd25US #87
#65Edward24US #55
#66Brett23US #73
#67Joel20US #67
#68Alexander19US #63
#69Raymond19US #71
#70Nathaniel18US #79
#71Donald17US #60
#72Dustin17US #43
#73Luke17US #105
#74Cory16US #83
#75Jamie16US #153
#76Philip16US #82
#77Bradley15US #52
#78Casey15US #90
#79Ronald15US #64
#80Shaun15US #111
#81George14US #65
#82Dennis13US #92
#83Ethan13
#84Evan13US #93
#85Carl12US #106
#86Frank12US #86
#87Geoffrey12US #189
#88Marc12US #125
#89Trevor12US #130
#90Colin11US #166
#91Dana11
#92Drew11US #182
#93Mathew11US #146
#94Arthur10US #157
#95Brad10US #175
#96Caleb10US #159
#97Curtis10US #100
#98Dylan10
#99Jeremiah10US #99
#100Jordan10US #72

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑33Jacqueline#64
↑30Ashley#8
↑29Katrina#61
↑28Shane#57
↑27Tara#55
↑25Holly#33
↑25Brendan#61
↑24Victoria#70

Falling

↓37Carrie#89
↓36Jill#100
↓24Susan#83
↓22Julia#91
↓21Melanie#74
↓20Karen#85
↓18Mary#60
↓18Jeremiah#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.