State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1984 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,776 New Hampshire births in 1984 across 373 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.

#68Katelynoutside the national top 200
#69Brendan#188 nationally
#64Kate#178 nationally
#87Danaoutside the national top 200
#98Ethanoutside the national top 200
#82Alyssa#180 nationally
#65Abigail#154 nationally
#86Bruce#175 nationally
#72Ross#155 nationally
#59Tanya#140 nationally
#63Colleen#144 nationally
#75Garrett#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer258US #1
#2Jessica200US #2
#3Sarah181US #5
#4Amanda170US #4
#5Ashley131US #3
#6Nicole117US #7
#7Melissa113US #8
#8Elizabeth112US #10
#9Heather110US #9
#10Megan94US #11
#11Stephanie92US #6
#12Amy90US #13
#13Emily88US #24
#14Erin75US #25
#15Rebecca72US #23
#16Crystal71US #12
#17Laura69US #19
#18Michelle68US #17
#19Katie64US #44
#20Kimberly64US #22
#21Danielle61US #16
#22Katherine59US #30
#23Angela57US #26
#24Kelly56US #27
#25Lauren54US #21
#26Meghan54US #65
#27Lindsay52US #36
#28Andrea51US #28
#29Kristen50US #38
#30Christine48US #43
#31Lindsey47US #35
#32Samantha47US #39
#33Shannon47US #37
#34Tiffany45US #14
#35Lisa44US #29
#36Christina43US #20
#37Rachel41US #15
#38Jamie40US #31
#39Kathryn40US #48
#40Amber39US #18
#41Sara39US #32
#42Julie37US #52
#43Kristin36US #47
#44Erica35US #34
#45Allison34US #51
#46Caitlin34US #118
#47Heidi33US #101
#48Holly33US #53
#49Jillian32US #106
#50Courtney30US #46
#51Kathleen30US #71
#52Hannah28US #126
#53Mary27US #33
#54Anna26US #57
#55Jenna25US #54
#56Alicia23US #40
#57Catherine23US #69
#58Krystal23US #74
#59Tanya23US #140
#60Tara23US #49
#61Brittany22US #41
#62Cassandra22US #63
#63Colleen21US #144
#64Kate21US #178
#65Abigail20US #154
#66Alison20US #110
#67Bethany20US #93
#68Katelyn19
#69Chelsea18US #84
#70Renee18US #108
#71Stacey18US #79
#72Stacy18US #67
#73April17US #42
#74Casey17US #107
#75Jacqueline17US #56
#76Miranda17US #114
#77Cynthia16US #62
#78Kara16US #95
#79Karen16US #82
#80Molly16US #131
#81Vanessa16US #45
#82Alyssa15US #180
#83Brandy15US #64
#84Katrina15US #105
#85Margaret15US #92
#86Meagan15US #165
#87Meredith15US #148
#88Natalie15US #55
#89Nichole15US #97
#90Patricia15US #66
#91Victoria15US #59
#92Jill14US #120
#93Kristina14US #68
#94Leah14US #83
#95Sheena14US #80
#96Anne13US #127
#97Beth13US #168
#98Brooke13US #99
#99Julia13US #87
#100Melanie13US #85

Boys

#1Michael298US #1
#2Christopher277US #2
#3Matthew275US #3
#4Ryan202US #12
#5Joshua199US #4
#6Adam164US #18
#7David160US #5
#8Daniel151US #6
#9Jason151US #11
#10James130US #7
#11Brian126US #17
#12Andrew122US #14
#13Justin121US #13
#14Joseph120US #10
#15Robert120US #9
#16Jonathan119US #19
#17Benjamin115US #30
#18Nicholas115US #20
#19John112US #8
#20Eric97US #22
#21Jeffrey93US #28
#22Thomas93US #25
#23Timothy93US #26
#24William87US #16
#25Kevin81US #24
#26Nathan77US #38
#27Sean76US #43
#28Mark75US #32
#29Scott75US #39
#30Tyler68US #47
#31Stephen66US #35
#32Richard65US #27
#33Steven65US #23
#34Kyle64US #34
#35Patrick62US #36
#36Brandon58US #15
#37Zachary58US #45
#38Anthony54US #21
#39Gregory54US #44
#40Jacob54US #37
#41Jeremy52US #31
#42Travis52US #42
#43Peter51US #60
#44Jesse46US #50
#45Derek45US #52
#46Ian45US #78
#47Aaron42US #29
#48Paul40US #40
#49Shawn39US #56
#50Alexander38US #54
#51Keith36US #61
#52Chad35US #51
#53Craig34US #75
#54Kenneth34US #46
#55Nathaniel34US #80
#56Samuel34US #55
#57Charles33US #33
#58Jared33US #59
#59Bryan32US #48
#60Shane27US #85
#61Seth25US #99
#62Douglas23US #71
#63Edward23US #58
#64Dustin22US #41
#65Corey21US #69
#66Evan21US #98
#67Joel21US #66
#68Cory20US #83
#69Brendan19US #188
#70Casey19US #82
#71Erik19US #84
#72Ross18US #155
#73Bradley17US #53
#74Christian16US #104
#75Garrett16US #156
#76Marc16US #131
#77Todd16US #92
#78Trevor16US #115
#79Troy16US #114
#80Colin15US #152
#81Philip15US #81
#82Arthur14US #159
#83Donald14US #63
#84Lee14US #124
#85Alex13US #93
#86Bruce13US #175
#87Dana13
#88Jamie13US #154
#89Mathew13US #139
#90Phillip13US #70
#91Alan12US #105
#92Brett12US #72
#93Caleb12US #163
#94Jeremiah12US #102
#95Jon12US #147
#96Raymond12US #73
#97Carl11US #108
#98Ethan11
#99George11US #68
#100Ronald11US #67

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑23Anna#54
↑21Cynthia#77
↑18Tyler#30
↑18Alexander#50
↑18Evan#66
↑15Stacy#72
↑15Nathaniel#55
↑14Zachary#37

Falling

↓27Raymond#96
↓26Melanie#100
↓26Brett#92
↓23Katrina#84
↓21Victoria#91
↓21Kristina#93
↓21Ronald#100
↓19Sara#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.