State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1985 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,779 New Hampshire births in 1985 across 408 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.

#72Kaitlinoutside the national top 200
#68Katelyn#191 nationally
#83Danaoutside the national top 200
#85Tysonoutside the national top 200
#73Brendan#185 nationally
#97Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#89Geoffrey#191 nationally
#89Brianna#190 nationally
#92Kristine#188 nationally
#61Abigail#153 nationally
#90Kate#179 nationally
#77Colin#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica225US #1
#2Amanda224US #4
#3Jennifer224US #3
#4Sarah174US #5
#5Ashley166US #2
#6Nicole154US #7
#7Melissa118US #11
#8Heather108US #8
#9Stephanie104US #6
#10Amy97US #20
#11Elizabeth93US #9
#12Megan90US #10
#13Danielle88US #18
#14Laura84US #14
#15Rebecca80US #25
#16Emily78US #24
#17Samantha75US #29
#18Katherine71US #32
#19Michelle70US #22
#20Katie68US #39
#21Sara68US #30
#22Christina63US #12
#23Crystal61US #21
#24Lauren59US #15
#25Meghan59US #63
#26Kristen58US #38
#27Rachel58US #13
#28Jamie57US #27
#29Erin56US #26
#30Kelly56US #28
#31Kimberly55US #19
#32Caitlin52US #77
#33Lindsay51US #40
#34Brittany49US #17
#35Angela44US #31
#36Christine43US #44
#37Amber41US #16
#38Kathryn39US #48
#39Allison38US #46
#40Holly36US #56
#41Tiffany36US #23
#42Cassandra34US #62
#43Courtney34US #43
#44Shannon34US #41
#45Jillian33US #115
#46Lisa33US #36
#47Chelsea32US #75
#48Erica32US #34
#49Julie32US #55
#50Mary32US #35
#51Jenna31US #50
#52Kathleen29US #68
#53Krystal29US #53
#54Andrea27US #33
#55Kristin27US #49
#56Kristina26US #57
#57Hannah25US #117
#58Stacey25US #89
#59Tara25US #51
#60Vanessa25US #42
#61Abigail24US #153
#62Alyssa24US #130
#63Catherine24US #65
#64Lindsey24US #37
#65Renee24US #118
#66Anna23US #54
#67Bethany23US #94
#68Katelyn23US #191
#69Molly23US #119
#70Alicia22US #45
#71Carrie22US #96
#72Kaitlin21
#73Nichole21US #95
#74Alison20US #97
#75Kara20US #98
#76Meredith20US #149
#77Patricia20US #64
#78Jacqueline19US #60
#79Karen19US #87
#80Leah19US #78
#81Meagan19US #133
#82Stacy19US #67
#83Alexandra18US #92
#84Julia18US #85
#85Katrina18US #93
#86Kendra18US #154
#87Margaret17US #90
#88Valerie17US #71
#89Brianna16US #190
#90Kate16US #179
#91Melanie16US #88
#92Kristine15US #188
#93Natasha15US #79
#94Tanya15US #139
#95Colleen14US #150
#96Felicia14US #101
#97Hillary14
#98Jill14US #143
#99Krystle14US #111
#100Robin14US #147

Boys

#1Michael341US #1
#2Matthew276US #3
#3Christopher271US #2
#4Joshua231US #4
#5Ryan204US #12
#6Nicholas168US #19
#7Daniel165US #5
#8James164US #7
#9Andrew160US #11
#10David156US #6
#11Jonathan156US #17
#12Jason139US #14
#13Robert135US #8
#14Benjamin131US #31
#15Adam129US #22
#16Joseph121US #10
#17John115US #9
#18Timothy113US #26
#19Brian112US #18
#20Kevin111US #23
#21Jeffrey110US #29
#22Justin105US #15
#23Patrick104US #37
#24Eric103US #21
#25Thomas101US #25
#26Kyle88US #27
#27William83US #16
#28Brandon80US #13
#29Nathan79US #40
#30Jeremy74US #30
#31Steven72US #24
#32Tyler71US #43
#33Stephen70US #36
#34Scott69US #44
#35Shawn65US #55
#36Sean64US #38
#37Richard63US #28
#38Gregory62US #45
#39Mark58US #32
#40Peter58US #60
#41Anthony55US #20
#42Derek53US #56
#43Jacob49US #35
#44Zachary46US #39
#45Aaron45US #33
#46Paul44US #42
#47Travis43US #46
#48Corey41US #63
#49Keith40US #64
#50Jesse39US #51
#51Jared38US #58
#52Craig35US #79
#53Alexander34US #50
#54Bryan34US #48
#55Kenneth34US #47
#56Ian33US #78
#57Samuel32US #54
#58Charles31US #34
#59Nathaniel30US #77
#60Dustin29US #41
#61Shane25US #68
#62Trevor24US #105
#63Bradley22US #53
#64Chad22US #57
#65Cory22US #81
#66Douglas22US #76
#67Seth22US #104
#68Evan20US #91
#69Edward19US #59
#70Marc19US #129
#71Philip19US #84
#72Alex18US #80
#73Brendan18US #185
#74Carl18US #112
#75Joel18US #67
#76Todd18US #99
#77Colin17US #156
#78Donald17US #66
#79Mathew17US #148
#80Erik16US #87
#81Shaun16US #120
#82Christian15US #101
#83Dana15
#84Ross15US #147
#85Tyson15
#86Brett14US #70
#87Lucas14US #122
#88Phillip14US #69
#89Geoffrey13US #191
#90Jordan13US #62
#91Kristopher13US #134
#92Dennis12US #103
#93Luke12US #106
#94Roger12US #160
#95Alan11US #109
#96Cameron11US #154
#97Casey11US #86
#98Cody11US #52
#99Garrett11US #138
#100George11US #72

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑37Kristina#56
↑27Brittany#34
↑23Carl#74
↑22Chelsea#47
↑21Vanessa#60
↑20Sara#21
↑20Cassandra#42
↑20Alyssa#62

Falling

↓35Tanya#94
↓33Lindsey#64
↓32Colleen#95
↓27Casey#97
↓26Andrea#54
↓26Kate#90
↓24Garrett#99
↓15Erin#29

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.