State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1986 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,971 New Hampshire births in 1986 across 394 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.

#79Danaoutside the national top 200
#80Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#83Geoffrey#199 nationally
#87Ethanoutside the national top 200
#76Brendan#185 nationally
#99Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#99Neiloutside the national top 200
#85Kate#186 nationally
#73Colin#158 nationally
#100Kaitlin#182 nationally
#68Katelyn#149 nationally
#97Christa#178 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda257US #3
#2Jessica237US #1
#3Sarah206US #5
#4Jennifer205US #4
#5Ashley204US #2
#6Nicole158US #7
#7Heather124US #9
#8Megan108US #11
#9Amy103US #22
#10Samantha97US #21
#11Stephanie96US #6
#12Melissa93US #12
#13Rebecca91US #26
#14Elizabeth90US #10
#15Emily89US #24
#16Laura78US #20
#17Danielle73US #16
#18Kimberly71US #18
#19Katherine69US #28
#20Sara61US #27
#21Brittany60US #8
#22Lauren60US #14
#23Christina58US #19
#24Michelle55US #23
#25Amber54US #13
#26Erin53US #30
#27Katie53US #38
#28Courtney51US #35
#29Lindsay51US #46
#30Caitlin50US #69
#31Rachel49US #15
#32Shannon49US #44
#33Andrea47US #36
#34Kristen47US #41
#35Meghan46US #71
#36Angela43US #33
#37Christine43US #47
#38Kelly43US #29
#39Cassandra42US #60
#40Kathryn42US #48
#41Crystal41US #25
#42Krista39US #93
#43Jamie38US #34
#44Allison37US #42
#45Hannah37US #82
#46Lisa37US #40
#47Holly36US #63
#48Tiffany36US #17
#49Erica34US #31
#50Lindsey34US #39
#51Alicia33US #45
#52Whitney32US #32
#53Bethany30US #91
#54Jillian30US #107
#55Mary30US #37
#56Margaret29US #90
#57Alyssa28US #85
#58Alison26US #96
#59Jenna26US #55
#60Julie26US #58
#61Kara26US #102
#62Anna25US #51
#63Kristin25US #50
#64Kristina25US #62
#65Molly25US #110
#66Tara25US #56
#67Julia24US #88
#68Katelyn24US #149
#69Kathleen24US #68
#70Heidi23US #131
#71Abigail22US #143
#72Catherine22US #67
#73Felicia22US #89
#74Morgan22US #113
#75Alexandra21US #72
#76Krystal21US #61
#77Vanessa21US #43
#78Leah20US #78
#79Robin20US #122
#80Kaitlyn19
#81Kayla19US #64
#82Kelsey19US #112
#83Marissa19US #115
#84Nichole19US #105
#85Kate18US #186
#86Meagan18US #123
#87Victoria17US #54
#88Jacqueline16US #57
#89Katrina16US #99
#90Meredith16US #150
#91Tanya16US #160
#92April15US #53
#93Chelsea15US #73
#94Natasha15US #70
#95Alisha14US #125
#96Cassie14US #156
#97Christa14US #178
#98Colleen14US #152
#99Hillary14
#100Kaitlin14US #182

Boys

#1Michael291US #1
#2Matthew288US #3
#3Christopher283US #2
#4Ryan221US #11
#5Joshua205US #4
#6Daniel169US #6
#7Andrew167US #8
#8David167US #5
#9Nicholas156US #17
#10Jonathan153US #16
#11James143US #7
#12John128US #10
#13Justin121US #14
#14Robert121US #9
#15Timothy117US #27
#16Joseph114US #12
#17Eric112US #22
#18Kevin109US #21
#19William108US #15
#20Adam106US #24
#21Kyle106US #23
#22Patrick104US #39
#23Thomas104US #26
#24Brian103US #20
#25Jeffrey100US #32
#26Jason97US #18
#27Brandon96US #13
#28Benjamin89US #30
#29Tyler88US #40
#30Richard85US #29
#31Nathan79US #43
#32Zachary74US #38
#33Stephen71US #36
#34Scott69US #44
#35Sean68US #37
#36Jeremy66US #28
#37Alexander65US #41
#38Anthony63US #19
#39Gregory61US #46
#40Steven59US #25
#41Jacob57US #31
#42Corey56US #62
#43Peter53US #60
#44Shawn51US #55
#45Aaron50US #33
#46Derek50US #57
#47Travis49US #49
#48Paul48US #45
#49Craig44US #80
#50Mark44US #35
#51Ian41US #85
#52Jesse40US #48
#53Samuel40US #52
#54Charles39US #34
#55Jared39US #58
#56Bryan37US #47
#57Keith37US #66
#58Kenneth30US #50
#59Dustin29US #42
#60Seth28US #97
#61Brett27US #69
#62Jordan27US #53
#63Shane27US #67
#64Douglas25US #82
#65Chad24US #59
#66Evan24US #81
#67Casey23US #83
#68Edward23US #61
#69Trevor22US #98
#70Todd21US #110
#71Alex20US #64
#72Cory20US #68
#73Colin19US #158
#74Erik19US #92
#75Nathaniel19US #78
#76Brendan18US #185
#77Cody17US #56
#78Curtis17US #100
#79Dana17
#80Garrett17US #117
#81Bradley16US #54
#82Donald16US #71
#83Geoffrey16US #199
#84Lucas16US #126
#85Raymond16US #77
#86Brent15US #94
#87Ethan15
#88Joel15US #72
#89Luke15US #106
#90Marc15US #137
#91Phillip15US #70
#92Taylor14US #136
#93Wesley14US #96
#94Christian13US #89
#95Dennis13US #104
#96Devin13US #113
#97Dylan12US #149
#98George12US #74
#99Neil12
#100Ronald12US #75

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑31Margaret#56
↑30Casey#67
↑28Jordan#62
↑25Brett#61
↑23Felicia#73
↑21Andrea#33
↑21Robin#79
↑21Cody#77

Falling

↓46Chelsea#93
↓28Kaitlin#100
↓23Krystal#76
↓20Marc#90
↓18Crystal#41
↓18Bradley#81
↓17Kathleen#69
↓17Vanessa#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.