State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1987 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,913 New Hampshire births in 1987 across 416 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.

#84Danaoutside the national top 200
#86Wayne#200 nationally
#91Aimeeoutside the national top 200
#92Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#93Colbyoutside the national top 200
#88Kate#191 nationally
#99Trishaoutside the national top 200
#70Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#100Max#188 nationally
#47Katelyn#127 nationally
#67Heidi#144 nationally
#83Brendan#156 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda270US #3
#2Ashley247US #2
#3Jessica243US #1
#4Sarah230US #5
#5Jennifer165US #4
#6Nicole154US #8
#7Samantha146US #11
#8Heather123US #9
#9Elizabeth108US #10
#10Emily108US #19
#11Stephanie103US #6
#12Rebecca99US #25
#13Danielle96US #14
#14Megan87US #12
#15Melissa83US #13
#16Brittany81US #7
#17Lauren78US #16
#18Laura77US #22
#19Rachel77US #17
#20Amy72US #24
#21Katherine71US #28
#22Kayla69US #27
#23Kristen62US #42
#24Michelle62US #21
#25Kimberly61US #23
#26Caitlin59US #63
#27Erin59US #34
#28Katie55US #38
#29Amber54US #15
#30Sara54US #29
#31Shannon52US #45
#32Christina51US #20
#33Kelly50US #30
#34Alyssa49US #60
#35Meghan49US #78
#36Crystal47US #26
#37Lindsay46US #49
#38Chelsea45US #47
#39Tiffany43US #18
#40Courtney41US #33
#41Jillian41US #99
#42Andrea40US #36
#43Alicia39US #46
#44Kathryn39US #51
#45Lindsey38US #41
#46Allison37US #44
#47Katelyn37US #127
#48Jamie36US #39
#49Jenna35US #57
#50Kathleen34US #72
#51Alexandra32US #59
#52Christine32US #48
#53Erica31US #31
#54Julie31US #65
#55Mary31US #37
#56Angela30US #35
#57Cassandra30US #68
#58Kristina30US #62
#59Alison29US #100
#60Bethany29US #87
#61Hannah29US #66
#62Kelsey29US #67
#63Lisa29US #40
#64Holly28US #71
#65Jacqueline28US #54
#66Anna26US #52
#67Heidi26US #144
#68Kristin26US #55
#69Brianna25US #122
#70Kaitlyn24US #163
#71Molly23US #97
#72Krystal22US #70
#73Margaret22US #90
#74Meagan22US #136
#75Victoria22US #50
#76Abigail21US #138
#77Brittney21US #61
#78Felicia21US #96
#79Catherine20US #74
#80Leah20US #82
#81Tara20US #69
#82Vanessa19US #43
#83Whitney19US #32
#84Casey18US #81
#85Kaitlin18US #141
#86Natasha18US #73
#87Stacey18US #103
#88Kate17US #191
#89Natalie17US #56
#90Tanya17US #156
#91Aimee16
#92Amelia16
#93Julia16US #86
#94Kara16US #104
#95Kendra16US #77
#96Maria16US #53
#97Morgan16US #95
#98Nichole16US #111
#99Trisha15
#100April14US #58

Boys

#1Christopher318US #2
#2Michael314US #1
#3Matthew287US #3
#4Joshua244US #4
#5Andrew226US #6
#6Ryan223US #13
#7Daniel188US #7
#8Benjamin168US #28
#9David167US #5
#10Nicholas167US #16
#11Jonathan142US #18
#12Timothy139US #26
#13James135US #8
#14Justin134US #9
#15John129US #11
#16Robert129US #10
#17Joseph122US #12
#18Adam117US #27
#19Brian115US #20
#20Thomas115US #24
#21Jason108US #23
#22Kyle103US #22
#23Jeffrey100US #32
#24Patrick100US #41
#25Tyler99US #39
#26William98US #15
#27Brandon96US #14
#28Kevin96US #19
#29Sean95US #40
#30Nathan91US #45
#31Scott91US #43
#32Eric90US #21
#33Zachary82US #33
#34Jacob79US #31
#35Stephen76US #38
#36Alexander72US #37
#37Derek70US #54
#38Anthony69US #17
#39Steven64US #25
#40Jeremy63US #29
#41Shawn62US #59
#42Gregory61US #47
#43Bryan56US #51
#44Corey56US #57
#45Travis56US #42
#46Peter55US #64
#47Richard55US #30
#48Ian54US #81
#49Samuel52US #50
#50Aaron49US #34
#51Charles46US #35
#52Jesse46US #55
#53Mark45US #36
#54Craig43US #88
#55Paul39US #46
#56Alex36US #60
#57Evan35US #83
#58Jordan34US #52
#59Dustin33US #44
#60Shane32US #65
#61Jared31US #58
#62Keith30US #69
#63Nathaniel30US #78
#64Douglas29US #85
#65Bradley27US #56
#66Kenneth26US #53
#67Seth26US #89
#68Brett25US #71
#69Chad24US #63
#70Philip24US #84
#71Cory23US #62
#72Trevor23US #93
#73Cody22US #49
#74Colin20US #134
#75Erik20US #94
#76Raymond20US #79
#77Casey19US #80
#78Mathew19US #140
#79Edward18US #61
#80Ronald18US #73
#81Joel17US #75
#82Todd17US #120
#83Brendan16US #156
#84Dana16
#85Dylan16US #141
#86Wayne16US #200
#87Brent15US #103
#88Donald15US #70
#89George15US #77
#90Randy15US #105
#91Spencer15US #124
#92Curtis14US #100
#93Colby13
#94Frank13US #97
#95Shaun13US #152
#96Taylor13US #117
#97Devin12US #99
#98Garrett12US #113
#99Marc12US #143
#100Max12US #188

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑59Kayla#22
↑55Chelsea#38
↑24Alexandra#51
↑23Alyssa#34
↑23Jacqueline#65
↑21Katelyn#47
↑20Kelsey#62
↑20Benjamin#8

Falling

↓33Kara#94
↓31Whitney#83
↓26Julia#93
↓23Morgan#97
↓20Angela#56
↓18Cassandra#57
↓18Garrett#98
↓17Lisa#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.