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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1988 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,336 New Hampshire births in 1988 across 421 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.

#86Kateoutside the national top 200
#87Unknownoutside the national top 200
#89Caitlynoutside the national top 200
#98Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#100Jessieoutside the national top 200
#83Colleen#167 nationally
#80Emma#160 nationally
#74Meredith#152 nationally
#82Brendan#153 nationally
#67Dylan#137 nationally
#81Chelsey#149 nationally
#85Kristopher#144 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley234US #2
#2Jessica222US #1
#3Amanda216US #3
#4Sarah214US #4
#5Samantha168US #8
#6Nicole157US #9
#7Jennifer150US #5
#8Elizabeth132US #10
#9Emily119US #18
#10Stephanie115US #7
#11Danielle107US #17
#12Heather98US #14
#13Kayla96US #20
#14Brittany95US #6
#15Lauren95US #11
#16Megan90US #12
#17Melissa88US #16
#18Laura83US #23
#19Rebecca81US #26
#20Kimberly72US #25
#21Caitlin69US #44
#22Katherine68US #27
#23Chelsea67US #33
#24Courtney61US #24
#25Kelly60US #32
#26Alyssa58US #47
#27Michelle58US #21
#28Kristen57US #36
#29Amber56US #15
#30Tiffany56US #13
#31Cassandra55US #59
#32Erin55US #37
#33Amy53US #29
#34Katie53US #40
#35Sara53US #30
#36Rachel51US #19
#37Allison49US #46
#38Christina49US #22
#39Meghan48US #81
#40Lindsay46US #57
#41Kathryn45US #55
#42Hannah44US #61
#43Andrea43US #35
#44Alexandra42US #49
#45Shannon40US #56
#46Katelyn39US #84
#47Lindsey39US #48
#48Alicia37US #50
#49Crystal37US #28
#50Jamie37US #45
#51Kathleen36US #75
#52Erica34US #31
#53Jillian33US #104
#54Kaitlyn33US #106
#55Kelsey33US #64
#56Angela32US #38
#57Anna32US #54
#58Kendra32US #80
#59Holly31US #72
#60Julie30US #71
#61Molly30US #86
#62Bethany29US #89
#63Brianna29US #96
#64Kristin29US #58
#65Alison28US #113
#66Lisa28US #43
#67Victoria28US #42
#68Kaitlin27US #98
#69Margaret27US #93
#70Natasha26US #73
#71Catherine25US #69
#72Mary25US #34
#73Krystal24US #74
#74Meredith24US #152
#75Vanessa24US #41
#76Christine23US #51
#77Kristina23US #68
#78Tara23US #67
#79Abigail22US #118
#80Emma22US #160
#81Chelsey21US #149
#82Jenna21US #66
#83Colleen20US #167
#84Felicia20US #105
#85Jacqueline20US #62
#86Kate19
#87Katrina19US #110
#88Whitney18US #39
#89Caitlyn17
#90Krista17US #112
#91Leah17US #82
#92Meagan17US #141
#93Morgan17US #78
#94Nichole17US #115
#95Stacey17US #119
#96Taylor17US #102
#97Brittney16US #52
#98Hillary16
#99Jaclyn16US #114
#100Jessie16

Boys

#1Michael319US #1
#2Matthew305US #3
#3Christopher265US #2
#4Joshua247US #4
#5Ryan229US #13
#6Nicholas216US #14
#7Daniel185US #8
#8Andrew182US #5
#9Benjamin156US #30
#10Justin147US #7
#11Jonathan146US #15
#12Robert145US #10
#13David143US #6
#14James141US #9
#15John140US #11
#16Kyle135US #21
#17Brian130US #22
#18Thomas120US #23
#19Timothy120US #25
#20Eric118US #19
#21Joseph117US #12
#22Adam111US #26
#23Zachary109US #29
#24Patrick106US #42
#25William105US #16
#26Alexander99US #34
#27Sean99US #38
#28Kevin94US #20
#29Jeffrey93US #36
#30Nathan92US #44
#31Jason86US #27
#32Brandon81US #17
#33Tyler78US #33
#34Steven77US #24
#35Jacob72US #28
#36Jeremy69US #35
#37Derek67US #53
#38Corey66US #56
#39Stephen66US #40
#40Anthony65US #18
#41Mark64US #39
#42Samuel64US #45
#43Travis64US #41
#44Gregory62US #50
#45Richard61US #32
#46Scott60US #47
#47Aaron59US #31
#48Peter53US #64
#49Paul52US #46
#50Craig47US #96
#51Shane45US #67
#52Ian42US #77
#53Shawn42US #61
#54Charles41US #37
#55Cory39US #59
#56Evan39US #74
#57Bryan37US #54
#58Cody36US #43
#59Jordan34US #52
#60Jared33US #60
#61Jesse33US #55
#62Keith33US #70
#63Nathaniel32US #81
#64Alex31US #58
#65Trevor28US #87
#66Kenneth27US #51
#67Dylan26US #137
#68Cameron25US #69
#69Douglas25US #88
#70Brett23US #73
#71Raymond23US #84
#72Seth23US #90
#73Bradley20US #57
#74Chad20US #65
#75Edward20US #62
#76Christian19US #86
#77Devin19US #98
#78Casey18US #83
#79Philip18US #94
#80Taylor18US #91
#81Austin17US #63
#82Brendan17US #153
#83Donald17US #76
#84Joel17US #85
#85Kristopher17US #144
#86Mathew17US #142
#87Unknown17
#88Dustin16US #48
#89Erik16US #92
#90Gary16US #100
#91Marc16US #149
#92Spencer16US #114
#93Garrett15US #118
#94Johnathan15US #115
#95Luke15US #119
#96Phillip15US #71
#97Brent14US #107
#98Caleb14US #108
#99Colin14US #131
#100Curtis14US #105

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑37Kendra#58
↑26Cassandra#31
↑20Devin#77
↑19Hannah#42
↑18Dylan#67
↑17Kaitlin#68
↑16Courtney#24
↑16Kaitlyn#54

Falling

↓33Jenna#82
↓29Dustin#88
↓25Colin#99
↓24Christine#76
↓20Jacqueline#85
↓20Brittney#97
↓19Kristina#77
↓18Meagan#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.