State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1989 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,879 New Hampshire births in 1989 across 460 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.

#54Babyoutside the national top 200
#65Babyoutside the national top 200
#92Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#93Justine#178 nationally
#90Ross#168 nationally
#30Jillian#106 nationally
#70Brendan#145 nationally
#86Colleen#159 nationally
#82Emma#149 nationally
#98Marc#160 nationally
#96Jake#153 nationally
#39Abigail#94 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica241US #1
#2Amanda225US #4
#3Ashley219US #2
#4Samantha204US #6
#5Sarah188US #5
#6Nicole156US #12
#7Brittany153US #3
#8Emily128US #13
#9Megan125US #11
#10Jennifer124US #7
#11Lauren122US #9
#12Elizabeth119US #10
#13Stephanie113US #8
#14Heather100US #15
#15Rebecca94US #24
#16Danielle93US #17
#17Katherine93US #26
#18Kayla90US #20
#19Melissa76US #19
#20Hannah68US #42
#21Rachel68US #18
#22Alyssa66US #33
#23Amber66US #14
#24Chelsea66US #27
#25Courtney66US #21
#26Michelle63US #22
#27Kimberly61US #28
#28Sara61US #29
#29Amy59US #35
#30Jillian59US #106
#31Laura58US #25
#32Caitlin57US #49
#33Kristen57US #36
#34Kelsey56US #31
#35Allison52US #46
#36Erin52US #40
#37Alexandra48US #43
#38Kelly48US #37
#39Abigail46US #94
#40Lindsay46US #63
#41Molly46US #93
#42Tiffany45US #16
#43Katelyn44US #76
#44Katie44US #45
#45Shannon42US #61
#46Cassandra41US #54
#47Andrea40US #39
#48Christina39US #23
#49Lindsey39US #48
#50Angela38US #47
#51Meghan38US #80
#52Mary37US #38
#53Erica36US #34
#54Kristin36US #60
#55Kathleen34US #90
#56Anna33US #51
#57Alicia31US #53
#58Catherine31US #67
#59Kaitlyn31US #95
#60Christine30US #59
#61Crystal30US #32
#62Jamie30US #52
#63Victoria29US #44
#64Alison27US #119
#65Baby27
#66Holly27US #79
#67Marissa27US #81
#68Morgan27US #69
#69Jacqueline26US #64
#70Kathryn26US #58
#71Felicia25US #111
#72Julia25US #96
#73Kaitlin25US #100
#74Kristina25US #65
#75Meagan25US #120
#76Lisa24US #55
#77Natalie24US #62
#78Bethany23US #102
#79Brianna23US #77
#80Jordan23US #72
#81Leah22US #83
#82Emma21US #149
#83Kara21US #101
#84Krystal21US #82
#85Taylor20US #75
#86Colleen19US #159
#87Kendra19US #99
#88Paige19US #124
#89Tara19US #70
#90April18US #66
#91Brooke18US #74
#92Hillary18
#93Justine18US #178
#94Katrina18US #114
#95Whitney18US #57
#96Margaret17US #97
#97Briana16US #126
#98Brittney16US #41
#99Caroline16US #113
#100Casey16US #103

Boys

#1Michael323US #1
#2Matthew286US #3
#3Christopher265US #2
#4Ryan254US #13
#5Nicholas249US #14
#6Joshua221US #4
#7Andrew170US #7
#8Daniel162US #6
#9Justin157US #8
#10David156US #5
#11Joseph155US #11
#12Benjamin148US #29
#13Kyle136US #20
#14Tyler136US #30
#15James131US #9
#16John131US #12
#17Robert130US #10
#18Jonathan129US #17
#19Adam120US #27
#20Timothy118US #28
#21Zachary117US #25
#22Patrick111US #38
#23Brian107US #24
#24Thomas104US #23
#25Kevin103US #19
#26William103US #15
#27Sean87US #39
#28Jeffrey86US #37
#29Travis86US #41
#30Alexander84US #32
#31Nathan84US #43
#32Eric83US #21
#33Steven81US #22
#34Jacob79US #26
#35Samuel75US #47
#36Stephen74US #40
#37Anthony69US #16
#38Aaron68US #31
#39Brandon68US #18
#40Jason68US #35
#41Scott68US #51
#42Derek63US #54
#43Gregory63US #52
#44Corey60US #55
#45Ian58US #68
#46Peter57US #66
#47Richard57US #33
#48Mark55US #42
#49Alex52US #60
#50Jesse47US #50
#51Jared46US #57
#52Jeremy46US #34
#53Keith42US #70
#54Baby41
#55Evan41US #69
#56Paul41US #49
#57Bryan39US #56
#58Trevor37US #83
#59Cameron35US #64
#60Charles35US #36
#61Seth35US #94
#62Shawn35US #65
#63Ethan34US #87
#64Dustin31US #48
#65Cody30US #45
#66Craig30US #105
#67Jordan30US #44
#68Nathaniel30US #84
#69Shane30US #71
#70Brendan28US #145
#71Cory28US #61
#72Douglas28US #92
#73Kenneth28US #53
#74Brett27US #81
#75Colin26US #126
#76Erik26US #95
#77Bradley25US #58
#78Taylor24US #72
#79Edward23US #62
#80Austin22US #59
#81Philip22US #101
#82Raymond22US #86
#83Casey21US #90
#84Chad21US #74
#85Donald20US #82
#86Dylan20US #115
#87Caleb19US #91
#88Christian19US #78
#89Garrett19US #102
#90Ross19US #168
#91Alan18US #120
#92Curtis18US #111
#93Logan18US #104
#94Spencer18US #107
#95Dennis17US #123
#96Jake17US #153
#97Luke17US #121
#98Marc17US #160
#99George16US #79
#100Mitchell16US #93

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑40Abigail#39
↑25Morgan#68
↑24Dustin#64
↑24Colin#75
↑23Jillian#30
↑22Hannah#20
↑21Kelsey#34
↑20Molly#41

Falling

↓29Kathryn#70
↓29Kendra#87
↓27Margaret#96
↓19Dylan#86
↓18Shane#69
↓16Bethany#78
↓16Brianna#79
↓16Jeremy#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.