State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1990 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,462 New Hampshire births in 1990 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.

#67Babyoutside the national top 200
#73Babyoutside the national top 200
#95Bruceoutside the national top 200
#89Meredith#190 nationally
#100Connoroutside the national top 200
#92Bridget#191 nationally
#96Hillary#192 nationally
#88Caitlyn#183 nationally
#100Justine#188 nationally
#73Brendan#155 nationally
#88Kristopher#165 nationally
#61Jillian#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica209US #1
#2Ashley200US #2
#3Sarah197US #6
#4Amanda182US #4
#5Samantha181US #5
#6Brittany140US #3
#7Nicole135US #13
#8Emily129US #12
#9Stephanie127US #7
#10Lauren108US #10
#11Elizabeth101US #9
#12Megan100US #11
#13Rebecca91US #21
#14Danielle90US #18
#15Hannah90US #30
#16Chelsea89US #24
#17Courtney86US #17
#18Jennifer85US #8
#19Katherine85US #26
#20Heather82US #19
#21Alyssa79US #27
#22Kayla75US #14
#23Kelsey73US #32
#24Rachel65US #16
#25Alexandra53US #37
#26Kathryn53US #57
#27Caitlin52US #50
#28Amber51US #15
#29Christina51US #25
#30Katelyn51US #75
#31Melissa51US #20
#32Brianna50US #61
#33Cassandra50US #49
#34Laura50US #29
#35Kristen49US #42
#36Michelle49US #22
#37Erin48US #43
#38Molly46US #80
#39Allison45US #48
#40Sara44US #34
#41Katie43US #53
#42Kimberly43US #31
#43Meghan43US #91
#44Andrea41US #40
#45Kelly41US #41
#46Amy40US #38
#47Kaitlyn39US #78
#48Abigail37US #90
#49Tiffany37US #23
#50Alicia35US #54
#51Catherine35US #71
#52Erica34US #36
#53Lindsey34US #51
#54Lindsay33US #69
#55Shannon33US #68
#56Mary31US #35
#57Jacqueline30US #67
#58Jordan30US #59
#59Anna29US #45
#60Christine29US #62
#61Jillian29US #122
#62Kathleen29US #92
#63Angela28US #52
#64Crystal28US #39
#65Leah28US #82
#66Julie27US #93
#67Victoria27US #33
#68Bethany26US #107
#69Marissa26US #87
#70Morgan26US #58
#71Natasha26US #105
#72Jamie25US #55
#73Baby24
#74Julia24US #83
#75Kristin24US #65
#76Krystal24US #104
#77Melanie24US #86
#78Paige23US #79
#79Tara23US #85
#80Kara22US #110
#81Jenna21US #81
#82Lisa21US #64
#83Margaret21US #102
#84Maria21US #47
#85Erika20US #74
#86Meagan20US #126
#87Taylor20US #46
#88Caitlyn19US #183
#89Meredith19US #190
#90Alison18US #132
#91Ariel18US #94
#92Bridget18US #191
#93Casey18US #106
#94Chelsey18US #128
#95Emma18US #130
#96Hillary18US #192
#97Whitney18US #60
#98Gabrielle17US #99
#99Holly17US #89
#100Justine17US #188

Boys

#1Michael311US #1
#2Christopher300US #2
#3Matthew295US #3
#4Joshua238US #4
#5Nicholas231US #14
#6Ryan216US #11
#7Andrew187US #7
#8Daniel167US #5
#9Tyler167US #21
#10Joseph154US #10
#11Zachary154US #22
#12Kyle150US #18
#13James149US #8
#14Benjamin141US #33
#15Thomas131US #26
#16Justin128US #9
#17John122US #12
#18Adam119US #32
#19Jacob118US #20
#20Robert118US #13
#21David117US #6
#22Jonathan117US #17
#23Eric116US #24
#24Kevin106US #23
#25William104US #16
#26Alexander103US #28
#27Brian100US #27
#28Timothy99US #30
#29Patrick98US #36
#30Nathan91US #44
#31Steven90US #25
#32Sean86US #37
#33Samuel80US #45
#34Jeffrey72US #43
#35Stephen69US #39
#36Travis68US #42
#37Corey65US #56
#38Brandon63US #19
#39Anthony62US #15
#40Gregory61US #51
#41Aaron55US #34
#42Cameron55US #62
#43Cody55US #31
#44Ethan52US #58
#45Scott52US #53
#46Ian50US #70
#47Jason49US #46
#48Peter49US #74
#49Derek46US #54
#50Mark45US #47
#51Richard45US #35
#52Evan43US #71
#53Paul40US #49
#54Jeremy39US #40
#55Jared37US #63
#56Jesse37US #48
#57Jordan37US #29
#58Alex36US #59
#59Charles36US #38
#60Dylan35US #83
#61Shawn34US #69
#62Seth33US #102
#63Craig30US #117
#64Douglas30US #103
#65Shane28US #73
#66Trevor28US #76
#67Baby27
#68Brett27US #84
#69Taylor27US #64
#70Austin25US #55
#71Bryan25US #57
#72Kenneth25US #52
#73Brendan24US #155
#74Keith24US #80
#75Cory23US #67
#76Devin23US #98
#77Dustin23US #50
#78Spencer23US #105
#79Mitchell22US #93
#80Bradley21US #65
#81Colin21US #122
#82Casey20US #89
#83Christian20US #60
#84Garrett20US #99
#85George20US #79
#86Chad19US #85
#87Edward19US #68
#88Kristopher19US #165
#89Nathaniel19US #86
#90Caleb18US #88
#91Luke17US #118
#92Ronald17US #97
#93Donald16US #87
#94Erik16US #96
#95Bruce15
#96Joel15US #95
#97Johnathan15US #108
#98Philip14US #111
#99Raymond14US #92
#100Connor13

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑47Brianna#32
↑44Kathryn#26
↑26Dylan#60
↑22Jordan#58
↑22Cody#43
↑21Mitchell#79
↑19Christina#29
↑19Ethan#44

Falling

↓33Holly#99
↓31Jillian#61
↓26Alison#90
↓21Kristin#75
↓21Keith#74
↓21Nathaniel#89
↓18Erik#94
↓17Amy#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.