State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1996 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,216 New Hampshire births in 1996 across 436 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.

#48Liam#184 nationally
#72Feliciaoutside the national top 200
#79Jillian#199 nationally
#86Colbyoutside the national top 200
#95Maxwell#177 nationally
#89Drew#165 nationally
#39Meghan#113 nationally
#27Molly#99 nationally
#58Makayla#129 nationally
#65Brendan#131 nationally
#94Kathleen#152 nationally
#100Troy#155 nationally

Girls

#1Emily171US #1
#2Sarah140US #4
#3Hannah131US #7
#4Samantha105US #5
#5Jessica89US #2
#6Megan86US #12
#7Elizabeth85US #10
#8Ashley82US #3
#9Taylor76US #6
#10Rachel74US #9
#11Amanda71US #13
#12Nicole70US #22
#13Katherine62US #31
#14Kayla60US #11
#15Rebecca59US #24
#16Morgan58US #25
#17Alexis57US #8
#18Brianna57US #17
#19Brittany55US #14
#20Abigail54US #32
#21Alexandra54US #26
#22Olivia53US #34
#23Lauren50US #16
#24Madison50US #15
#25Danielle49US #29
#26Kelsey48US #36
#27Molly48US #99
#28Amber47US #27
#29Emma47US #53
#30Courtney45US #21
#31Victoria43US #18
#32Allison41US #38
#33Gabrielle41US #54
#34Jennifer41US #19
#35Julia41US #48
#36Alyssa40US #23
#37Haley40US #30
#38Brooke37US #45
#39Meghan37US #113
#40Mariah36US #63
#41Erin34US #51
#42Sydney34US #39
#43Shannon32US #80
#44Anna31US #33
#45Heather31US #71
#46Kaitlyn31US #40
#47Stephanie31US #20
#48Mackenzie30US #75
#49Melissa30US #42
#50Paige30US #65
#51Alicia29US #91
#52Kelly28US #73
#53Marissa28US #59
#54Sabrina28US #58
#55Margaret27US #105
#56Sara27US #50
#57Jordan26US #49
#58Makayla26US #129
#59Grace25US #94
#60Autumn24US #104
#61Cassandra24US #89
#62Catherine23US #95
#63Jenna23US #83
#64Katelyn23US #64
#65Kathryn23US #87
#66Caitlin22US #84
#67Amy21US #88
#68Caroline21US #78
#69Christina21US #57
#70Lindsey21US #86
#71Cassidy20US #109
#72Felicia20
#73Hayley20US #120
#74Laura20US #66
#75Savannah20US #43
#76Shelby20US #35
#77Tiffany20US #52
#78Chelsea19US #55
#79Jillian19US #199
#80Monica19US #82
#81Natalie19US #46
#82Rachael19US #128
#83Cheyenne18US #68
#84Erica18US #79
#85Kimberly18US #41
#86Kylie18US #111
#87Miranda18US #76
#88Kristen17US #70
#89Michelle17US #47
#90Breanna16US #74
#91Caitlyn16US #138
#92Chloe16US #112
#93Hailey16US #93
#94Kathleen16US #152
#95Maria16US #37
#96Mikayla16US #143
#97Sierra16US #62
#98Julie15US #150
#99Katie15US #81
#100Kaylee15US #110

Boys

#1Matthew192US #2
#2Nicholas179US #6
#3Jacob171US #3
#4Michael169US #1
#5Tyler152US #7
#6Andrew139US #10
#7Christopher137US #4
#8Ryan131US #16
#9Joshua127US #5
#10Zachary125US #14
#11Kyle118US #25
#12Benjamin117US #29
#13Alexander113US #22
#14Joseph108US #12
#15Brandon102US #8
#16John98US #15
#17Dylan90US #33
#18Daniel88US #11
#19Thomas86US #28
#20Samuel79US #30
#21David76US #13
#22Connor74US #54
#23Robert74US #23
#24Timothy74US #40
#25Cody73US #31
#26Justin73US #20
#27Austin72US #9
#28Nathan69US #37
#29William69US #18
#30Patrick67US #44
#31Cameron62US #49
#32James62US #17
#33Jonathan59US #21
#34Kevin58US #26
#35Ethan57US #62
#36Adam55US #39
#37Anthony52US #19
#38Eric51US #35
#39Christian49US #24
#40Jordan49US #27
#41Brian48US #36
#42Sean48US #46
#43Trevor46US #63
#44Jason45US #41
#45Ian44US #70
#46Peter42US #95
#47Noah41US #50
#48Liam36US #184
#49Travis35US #73
#50Evan34US #65
#51Steven34US #38
#52Aaron33US #34
#53Alex32US #53
#54Logan32US #42
#55Stephen30US #59
#56Devin28US #60
#57Hunter28US #47
#58Jeremy28US #56
#59Lucas28US #93
#60Richard28US #45
#61Scott28US #108
#62Charles27US #43
#63Jared27US #64
#64Shane27US #112
#65Brendan26US #131
#66Caleb26US #48
#67Dakota26US #58
#68Jesse26US #51
#69Mitchell26US #88
#70Alec25US #117
#71Corey25US #94
#72Derek25US #101
#73Jeffrey24US #72
#74Seth24US #103
#75Bryan23US #66
#76Nathaniel23US #69
#77Spencer23US #109
#78Devon22US #127
#79Bradley21US #83
#80Garrett21US #85
#81Isaiah21US #71
#82Jake21US #114
#83Taylor21US #82
#84Brett20US #110
#85Isaac20US #86
#86Colby19
#87Collin19US #115
#88Dillon18US #121
#89Drew18US #165
#90Elijah18US #81
#91Jack18US #89
#92Bryce17US #120
#93Kenneth17US #77
#94Luke17US #75
#95Maxwell17US #177
#96Shawn17US #111
#97Tristan17US #68
#98Dominic16US #135
#99Erik16US #122
#100Troy16US #155

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑52Liam#48
↑44Sydney#42
↑40Sabrina#54
↑38Margaret#55
↑29Mackenzie#48
↑28Amy#67
↑25Savannah#75
↑23Victoria#31

Falling

↓42Kimberly#85
↓40Miranda#87
↓39Chelsea#78
↓32Luke#94
↓30Michelle#89
↓28Katie#99
↓22Jeffrey#73
↓21Richard#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.