State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1997 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,864 New Hampshire births in 1997 across 426 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.

#66Colbyoutside the national top 200
#73Griffinoutside the national top 200
#47Jillian#166 nationally
#82Lillianoutside the national top 200
#87Babyoutside the national top 200
#84Natasha#189 nationally
#100Tuckeroutside the national top 200
#63Liam#162 nationally
#63Casey#146 nationally
#36Meghan#113 nationally
#48Colin#125 nationally
#96Keith#169 nationally

Girls

#1Emily162US #1
#2Hannah130US #5
#3Sarah128US #4
#4Samantha109US #6
#5Ashley100US #3
#6Jessica98US #2
#7Elizabeth85US #9
#8Olivia82US #27
#9Abigail75US #26
#10Madison74US #10
#11Megan68US #11
#12Taylor67US #7
#13Kayla65US #12
#14Rachel65US #13
#15Morgan63US #22
#16Rebecca63US #25
#17Emma62US #36
#18Alexis61US #8
#19Brianna61US #17
#20Amanda60US #16
#21Nicole60US #21
#22Alyssa59US #15
#23Alexandra57US #30
#24Lauren53US #14
#25Katherine49US #32
#26Haley46US #31
#27Courtney45US #28
#28Victoria45US #19
#29Brittany41US #20
#30Molly41US #98
#31Sydney40US #35
#32Erin39US #52
#33Anna38US #33
#34Jordan38US #40
#35Julia37US #37
#36Meghan37US #113
#37Shannon37US #85
#38Danielle36US #34
#39Mackenzie34US #71
#40Stephanie34US #23
#41Allison32US #39
#42Kelsey32US #57
#43Margaret32US #110
#44Brooke31US #45
#45Gabrielle30US #51
#46Jennifer30US #18
#47Jillian30US #166
#48Caitlin28US #88
#49Paige28US #64
#50Cassandra27US #81
#51Michaela27US #100
#52Laura26US #66
#53Amber25US #29
#54Mariah25US #67
#55Mary25US #46
#56Alexandria24US #78
#57Catherine24US #96
#58Heather24US #90
#59Kathryn24US #86
#60Tiffany23US #61
#61Grace22US #69
#62Marissa22US #60
#63Casey21US #146
#64Jenna21US #76
#65Natalie21US #48
#66Shelby21US #43
#67Christina20US #62
#68Jasmine20US #24
#69Kaitlyn20US #41
#70Kristen20US #82
#71Madeline20US #59
#72Kelly19US #83
#73Lindsey19US #95
#74Autumn18US #91
#75Chelsea18US #73
#76Erica18US #84
#77Hailey18US #80
#78Katelyn18US #63
#79Miranda18US #70
#80Sierra18US #56
#81Sophia18US #94
#82Lillian17
#83Melissa17US #44
#84Natasha17US #189
#85Sabrina17US #53
#86Sara17US #50
#87Baby16
#88Caroline16US #75
#89Mikayla16US #112
#90Jamie15US #103
#91Maria15US #38
#92Michelle15US #55
#93Alicia14US #89
#94Angela14US #93
#95Isabella14US #114
#96Jacqueline14US #77
#97Kimberly14US #49
#98Leah14US #104
#99Lindsay14US #149
#100Lydia14US #160

Boys

#1Nicholas174US #6
#2Tyler172US #10
#3Jacob165US #2
#4Matthew156US #3
#5Michael148US #1
#6Ryan147US #16
#7Zachary126US #13
#8Andrew122US #7
#9Kyle119US #24
#10Christopher118US #4
#11Joshua118US #5
#12Joseph112US #12
#13Brandon101US #8
#14Alexander92US #22
#15Benjamin92US #29
#16John88US #15
#17Daniel86US #11
#18Cameron85US #45
#19James83US #17
#20William83US #19
#21Dylan81US #30
#22Robert80US #23
#23Thomas80US #31
#24Samuel72US #27
#25David71US #14
#26Austin68US #9
#27Jonathan67US #21
#28Justin64US #20
#29Cody63US #36
#30Connor63US #52
#31Anthony60US #18
#32Nathan59US #34
#33Timothy55US #43
#34Noah53US #38
#35Brian51US #37
#36Jason47US #41
#37Hunter44US #44
#38Ian44US #70
#39Evan43US #61
#40Patrick43US #50
#41Eric40US #35
#42Jordan40US #26
#43Kevin39US #28
#44Adam37US #39
#45Ethan37US #46
#46Logan37US #42
#47Caleb36US #47
#48Colin36US #125
#49Aaron35US #33
#50Alex34US #55
#51Trevor34US #62
#52Lucas33US #98
#53Steven33US #40
#54Jack31US #76
#55Jeremy29US #64
#56Peter29US #102
#57Sean29US #48
#58Brendan28US #107
#59Devin28US #59
#60Jared28US #56
#61Luke28US #78
#62Travis28US #81
#63Liam27US #162
#64Stephen27US #68
#65Christian25US #25
#66Colby25
#67Devon25US #119
#68Dakota24US #66
#69Paul24US #79
#70Nathaniel23US #65
#71Charles22US #49
#72Derek22US #106
#73Griffin22
#74Mitchell22US #96
#75Richard22US #51
#76Cole21US #72
#77Isaac21US #73
#78Isaiah21US #60
#79Jeffrey21US #84
#80Jesse21US #63
#81Mark21US #58
#82Seth21US #97
#83Taylor21US #87
#84Tristan21US #92
#85Bradley20US #94
#86Dominic20US #129
#87Spencer20US #104
#88Bryan19US #69
#89Bryce19US #112
#90Alec18US #123
#91Brett18US #116
#92Riley18US #135
#93Bailey17US #151
#94Corey17US #110
#95Garrett17US #85
#96Keith17US #169
#97Maxwell17US #148
#98Scott17US #113
#99Shane17US #114
#100Tucker17

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑37Jack#54
↑33Luke#61
↑32Jillian#47
↑23Jordan#34
↑22Laura#52
↑20Hunter#37
↑20Colby#66
↑19Caleb#47

Falling

↓42Alicia#93
↓37Scott#98
↓35Shane#99
↓34Melissa#83
↓31Sabrina#85
↓30Sara#86
↓26Christian#65
↓25Amber#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.