State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1998 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,900 New Hampshire births in 1998 across 448 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
#69Babyoutside the national top 200
#76Isabelle#196 nationally
#80Aidan#196 nationally
#83Jakob#191 nationally
#94Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#95Feliciaoutside the national top 200
#96Griffinoutside the national top 200
#59Liam#155 nationally
#62Jillian#158 nationally
#84Owen#179 nationally
#71Lindsay#161 nationally

Girls

#1Emily157US #1
#2Hannah128US #2
#3Sarah103US #4
#4Madison95US #9
#5Samantha93US #3
#6Ashley87US #5
#7Taylor81US #7
#8Abigail76US #18
#9Emma76US #22
#10Alexis71US #6
#11Megan71US #13
#12Olivia71US #21
#13Brianna63US #17
#14Rebecca63US #30
#15Elizabeth62US #10
#16Julia59US #32
#17Lauren58US #14
#18Rachel58US #15
#19Jessica56US #8
#20Alyssa54US #11
#21Kayla52US #12
#22Nicole51US #24
#23Amanda49US #19
#24Morgan48US #23
#25Erin47US #57
#26Courtney46US #39
#27Katherine45US #33
#28Danielle44US #41
#29Molly44US #108
#30Anna41US #31
#31Allison38US #38
#32Alexandra36US #27
#33Paige36US #63
#34Katelyn35US #58
#35Victoria35US #16
#36Mariah34US #62
#37Shannon34US #104
#38Grace33US #53
#39Sydney33US #28
#40Jordan32US #42
#41Gabrielle31US #47
#42Kaitlyn31US #35
#43Amber30US #37
#44Jenna30US #65
#45Kelsey30US #56
#46Madeline29US #50
#47Mikayla29US #82
#48Sara28US #48
#49Brooke27US #46
#50Caitlin27US #78
#51Jennifer27US #20
#52Kaylee26US #86
#53Laura26US #74
#54Lindsey26US #97
#55Mackenzie26US #64
#56Meghan26US #121
#57Sophia26US #73
#58Autumn25US #77
#59Brittany25US #25
#60Kathryn25US #89
#61Marissa25US #66
#62Jillian23US #158
#63Mary23US #44
#64Haley22US #36
#65Leah22US #106
#66Stephanie22US #29
#67Baby21
#68Cassandra21US #85
#69Heather21US #99
#70Natalie21US #40
#71Lindsay20US #161
#72Michaela20US #103
#73Savannah20US #45
#74Caroline19US #75
#75Catherine19US #101
#76Isabelle19US #196
#77Margaret19US #114
#78Bethany18US #132
#79Holly18US #163
#80Lily18US #169
#81Sierra18US #51
#82Chloe17US #87
#83Hailey17US #70
#84Kaitlin17US #120
#85Kelly17US #90
#86Makayla17US #71
#87Amy16US #96
#88Breanna16US #76
#89Cassidy16US #113
#90Cheyenne16US #72
#91Christina16US #69
#92Erica16US #92
#93Alicia15US #98
#94Amelia15
#95Felicia15
#96Isabella15US #84
#97Katie15US #88
#98Michelle15US #55
#99Alexa14US #93
#100Alexandria14US #81

Boys

#1Jacob214US #2
#2Matthew184US #3
#3Nicholas166US #6
#4Michael149US #1
#5Tyler146US #8
#6Ryan142US #17
#7Zachary133US #16
#8Joshua111US #4
#9Andrew107US #9
#10Kyle104US #24
#11Benjamin100US #30
#12Joseph93US #11
#13Dylan92US #25
#14Samuel88US #28
#15Alexander87US #22
#16Brandon87US #7
#17Cameron87US #35
#18Christopher83US #5
#19Daniel83US #12
#20Austin75US #10
#21Justin75US #20
#22Noah72US #29
#23William72US #14
#24John71US #15
#25Thomas71US #31
#26Cody69US #43
#27James68US #18
#28Jonathan66US #21
#29Hunter65US #36
#30David64US #13
#31Nathan64US #34
#32Connor60US #47
#33Timothy60US #49
#34Robert54US #23
#35Ethan53US #38
#36Adam51US #45
#37Sean46US #50
#38Anthony45US #19
#39Nathaniel45US #60
#40Patrick45US #57
#41Jason41US #40
#42Jordan40US #27
#43Aaron39US #37
#44Christian39US #26
#45Ian38US #73
#46Trevor38US #58
#47Kevin37US #32
#48Brian36US #41
#49Colin36US #122
#50Jack36US #61
#51Eric35US #39
#52Garrett35US #80
#53Alex34US #55
#54Spencer34US #84
#55Logan33US #44
#56Riley32US #128
#57Brendan31US #99
#58Caleb31US #42
#59Liam31US #155
#60Evan30US #63
#61Lucas29US #93
#62Peter29US #111
#63Stephen28US #78
#64Richard27US #56
#65Steven27US #46
#66Chase25US #67
#67Derek25US #110
#68Jeffrey25US #91
#69Baby24
#70Bryce24US #94
#71Luke24US #75
#72Mitchell24US #103
#73Dakota23US #72
#74Jared23US #51
#75Jeremy23US #68
#76Mason23US #83
#77Bradley22US #101
#78Gavin22US #116
#79Travis22US #98
#80Aidan21US #196
#81Cole21US #77
#82Isaiah21US #59
#83Jakob21US #191
#84Owen21US #179
#85Gabriel20US #54
#86Isaac20US #65
#87Scott20US #123
#88Shawn20US #113
#89Devin19US #62
#90Jackson19US #100
#91Parker19US #142
#92Paul19US #89
#93Seth19US #86
#94Brett18US #133
#95Gage18US #169
#96Griffin18
#97Harrison18US #174
#98Jake18US #102
#99Jesse18US #70
#100Mark18US #64

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑44Katelyn#34
↑43Garrett#52
↑42Mikayla#47
↑38Sara#48
↑36Riley#56
↑33Leah#65
↑33Spencer#54
↑31Nathaniel#39

Falling

↓44Alexandria#100
↓38Haley#64
↓34Margaret#77
↓30Brittany#59
↓30Devin#89
↓26Stephanie#66
↓24Christina#91
↓23Paul#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.