Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1976

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (300 babies) and Jason for boys (262). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,096 babies born in New Hampshire in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in New Hampshire that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Alison: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Beth: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurie: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Sarah: 118 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jessica: 151 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sara: 61 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristen: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katherine: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Megan: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marc: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Derek: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ian: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zachary: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 63 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Corey: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Benjamin: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	300	–	1
2	Amy	186	–	2
3	Jessica	151	↑1	8
4	Melissa	131	↑1	3
5	Heather	124	↓2	4
6	Sarah	118	↑3	15
7	Michelle	89	↓1	6
8	Amanda	75	↑8	10
9	Rebecca	72	↓1	12
10	Lisa	68	↓3	9
11	Stephanie	68	↑4	11
12	Angela	66	↓2	5
13	Kimberly	66	↑1	7
14	Shannon	66	↑8	17
15	Sara	61	↑9	27
16	Kelly	58	↓4	19
17	Christine	52	↓4	26
18	Nicole	52	↓1	13
19	Karen	47	↓8	31
20	Erin	46	↑11	24
21	Jaime	46	new	29
22	Elizabeth	45	↑1	16
23	Jamie	45	new	18
24	Julie	41	↑11	21
25	Heidi	39	↑1	70
26	Andrea	38	↑11	25
27	Laura	38	↑15	20
28	Katherine	37	↑12	57
29	Melanie	34	new	53
30	Danielle	33	↑11	33
31	Emily	32	↑3	50
32	Jill	32	↓12	52
33	Dawn	31	↑5	35
34	Megan	31	↑10	62
35	Tammy	31	↓14	41
36	Wendy	30	↑12	39
37	Erica	29	new	54
38	Stacey	29	↓6	51
39	Carrie	28	↓20	28
40	Kristen	28	↓22	73
41	Tanya	28	↑4	61
42	Tracy	27	↓17	37
43	Christina	25	↓13	14
44	Kathleen	24	↓1	82
45	Mary	24	↓18	22
46	Tara	24	–	42
47	Alison	23	new	>100
48	Michele	23	new	63
49	Tina	23	↓21	48
50	April	22	↓21	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	262	–	2
2	Michael	240	–	1
3	Christopher	212	–	3
4	Matthew	174	–	9
5	James	133	↑8	5
6	David	130	↑2	4
7	Brian	123	↓2	8
8	John	120	↑2	6
9	Eric	119	↑2	13
10	Timothy	103	↑5	21
11	Jeffrey	102	↑1	17
12	Joshua	97	↑2	18
13	Robert	97	↓4	7
14	Scott	95	↓8	24
15	Daniel	90	↓8	10
16	Joseph	86	↑9	12
17	Jeremy	81	↓1	14
18	Benjamin	76	↑1	32
19	Andrew	75	↑8	27
20	Ryan	73	↓2	16
21	Kevin	71	↑2	15
22	William	70	↓2	11
23	Adam	69	↑8	36
24	Richard	68	–	19
25	Shawn	67	↑3	34
26	Thomas	67	↓4	23
27	Justin	63	↑6	33
28	Nathan	63	↑6	39
29	Mark	60	↓12	25
30	Steven	60	↓1	20
31	Jonathan	55	↓10	31
32	Stephen	54	↑4	37
33	Keith	43	↓3	48
34	Peter	40	↓2	54
35	Aaron	39	↓9	30
36	Anthony	39	↑11	22
37	Gregory	38	↑2	35
38	Patrick	38	↑6	41
39	Sean	38	↓1	42
40	Todd	37	↓5	50
41	Charles	35	–	26
42	Paul	34	↓5	28
43	Corey	32	new	64
44	Derek	31	↑1	84
45	Jacob	27	new	63
46	Donald	26	new	47
47	Douglas	26	new	56
48	Edward	26	new	45
49	Marc	26	–	99
50	Chad	25	↓10	29

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