Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1977

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (263 babies) and Jason for boys (274). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,023 babies born in New Hampshire in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1977

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

Abigail: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Meghan: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kerry: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meredith: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Beth: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bethany: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristen: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Katie: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erika: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Peter: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Ian: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erik: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Keith: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Craig: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Benjamin: 97 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Derek: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	263	–	1
2	Jessica	194	↑1	4
3	Amy	152	↓1	3
4	Sarah	144	↑2	11
5	Heather	140	–	5
6	Melissa	136	↓2	2
7	Kelly	91	↑9	10
8	Angela	88	↑4	6
9	Rebecca	86	–	17
10	Stephanie	82	↑1	14
11	Elizabeth	80	↑11	13
12	Amanda	78	↓4	9
13	Michelle	72	↓6	7
14	Kimberly	69	↓1	8
15	Lisa	67	↓5	12
16	Nicole	64	↑2	15
17	Jamie	58	↑6	18
18	Erin	55	↑2	23
19	Laura	55	↑8	20
20	Shannon	55	↓6	19
21	Carrie	50	↑18	28
22	Christine	49	↓5	30
23	Karen	48	↓4	32
24	Katherine	47	↑4	44
25	Christina	46	↑18	16
26	Emily	39	↑5	37
27	Julie	39	↓3	22
28	Danielle	37	↑2	31
29	Jaime	37	↓8	46
30	Sara	36	↓15	27
31	Megan	35	↑3	54
32	Kristen	34	↑8	72
33	Andrea	33	↓7	24
34	Dawn	30	↓1	43
35	Heidi	30	↓10	81
36	Beth	29	new	97
37	Crystal	29	new	25
38	Stacey	28	–	56
39	Mary	27	↑6	21
40	Jill	25	↓8	41
41	Sandra	25	new	61
42	April	24	↑8	29
43	Kathryn	24	new	70
44	Rachel	24	new	26
45	Erica	23	↓8	38
46	Erika	23	new	>100
47	Robin	23	new	84
48	Tara	23	↓2	35
49	Allison	22	new	66
50	Holly	22	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	274	–	2
2	Michael	250	–	1
3	Matthew	228	↑1	9
4	Christopher	207	↓1	3
5	David	161	↑1	4
6	Brian	134	↑1	8
7	James	127	↓2	5
8	Timothy	115	↑2	18
9	Kevin	114	↑12	13
10	Eric	111	↓1	17
11	Joshua	111	↑1	14
12	Ryan	108	↑8	16
13	Jeffrey	107	↓2	19
14	John	104	↓6	7
15	Jeremy	101	↑2	15
16	Daniel	100	↓1	11
17	Benjamin	97	↑1	29
18	Robert	96	↓5	6
19	Scott	95	↓5	27
20	Joseph	80	↓4	10
21	Andrew	78	↓2	24
22	Richard	78	↑2	20
23	William	77	↓1	12
24	Adam	75	↓1	33
25	Jonathan	75	↑6	28
26	Justin	74	↑1	30
27	Aaron	72	↑8	32
28	Nathan	71	–	36
29	Thomas	70	↓3	22
30	Mark	68	↓1	25
31	Shawn	66	↓6	37
32	Peter	62	↑2	55
33	Steven	59	↓3	23
34	Paul	57	↑8	31
35	Keith	55	↓2	48
36	Stephen	55	↓4	38
37	Sean	46	↑2	43
38	Anthony	45	↓2	21
39	Todd	40	↑1	50
40	Gregory	39	↓3	35
41	Corey	38	↑2	52
42	Craig	38	new	64
43	Patrick	38	↓5	40
44	Kenneth	37	new	39
45	Charles	35	↓4	26
46	Nicholas	35	new	51
47	Jesse	32	new	54
48	Seth	32	new	>100
49	Travis	31	new	44
50	Donald	29	↓4	46

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