Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1978

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (244 babies) and Michael for boys (268). Social Security records list 10,158 babies born in New Hampshire in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1978

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

Kate: 23 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Jillian: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katie: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kathryn: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bethany: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kristen: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Kara: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Samantha: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Ethan: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Brendan: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nathan: 98 babies, 3× the national rate
Tyler: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ian: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Adam: 102 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 99 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jonathan: 91 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	244	–	1
2	Jessica	183	–	3
3	Sarah	158	↑1	8
4	Melissa	145	↑2	2
5	Amy	138	↓2	4
6	Heather	126	↓1	5
7	Kelly	101	–	12
8	Rebecca	94	↑1	17
9	Amanda	88	↑3	6
10	Elizabeth	84	↑1	14
11	Nicole	82	↑5	10
12	Erin	79	↑6	21
13	Michelle	70	–	9
14	Christina	69	↑11	15
15	Stephanie	69	↓5	16
16	Lisa	68	↓1	11
17	Christine	67	↑5	29
18	Kimberly	62	↓4	13
19	Angela	59	↓11	7
20	Shannon	58	–	22
21	Danielle	49	↑7	31
22	Carrie	47	↓1	35
23	Karen	46	–	39
24	Crystal	45	↑13	18
25	Jamie	45	↓8	20
26	Kathryn	45	↑17	57
27	Sara	45	↑3	28
28	Rachel	43	↑16	25
29	Katherine	41	↓5	38
30	Katie	40	new	90
31	Kristen	40	↑1	62
32	Megan	38	↓1	41
33	Andrea	37	–	23
34	Laura	37	↓15	19
35	Stacey	36	↑3	53
36	Heidi	34	↓1	83
37	Emily	33	↓11	33
38	Julie	33	↓11	26
39	Samantha	33	new	74
40	April	31	↑2	27
41	Jaime	29	↓12	70
42	Jill	29	↓2	46
43	Susan	29	new	49
44	Erica	28	↑1	34
45	Holly	27	↑5	55
46	Dawn	26	↓12	52
47	Stacy	26	new	44
48	Kristy	25	new	51
49	Mary	25	↓10	24
50	Melanie	25	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	268	↑1	1
2	Matthew	238	↑1	6
3	Christopher	231	↑1	3
4	Jason	213	↓3	2
5	David	161	–	4
6	Joshua	152	↑5	12
7	James	124	–	5
8	Brian	119	↓2	9
9	Ryan	119	↑3	14
10	Robert	117	↑8	8
11	Daniel	115	↑5	11
12	John	108	↑2	7
13	Eric	105	↓3	16
14	Adam	102	↑10	29
15	Jeremy	102	–	18
16	Timothy	101	↓8	17
17	Jeffrey	99	↓4	19
18	Scott	99	↑1	30
19	Nathan	98	↑9	36
20	Kevin	92	↓11	15
21	Jonathan	91	↑4	31
22	Andrew	85	↓1	22
23	Benjamin	85	↓6	34
24	William	82	↓1	13
25	Justin	76	↑1	28
26	Nicholas	72	↑20	25
27	Joseph	67	↓7	10
28	Thomas	67	↑1	23
29	Mark	61	↑1	26
30	Richard	60	↓8	21
31	Paul	54	↑3	33
32	Shawn	53	↓1	39
33	Steven	53	–	24
34	Peter	51	↓2	54
35	Sean	50	↑2	45
36	Aaron	49	↓9	32
37	Chad	46	new	35
38	Stephen	46	↓2	37
39	Patrick	44	↑4	42
40	Gregory	41	–	38
41	Jacob	38	new	50
42	Charles	37	↑3	27
43	Corey	36	↓2	61
44	Jesse	35	↑3	51
45	Brandon	34	new	40
46	Keith	33	↓11	49
47	Travis	32	↑2	46
48	Shaun	30	new	52
49	Todd	30	↓10	56
50	Anthony	28	↓12	20

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