Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1979

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (285 babies) and Michael for boys (280). Social Security records list 10,509 babies born in New Hampshire in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1979

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: 29 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Abigail: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Meghan: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bethany: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristen: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Meredith: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurie: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colleen: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katie: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Katherine: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marc: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Craig: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ian: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nathan: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jared: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sean: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Adam: 125 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Derek: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	285	–	1
2	Jessica	179	–	4
3	Melissa	164	↑1	2
4	Sarah	140	↓1	6
5	Heather	130	↑1	7
6	Amanda	123	↑3	3
7	Amy	119	↓2	5
8	Elizabeth	95	↑2	11
9	Angela	81	↑10	8
10	Erin	77	↑2	21
11	Rebecca	77	↓3	17
12	Kelly	76	↓5	16
13	Christina	67	↑1	14
14	Nicole	67	↓3	9
15	Kimberly	66	↑3	12
16	Katherine	63	↑13	36
17	Michelle	63	↓4	10
18	Stephanie	63	↓3	15
19	Jamie	59	↑6	19
20	Megan	59	↑12	31
21	Lisa	52	↓5	13
22	Sara	50	↑5	30
23	Crystal	49	↑1	18
24	Shannon	49	↓4	25
25	Laura	48	↑9	20
26	Kristen	46	↑5	62
27	Emily	45	↑10	34
28	April	41	↑12	23
29	Danielle	40	↓8	33
30	Kathryn	40	↓4	50
31	Katie	40	↓1	63
32	Andrea	39	↑1	26
33	Christine	38	↓16	35
34	Jill	38	↑8	52
35	Karen	38	↓12	46
36	Erica	36	↑8	32
37	Mary	34	↑12	24
38	Allison	33	new	70
39	Carrie	33	↓17	41
40	Kristin	32	new	73
41	Meghan	32	new	>100
42	Stacy	32	↑5	43
43	Catherine	31	new	78
44	Heidi	31	↓8	83
45	Julie	31	↓7	29
46	Melanie	30	↑4	53
47	Kate	29	new	>100
48	Rachel	26	↓20	27
49	Samantha	26	↓10	66
50	Stacey	26	↓15	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	280	–	1
2	Christopher	237	↑1	2
3	Jason	228	↑1	3
4	Matthew	225	↓2	6
5	Joshua	170	↑1	9
6	David	169	↓1	4
7	Ryan	138	↑2	14
8	John	135	↑4	7
9	James	130	↓2	5
10	Brian	127	↓2	10
11	Adam	125	↑3	23
12	Nicholas	120	↑14	15
13	Robert	119	↓3	8
14	Daniel	116	↓3	12
15	Timothy	109	↑1	18
16	Eric	102	↓3	17
17	Scott	94	↑1	29
18	Jeffrey	92	↓1	24
19	Andrew	90	↑3	20
20	Justin	90	↑5	22
21	Thomas	86	↑7	26
22	Nathan	85	↓3	37
23	Jonathan	83	↓2	31
24	Jeremy	82	↓9	16
25	Joseph	80	↑2	11
26	Kevin	79	↓6	19
27	Aaron	78	↑9	32
28	William	76	↓4	13
29	Benjamin	64	↓6	33
30	Richard	62	–	25
31	Peter	61	↑3	53
32	Patrick	59	↑7	39
33	Shawn	55	↓1	43
34	Mark	54	↓5	30
35	Sean	51	–	49
36	Steven	46	↓3	27
37	Stephen	44	↑1	40
38	Gregory	42	↑2	42
39	Travis	42	↑8	36
40	Chad	41	↓3	38
41	Paul	40	↓10	34
42	Charles	39	–	28
43	Anthony	38	↑7	21
44	Craig	37	new	77
45	Jacob	37	↓4	45
46	Jared	37	new	65
47	Kenneth	35	new	41
48	Jesse	34	↓4	50
49	Todd	34	–	60
50	Brandon	33	↓5	35

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