Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1980

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (288 babies) and Michael for boys (269). Social Security records list 11,355 babies born in New Hampshire in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1980

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: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Alyssa: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelley: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hannah: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Meghan: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Abigail: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Heidi: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Ross: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Seth: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wayne: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keith: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tyler: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 89 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sean: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Todd: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 94 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	288	–	1
2	Jessica	214	–	3
3	Sarah	196	↑1	5
4	Melissa	175	↓1	4
5	Amanda	146	↑1	2
6	Heather	107	↓1	6
7	Amy	105	–	8
8	Elizabeth	98	–	9
9	Nicole	96	↑5	7
10	Rebecca	96	↑1	17
11	Kelly	88	↑1	19
12	Stephanie	86	↑6	13
13	Erin	80	↓3	20
14	Michelle	77	↑3	10
15	Angela	70	↓6	12
16	Katie	63	↑15	44
17	Lisa	62	↑4	16
18	Megan	62	↑2	30
19	Sara	62	↑3	27
20	Kristen	60	↑6	39
21	Jamie	59	↓2	24
22	Kimberly	59	↓7	11
23	Katherine	58	↓7	35
24	Laura	57	↑1	21
25	Emily	56	↑2	31
26	Crystal	54	↓3	18
27	Christine	52	↑6	41
28	Tiffany	50	new	14
29	Shannon	49	↓5	29
30	Christina	45	↓17	15
31	Danielle	45	↓2	33
32	Erica	43	↑4	34
33	Kristin	43	↑7	37
34	Andrea	42	↓2	28
35	Heidi	42	↑9	79
36	Lauren	41	new	38
37	Rachel	41	↑11	23
38	Mary	39	↓1	25
39	Julie	35	↑6	32
40	Samantha	35	↑9	58
41	Karen	34	↓6	54
42	Kathryn	34	↓12	50
43	Meghan	34	↓2	>100
44	Allison	33	↓6	59
45	Tara	32	new	43
46	Catherine	31	↓3	77
47	Lindsay	30	new	71
48	Amber	29	new	22
49	Jill	29	↓15	66
50	Kathleen	29	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	269	–	1
2	Matthew	258	↑2	6
3	Christopher	234	↓1	2
4	Jason	215	↓1	3
5	Joshua	177	–	7
6	Daniel	150	↑8	11
7	David	147	↓1	4
8	James	146	↑1	5
9	Ryan	141	↓2	15
10	Brian	132	–	12
11	Robert	124	↑2	9
12	Adam	120	↓1	22
13	Justin	119	↑7	13
14	John	118	↓6	8
15	Joseph	117	↑10	10
16	Timothy	116	↓1	20
17	Eric	105	↓1	16
18	Jonathan	104	↑5	21
19	Nicholas	104	↓7	17
20	Andrew	101	↓1	19
21	Jeffrey	100	↓3	27
22	William	95	↑6	14
23	Scott	94	↓6	33
24	Nathan	89	↓2	36
25	Jeremy	84	↓1	18
26	Benjamin	82	↑3	32
27	Kevin	77	↓1	23
28	Thomas	77	↓7	25
29	Aaron	75	↓2	34
30	Mark	61	↑4	30
31	Sean	60	↑4	48
32	Stephen	58	↑5	40
33	Patrick	56	↓1	38
34	Richard	55	↓4	26
35	Keith	50	new	56
36	Peter	49	↓5	55
37	Steven	47	↓1	28
38	Derek	46	new	50
39	Jesse	46	↑9	45
40	Shawn	45	↓7	47
41	Anthony	44	↑2	24
42	Paul	44	↓1	35
43	Gregory	43	↓5	42
44	Chad	41	↓4	39
45	Kenneth	36	↑2	41
46	Seth	35	new	99
47	Travis	35	↓8	37
48	Jacob	34	↓3	43
49	Brandon	33	↑1	31
50	Charles	32	↓8	29

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