Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1981

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (251 babies) and Michael for boys (275). Social Security records list 11,490 babies born in New Hampshire in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1981

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

Caitlin: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Meghan: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kate: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hannah: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bethany: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jillian: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Beth: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abigail: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carolyn: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bruce: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mathew: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Seth: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ian: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corey: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamie: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Derek: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffrey: 124 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Benjamin: 111 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	251	–	1
2	Jessica	224	–	2
3	Sarah	209	–	4
4	Melissa	153	–	5
5	Amanda	136	–	3
6	Amy	113	↑1	6
7	Elizabeth	111	↑1	9
8	Rebecca	111	↑2	12
9	Heather	97	↓3	10
10	Erin	89	↑3	19
11	Nicole	86	↓2	7
12	Sara	76	↑7	26
13	Stephanie	76	↓1	8
14	Crystal	75	↑12	16
15	Kelly	74	↓4	23
16	Michelle	72	↓2	11
17	Angela	70	↓2	15
18	Emily	67	↑7	29
19	Laura	67	↑5	21
20	Kristen	66	–	38
21	Katherine	65	↑2	39
22	Lisa	61	↓5	18
23	Kimberly	57	↓1	13
24	Megan	53	↓6	33
25	Danielle	51	↑6	30
26	Andrea	50	↑8	24
27	Katie	48	↓11	44
28	Rachel	48	↑9	22
29	Jamie	47	↓8	28
30	Meghan	46	↑13	>100
31	Julie	45	↑8	37
32	Tiffany	44	↓4	14
33	Lauren	42	↑3	35
34	Erica	41	↓2	36
35	Kristin	41	↓2	31
36	Christine	39	↓9	42
37	Heidi	38	↓2	84
38	Shannon	38	↓9	32
39	Mary	37	↓1	27
40	Allison	36	↑4	57
41	Samantha	34	↓1	51
42	Catherine	33	↑4	73
43	Kathryn	33	↓1	48
44	Lindsay	33	↑3	47
45	Tara	33	–	45
46	Bethany	32	new	>100
47	Kathleen	32	↑3	82
48	Karen	31	↓7	64
49	Amber	30	↓1	20
50	April	30	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	275	–	1
2	Matthew	263	–	3
3	Christopher	233	–	2
4	Joshua	189	↑1	6
5	Jason	177	↓1	4
6	Ryan	175	↑3	13
7	Daniel	159	↓1	10
8	David	153	↓1	5
9	John	143	↑5	8
10	Timothy	136	↑6	24
11	Jonathan	132	↑7	16
12	Adam	130	–	20
13	Brian	127	↓3	14
14	Robert	126	↓3	9
15	Jeffrey	124	↑6	29
16	Justin	123	↓3	12
17	Nicholas	116	↑2	21
18	Eric	115	↓1	17
19	Benjamin	111	↑7	32
20	James	111	↓12	7
21	Andrew	100	↓1	18
22	William	100	–	15
23	Joseph	94	↓8	11
24	Thomas	90	↑4	26
25	Kevin	84	↑2	25
26	Scott	79	↓3	34
27	Nathan	78	↓3	36
28	Jesse	76	↑11	37
29	Jeremy	71	↓4	22
30	Aaron	66	↓1	30
31	Stephen	66	↑1	39
32	Patrick	62	↑1	38
33	Brandon	59	↑16	19
34	Shawn	56	↑6	49
35	Derek	54	↑3	53
36	Richard	52	↓2	27
37	Steven	51	–	28
38	Gregory	46	↑5	46
39	Jacob	45	↑9	43
40	Mark	44	↓10	33
41	Peter	44	↓5	55
42	Sean	44	↓11	44
43	Corey	41	new	69
44	Travis	41	↑3	40
45	Anthony	39	↓4	23
46	Keith	37	↓11	58
47	Paul	37	↓5	35
48	Kyle	35	new	52
49	Charles	33	↑1	31
50	Jared	33	new	57

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