Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1982

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (251 babies) and Michael for boys (287). Social Security records list 11,847 babies born in New Hampshire in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1982

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: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hannah: 32 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Meagan: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kate: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Meghan: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jillian: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bethany: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Meredith: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abigail: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Colin: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ian: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Seth: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Benjamin: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trevor: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brett: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Evan: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Derek: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	251	–	1
2	Jessica	209	–	2
3	Amanda	185	↑2	3
4	Sarah	182	↓1	4
5	Melissa	143	↓1	5
6	Nicole	119	↑5	6
7	Heather	117	↑2	12
8	Elizabeth	114	↓1	8
9	Amy	99	↓3	10
10	Emily	97	↑8	24
11	Stephanie	96	↑2	7
12	Rebecca	86	↓4	15
13	Sara	80	↓1	28
14	Crystal	78	–	9
15	Erin	76	↓5	20
16	Katherine	76	↑5	36
17	Kristen	65	↑3	33
18	Angela	62	↓1	16
19	Kimberly	60	↑4	14
20	Katie	58	↑7	45
21	Danielle	57	↑4	31
22	Kelly	57	↓7	25
23	Laura	57	↓4	22
24	Megan	57	–	34
25	Shannon	54	↑13	38
26	Christina	53	new	19
27	Lauren	52	↑6	26
28	Lindsay	52	↑16	39
29	Jamie	51	–	29
30	Christine	45	↑6	46
31	Andrea	43	↓5	27
32	Michelle	42	↓16	11
33	Samantha	42	↑8	44
34	Kathryn	41	↑9	48
35	Courtney	40	new	43
36	Lindsey	40	new	40
37	Lisa	40	↓15	23
38	Ashley	39	new	17
39	Allison	38	↑1	58
40	Amber	38	↑9	18
41	Kristin	38	↓6	37
42	Mary	37	↓3	30
43	Rachel	37	↓15	21
44	Jillian	36	new	96
45	Julie	36	↓14	41
46	Meghan	35	↓16	>100
47	Tiffany	35	↓15	13
48	Erica	34	↓14	35
49	Bethany	32	↓3	>100
50	Hannah	32	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	287	–	1
2	Christopher	278	↑1	2
3	Matthew	264	↓1	3
4	Joshua	217	–	7
5	Jason	190	–	4
6	Ryan	150	–	13
7	John	144	↑2	8
8	Jonathan	142	↑3	16
9	Adam	140	↑3	19
10	Robert	136	↑4	9
11	David	134	↓3	5
12	Joseph	132	↑11	11
13	Daniel	129	↓6	10
14	Brian	124	↓1	14
15	Justin	123	↑1	12
16	Benjamin	121	↑3	33
17	Timothy	121	↓7	24
18	Andrew	117	↑3	17
19	Nicholas	114	↓2	22
20	James	108	–	6
21	William	99	↑1	15
22	Nathan	91	↑5	36
23	Jeffrey	87	↓8	29
24	Eric	85	↓6	20
25	Scott	81	↑1	34
26	Thomas	75	↓2	23
27	Mark	74	↑13	32
28	Patrick	73	↑4	37
29	Richard	69	↑7	27
30	Aaron	65	–	30
31	Gregory	63	↑7	40
32	Peter	61	↑9	57
33	Jesse	60	↓5	43
34	Steven	60	↑3	26
35	Brandon	58	↓2	18
36	Stephen	58	↓5	38
37	Anthony	57	↑8	21
38	Jeremy	57	↓9	28
39	Kevin	57	↓14	25
40	Charles	55	↑9	31
41	Paul	53	↑6	35
42	Sean	52	–	44
43	Derek	50	↓8	50
44	Shawn	50	↓10	52
45	Travis	46	↓1	39
46	Kyle	42	↑2	47
47	Jacob	40	↓8	41
48	Ian	39	new	83
49	Kenneth	36	new	45
50	Jared	34	–	54

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