Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1983

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (251 babies) and Christopher for boys (310). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,468 babies born in New Hampshire in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1983

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

Abigail: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Caitlin: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hannah: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kate: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jillian: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Heidi: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tanya: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bethany: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Peter: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Seth: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ian: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamie: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shane: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 89 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 88 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Keith: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Craig: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	251	–	1
2	Jessica	240	–	2
3	Sarah	180	↑1	5
4	Amanda	167	↓1	3
5	Melissa	129	–	6
6	Heather	123	↑1	9
7	Nicole	113	↓1	7
8	Ashley	110	↑30	4
9	Amy	109	–	12
10	Elizabeth	97	↓2	10
11	Stephanie	95	–	8
12	Rebecca	88	–	19
13	Erin	79	↑2	18
14	Crystal	76	–	11
15	Emily	75	↓5	25
16	Kimberly	65	↑3	15
17	Michelle	65	↑15	13
18	Megan	64	↑6	21
19	Kristen	63	↓2	37
20	Danielle	62	↑1	29
21	Laura	61	↑2	23
22	Sara	57	↓9	31
23	Rachel	56	↑20	20
24	Katie	55	↓4	45
25	Katherine	53	↓9	34
26	Kelly	53	↓4	26
27	Lisa	50	↑10	27
28	Angela	48	↓10	22
29	Jamie	48	–	28
30	Christina	47	↓4	16
31	Lauren	44	↓4	24
32	Tiffany	44	↑15	14
33	Holly	43	new	48
34	Andrea	42	↓3	30
35	Samantha	42	↓2	40
36	Lindsay	41	↓8	36
37	Shannon	41	↓12	38
38	Lindsey	40	↓2	35
39	Meghan	36	↑7	75
40	Allison	35	↓1	59
41	Courtney	34	↓6	44
42	Christine	33	↓12	47
43	Hannah	33	↑7	>100
44	Kathryn	33	↓10	50
45	Jillian	32	↓1	>100
46	Kristin	32	↓5	42
47	Abigail	31	new	>100
48	Julie	31	↓3	46
49	Amber	30	↓9	17
50	Erica	30	↓2	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	310	↑1	2
2	Michael	279	↓1	1
3	Matthew	277	–	3
4	Joshua	170	–	5
5	Ryan	165	↑1	13
6	Jason	163	↓1	7
7	David	151	↑4	4
8	Daniel	149	↑5	8
9	Adam	147	–	18
10	Brian	147	↑4	14
11	Justin	136	↑4	12
12	Jonathan	129	↓4	19
13	Robert	126	↓3	10
14	James	124	↑6	6
15	Nicholas	123	↑4	21
16	Andrew	122	↑2	15
17	Joseph	115	↓5	11
18	John	114	↓11	9
19	Eric	111	↑5	20
20	Timothy	103	↓3	26
21	Jeffrey	101	↑2	28
22	Benjamin	90	↓6	32
23	Nathan	89	↓1	40
24	Scott	88	↑1	38
25	William	85	↓4	16
26	Patrick	79	↑2	37
27	Thomas	79	↓1	24
28	Brandon	72	↑7	17
29	Kevin	71	↑10	25
30	Steven	66	↑4	23
31	Kyle	65	↑15	34
32	Richard	65	↓3	27
33	Stephen	63	↑3	35
34	Aaron	60	↓4	29
35	Mark	60	↓8	31
36	Gregory	59	↓5	42
37	Peter	53	↓5	59
38	Jeremy	52	–	30
39	Derek	51	↑4	51
40	Sean	48	↑2	44
41	Anthony	46	↓4	22
42	Travis	46	↑3	41
43	Paul	45	↓2	39
44	Jesse	43	↓11	46
45	Keith	42	new	61
46	Jacob	40	↑1	36
47	Shawn	40	↓3	53
48	Tyler	39	new	57
49	Bryan	38	new	47
50	Jared	38	–	56

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