Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1984

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (258 babies) and Michael for boys (298). Social Security records list 11,775 babies born in New Hampshire in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1984

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

Katelyn: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kate: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heidi: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hannah: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meghan: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jillian: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tanya: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abigail: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colleen: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Ian: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ross: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathaniel: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Garrett: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Benjamin: 115 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Seth: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colin: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	258	–	1
2	Jessica	200	–	2
3	Sarah	181	–	5
4	Amanda	170	–	4
5	Ashley	131	↑3	3
6	Nicole	117	↑1	7
7	Melissa	113	↓2	8
8	Elizabeth	112	↑2	10
9	Heather	110	↓3	9
10	Megan	94	↑8	11
11	Stephanie	92	–	6
12	Amy	90	↓3	13
13	Emily	88	↑2	24
14	Erin	75	↓1	25
15	Rebecca	72	↓3	23
16	Crystal	71	↓2	12
17	Laura	69	↑4	19
18	Michelle	68	↓1	17
19	Katie	64	↑5	44
20	Kimberly	64	↓4	22
21	Danielle	61	↓1	16
22	Katherine	59	↑3	30
23	Angela	57	↑5	26
24	Kelly	56	↑2	27
25	Lauren	54	↑6	21
26	Meghan	54	↑13	65
27	Lindsay	52	↑9	36
28	Andrea	51	↑6	28
29	Kristen	50	↓10	38
30	Christine	48	↑12	43
31	Lindsey	47	↑7	35
32	Samantha	47	↑3	39
33	Shannon	47	↑4	37
34	Tiffany	45	↓2	14
35	Lisa	44	↓8	29
36	Christina	43	↓6	20
37	Rachel	41	↓14	15
38	Jamie	40	↓9	31
39	Kathryn	40	↑5	48
40	Amber	39	↑9	18
41	Sara	39	↓19	32
42	Julie	37	↑6	52
43	Kristin	36	↑3	47
44	Erica	35	↑6	34
45	Allison	34	↓5	51
46	Caitlin	34	new	>100
47	Heidi	33	new	>100
48	Holly	33	↓15	53
49	Jillian	32	↓4	>100
50	Courtney	30	↓9	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	298	↑1	1
2	Christopher	277	↓1	2
3	Matthew	275	–	3
4	Ryan	202	↑1	12
5	Joshua	199	↓1	4
6	Adam	164	↑3	18
7	David	161	–	5
8	Daniel	151	–	6
9	Jason	151	↓3	11
10	James	130	↑4	7
11	Brian	126	↓1	17
12	Andrew	122	↑4	14
13	Justin	121	↓2	13
14	Joseph	120	↑3	10
15	Robert	120	↓2	9
16	Jonathan	119	↓4	19
17	Benjamin	115	↑5	30
18	Nicholas	115	↓3	20
19	John	111	↓1	8
20	Eric	97	↓1	22
21	Jeffrey	93	–	28
22	Thomas	93	↑5	25
23	Timothy	93	↓3	26
24	William	87	↑1	16
25	Kevin	81	↑4	24
26	Nathan	77	↓3	38
27	Sean	76	↑13	43
28	Mark	75	↑7	32
29	Scott	75	↓5	39
30	Tyler	68	↑18	47
31	Stephen	66	↑2	35
32	Richard	65	–	27
33	Steven	65	↓3	23
34	Kyle	64	↓3	34
35	Patrick	62	↓9	36
36	Brandon	58	↓8	15
37	Zachary	58	new	45
38	Anthony	54	↑3	21
39	Gregory	54	↓3	44
40	Jacob	54	↑6	37
41	Jeremy	52	↓3	31
42	Travis	52	–	42
43	Peter	51	↓6	60
44	Derek	45	↓5	52
45	Ian	45	new	78
46	Jesse	45	↓2	50
47	Aaron	42	↓13	29
48	Paul	40	↓5	40
49	Shawn	39	↓2	56
50	Alexander	38	new	54

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