Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1985

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1985 were Jessica for girls (225 babies) and Michael for boys (341). Social Security records list 12,779 babies born in New Hampshire in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1985

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

Kaitlin: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Katelyn: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Caitlin: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jillian: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abigail: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meghan: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brianna: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alyssa: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kate: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hannah: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tyson: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brendan: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 131 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colin: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patrick: 104 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	225	↑1	1
2	Amanda	224	↑2	4
3	Jennifer	224	↓2	3
4	Sarah	174	↓1	5
5	Ashley	166	–	2
6	Nicole	154	–	7
7	Melissa	118	–	11
8	Heather	108	↑1	8
9	Stephanie	104	↑2	6
10	Amy	97	↑2	20
11	Elizabeth	93	↓3	9
12	Megan	90	↓2	10
13	Danielle	88	↑8	18
14	Laura	84	↑3	14
15	Rebecca	80	–	25
16	Emily	78	↓3	24
17	Samantha	75	↑15	29
18	Katherine	71	↑4	32
19	Michelle	70	↓1	22
20	Katie	68	↓1	39
21	Sara	68	↑20	30
22	Christina	63	↑14	12
23	Crystal	61	↓7	21
24	Lauren	59	↑1	15
25	Meghan	59	↑1	63
26	Kristen	58	↑3	38
27	Rachel	58	↑10	13
28	Jamie	57	↑10	27
29	Erin	56	↓15	26
30	Kelly	56	↓6	28
31	Kimberly	55	↓11	19
32	Caitlin	52	↑14	77
33	Lindsay	51	↓6	40
34	Brittany	49	new	17
35	Angela	44	↓12	31
36	Christine	43	↓6	44
37	Amber	41	↑3	16
38	Kathryn	39	↑1	48
39	Allison	38	↑6	46
40	Holly	36	↑8	56
41	Tiffany	36	↓7	23
42	Cassandra	34	new	62
43	Courtney	34	↑7	43
44	Shannon	34	↓11	41
45	Jillian	33	↑4	>100
46	Lisa	33	↓11	36
47	Chelsea	32	new	75
48	Erica	32	↓4	34
49	Julie	32	↓7	55
50	Mary	32	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	341	–	1
2	Matthew	276	↑1	3
3	Christopher	271	↓1	2
4	Joshua	231	↑1	4
5	Ryan	204	↓1	12
6	Nicholas	168	↑12	19
7	Daniel	165	↑1	5
8	James	164	↑2	7
9	Andrew	160	↑3	11
10	David	156	↓3	6
11	Jonathan	156	↑5	17
12	Jason	139	↓3	14
13	Robert	135	↑2	8
14	Benjamin	131	↑3	31
15	Adam	129	↓9	22
16	Joseph	121	↓2	10
17	John	115	↑2	9
18	Timothy	113	↑5	26
19	Brian	112	↓8	18
20	Kevin	111	↑5	23
21	Jeffrey	110	–	29
22	Justin	105	↓9	15
23	Patrick	104	↑12	37
24	Eric	103	↓4	21
25	Thomas	101	↓3	25
26	Kyle	88	↑8	27
27	William	83	↓3	16
28	Brandon	80	↑8	13
29	Nathan	79	↓3	40
30	Jeremy	74	↑11	30
31	Steven	72	↑2	24
32	Tyler	71	↓2	43
33	Stephen	70	↓2	36
34	Scott	69	↓5	44
35	Shawn	65	↑14	55
36	Sean	64	↓9	38
37	Richard	63	↓5	28
38	Gregory	62	↑1	45
39	Mark	58	↓11	32
40	Peter	58	↑3	60
41	Anthony	55	↓3	20
42	Derek	53	↑2	56
43	Jacob	49	↓3	35
44	Zachary	46	↓7	39
45	Aaron	45	↑2	33
46	Paul	44	↑2	42
47	Travis	43	↓5	46
48	Corey	41	new	63
49	Keith	40	new	64
50	Jesse	39	↓4	51

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