Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1986

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1986 were Amanda for girls (257 babies) and Michael for boys (291). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,971 babies born in New Hampshire in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1986

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

Kaitlyn: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Krista: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kate: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Katelyn: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meghan: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jillian: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abigail: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hannah: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ethan: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Brendan: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Craig: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Colin: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Ian: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corey: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patrick: 104 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Amanda	257	↑1	3
2	Jessica	237	↓1	1
3	Sarah	206	↑1	5
4	Jennifer	205	↓1	4
5	Ashley	204	–	2
6	Nicole	158	–	7
7	Heather	124	↑1	9
8	Megan	108	↑4	11
9	Amy	103	↑1	22
10	Samantha	97	↑7	21
11	Stephanie	96	↓2	6
12	Melissa	93	↓5	12
13	Rebecca	91	↑2	26
14	Elizabeth	90	↓3	10
15	Emily	89	↑1	24
16	Laura	78	↓2	20
17	Danielle	73	↓4	16
18	Kimberly	71	↑13	18
19	Katherine	69	↓1	28
20	Sara	61	↑1	27
21	Brittany	60	↑13	8
22	Lauren	60	↑2	14
23	Christina	58	↓1	19
24	Michelle	55	↓5	23
25	Amber	54	↑12	13
26	Erin	53	↑3	30
27	Katie	53	↓7	38
28	Courtney	51	↑15	35
29	Lindsay	51	↑4	46
30	Caitlin	50	↑2	69
31	Rachel	49	↓4	15
32	Shannon	49	↑12	44
33	Andrea	47	new	36
34	Kristen	47	↓8	41
35	Meghan	46	↓10	71
36	Angela	43	↓1	33
37	Christine	43	↓1	47
38	Kelly	43	↓8	29
39	Cassandra	42	↑3	60
40	Kathryn	42	↓2	48
41	Crystal	41	↓18	25
42	Krista	39	new	93
43	Jamie	38	↓15	34
44	Allison	37	↓5	42
45	Hannah	37	new	82
46	Lisa	37	–	40
47	Holly	36	↓7	63
48	Tiffany	36	↓7	17
49	Erica	34	↓1	31
50	Lindsey	34	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	291	–	1
2	Matthew	288	–	3
3	Christopher	283	–	2
4	Ryan	221	↑1	11
5	Joshua	205	↓1	4
6	Daniel	169	↑1	6
7	Andrew	167	↑2	8
8	David	167	↑2	5
9	Nicholas	156	↓3	17
10	Jonathan	153	↑1	16
11	James	143	↓3	7
12	John	128	↑5	10
13	Justin	121	↑9	14
14	Robert	121	↓1	9
15	Timothy	117	↑3	27
16	Joseph	114	–	12
17	Eric	112	↑7	22
18	Kevin	109	↑2	21
19	William	108	↑8	15
20	Adam	106	↓5	24
21	Kyle	106	↑5	23
22	Patrick	104	↑1	39
23	Thomas	104	↑2	26
24	Brian	103	↓5	20
25	Jeffrey	100	↓4	32
26	Jason	97	↓14	18
27	Brandon	96	↑1	13
28	Benjamin	89	↓14	30
29	Tyler	88	↑3	40
30	Richard	85	↑7	29
31	Nathan	79	↓2	43
32	Zachary	74	↑12	38
33	Stephen	71	–	36
34	Scott	69	–	44
35	Sean	68	↑1	37
36	Jeremy	66	↓6	28
37	Alexander	65	new	41
38	Anthony	63	↑3	19
39	Gregory	61	↓1	46
40	Steven	59	↓9	25
41	Jacob	57	↑2	31
42	Corey	56	↑6	62
43	Peter	53	↓3	60
44	Shawn	51	↓9	55
45	Aaron	50	–	33
46	Derek	50	↓4	57
47	Travis	49	–	49
48	Paul	48	↓2	45
49	Craig	44	new	80
50	Mark	44	↓11	35

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