Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1987

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1987 were Amanda for girls (270 babies) and Christopher for boys (318). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,913 babies born in New Hampshire in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1987

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: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Amelia: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jillian: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aimee: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trisha: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kate: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ian: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Craig: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wayne: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Benjamin: 168 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawn: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 91 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colin: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mathew: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Amanda	270	–	3
2	Ashley	247	↑3	2
3	Jessica	243	↓1	1
4	Sarah	230	↓1	5
5	Jennifer	165	↓1	4
6	Nicole	154	–	8
7	Samantha	146	↑3	11
8	Heather	123	↓1	9
9	Elizabeth	108	↑5	10
10	Emily	108	↑5	19
11	Stephanie	103	–	6
12	Rebecca	99	↑1	25
13	Danielle	96	↑4	14
14	Megan	87	↓6	12
15	Melissa	83	↓3	13
16	Brittany	81	↑5	7
17	Lauren	78	↑5	16
18	Laura	77	↓2	22
19	Rachel	77	↑12	17
20	Amy	72	↓11	24
21	Katherine	71	↓2	28
22	Kayla	69	new	27
23	Kristen	62	↑11	42
24	Michelle	62	–	21
25	Kimberly	61	↓7	23
26	Caitlin	59	↑4	63
27	Erin	59	↓1	34
28	Katie	55	↓1	38
29	Amber	54	↓4	15
30	Sara	54	↓10	29
31	Shannon	52	↑1	45
32	Christina	51	↓9	20
33	Kelly	50	↑5	30
34	Alyssa	49	new	60
35	Meghan	49	–	78
36	Crystal	47	↑5	26
37	Lindsay	46	↓8	49
38	Chelsea	45	new	47
39	Tiffany	43	↑9	18
40	Courtney	41	↓12	33
41	Jillian	41	new	99
42	Andrea	40	↓9	36
43	Alicia	39	new	46
44	Kathryn	39	↓4	51
45	Lindsey	38	↑5	41
46	Allison	37	↓2	44
47	Katelyn	37	new	>100
48	Jamie	36	↓5	39
49	Jenna	35	new	57
50	Kathleen	34	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	318	↑2	2
2	Michael	314	↓1	1
3	Matthew	287	↓1	3
4	Joshua	244	↑1	4
5	Andrew	226	↑2	6
6	Ryan	223	↓2	13
7	Daniel	188	↓1	7
8	Benjamin	168	↑20	28
9	David	167	↓1	5
10	Nicholas	167	↓1	16
11	Jonathan	142	↓1	18
12	Timothy	139	↑3	26
13	James	135	↓2	8
14	Justin	134	↓1	9
15	John	129	↓3	11
16	Robert	129	↓2	10
17	Joseph	122	↓1	12
18	Adam	117	↑2	27
19	Brian	115	↑5	20
20	Thomas	115	↑3	24
21	Jason	108	↑5	23
22	Kyle	103	↓1	22
23	Jeffrey	100	↑2	32
24	Patrick	100	↓2	41
25	Tyler	99	↑4	39
26	William	98	↓7	15
27	Brandon	96	–	14
28	Kevin	96	↓10	19
29	Sean	95	↑6	40
30	Nathan	91	↑1	45
31	Scott	91	↑3	43
32	Eric	90	↓15	21
33	Zachary	82	↓1	33
34	Jacob	79	↑7	31
35	Stephen	76	↓2	38
36	Alexander	72	↑1	37
37	Derek	70	↑9	54
38	Anthony	69	–	17
39	Steven	64	↑1	25
40	Jeremy	63	↓4	29
41	Shawn	62	↑3	59
42	Gregory	61	↓3	47
43	Bryan	56	new	51
44	Corey	56	↓2	57
45	Travis	56	↑2	42
46	Peter	55	↓3	64
47	Richard	55	↓17	30
48	Ian	54	new	81
49	Samuel	52	new	50
50	Aaron	49	↓5	34

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