Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1988

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1988 were Ashley for girls (234 babies) and Michael for boys (319). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,335 babies born in New Hampshire in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1988

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

Kayleigh: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kate: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hillary: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Trisha: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Caitlyn: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jessie: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Meredith: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emma: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 17 babies, 45× the national rate
Craig: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dylan: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Benjamin: 156 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ian: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brendan: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patrick: 106 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nathan: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Corey: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	234	↑1	2
2	Jessica	222	↑1	1
3	Amanda	216	↓2	3
4	Sarah	214	–	4
5	Samantha	168	↑2	8
6	Nicole	157	–	9
7	Jennifer	150	↓2	5
8	Elizabeth	132	↑1	10
9	Emily	119	↑1	18
10	Stephanie	115	↑1	7
11	Danielle	107	↑2	17
12	Heather	98	↓4	14
13	Kayla	96	↑9	20
14	Brittany	95	↑2	6
15	Lauren	95	↑2	11
16	Megan	90	↓2	12
17	Melissa	88	↓2	16
18	Laura	83	–	23
19	Rebecca	81	↓7	26
20	Kimberly	72	↑5	25
21	Caitlin	69	↑5	44
22	Katherine	68	↓1	27
23	Chelsea	67	↑15	33
24	Courtney	61	↑16	24
25	Kelly	60	↑8	32
26	Alyssa	58	↑8	47
27	Michelle	58	↓3	21
28	Kristen	57	↓5	36
29	Amber	56	–	15
30	Tiffany	56	↑9	13
31	Cassandra	55	new	59
32	Erin	55	↓5	37
33	Amy	53	↓13	29
34	Katie	53	↓6	40
35	Sara	53	↓5	30
36	Rachel	51	↓17	19
37	Allison	49	↑9	46
38	Christina	49	↓6	22
39	Meghan	48	↓4	81
40	Lindsay	46	↓3	57
41	Kathryn	45	↑3	55
42	Hannah	44	new	61
43	Andrea	43	↓1	35
44	Alexandra	42	new	49
45	Shannon	40	↓14	56
46	Katelyn	39	↑1	84
47	Lindsey	39	↓2	48
48	Alicia	37	↓5	50
49	Crystal	37	↓13	28
50	Jamie	37	↓2	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	319	↑1	1
2	Matthew	305	↑1	3
3	Christopher	265	↓2	2
4	Joshua	247	–	4
5	Ryan	229	↑1	13
6	Nicholas	216	↑4	14
7	Daniel	185	–	8
8	Andrew	182	↓3	5
9	Benjamin	156	↓1	30
10	Justin	147	↑4	7
11	Jonathan	146	–	15
12	Robert	145	↑4	10
13	David	143	↓4	6
14	James	141	↓1	9
15	John	140	–	11
16	Kyle	135	↑6	21
17	Brian	130	↑2	22
18	Thomas	120	↑2	23
19	Timothy	120	↓7	25
20	Eric	118	↑12	19
21	Joseph	117	↓4	12
22	Adam	111	↓4	26
23	Zachary	109	↑10	29
24	Patrick	106	–	42
25	William	105	↑1	16
26	Alexander	99	↑10	34
27	Sean	99	↑2	38
28	Kevin	94	–	20
29	Jeffrey	93	↓6	36
30	Nathan	92	–	44
31	Jason	86	↓10	27
32	Brandon	81	↓5	17
33	Tyler	78	↓8	33
34	Steven	77	↑5	24
35	Jacob	72	↓1	28
36	Jeremy	69	↑4	35
37	Derek	67	–	53
38	Corey	66	↑6	56
39	Stephen	66	↓4	40
40	Anthony	65	↓2	18
41	Mark	64	new	39
42	Samuel	64	↑7	45
43	Travis	64	↑2	41
44	Gregory	62	↓2	50
45	Richard	61	↑2	32
46	Scott	60	↓15	47
47	Aaron	59	↑3	31
48	Peter	53	↓2	64
49	Paul	52	new	46
50	Craig	47	new	96

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