Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1989
The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1989 were Jessica for girls (241 babies) and Michael for boys (323). Social Security records list 14,879 babies born in New Hampshire in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1989
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
- Baby: 27 babies, 32× the national rate
- Jillian: 59 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Hillary: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Abigail: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Molly: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Justine: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Katelyn: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Alison: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Emma: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Colleen: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Boys
- Baby: 41 babies, 38.6× the national rate
- Brendan: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Ian: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Ross: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Peter: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Colin: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Benjamin: 148 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Seth: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Craig: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Patrick: 111 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1989
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1988 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 241 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Amanda | 225 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ashley | 219 | ↓2 | 2 |
| 4 | Samantha | 204 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 5 | Sarah | 188 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Nicole | 156 | – | 12 |
| 7 | Brittany | 153 | ↑7 | 3 |
| 8 | Emily | 128 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 9 | Megan | 125 | ↑7 | 11 |
| 10 | Jennifer | 124 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 11 | Lauren | 122 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 119 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 13 | Stephanie | 113 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 14 | Heather | 100 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 15 | Rebecca | 94 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 16 | Danielle | 93 | ↓5 | 17 |
| 17 | Katherine | 93 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 18 | Kayla | 90 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 19 | Melissa | 76 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 20 | Hannah | 68 | ↑22 | 42 |
| 21 | Rachel | 68 | ↑15 | 18 |
| 22 | Alyssa | 66 | ↑4 | 33 |
| 23 | Amber | 66 | ↑6 | 14 |
| 24 | Chelsea | 66 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 25 | Courtney | 66 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 26 | Michelle | 63 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 27 | Kimberly | 61 | ↓7 | 28 |
| 28 | Sara | 61 | ↑7 | 29 |
| 29 | Amy | 59 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 30 | Jillian | 59 | new | >100 |
| 31 | Laura | 58 | ↓13 | 25 |
| 32 | Caitlin | 57 | ↓11 | 49 |
| 33 | Kristen | 57 | ↓5 | 36 |
| 34 | Kelsey | 56 | new | 31 |
| 35 | Allison | 52 | ↑2 | 46 |
| 36 | Erin | 52 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 37 | Alexandra | 48 | ↑7 | 43 |
| 38 | Kelly | 48 | ↓13 | 37 |
| 39 | Abigail | 46 | new | 94 |
| 40 | Lindsay | 46 | – | 63 |
| 41 | Molly | 46 | new | 93 |
| 42 | Tiffany | 45 | ↓12 | 16 |
| 43 | Katelyn | 44 | ↑3 | 76 |
| 44 | Katie | 44 | ↓10 | 45 |
| 45 | Shannon | 42 | – | 61 |
| 46 | Cassandra | 41 | ↓15 | 54 |
| 47 | Andrea | 40 | ↓4 | 39 |
| 48 | Christina | 39 | ↓10 | 23 |
| 49 | Lindsey | 39 | ↓2 | 48 |
| 50 | Angela | 38 | new | 47 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1988 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 323 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Matthew | 286 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Christopher | 265 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Ryan | 254 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 249 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 6 | Joshua | 221 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 7 | Andrew | 170 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 8 | Daniel | 162 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 9 | Justin | 157 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 10 | David | 156 | ↑3 | 5 |
| 11 | Joseph | 155 | ↑10 | 11 |
| 12 | Benjamin | 148 | ↓3 | 29 |
| 13 | Kyle | 136 | ↑3 | 20 |
| 14 | Tyler | 136 | ↑19 | 30 |
| 15 | James | 131 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 16 | John | 131 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 17 | Robert | 130 | ↓5 | 10 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 129 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 19 | Adam | 120 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 20 | Timothy | 118 | ↓1 | 28 |
| 21 | Zachary | 117 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 22 | Patrick | 111 | ↑2 | 38 |
| 23 | Brian | 107 | ↓6 | 24 |
| 24 | Thomas | 104 | ↓6 | 23 |
| 25 | Kevin | 103 | ↑3 | 19 |
| 26 | William | 103 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 27 | Sean | 87 | – | 39 |
| 28 | Jeffrey | 86 | ↑1 | 37 |
| 29 | Travis | 86 | ↑14 | 41 |
| 30 | Alexander | 84 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 31 | Nathan | 84 | ↓1 | 43 |
| 32 | Eric | 83 | ↓12 | 21 |
| 33 | Steven | 81 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 34 | Jacob | 79 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 35 | Samuel | 75 | ↑7 | 47 |
| 36 | Stephen | 74 | ↑3 | 40 |
| 37 | Anthony | 69 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 38 | Aaron | 68 | ↑9 | 31 |
| 39 | Brandon | 68 | ↓7 | 18 |
| 40 | Jason | 68 | ↓9 | 35 |
| 41 | Scott | 68 | ↑5 | 51 |
| 42 | Derek | 63 | ↓5 | 54 |
| 43 | Gregory | 63 | ↑1 | 52 |
| 44 | Corey | 60 | ↓6 | 55 |
| 45 | Ian | 58 | new | 68 |
| 46 | Peter | 57 | ↑2 | 66 |
| 47 | Richard | 57 | ↓2 | 33 |
| 48 | Mark | 55 | ↓7 | 42 |
| 49 | Alex | 52 | new | 60 |
| 50 | Jesse | 47 | new | 50 |
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