Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1990

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1990 were Jessica for girls (209 babies) and Michael for boys (311). Social Security records list 14,462 babies born in New Hampshire in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1990

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: 24 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Meaghan: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hilary: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meredith: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caitlyn: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Hillary: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katelyn: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meghan: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bridget: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 27 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Bruce: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brendan: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Craig: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kristopher: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 141 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Seth: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nicholas: 231 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	209	–	1
2	Ashley	200	↑1	2
3	Sarah	197	↑2	6
4	Amanda	182	↓2	4
5	Samantha	181	↓1	5
6	Brittany	140	↑1	3
7	Nicole	135	↓1	13
8	Emily	129	–	12
9	Stephanie	127	↑4	7
10	Lauren	108	↑1	10
11	Elizabeth	101	↑1	9
12	Megan	100	↓3	11
13	Rebecca	91	↑2	21
14	Danielle	90	↑2	18
15	Hannah	90	↑5	30
16	Chelsea	89	↑8	24
17	Courtney	86	↑8	17
18	Jennifer	85	↓8	8
19	Katherine	85	↓2	26
20	Heather	82	↓6	19
21	Alyssa	79	↑1	27
22	Kayla	75	↓4	14
23	Kelsey	73	↑11	32
24	Rachel	65	↓3	16
25	Alexandra	53	↑12	37
26	Kathryn	53	new	57
27	Caitlin	52	↑5	50
28	Amber	51	↓5	15
29	Christina	51	↑19	25
30	Katelyn	51	↑13	75
31	Melissa	51	↓12	20
32	Brianna	50	new	61
33	Cassandra	50	↑13	49
34	Laura	50	↓3	29
35	Kristen	49	↓2	42
36	Michelle	49	↓10	22
37	Erin	48	↓1	43
38	Molly	46	↑3	80
39	Allison	45	↓4	48
40	Sara	44	↓12	34
41	Katie	43	↑3	53
42	Kimberly	43	↓15	31
43	Meghan	43	new	91
44	Andrea	41	↑3	40
45	Kelly	41	↓7	41
46	Amy	40	↓17	38
47	Kaitlyn	39	new	78
48	Abigail	37	↓9	90
49	Tiffany	37	↓7	23
50	Alicia	35	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	311	–	1
2	Christopher	300	↑1	2
3	Matthew	295	↓1	3
4	Joshua	238	↑2	4
5	Nicholas	231	–	14
6	Ryan	216	↓2	11
7	Andrew	187	–	7
8	Daniel	167	–	5
9	Tyler	167	↑5	21
10	Joseph	154	↑1	10
11	Zachary	154	↑10	22
12	Kyle	150	↑1	18
13	James	149	↑2	8
14	Benjamin	141	↓2	33
15	Thomas	131	↑9	26
16	Justin	128	↓7	9
17	John	122	↓1	12
18	Adam	119	↑1	32
19	Jacob	118	↑15	20
20	Robert	118	↓3	13
21	David	117	↓11	6
22	Jonathan	117	↓4	17
23	Eric	116	↑9	24
24	Kevin	106	↑1	23
25	William	104	↑1	16
26	Alexander	103	↑4	28
27	Brian	100	↓4	27
28	Timothy	99	↓8	30
29	Patrick	98	↓7	36
30	Nathan	91	↑1	44
31	Steven	90	↑2	25
32	Sean	86	↓5	37
33	Samuel	80	↑2	45
34	Jeffrey	72	↓6	43
35	Stephen	69	↑1	39
36	Travis	68	↓7	42
37	Corey	65	↑7	56
38	Brandon	63	↑1	19
39	Anthony	62	↓2	15
40	Gregory	61	↑3	51
41	Aaron	55	↓3	34
42	Cameron	55	new	62
43	Cody	55	new	31
44	Ethan	52	new	58
45	Scott	52	↓4	53
46	Ian	50	↓1	70
47	Jason	49	↓7	46
48	Peter	49	↓2	74
49	Derek	46	↓7	54
50	Mark	45	↓2	47

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