Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1991

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1991 were Sarah for girls (183 babies) and Michael for boys (274). Sarah ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,218 babies born in New Hampshire in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1991

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

Meghan: 51 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Molly: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jillian: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Abigail: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colleen: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mackenzie: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katelyn: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Felicia: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Hillary: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hannah: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Craig: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colin: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ian: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Connor: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Marc: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Colby: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Maxwell: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 131 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Sarah	183	↑2	6
2	Ashley	178	–	1
3	Jessica	155	↓2	2
4	Samantha	152	↑1	5
5	Emily	148	↑3	10
6	Amanda	143	↓2	4
7	Kayla	122	↑15	12
8	Elizabeth	114	↑3	9
9	Nicole	111	↓2	15
10	Megan	107	↑2	11
11	Stephanie	105	↓2	7
12	Brittany	104	↓6	3
13	Jennifer	104	↑5	8
14	Rebecca	88	↓1	21
15	Hannah	87	–	29
16	Chelsea	81	–	18
17	Alyssa	79	↑4	30
18	Lauren	73	↓8	13
19	Courtney	72	↓2	19
20	Katherine	70	↓1	25
21	Danielle	69	↓7	17
22	Rachel	65	↑2	14
23	Molly	63	↑15	74
24	Heather	62	↓4	23
25	Kelsey	62	↓2	26
26	Laura	56	↑8	35
27	Melissa	56	↑4	20
28	Meghan	51	↑15	94
29	Allison	50	↑10	50
30	Erin	49	↑7	44
31	Abigail	48	↑17	92
32	Kimberly	48	↑10	34
33	Michelle	47	↑3	22
34	Brianna	46	↓2	51
35	Caitlin	45	↓8	55
36	Alexandra	44	↓11	36
37	Amber	44	↓9	16
38	Katelyn	44	↓8	75
39	Cassandra	43	↓6	54
40	Victoria	43	new	28
41	Amy	42	↑5	43
42	Alicia	39	↑8	63
43	Kelly	39	↑2	42
44	Taylor	39	new	32
45	Shannon	38	new	71
46	Morgan	35	new	49
47	Haley	34	new	79
48	Kristen	34	↓13	48
49	Catherine	33	new	72
50	Erica	33	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	274	–	1
2	Matthew	254	↑1	3
3	Christopher	203	↓1	2
4	Nicholas	201	↑1	12
5	Ryan	192	↑1	11
6	Andrew	182	↑1	5
7	Tyler	179	↑2	16
8	Joshua	174	↓4	4
9	Kyle	168	↑3	21
10	Zachary	152	↑1	22
11	Daniel	150	↓3	6
12	Joseph	146	↓2	9
13	James	133	–	7
14	Benjamin	131	–	33
15	Jacob	126	↑4	17
16	Justin	119	–	14
17	Robert	117	↑3	13
18	David	115	↑3	8
19	John	111	↓2	10
20	Alexander	106	↑6	26
21	Jonathan	100	↑1	20
22	Eric	99	↑1	25
23	Patrick	99	↑6	35
24	Timothy	96	↑4	32
25	William	96	–	19
26	Thomas	90	↓11	28
27	Nathan	89	↑3	42
28	Cody	82	↑15	24
29	Brian	81	↓2	30
30	Sean	79	↑2	40
31	Kevin	77	↓7	23
32	Adam	72	↓14	36
33	Brandon	72	↑5	15
34	Anthony	67	↑5	18
35	Samuel	65	↓2	39
36	Jeffrey	64	↓2	45
37	Dylan	58	new	46
38	Aaron	57	↑3	31
39	Jeremy	57	new	43
40	Ian	56	↑6	73
41	Scott	55	↑4	57
42	Steven	55	↓11	27
43	Stephen	53	↓8	41
44	Jordan	52	new	29
45	Derek	51	↑4	59
46	Travis	51	↓10	44
47	Corey	48	↓10	58
48	Cameron	47	↓6	62
49	Peter	46	↓1	77
50	Jesse	45	new	51

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