Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1996

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1996 were Emily for girls (171 babies) and Matthew for boys (192). Matthew ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,216 babies born in New Hampshire in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1996

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

Felicia: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Molly: 48 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Meghan: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jillian: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Makayla: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Margaret: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Emma: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Autumn: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hayley: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rachael: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 15 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Liam: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Colby: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Connor: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ethan: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Brendan: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maxwell: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 117 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cameron: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	171	–	1
2	Sarah	140	–	4
3	Hannah	131	↑1	7
4	Samantha	105	↑1	5
5	Jessica	89	↑1	2
6	Megan	86	↑7	12
7	Elizabeth	85	–	10
8	Ashley	82	↓5	3
9	Taylor	76	–	6
10	Rachel	74	↑2	9
11	Amanda	71	↓3	13
12	Nicole	70	↓1	22
13	Katherine	62	↑8	31
14	Kayla	60	↓4	11
15	Rebecca	59	↓1	24
16	Morgan	58	↑7	25
17	Alexis	57	↑21	8
18	Brianna	57	↓3	17
19	Brittany	55	↓3	14
20	Abigail	54	↓1	32
21	Alexandra	54	↑7	26
22	Olivia	53	↑13	34
23	Lauren	50	↑2	16
24	Madison	50	↑2	15
25	Danielle	49	↑6	29
26	Kelsey	48	↑3	36
27	Molly	48	↑7	99
28	Amber	47	↑2	27
29	Emma	47	↓9	53
30	Courtney	45	↓13	21
31	Victoria	43	new	18
32	Allison	41	↓10	38
33	Gabrielle	41	new	54
34	Jennifer	41	↓16	19
35	Julia	41	↑6	48
36	Alyssa	40	↓12	23
37	Haley	40	↓5	30
38	Brooke	37	↑11	45
39	Meghan	37	↑5	>100
40	Mariah	36	↓4	63
41	Erin	34	new	51
42	Sydney	34	new	39
43	Shannon	32	new	80
44	Anna	31	↓4	33
45	Heather	31	↓12	71
46	Kaitlyn	31	new	40
47	Stephanie	31	↓20	20
48	Mackenzie	30	new	75
49	Melissa	30	new	42
50	Paige	30	↓13	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Matthew	192	↑4	2
2	Nicholas	179	–	6
3	Jacob	171	↑1	3
4	Michael	169	↓3	1
5	Tyler	152	↓2	7
6	Andrew	139	↑6	10
7	Christopher	137	↑2	4
8	Ryan	131	↓2	16
9	Joshua	127	↓2	5
10	Zachary	125	↓2	14
11	Kyle	118	↓1	25
12	Benjamin	117	↓1	29
13	Alexander	113	↑3	22
14	Joseph	108	↑1	12
15	Brandon	102	↓2	8
16	John	98	↓2	15
17	Dylan	90	↑1	33
18	Daniel	88	↓1	11
19	Thomas	86	↑10	28
20	Samuel	79	↓1	30
21	David	76	↑7	13
22	Connor	74	↑20	54
23	Robert	74	↑8	23
24	Timothy	74	↑9	40
25	Cody	73	↓5	31
26	Justin	73	↓2	20
27	Austin	72	↓2	9
28	Nathan	69	↓5	37
29	William	69	↑6	18
30	Patrick	67	–	44
31	Cameron	62	↓4	49
32	James	62	↓11	17
33	Jonathan	59	↓11	21
34	Kevin	58	↑2	26
35	Ethan	57	↑9	62
36	Adam	55	↓10	39
37	Anthony	52	↓3	19
38	Eric	51	↑10	35
39	Christian	49	new	24
40	Jordan	49	↑3	27
41	Brian	48	↓3	36
42	Sean	48	↓5	46
43	Trevor	46	↑3	63
44	Jason	45	↓3	41
45	Ian	44	↓6	70
46	Peter	42	new	95
47	Noah	41	new	50
48	Liam	36	new	>100
49	Travis	35	new	73
50	Evan	34	new	65

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