Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1997

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1997 were Emily for girls (162 babies) and Nicholas for boys (174). Nicholas ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,865 babies born in New Hampshire in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1997

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: 16 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Jillian: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Meghan: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lillian: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Molly: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Margaret: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Natasha: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casey: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shannon: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Olivia: 82 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tucker: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Colby: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Griffin: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Liam: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Colin: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cameron: 85 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connor: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ian: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Keith: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lucas: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	162	–	1
2	Hannah	130	↑1	5
3	Sarah	128	↓1	4
4	Samantha	109	–	6
5	Ashley	100	↑3	3
6	Jessica	98	↓1	2
7	Elizabeth	85	–	9
8	Olivia	82	↑14	27
9	Abigail	75	↑11	26
10	Madison	74	↑14	10
11	Megan	68	↓5	11
12	Taylor	67	↓3	7
13	Kayla	65	↑1	12
14	Rachel	65	↓4	13
15	Morgan	63	↑1	22
16	Rebecca	63	↓1	25
17	Emma	62	↑12	36
18	Alexis	61	↓1	8
19	Brianna	61	↓1	17
20	Amanda	60	↓9	16
21	Nicole	60	↓9	21
22	Alyssa	59	↑14	15
23	Alexandra	57	↓2	30
24	Lauren	53	↓1	14
25	Katherine	49	↓12	32
26	Haley	46	↑11	31
27	Courtney	45	↑3	28
28	Victoria	45	↑3	19
29	Brittany	41	↓10	20
30	Molly	41	↓3	98
31	Sydney	40	↑11	35
32	Erin	39	↑9	52
33	Anna	38	↑11	33
34	Jordan	38	new	40
35	Julia	37	–	37
36	Meghan	37	↑3	>100
37	Shannon	37	↑6	85
38	Danielle	36	↓13	34
39	Mackenzie	34	↑9	71
40	Stephanie	34	↑7	23
41	Allison	32	↓9	39
42	Kelsey	32	↓16	57
43	Margaret	32	new	>100
44	Brooke	31	↓6	45
45	Gabrielle	30	↓12	51
46	Jennifer	30	↓12	18
47	Jillian	30	new	>100
48	Caitlin	28	new	88
49	Paige	28	↑1	64
50	Cassandra	27	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Nicholas	174	↑1	6
2	Tyler	172	↑3	10
3	Jacob	165	–	2
4	Matthew	156	↓3	3
5	Michael	149	↓1	1
6	Ryan	147	↑2	16
7	Zachary	126	↑3	13
8	Andrew	122	↓2	7
9	Kyle	119	↑2	24
10	Christopher	118	↓3	4
11	Joshua	118	↓2	5
12	Joseph	112	↑2	12
13	Brandon	101	↑2	8
14	Alexander	92	↓1	22
15	Benjamin	92	↓3	29
16	John	88	–	15
17	Daniel	86	↑1	11
18	Cameron	85	↑13	45
19	James	83	↑13	17
20	William	83	↑9	19
21	Dylan	81	↓4	30
22	Robert	80	↑1	23
23	Thomas	80	↓4	31
24	Samuel	72	↓4	27
25	David	71	↓4	14
26	Austin	68	↑1	9
27	Jonathan	67	↑6	21
28	Justin	64	↓2	20
29	Cody	63	↓4	36
30	Connor	63	↓8	52
31	Anthony	60	↑6	18
32	Nathan	59	↓4	34
33	Timothy	55	↓9	43
34	Noah	53	↑13	38
35	Brian	51	↑6	37
36	Jason	47	↑8	41
37	Hunter	44	new	44
38	Ian	44	↑7	70
39	Evan	43	↑11	61
40	Patrick	43	↓10	50
41	Eric	40	↓3	35
42	Jordan	40	↓2	26
43	Kevin	39	↓9	28
44	Adam	37	↓8	39
45	Ethan	37	↓10	46
46	Logan	37	new	42
47	Caleb	36	new	47
48	Colin	36	new	>100
49	Aaron	35	new	33
50	Alex	34	new	55

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