Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1998

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1998 were Emily for girls (157 babies) and Jacob for boys (214). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,900 babies born in New Hampshire in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1998

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: 21 babies, 32.8× the national rate
Felicia: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Molly: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Isabelle: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jillian: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shannon: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lindsay: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amelia: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lily: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 24 babies, 33.6× the national rate
Tucker: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Liam: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aidan: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Griffin: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colin: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jakob: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Owen: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Riley: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colby: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	157	–	1
2	Hannah	128	–	2
3	Sarah	103	–	4
4	Madison	95	↑6	9
5	Samantha	93	↓1	3
6	Ashley	87	↓1	5
7	Taylor	81	↑5	7
8	Abigail	76	↑1	18
9	Emma	76	↑8	22
10	Alexis	71	↑8	6
11	Megan	71	–	13
12	Olivia	71	↓4	21
13	Brianna	63	↑6	17
14	Rebecca	63	↑2	30
15	Elizabeth	62	↓8	10
16	Julia	59	↑19	32
17	Lauren	58	↑7	14
18	Rachel	58	↓4	15
19	Jessica	56	↓13	8
20	Alyssa	54	↑2	11
21	Kayla	52	↓8	12
22	Nicole	51	↓1	24
23	Amanda	49	↓3	19
24	Morgan	48	↓9	23
25	Erin	47	↑7	57
26	Courtney	46	↑1	39
27	Katherine	45	↓2	33
28	Danielle	44	↑10	41
29	Molly	44	↑1	>100
30	Anna	41	↑3	31
31	Allison	38	↑10	38
32	Alexandra	36	↓9	27
33	Paige	36	↑16	63
34	Katelyn	35	new	58
35	Victoria	35	↓7	16
36	Mariah	34	new	62
37	Shannon	34	–	>100
38	Grace	33	new	53
39	Sydney	33	↓8	28
40	Jordan	32	↓6	42
41	Gabrielle	31	↑4	47
42	Kaitlyn	31	new	35
43	Amber	30	new	37
44	Jenna	30	new	65
45	Kelsey	30	↓3	56
46	Madeline	29	new	50
47	Mikayla	29	new	82
48	Sara	28	new	48
49	Brooke	27	↓5	46
50	Caitlin	27	↓2	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	214	↑2	2
2	Matthew	184	↑2	3
3	Nicholas	166	↓2	6
4	Michael	149	↑1	1
5	Tyler	146	↓3	8
6	Ryan	142	–	17
7	Zachary	133	–	16
8	Joshua	111	↑3	4
9	Andrew	107	↓1	9
10	Kyle	104	↓1	24
11	Benjamin	100	↑4	30
12	Joseph	93	–	11
13	Dylan	92	↑8	25
14	Samuel	88	↑10	28
15	Alexander	87	↓1	22
16	Brandon	87	↓3	7
17	Cameron	87	↑1	35
18	Christopher	83	↓8	5
19	Daniel	83	↓2	12
20	Austin	75	↑6	10
21	Justin	75	↑7	20
22	Noah	72	↑12	29
23	William	72	↓3	14
24	John	71	↓8	15
25	Thomas	71	↓2	31
26	Cody	69	↑3	43
27	James	68	↓8	18
28	Jonathan	66	↓1	21
29	Hunter	65	↑8	36
30	David	64	↓5	13
31	Nathan	64	↑1	34
32	Connor	60	↓2	47
33	Timothy	60	–	49
34	Robert	54	↓12	23
35	Ethan	53	↑10	38
36	Adam	51	↑8	45
37	Sean	46	new	50
38	Anthony	45	↓7	19
39	Nathaniel	45	new	60
40	Patrick	45	–	57
41	Jason	41	↓5	40
42	Jordan	40	–	27
43	Aaron	39	↑6	37
44	Christian	39	new	26
45	Ian	38	↓7	73
46	Trevor	38	new	58
47	Kevin	37	↓4	32
48	Brian	36	↓13	41
49	Colin	36	↓1	>100
50	Jack	36	new	61

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