Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 2018

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 2018 were Olivia for girls (88 babies) and Oliver for boys (78). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,816 babies born in New Hampshire in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 2018

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

Maeve: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Eloise: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hadley: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Margaret: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vivian: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emerson: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Natalie: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Piper: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Annabelle: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aurora: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Wesley: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cole: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Weston: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rowan: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bentley: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Camden: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brody: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jackson: 77 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jameson: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Parker: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	88	↑3	2
2	Charlotte	73	↓1	6
3	Emma	67	–	1
4	Ava	59	↑2	3
5	Harper	58	↑2	9
6	Amelia	57	↓1	8
7	Evelyn	57	↓5	10
8	Isabella	53	–	4
9	Sophia	52	–	5
10	Avery	46	↑14	16
11	Ella	45	↑8	15
12	Abigail	44	↑2	11
13	Natalie	40	↑3	39
14	Aurora	35	↑18	44
15	Grace	35	↓4	24
16	Lillian	35	↓4	34
17	Emily	34	↓2	12
18	Nora	34	↓8	30
19	Eleanor	33	↑2	32
20	Lily	32	–	31
21	Addison	31	↑10	35
22	Mia	31	↑6	7
23	Penelope	31	↑12	26
24	Stella	31	↑15	38
25	Aria	30	–	19
26	Hannah	30	↓9	33
27	Riley	30	↑17	28
28	Madison	28	↓15	22
29	Violet	28	↓7	43
30	Autumn	26	new	77
31	Mila	26	new	14
32	Elizabeth	25	↑1	13
33	Ellie	25	↑5	36
34	Hadley	25	new	>100
35	Piper	25	↓17	88
36	Layla	24	↓9	27
37	Leah	24	new	41
38	Maya	24	new	62
39	Vivian	24	↑1	96
40	Zoey	24	↑9	29
41	Hazel	22	↓15	42
42	Josephine	22	new	91
43	Lydia	22	new	89
44	Quinn	22	↓8	85
45	Savannah	22	new	45
46	Mackenzie	21	↓12	>100
47	Willow	21	new	60
48	Audrey	20	new	46
49	Brooklyn	20	↓19	47
50	Kennedy	20	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Oliver	78	↑4	5
2	Jackson	77	↑10	17
3	Mason	74	↑1	9
4	Liam	72	↑3	1
5	Henry	65	↓3	16
6	Lucas	64	↑5	8
7	Logan	63	↓6	10
8	Noah	63	↑12	2
9	Benjamin	62	↓3	6
10	Owen	57	↓7	25
11	James	52	↓1	4
12	William	49	↓3	3
13	Jack	48	↑2	28
14	Wyatt	48	–	27
15	Michael	46	↑7	14
16	Alexander	45	↑10	11
17	Levi	45	↑30	33
18	Wesley	44	↑9	>100
19	Joseph	43	↓1	23
20	Theodore	42	↑12	44
21	Jacob	41	↓5	13
22	Lincoln	41	↓14	41
23	Connor	39	↑19	58
24	Julian	38	↑12	36
25	Colton	37	new	68
26	Thomas	37	↓9	49
27	Elijah	36	↓3	7
28	Carter	35	↓15	24
29	Gabriel	32	↓1	35
30	Grayson	32	↑4	32
31	Hunter	32	↓2	56
32	Jameson	32	new	91
33	Landon	32	↑4	61
34	Samuel	32	↓15	21
35	Cole	31	↑8	>100
36	Maverick	31	new	73
37	Weston	31	new	>100
38	Dylan	30	new	31
39	John	30	↓14	26
40	Parker	30	↑8	96
41	Ethan	29	↓20	12
42	Everett	29	new	95
43	Declan	28	↓10	>100
44	Jaxon	28	new	39
45	Luke	28	–	30
46	Anthony	27	new	38
47	Caleb	27	↓24	45
48	David	27	new	22
49	Leo	27	new	50
50	Nolan	27	new	65

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