Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 2021

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 2021 were Olivia for girls (92 babies) and Oliver for boys (85). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,368 babies born in New Hampshire in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 2021

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: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kennedy: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Madeline: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mackenzie: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nora: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Margaret: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bailey: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Natalie: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eloise: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Isabelle: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Finnegan: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Colton: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wesley: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyler: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Camden: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rowan: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emmett: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bennett: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jameson: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	92	↑1	1
2	Charlotte	85	↓1	3
3	Evelyn	68	↑3	9
4	Emma	62	–	2
5	Amelia	53	↓2	4
6	Nora	53	↑9	27
7	Eleanor	49	↑6	15
8	Harper	48	↑1	10
9	Sophia	48	↑3	6
10	Ava	44	↓5	5
11	Abigail	41	↓3	17
12	Isabella	40	↓2	7
13	Isla	37	↑33	34
14	Scarlett	35	↓3	20
15	Kennedy	34	new	70
16	Madison	34	↓9	29
17	Addison	33	↑17	45
18	Natalie	33	↑18	56
19	Riley	32	new	37
20	Avery	31	↓2	19
21	Ella	31	↓4	16
22	Mia	31	–	8
23	Penelope	31	↑10	23
24	Grace	30	↓4	33
25	Kinsley	30	↑3	57
26	Ellie	29	↑17	30
27	Elizabeth	28	↓2	14
28	Lucy	28	new	48
29	Paisley	28	↑10	52
30	Willow	28	↓14	39
31	Aurora	27	–	35
32	Lily	27	↓11	31
33	Madeline	26	↑17	95
34	Stella	26	new	41
35	Violet	26	↑9	36
36	Emily	25	↓10	21
37	Lillian	25	↓8	51
38	Maeve	25	↓6	>100
39	Aria	24	↓4	22
40	Hannah	24	↓13	44
41	Quinn	24	–	81
42	Aubrey	23	↓12	64
43	Claire	23	new	59
44	Layla	23	new	24
45	Luna	23	↓21	11
46	Maya	23	new	55
47	Mila	23	new	26
48	Autumn	22	new	66
49	Emilia	22	↓1	40
50	Madelyn	22	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Oliver	85	↑2	3
2	Henry	82	↑6	9
3	Liam	82	↑3	1
4	Jackson	71	↑5	14
5	Benjamin	70	↓4	7
6	Owen	66	↓2	22
7	Theodore	65	↑4	10
8	Noah	62	↑8	2
9	William	62	↓2	6
10	Lincoln	58	↑3	45
11	Wyatt	56	↑3	29
12	Jack	55	↓7	11
13	Carter	53	↑21	39
14	Lucas	53	↓12	8
15	Logan	51	↓3	21
16	James	49	↓1	5
17	Levi	48	↓7	12
18	Grayson	47	↑2	35
19	Colton	46	↓2	75
20	Mason	43	↓1	18
21	Wesley	42	↑4	85
22	Charles	40	–	50
23	Elijah	39	↓5	4
24	Hudson	39	new	34
25	Jacob	39	↑4	24
26	Jameson	38	↑4	80
27	John	38	↑4	27
28	Nolan	38	↑16	60
29	Bennett	36	new	90
30	Miles	35	new	55
31	Rowan	35	new	>100
32	Alexander	34	↓11	13
33	Emmett	34	new	>100
34	Julian	34	↓7	33
35	Samuel	34	↑12	23
36	Leo	33	↑4	31
37	Cameron	32	new	62
38	Connor	32	↑3	98
39	Thomas	32	↓6	46
40	Daniel	31	↑3	16
41	Anthony	29	new	43
42	Asher	29	new	25
43	Ethan	29	↓8	20
44	Luca	29	new	42
45	Maverick	29	↓7	47
46	Declan	28	new	>100
47	Greyson	28	↓19	84
48	Jaxson	28	new	>100
49	Luke	28	new	32
50	Christopher	27	new	52

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