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Baby names in New Hampshire in the 1980s

In New Hampshire in the 1980s the most given names were Michael (2,996 boys) and Jessica (2,255 girls), of 126,702 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Hampshire each year, the 1980s shaded
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251980-1989BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251980-1989BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251980-1989BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251980-1989BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New Hampshire, 1980-1989: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Hampshire, 1980s

Girls, 1980-1989
#NameBirths
1Jessica2,255
2Jennifer2,167
3Amanda1,996
4Sarah1,960
5Ashley1,394
6Nicole1,310
7Melissa1,171
8Heather1,107
9Elizabeth1,074
10Stephanie976
11Emily905
12Amy900
13Rebecca898
14Samantha890
15Megan830
16Danielle733
17Laura691
18Katherine683
19Erin674
20Lauren647
Boys, 1980-1989
#NameBirths
1Michael2,996
2Matthew2,779
3Christopher2,734
4Joshua2,100
5Ryan1,964
6Daniel1,607
7David1,535
8Nicholas1,528
9Andrew1,467
10Jason1,394
11Jonathan1,352
12James1,333
13Robert1,292
14Justin1,286
15Adam1,284
16John1,273
17Brian1,223
18Benjamin1,211
19Joseph1,207
20Timothy1,176

Births summed over 1980-1989, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Hampshire in the 1980s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1980-1989.

More about names in New Hampshire

  1. The 1980s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. New Hampshire: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. New Hampshire in the 1990sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1980The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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