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Baby names in New Hampshire in the 1990s

In New Hampshire in the 1990s the most given names were Matthew (2,023 boys) and Emily (1,556 girls), of 118,933 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Hampshire each year, the 1990s shaded
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251990-1999BoysGirls

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

New Hampshire, 1990-1999: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Hampshire, 1990s

Girls, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Emily1,556
2Sarah1,417
3Samantha1,275
4Ashley1,273
5Jessica1,133
6Hannah1,099
7Amanda925
8Elizabeth893
9Nicole863
10Megan821
11Rebecca741
12Brittany738
13Kayla725
14Rachel656
15Lauren646
16Stephanie615
17Katherine612
18Taylor599
19Alyssa597
20Brianna587
Boys, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Matthew2,023
2Michael2,008
3Nicholas1,821
4Tyler1,749
5Christopher1,666
6Ryan1,600
7Jacob1,599
8Joshua1,510
9Zachary1,416
10Andrew1,372
11Kyle1,303
12Joseph1,169
13Benjamin1,162
14Daniel1,081
15Alexander1,029
16John984
17James980
18Brandon946
19David889
20Justin835

Births summed over 1990-1999, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Hampshire in the 1990s

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, 1990-1999.

More about names in New Hampshire

  1. The 1990s 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 2000sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1990The 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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