The most common names of people born in New Hampshire

Social Security has recorded about 1.1 million births in New Hampshire since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 780,000 of those people are alive today, and their average age is 41. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in New Hampshire, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to New Hampshire from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in New Hampshire

Most common names of living women born in New Hampshire
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	6,400	48
2	Sarah	5,400	39
3	Elizabeth	4,900	43
4	Jessica	4,700	40
5	Emily	4,300	30
6	Susan	4,000	67
7	Mary	3,900	62
8	Linda	3,700	72
9	Amanda	3,600	39
10	Lisa	3,600	57
11	Rebecca	3,200	44
12	Patricia	3,100	70
13	Melissa	3,100	47
14	Samantha	3,100	33
15	Ashley	3,000	35
16	Karen	3,000	63
17	Heather	3,000	46
18	Nicole	3,000	40
19	Amy	2,800	48
20	Hannah	2,800	26
21	Emma	2,800	19
22	Olivia	2,800	18
23	Michelle	2,800	50
24	Donna	2,700	69
25	Stephanie	2,600	44
26	Katherine	2,600	43
27	Nancy	2,600	72
28	Kimberly	2,500	50
29	Abigail	2,500	23
30	Kathleen	2,500	62

Men and boys born in New Hampshire

Most common names of living men born in New Hampshire
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	14,000	49
2	David	10,000	55
3	Robert	9,600	58
4	John	9,300	53
5	James	8,900	50
6	Matthew	8,400	38
7	Christopher	8,300	42
8	William	7,400	47
9	Richard	6,600	63
10	Daniel	6,500	46
11	Thomas	6,100	48
12	Ryan	5,800	33
13	Joseph	5,600	41
14	Joshua	5,400	35
15	Andrew	5,200	36
16	Brian	4,900	50
17	Nicholas	4,900	33
18	Benjamin	4,900	30
19	Timothy	4,600	48
20	Jason	4,400	43
21	Jacob	4,300	27
22	Mark	4,200	56
23	Scott	4,200	53
24	Kevin	4,200	50
25	Jeffrey	4,100	51
26	Paul	3,900	60
27	Jonathan	3,800	39
28	Steven	3,700	53
29	Tyler	3,600	29
30	Peter	3,600	54

Average ages here are for people with the name born in New Hampshire, not the national average.

Names more common in New Hampshire than nationally

Among living people born in New Hampshire, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Pauline is 4.5× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in New Hampshire than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Pauline	4.5×	630	79
2	Colby	4.3×	700	22
3	Roland	4.1×	520	72
4	Meghan	3.9×	1,100	36
5	Jillian	3.8×	890	33
6	Griffin	3.5×	510	17
7	Peter	3.2×	3,600	54
8	Molly	3.0×	1,400	28
9	Camden	3.0×	540	15
10	Owen	2.9×	1,900	15
11	Heidi	2.9×	1,200	52
12	Jameson	2.9×	520	11
13	Marc	2.9×	980	56
14	Louise	2.9×	620	75
15	Brendan	2.8×	710	33

The newest New Hampshire babies

The most popular names for babies born in New Hampshire in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in New Hampshire
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	80	30
2	Olivia	64	18
3	Sophia	58	16
4	Maeve	56	10
5	Violet	52	18
6	Amelia	51	16
7	Lucy	51	28
8	Nora	51	25
9	Isla	50	7
10	Eleanor	49	30

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in New Hampshire
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Theodore	101	29
2	Henry	77	34
3	Oliver	66	13
4	Jack	65	34
5	James	65	54
6	Liam	63	11
7	Lucas	62	18
8	Noah	59	16
9	Wesley	57	33
10	Owen	56	16

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in New Hampshire with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this