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Baby names in New Hampshire, 1990s

1990–1999 · 119,257 recorded births

Matthew was the most common name given in New Hampshire across the 1990s, with 2,023 births in the decade. The state recorded 119,257 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Hampshire in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Baby32416×
Tucker116
Liam182
Meaghan88
Molly486
Jillian269
Meghan377
Felicia177

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Matthew2,023
#2Michael2,008
#3Nicholas1,821
#4Tyler1,754
#5Christopher1,666
#6Ryan1,600
#7Jacob1,599
#8Emily1,556
#9Joshua1,510
#10Sarah1,417
#11Zachary1,416
#12Andrew1,372
#13Kyle1,303
#14Samantha1,275
#15Ashley1,273
#16Joseph1,169
#17Benjamin1,162
#18Jessica1,133
#19Hannah1,099
#20Daniel1,081
#21Alexander1,029
#22John984
#23James980
#24Brandon946
#25Amanda925

Other decades in New Hampshire

All New Hampshire names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org