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Baby names in New Hampshire, 2000s

2000–2009 · 100,240 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in New Hampshire across the 2000s, with 1,374 births in the decade. The state recorded 100,240 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Hampshire in the 2000s

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
Baby64
Colby326
Jacoby51
Camden190
Molly374
Owen669
Liam487
Tucker141

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob1,374
#2Emma1,183
#3Ryan1,139
#4Matthew1,086
#5Emily1,065
#6Olivia1,035
#7Madison954
#8Abigail939
#9Nicholas934
#10Benjamin906
#11Ethan905
#12Hannah890
#13Michael882
#14Andrew878
#15Tyler877
#16Joshua857
#17Alexander810
#18Samuel792
#19William786
#20Zachary785
#21Logan779
#22Joseph774
#23Cameron773
#24Dylan771
#25Connor730

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