Name Legacy

Names unique to New Hampshire

The most distinctive New Hampshire baby names.

In 2025 the most distinctive New Hampshire names were Maeve and Finnegan. Across the whole record it is Olivette and Wilfrid.

Unique New Hampshire names in 2025

#GirlBirthsvs nationalBoyBirthsvs national
1Maeve565×Finnegan155×
2Isla502×Griffin273×
3Lucy512×Bode93×
4Nora512×Wesley572×
5Kennedy272×Grant202×
6Madeline282×Lincoln482×
7Eloise362×Alden92×
8Mackenzie152×Colton352×
9Grace412×Trevor82×
10Vera162×Elliot262×
11Vivian292×Callum302×
12Emerson212×Cole222×
13Peyton162×Callan212×
14Mckenna102×Connor232×
15Paisley292×Theodore1012×
16Guinevere62×Sawyer282×
17Harper492×Owen562×
18Briar102×Calvin252×
19Violet522×Jack652×
20Lainey402×Caden182×
21Brooke112×Wells122×
22Lennon142×Carter472×
23Rose202×Jameson242×
24Natalie222×Rowan412×
25Charlotte802×Ryder242×

Decade by decade

The most distinctive name of each decade.

DecadeGirlBirthsvs nationalBoyBirthsvs national
1910sOlivette23150×Aime1944×
1920sSimonne2357×Adrien4757×
1930sLaurette4468×Normand20840×
1940sPriscille1224×Normand14944×
1950sLucie1826×Laurent1048×
1960sSylvie1024×Normand2920×
1970sKate1005×Dana1725×
1980sMeaghan1044×Dana1236×
1990sMeaghan884×Tucker1164×
2000sMeaghan224×Shea325×
2010sMaeve1105×Colby1175×
2020sMaeve2244×Colby646×

All years, 1910–2025

#GirlBirthsvs nationalBoyBirthsvs national
1Olivette33115×Wilfrid5545×
2Simonne4761×Normand65239×
3Laurette19543×Aime2936×
4Lucienne4226×Laurent5629×
5Fernande3125×Fernand7324×
6Cecile78018×Perley3123×
7Priscille1218×Sylvio1219×
8Florette618×Armand71419×
9Rolande1817×Lucien31516×
10Lise6814×Bertrand9316×
11Germaine24014×Real611×
12Yolande1711×Emile1619×
13Marcelle638×Wilfred5627×
14Claudette2765×Roland2,0797×
15Meaghan2145×Gerard1,0926×
16Gilberte55×Dana9806×
17Therese4825×Denis3236×
18Jeannette9385×Marcel2695×
19Maeve3814×Colby7044×
20Pauline2,5084×Lionel3824×
21Arline1894×Maurice1,6914×
22Jeannine2684×Jean2594×
23Georgette1213×Earle893×
24Muriel5613×Finnegan1483×
25Madeleine4773×Michel743×

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Multipliers compare each name’s share of New Hampshire births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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