New Hampshire QuickFacts 2005:

For general state facts, check out New Hampshire's census data at the following link: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/.

Here are some facts that are useful to the general public to get a general "feel" for the Vital Records events that occur in New Hampshire.

Marriage and Divorce

Number of marriages in New Hampshire: 9,490

Marriage rate: 7.3 per 1,000 total population

Number of divorces in New Hampshire: 5,042

Divorce rate: 3.9 per 1,000 total population

Death/Mortality

Number of deaths in New Hampshire: 9,972

Death rate: 7.6 per 1,000 total population

Births/Natality

Number of New Hampshire birth events: 13,968

Birth rate: 10.7 per 1,000 population

Percent born low birthweight(<2500 grams): 4.9%

Birth rate to unmarried women: 26.3 per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15 to 50 years

Percent of mothers who smoke during pregnancy: 16.9%

Most Popular First Names for Newborns, 2005

Girls	Boys
1. Emma 2. Emily 3. Madison 4. Ava 5. Olivia 6. Abigail 7. Hannah 8. Grace 9. Sophia 10. Isabella 11. Alexis 12. Sarah 13. Elizabeth 14. Ella 15. Lily 16. Anna 17. Samantha 18. Lillian 19. Natalie 20. Chloe	1. Jacob 2. Ryan 3. Matthew 4. Benjamin 5. Tyler 6. Aiden 7. Nicholas 8. Ethan 9. Andrew 10. Alexander 11. William 12. Connor 13. Jack 14. Joseph 15. Aidan 16. Samuel 17. Joshua 18. Michael 19. Logan 20. Cameron

Notes: This ranking counts each spelling as a separate name. The list would change somewhat if different spellings were grouped together and counted as one name. For example, counting Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Caitlin and Kaitlin as one name could change the rankings.

For national occurrences of popular names, click on this link; http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/, and you can also go to this link (http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html) to see popular names displayed graphically over time.