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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1912 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,594 New Hampshire births in 1912 across 164 distinct names.

Distinctively New Hampshire

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Hampshire more than they say America.

#26Armandoutside the national top 200
#28Jeannette#199 nationally
#35Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#39Cecileoutside the national top 200
#45Julietteoutside the national top 200
#38Wilfred#185 nationally
#59Lioneloutside the national top 200
#63Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#65Germaineoutside the national top 200
#67Jeanneoutside the national top 200
#62Antoinette#194 nationally
#74Annetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary95US #1
#2Ruth57US #5
#3Helen52US #2
#4Dorothy50US #3
#5Alice47US #11
#6Irene41US #22
#7Margaret36US #4
#8Frances34US #9
#9Doris33US #48
#10Elizabeth33US #8
#11Marion31US #55
#12Florence30US #12
#13Evelyn29US #13
#14Lillian29US #14
#15Mildred26US #6
#16Beatrice24US #37
#17Anna22US #7
#18Gladys21US #19
#19Louise21US #17
#20Edith18US #31
#21Eleanor18US #39
#22Marie18US #10
#23Ethel17US #18
#24Rose17US #15
#25Catherine16US #21
#26Eva16US #49
#27Hazel15US #25
#28Jeannette15US #199
#29Barbara14US #102
#30Bertha14US #36
#31Edna14US #16
#32Gertrude14US #30
#33Josephine14US #28
#34Marjorie14US #56
#35Yvonne14
#36Katherine13US #53
#37Olive13US #131
#38Agnes12US #40
#39Cecile12
#40Clara12US #34
#41Ellen12US #86
#42Ida12US #45
#43Marguerite12US #79
#44Virginia12US #20
#45Juliette11
#46Thelma11US #26
#47Anne10US #58
#48Charlotte10US #91
#49Elsie10US #42
#50Jennie10US #81
#51Laura10US #57
#52Lena10US #72
#53Lois10US #63
#54Ann9US #47
#55Blanche9US #75
#56Grace9US #24
#57Martha9US #29
#58Violet9US #83
#59Caroline8US #139
#60Madeline8US #124
#61Ruby8US #23
#62Antoinette7US #194
#63Bernadette7
#64Geraldine7US #122
#65Germaine7
#66Isabelle7US #187
#67Jeanne7
#68Julia7US #44
#69Leona7US #76
#70Lucille7US #32
#71Mabel7US #46
#72Pauline7US #38
#73Verna7US #126
#74Annette6
#75Bernice6US #51
#76Estelle6US #111
#77Esther6US #33
#78Kathleen6US #118
#79Theresa6US #97
#80Alberta5US #106
#81Angelina5
#82Christine5US #123
#83Cora5US #98
#84Dorothea5US #174
#85Eunice5US #109
#86Flora5US #128
#87Genevieve5US #92
#88Jane5US #89
#89Loretta5US #119
#90Marian5US #93
#91May5US #153
#92Muriel5US #156
#93Nellie5US #59
#94Patricia5US #195
#95Phyllis5US #140
#96Priscilla5
#97Shirley5US #198
#98Stella5US #73

Boys

#1John85US #1
#2George65US #6
#3Joseph54US #5
#4Robert54US #4
#5William47US #2
#6Charles40US #7
#7Edward36US #8
#8Arthur32US #15
#9Albert31US #17
#10Leo28US #49
#11Raymond26US #18
#12Henry25US #12
#13Richard25US #19
#14Frank24US #9
#15Paul24US #14
#16Walter22US #11
#17Donald21US #27
#18Kenneth21US #33
#19James19US #3
#20Ralph19US #23
#21Harry18US #16
#22Louis18US #20
#23Roland18US #127
#24Francis17US #35
#25Harold17US #13
#26Armand16
#27Ernest16US #32
#28Lawrence16US #38
#29Howard15US #25
#30Roger15US #138
#31Stanley15US #43
#32Alfred14US #40
#33Clarence13US #21
#34Theodore12US #52
#35Maurice11US #95
#36Thomas11US #10
#37Gordon10US #93
#38Wilfred10US #185
#39Chester9US #55
#40Herbert9US #39
#41Leon9US #79
#42Philip9US #69
#43Edgar8US #85
#44Everett8US #96
#45Michael8US #42
#46Norman8US #61
#47Peter8US #48
#48Earl7US #34
#49Irving7US #94
#50Leonard7US #45
#51Melvin7US #71
#52Roy7US #31
#53Warren7US #107
#54Andrew6US #44
#55Bernard6US #60
#56David6US #29
#57Fred6US #26
#58Frederick6US #51
#59Lionel6
#60Arnold5US #99
#61Benjamin5US #67
#62Carl5US #24
#63Eugene5US #41
#64Guy5US #140
#65Harvey5US #91
#66Samuel5US #30

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑28Olive#37
↑26Juliette#45
↑21Roland#23
↑19Howard#29
↑18Cecile#39
↑17Edith#20
↑16Barbara#29
↑14Frances#8

Falling

↓42Pauline#72
↓42Phyllis#95
↓39Esther#77
↓37Grace#56
↓36Stella#98
↓31Muriel#92
↓29Bernice#75
↓29Eugene#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.