State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1913 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,118 New Hampshire births in 1913 across 190 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.

#25Germaineoutside the national top 200
#43Cecileoutside the national top 200
#49Lioneloutside the national top 200
#29Wilfred#180 nationally
#51Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#52Armandoutside the national top 200
#46Jeannette#192 nationally
#57Gerardoutside the national top 200
#59Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#60Julietteoutside the national top 200
#66Annetteoutside the national top 200
#67Lucienoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary98US #1
#2Helen73US #2
#3Dorothy62US #3
#4Alice55US #11
#5Ruth51US #5
#6Elizabeth41US #8
#7Margaret40US #4
#8Irene39US #21
#9Frances35US #9
#10Evelyn34US #12
#11Marion33US #51
#12Anna31US #7
#13Marie31US #10
#14Beatrice30US #37
#15Florence30US #13
#16Lillian30US #16
#17Barbara25US #94
#18Doris25US #44
#19Eleanor25US #34
#20Rose24US #14
#21Mildred22US #6
#22Pauline21US #35
#23Esther20US #32
#24Marjorie20US #48
#25Germaine19
#26Gertrude19US #33
#27Gladys19US #19
#28Catherine17US #22
#29Charlotte17US #87
#30Louise17US #17
#31Stella17US #69
#32Eva16US #50
#33Grace16US #25
#34Lucille16US #31
#35Katherine15US #54
#36Thelma15US #26
#37Edith14US #29
#38Hazel14US #27
#39Josephine14US #24
#40Marguerite14US #78
#41Agnes13US #41
#42Bertha13US #39
#43Cecile13
#44Edna13US #18
#45Ethel13US #20
#46Jeannette13US #192
#47Madeline13US #117
#48Virginia13US #15
#49Ann12US #46
#50Mabel11US #56
#51Anne10US #57
#52Bernice10US #45
#53Dora10US #109
#54Ida10US #49
#55Lena10US #73
#56Pearl10US #55
#57Annie9US #30
#58Harriet9US #125
#59Jennie9US #80
#60Juliette9
#61Kathleen9US #110
#62Phyllis9US #122
#63Rachel9US #145
#64Rita9US #116
#65Viola9US #52
#66Annette8
#67Blanche8US #76
#68Emily8US #99
#69Jane8US #81
#70Julia8US #42
#71Laura8US #62
#72Leona8US #74
#73Nora8US #135
#74Olive8US #129
#75Anita7US #193
#76Antoinette7US #181
#77Caroline7US #149
#78Clara7US #36
#79Ellen7US #88
#80Martha7US #28
#81Yvette7
#82Alma6US #64
#83Bernadette6
#84Claire6
#85Elsie6US #40
#86Jean6US #60
#87Lucy6US #77
#88Muriel6US #137
#89Nellie6US #58
#90Sylvia6US #72
#91Alberta5US #108
#92Arlene5
#93Bessie5US #47
#94Christine5US #124
#95Constance5
#96Elinor5
#97Emma5US #38
#98Geraldine5US #121
#99Hilda5US #105
#100Ina5

Boys

#1John104US #1
#2Joseph67US #5
#3Robert64US #4
#4William61US #2
#5George52US #6
#6Albert45US #16
#7Charles41US #7
#8Edward41US #8
#9James41US #3
#10Arthur39US #17
#11Harold33US #13
#12Paul33US #14
#13Henry32US #12
#14Raymond30US #18
#15Walter30US #11
#16Ernest25US #34
#17Richard25US #19
#18Francis24US #30
#19Frank24US #9
#20Thomas20US #10
#21Harry19US #15
#22Stanley19US #41
#23Howard17US #26
#24Alfred16US #42
#25Donald16US #25
#26Leo16US #48
#27Philip16US #69
#28Roger16US #138
#29Wilfred16US #180
#30Kenneth15US #33
#31Maurice15US #95
#32Roland15US #128
#33Bernard14US #52
#34Louis14US #20
#35Lawrence13US #35
#36Leon13US #81
#37Ralph13US #22
#38Eugene12US #43
#39Leonard12US #46
#40Norman12US #57
#41Andrew11US #47
#42Herbert11US #39
#43Theodore11US #60
#44Anthony10US #38
#45Clarence10US #21
#46Fred10US #27
#47Daniel9US #54
#48Frederick9US #49
#49Lionel9
#50Peter9US #51
#51Reginald9
#52Armand8
#53Clifford8US #68
#54David8US #29
#55Earl8US #31
#56Gerald8US #84
#57Gerard8
#58Gordon8US #94
#59Alphonse7
#60Carl7US #23
#61Chester7US #56
#62Edmund7US #131
#63Edwin7US #55
#64Michael7US #40
#65Samuel7US #36
#66Everett6US #97
#67Lucien6
#68Stephen6US #86
#69Douglas5US #163
#70Elmer5US #45
#71Franklin5US #132
#72Herman5US #53
#73Lester5US #59
#74Melvin5US #61
#75Vincent5US #66
#76Warren5US #109
#77Woodrow5US #44

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑67Stella#31
↑54Esther#23
↑50Pauline#22
↑40Germaine#25
↑36Lucille#34
↑33Phyllis#62
↑25Eugene#38
↑23Grace#33

Falling

↓38Clara#78
↓38Ellen#79
↓37Olive#74
↓36Elsie#85
↓34Geraldine#98
↓26Armand#52
↓23Martha#80
↓23Melvin#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.