State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1916 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,568 New Hampshire births in 1916 across 244 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.

#23Cecileoutside the national top 200
#40Armandoutside the national top 200
#49Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#24Jeannette#173 nationally
#52Lucienoutside the national top 200
#54Gerardoutside the national top 200
#59Annetteoutside the national top 200
#59Lioneloutside the national top 200
#60Romeooutside the national top 200
#65Germaineoutside the national top 200
#72Conradoutside the national top 200
#41Wilfred#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary157US #1
#2Dorothy112US #3
#3Ruth103US #5
#4Helen97US #2
#5Margaret74US #4
#6Alice70US #13
#7Irene57US #17
#8Barbara55US #74
#9Florence55US #14
#10Doris54US #32
#11Elizabeth50US #8
#12Mildred50US #6
#13Lillian49US #16
#14Evelyn48US #11
#15Virginia46US #10
#16Frances44US #9
#17Beatrice42US #38
#18Marion41US #47
#19Eleanor39US #27
#20Pauline38US #33
#21Marie37US #12
#22Anna32US #7
#23Cecile32
#24Jeannette31US #173
#25Louise31US #18
#26Lucille31US #30
#27Marjorie31US #37
#28Gladys29US #22
#29Edna28US #19
#30Katherine27US #51
#31Phyllis27US #95
#32Thelma27US #29
#33Catherine26US #20
#34Jennie26US #79
#35Stella26US #63
#36Ethel25US #25
#37Ann24US #40
#38Blanche24US #89
#39Edith24US #28
#40Hazel24US #31
#41Rita24US #67
#42Agnes22US #50
#43Bertha22US #49
#44Gertrude22US #35
#45Rose22US #15
#46Grace21US #26
#47Laura21US #64
#48Marguerite21US #78
#49Yvonne21
#50Olive20US #132
#51Charlotte19US #80
#52Anne18US #53
#53Madeline18US #131
#54Viola18US #59
#55Esther17US #34
#56Eva17US #55
#57Josephine17US #21
#58Lena17US #85
#59Annette16
#60Arlene15US #172
#61Bernice15US #42
#62Ida15US #54
#63Annie14US #36
#64Emma14US #41
#65Germaine14
#66Kathryn14US #60
#67Clara13US #39
#68Genevieve13US #76
#69Isabelle13US #192
#70Jane13US #62
#71Jean13US #45
#72Julia13US #46
#73Martha13US #24
#74Nellie13US #61
#75Priscilla13
#76Anita12US #151
#77Ella12US #81
#78Geraldine12US #94
#79June12US #86
#80Laurette12
#81Sophie12US #101
#82Claire11
#83Gabrielle11
#84Loretta11US #113
#85Muriel11US #134
#86Natalie11
#87Violet11US #83
#88Winifred11US #148
#89Yvette11
#90Eileen10US #118
#91Ellen10US #87
#92Estelle10US #122
#93Leona10US #75
#94Lucienne10
#95Norma10US #111
#96Rachel10US #153
#97Jeanette9US #135
#98Ruby9US #23
#99Vera9US #66
#100Antoinette8US #175

Boys

#1John160US #1
#2Robert154US #4
#3George128US #7
#4William107US #2
#5Charles93US #6
#6Joseph88US #5
#7Edward69US #8
#8Richard68US #15
#9Paul65US #12
#10Raymond61US #16
#11James58US #3
#12Arthur55US #18
#13Albert52US #17
#14Walter52US #11
#15Henry43US #14
#16Alfred39US #43
#17Frank38US #9
#18Leo38US #47
#19Ernest37US #36
#20Harold37US #13
#21Harry37US #19
#22Maurice35US #100
#23Stanley34US #34
#24Norman33US #48
#25Thomas33US #10
#26Donald31US #20
#27Francis31US #31
#28Roland31US #118
#29Bernard29US #49
#30Howard25US #25
#31Lawrence25US #38
#32Peter25US #50
#33Ralph25US #21
#34Philip24US #70
#35Roger24US #129
#36Kenneth23US #27
#37Louis23US #22
#38Carl22US #23
#39Frederick22US #52
#40Armand21
#41Wilfred21US #168
#42Gerald20US #76
#43Andrew18US #46
#44Herbert18US #40
#45Anthony17US #37
#46Alexander16US #99
#47Clarence14US #24
#48David14US #28
#49Earl14US #32
#50Everett14US #91
#51Leon14US #85
#52Lucien14
#53Edwin13US #53
#54Gerard13
#55Lloyd13US #58
#56Melvin13US #57
#57Russell13US #51
#58Elmer12US #45
#59Lionel12
#60Romeo12
#61Edgar11US #88
#62Edmund11US #134
#63Fred11US #29
#64Warren11US #102
#65Benjamin10US #79
#66Chester10US #54
#67Eugene10US #39
#68Gordon10US #90
#69Sidney10US #95
#70Arnold9US #89
#71Michael9US #44
#72Conrad8
#73Irving8US #109
#74Leonard8US #42
#75Vincent8US #67
#76Clayton7US #159
#77Daniel7US #55
#78Edmond7
#79Emile7
#80Omer7
#81Oscar7US #86
#82Otis7US #142
#83Victor7US #78
#84Calvin6US #157
#85Clifton6US #156
#86Laurence6
#87Leslie6US #112
#88Lewis6US #71
#89Marcel6
#90Rene6
#91Roy6US #33
#92Adrien5
#93Alphonse5
#94Antonio5
#95Clifford5US #61
#96Horace5US #126
#97Nicholas5US #107
#98Samuel5US #41
#99Theodore5US #65
#100Vernon5US #75

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑45Agnes#42
↑34Kathryn#66
↑34Carl#38
↑32Ann#37
↑27Jennie#34
↑27Arnold#70
↑25Thelma#32
↑25Alexander#46

Falling

↓48Leona#93
↓44Theodore#99
↓36Yvette#89
↓33Clifford#95
↓32Josephine#57
↓30Leonard#74
↓29Nicholas#97
↓28Rachel#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.