State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1917 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,846 New Hampshire births in 1917 across 268 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.

#29Cecileoutside the national top 200
#39Gerardoutside the national top 200
#41Armandoutside the national top 200
#42Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#46Lioneloutside the national top 200
#26Jeannette#177 nationally
#63Emileoutside the national top 200
#64Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#66Romeooutside the national top 200
#67Claire#200 nationally
#72Annetteoutside the national top 200
#36Wilfred#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary139US #1
#2Helen107US #2
#3Dorothy96US #3
#4Ruth93US #5
#5Irene83US #17
#6Doris72US #25
#7Elizabeth72US #8
#8Margaret65US #4
#9Alice56US #13
#10Rita56US #63
#11Florence55US #14
#12Beatrice53US #39
#13Evelyn50US #11
#14Lillian49US #15
#15Pauline48US #33
#16Virginia46US #10
#17Marion45US #45
#18Lucille44US #29
#19Eleanor43US #26
#20Barbara40US #67
#21Louise40US #19
#22Mildred40US #6
#23Marie37US #12
#24Catherine35US #18
#25Gertrude33US #37
#26Jeannette33US #177
#27Frances32US #9
#28Anna30US #7
#29Cecile30
#30Marjorie30US #36
#31Rose30US #16
#32Blanche29US #91
#33Thelma29US #32
#34Geraldine26US #89
#35Bertha25US #51
#36Charlotte25US #76
#37Katherine25US #49
#38Madeline25US #127
#39Bernice23US #42
#40Grace23US #30
#41Olive23US #138
#42Yvette23
#43Edith22US #28
#44Esther22US #38
#45Josephine22US #21
#46Phyllis22US #92
#47Marguerite21US #78
#48Martha21US #22
#49Edna20US #20
#50Ethel20US #24
#51Hazel20US #31
#52Gladys19US #23
#53Stella19US #62
#54Ellen18US #90
#55Elsie18US #50
#56Eva18US #54
#57Pearl18US #57
#58Rachel18US #157
#59Anne17US #53
#60Ida17US #56
#61Loretta17US #114
#62Nellie17US #64
#63Laura16US #65
#64Yvonne16
#65Arlene15US #167
#66Anita14US #137
#67Claire14US #200
#68Eunice14US #111
#69Julia14US #47
#70Lena14US #85
#71Ann13US #44
#72Annette13
#73Germaine12
#74Isabelle12US #190
#75June12US #73
#76Lois12US #43
#77Natalie12
#78Theresa12US #97
#79Violet12US #84
#80Arline11
#81Jean11US #40
#82Jeanne11US #166
#83Jennie11US #81
#84Agnes10US #48
#85Eileen10US #106
#86Ella10US #83
#87Harriet10US #104
#88Annie9US #35
#89Antoinette9US #170
#90Hilda9US #112
#91Jane9US #55
#92Kathryn9US #60
#93Mabel9US #68
#94Muriel9US #128
#95Myrtle9US #58
#96Rena9
#97Sophie9US #100
#98Viola9US #59
#99Audrey8US #117
#100Carolyn8US #164

Boys

#1John148US #1
#2Robert140US #4
#3George99US #6
#4Joseph95US #5
#5Charles91US #7
#6William88US #2
#7Arthur83US #17
#8Raymond67US #16
#9Albert63US #18
#10James63US #3
#11Edward62US #8
#12Leo59US #47
#13Richard58US #14
#14Paul56US #13
#15Frank54US #9
#16Henry51US #15
#17Roland50US #117
#18Harold44US #12
#19Walter43US #11
#20Norman40US #46
#21Donald39US #20
#22Francis39US #30
#23Stanley38US #34
#24Maurice37US #101
#25Kenneth36US #27
#26Ernest33US #37
#27Thomas31US #10
#28Philip30US #66
#29Ralph30US #21
#30Alfred27US #43
#31Roger27US #119
#32Bernard26US #49
#33Earl26US #32
#34Harry26US #19
#35Lawrence26US #36
#36Wilfred25US #164
#37Carl23US #24
#38Frederick23US #51
#39Gerard23
#40Louis23US #23
#41Armand22
#42David20US #28
#43Theodore20US #63
#44Clarence19US #25
#45Howard18US #26
#46Lionel18
#47Gordon16US #84
#48Leon16US #82
#49Peter16US #50
#50Daniel15US #54
#51Fred15US #29
#52Andrew14US #48
#53Russell14US #52
#54Eugene13US #39
#55Lester13US #61
#56Oscar13US #87
#57Chester12US #56
#58Edwin12US #55
#59Lloyd12US #53
#60Stephen12US #89
#61Edgar11US #88
#62Edmund11US #135
#63Emile11
#64Michael11US #44
#65Nicholas11US #109
#66Romeo11
#67Victor11US #78
#68Arnold10US #91
#69Everett10US #94
#70Warren10US #93
#71Alexander9US #97
#72Leonard9US #41
#73Lucien9
#74Clayton8US #166
#75Herbert8US #40
#76Horace8US #125
#77Oliver8US #127
#78Wallace8US #123
#79Aime7
#80Earle7
#81Edmond7
#82Elmer7US #45
#83Herman7US #58
#84Lewis7US #70
#85Martin7US #77
#86Ray7US #74
#87Rene7
#88Roy7US #33
#89Wayne7US #96
#90Clyde6US #64
#91Ellsworth6
#92Irving6US #106
#93Laurier6
#94Leslie6US #107
#95Perley6
#96Sidney6US #95
#97Wendell6
#98Alphonse5
#99Anthony5US #38
#100Antonio5US #200

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑56Theodore#43
↑47Yvette#42
↑44Geraldine#34
↑38Rachel#58
↑37Ellen#54
↑32Nicholas#65
↑31Rita#10
↑27Daniel#50

Falling

↓54Anthony#99
↓49Jennie#83
↓44Viola#98
↓42Agnes#84
↓34Ann#71
↓31Herbert#75
↓27Sidney#96
↓26Kathryn#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.