State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1918 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,380 New Hampshire births in 1918 across 282 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.

#39Armandoutside the national top 200
#40Gerardoutside the national top 200
#43Cecileoutside the national top 200
#58Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#58Lioneloutside the national top 200
#60Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#68Lucienoutside the national top 200
#70Emileoutside the national top 200
#73Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#73Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#40Arlene#165 nationally
#54Wilfred#179 nationally

Girls

#1Mary158US #1
#2Dorothy133US #3
#3Helen117US #2
#4Ruth106US #5
#5Irene94US #16
#6Margaret90US #4
#7Doris70US #19
#8Rita70US #58
#9Alice68US #13
#10Frances65US #8
#11Barbara61US #60
#12Elizabeth61US #9
#13Evelyn54US #11
#14Pauline52US #35
#15Eleanor49US #26
#16Virginia49US #7
#17Florence48US #14
#18Lucille43US #29
#19Beatrice42US #40
#20Marion42US #45
#21Lillian41US #15
#22Catherine40US #20
#23Gertrude39US #39
#24Marie36US #12
#25Gladys33US #22
#26Phyllis33US #80
#27Thelma33US #32
#28Louise32US #18
#29Stella32US #67
#30Mildred31US #6
#31Rose31US #17
#32Marjorie30US #34
#33Anna28US #10
#34Esther28US #38
#35Eva28US #55
#36Josephine28US #24
#37Katherine28US #50
#38Edith27US #30
#39Julia27US #48
#40Arlene26US #165
#41Hazel26US #33
#42Agnes25US #47
#43Cecile23
#44Lorraine23US #69
#45Anita22US #151
#46Grace21US #31
#47Marguerite21US #86
#48Blanche20US #96
#49Charlotte20US #78
#50Madeline20US #135
#51Rachel20US #148
#52Bernice19US #41
#53Martha19US #25
#54Theresa19US #101
#55Bertha18US #51
#56Jennie18US #91
#57Pearl18US #56
#58Priscilla18
#59Sophie18US #108
#60Yvonne18
#61Edna17US #23
#62June17US #66
#63Lois17US #42
#64Olive17US #143
#65Claire16US #186
#66Elsie16US #49
#67Ethel16US #28
#68Ann15US #44
#69Jane15US #53
#70Jeannette15US #185
#71Ruby15US #27
#72Violet15US #83
#73Yvette15
#74Anne14US #54
#75Hilda14US #114
#76Muriel14US #130
#77Ellen13US #92
#78Sylvia13US #71
#79Caroline12US #154
#80Janet12US #129
#81Jean12US #37
#82Norma12US #98
#83Shirley12US #97
#84Annette11
#85Bessie11US #61
#86Clara11US #43
#87Estelle11US #139
#88Geraldine11US #77
#89Leona11US #79
#90Mabel11US #74
#91Patricia11US #133
#92Emma10US #46
#93Jeanne10US #126
#94Juliette10
#95Lucy10US #90
#96Madeleine10
#97Nellie10US #65
#98Antoinette9US #179
#99Eileen9US #110
#100Laurette9

Boys

#1John186US #1
#2Robert175US #4
#3George106US #6
#4William105US #2
#5Edward95US #8
#6Joseph87US #7
#7Richard80US #12
#8Charles79US #5
#9Raymond78US #15
#10James67US #3
#11Arthur66US #17
#12Paul60US #14
#13Albert55US #19
#14Henry51US #16
#15Donald49US #18
#16Walter48US #11
#17Ernest46US #37
#18Kenneth45US #27
#19Francis43US #30
#20Roger43US #116
#21Norman41US #49
#22Roland40US #121
#23Thomas40US #10
#24Leo38US #48
#25Harold37US #13
#26Frank36US #9
#27Louis36US #24
#28Stanley36US #36
#29Harry34US #20
#30Maurice33US #103
#31Alfred29US #42
#32Ralph29US #22
#33Frederick26US #59
#34Lawrence25US #38
#35Philip25US #71
#36Bernard21US #47
#37Edwin21US #55
#38Herbert21US #40
#39Armand20
#40Gerard20
#41Howard20US #26
#42Peter20US #53
#43Russell20US #50
#44Victor20US #63
#45Carl19US #25
#46David19US #28
#47Fred19US #33
#48Eugene18US #35
#49Leonard18US #41
#50Theodore18US #64
#51Andrew17US #46
#52Earl17US #31
#53Gordon17US #85
#54Wilfred17US #179
#55Alexander16US #104
#56Chester16US #54
#57Everett16US #93
#58Lionel16
#59Edgar15US #89
#60Clarence14US #23
#61Daniel14US #52
#62Leon13US #77
#63Oscar13US #87
#64Clifford12US #60
#65Lloyd12US #51
#66Roy12US #32
#67Anthony11US #39
#68Lucien11
#69Benjamin10US #79
#70Emile10
#71Gerald10US #72
#72Willard10US #83
#73Alphonse9
#74Elmer9US #44
#75Ray9US #69
#76Wallace9US #124
#77Forrest8US #175
#78Leslie8US #102
#79Lewis8US #74
#80Malcolm8
#81Melvin8US #56
#82Samuel8US #43
#83Winston8
#84Arnold7US #92
#85Austin7
#86Bertrand7
#87Clayton7US #157
#88Clifton7US #152
#89Douglas7US #115
#90Edmund7US #140
#91Irving7US #108
#92Lester7US #62
#93Rene7
#94Romeo7
#95Adrien6
#96Herman6US #65
#97Michael6US #45
#98Reginald6
#99Willis6US #141
#100Allen5US #98

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑42Agnes#42
↑38Sophie#59
↑37Herbert#38
↑32Anthony#67
↑30Julia#39
↑27Gladys#25
↑27Jennie#56
↑25Arlene#40

Falling

↓54Geraldine#88
↓44Jeannette#70
↓37Lester#92
↓35Nellie#97
↓33Michael#97
↓31Yvette#73
↓28Edmund#90
↓28Romeo#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.