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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1920 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,703 New Hampshire births in 1920 across 284 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.

#28Armandoutside the national top 200
#29Cecileoutside the national top 200
#33Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#22Jeannette#189 nationally
#47Gerardoutside the national top 200
#49Lioneloutside the national top 200
#50Adrienoutside the national top 200
#52Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#53Romeooutside the national top 200
#60Julietteoutside the national top 200
#36Wilfred#176 nationally
#72Beverlyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary156US #1
#2Dorothy136US #2
#3Helen120US #3
#4Rita110US #52
#5Ruth102US #5
#6Barbara99US #47
#7Irene83US #17
#8Florence78US #16
#9Doris73US #14
#10Elizabeth73US #8
#11Margaret68US #4
#12Alice65US #15
#13Virginia64US #7
#14Eleanor59US #25
#15Lucille58US #29
#16Marion57US #43
#17Lillian55US #18
#18Mildred55US #6
#19Evelyn54US #12
#20Pauline45US #36
#21Beatrice44US #41
#22Jeannette44US #189
#23Marjorie42US #24
#24Frances37US #9
#25Phyllis37US #72
#26Catherine33US #21
#27Gertrude32US #42
#28Katherine32US #45
#29Cecile30
#30Louise28US #19
#31Marie28US #13
#32Anna26US #10
#33Priscilla26
#34Eva25US #58
#35Jeanne25US #114
#36Shirley25US #56
#37Edna24US #27
#38Rose24US #20
#39Anita23US #131
#40Charlotte23US #79
#41Julia23US #55
#42Ellen22US #92
#43Lorraine22US #70
#44Arlene21US #145
#45Bernice21US #40
#46Gladys21US #22
#47Hazel21US #34
#48Bertha20US #57
#49Christine20US #118
#50Josephine20US #28
#51Thelma20US #31
#52Yvette20
#53Blanche19US #102
#54Constance19US #165
#55Edith19US #32
#56Emily19US #119
#57Grace19US #37
#58Olive19US #151
#59Agnes18US #54
#60Juliette18
#61Stella18US #82
#62Theresa18US #108
#63Ethel17US #30
#64Jennie17US #97
#65Marguerite17US #93
#66Sophie17US #129
#67Violet17US #77
#68Esther16US #39
#69Jane16US #48
#70Martha16US #23
#71Pearl16US #62
#72Beverly15
#73Lena15US #98
#74Madeline15US #138
#75Marian15US #73
#76Rachel15US #156
#77Ann14US #49
#78Elaine14US #107
#79Elsie14US #51
#80Emma14US #46
#81Geraldine14US #60
#82Jean14US #33
#83Jeanette14US #126
#84June14US #53
#85Laura14US #63
#86Loretta14US #120
#87Yvonne14
#88Anne13US #65
#89Clara13US #44
#90Lucy13US #94
#91Norma13US #69
#92Eileen12US #100
#93Ida12US #66
#94Lois12US #38
#95Verna12US #135
#96Arline11
#97Mabel11US #83
#98Therese11
#99Carolyn10US #150
#100Claire10US #194

Boys

#1Robert222US #3
#2John153US #1
#3George114US #6
#4William111US #2
#5Richard104US #10
#6Joseph88US #7
#7Charles87US #5
#8Raymond83US #15
#9James77US #4
#10Edward71US #8
#11Arthur70US #18
#12Paul70US #14
#13Henry60US #17
#14Roger60US #103
#15Walter60US #13
#16Harold58US #12
#17Albert57US #19
#18Donald49US #16
#19Roland49US #114
#20Frank43US #9
#21Ernest40US #37
#22Maurice40US #102
#23Francis39US #34
#24Leo34US #48
#25Ralph34US #22
#26Stanley32US #40
#27Thomas32US #11
#28Armand31
#29Louis31US #28
#30Alfred30US #42
#31Frederick29US #60
#32David28US #25
#33Norman28US #47
#34Kenneth27US #23
#35Harry26US #21
#36Wilfred26US #176
#37Fred25US #33
#38Lawrence25US #36
#39Herbert24US #41
#40Peter24US #57
#41Philip24US #71
#42Howard23US #24
#43Earl22US #31
#44Carl21US #27
#45Clarence21US #26
#46Bernard18US #46
#47Gerard18
#48Russell18US #51
#49Lionel17
#50Adrien15
#51Gordon15US #85
#52Leon15US #75
#53Romeo15
#54Chester14US #55
#55Everett13US #95
#56Michael13US #50
#57Andrew12US #49
#58Daniel12US #52
#59Edgar12US #89
#60Leonard12US #38
#61Lloyd12US #58
#62Roy12US #32
#63Theodore12US #63
#64Clayton11US #153
#65Gerald11US #64
#66Lester11US #69
#67Lewis11US #72
#68Nicholas11US #124
#69Wallace11US #93
#70Warren11US #39
#71Arnold10US #91
#72Clifton10US #157
#73Elmer10US #45
#74Normand10
#75Reginald10
#76Alphonse9
#77Edwin9US #53
#78Eugene9US #30
#79Horace9US #128
#80Oscar9US #90
#81Wilfrid9
#82Earle8
#83Emile8
#84Herman8US #66
#85Jean8
#86Leslie8US #110
#87Lucien8
#88Marcel8
#89Martin8US #78
#90Victor8US #81
#91Benjamin7US #83
#92Clifford7US #59
#93Fernand7
#94Matthew7US #152
#95Stephen7US #96
#96Adam6
#97Alexander6US #117
#98Alvin6US #76
#99Carroll6
#100Dana6

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑38Christine#49
↑34Jeanne#35
↑28Shirley#36
↑28Bernice#45
↑28Everett#55
↑27Anita#39
↑23Agnes#59
↑23Reginald#75

Falling

↓59Claire#100
↓44Stephen#95
↓37Rachel#76
↓34Yvonne#87
↓34Clifford#92
↓33Clara#89
↓31Stella#61
↓31Norma#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.