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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1921 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,984 New Hampshire births in 1921 across 283 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.

#33Cecileoutside the national top 200
#28Jeannette#191 nationally
#40Gerardoutside the national top 200
#50Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#50Lioneloutside the national top 200
#54Emileoutside the national top 200
#57Lucienoutside the national top 200
#58Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Reneoutside the national top 200
#47Claire#182 nationally
#66Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#66Marceloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary182US #1
#2Rita128US #48
#3Dorothy126US #2
#4Ruth109US #5
#5Helen101US #3
#6Irene85US #18
#7Margaret83US #4
#8Doris80US #13
#9Barbara76US #40
#10Alice74US #15
#11Virginia73US #6
#12Lucille64US #31
#13Elizabeth61US #10
#14Pauline59US #37
#15Marjorie57US #16
#16Eleanor54US #29
#17Louise53US #22
#18Marion53US #43
#19Evelyn52US #12
#20Florence48US #17
#21Beatrice46US #41
#22Mildred46US #7
#23Frances44US #9
#24Lillian44US #19
#25Marie40US #14
#26Phyllis38US #60
#27Gertrude37US #46
#28Jeannette34US #191
#29Hazel33US #34
#30Shirley31US #44
#31Blanche29US #112
#32Catherine29US #23
#33Cecile29
#34Bertha28US #59
#35Charlotte28US #79
#36Katherine27US #49
#37Anita26US #134
#38Edith26US #33
#39Theresa25US #107
#40Edna24US #27
#41Agnes23US #56
#42Rachel23US #152
#43Arlene22US #138
#44Gladys22US #24
#45Grace22US #35
#46Norma22US #51
#47Claire21US #182
#48Marguerite21US #98
#49Olive21US #154
#50Priscilla21
#51Constance20US #149
#52Eva20US #63
#53Jane20US #47
#54Julia20US #58
#55Martha20US #21
#56Pearl20US #65
#57Anna19US #11
#58Josephine19US #28
#59Lorraine19US #61
#60Thelma19US #30
#61Elaine18US #97
#62Geraldine18US #62
#63Madeline18US #139
#64Stella18US #86
#65Eunice17US #120
#66Yvonne17
#67Annie16US #36
#68Bernice16US #39
#69Esther16US #42
#70Ethel16US #32
#71Muriel16US #119
#72Gloria15US #102
#73Yvette15
#74Emily14US #121
#75Jennie14US #99
#76Kathleen14US #83
#77Leona14US #92
#78Jean13US #25
#79Jeanne13US #109
#80Laura13US #71
#81Natalie13
#82Patricia13US #84
#83Rose13US #20
#84Bessie12US #75
#85Christine12US #118
#86Ellen12US #95
#87Ida12US #67
#88Lois12US #38
#89Alberta11US #133
#90Antoinette11US #180
#91Arline11
#92Betty11US #8
#93Dora11US #130
#94Therese11
#95Janet10US #124
#96Laurette10
#97Mabel10US #85
#98Nancy10US #87
#99Olga10US #153
#100Rena10

Boys

#1Robert249US #2
#2John166US #1
#3George129US #6
#4William120US #3
#5James108US #4
#6Richard103US #10
#7Charles99US #5
#8Raymond93US #16
#9Joseph92US #7
#10Edward83US #8
#11Arthur71US #19
#12Roland70US #107
#13Paul61US #14
#14Walter60US #15
#15Donald56US #13
#16Harold56US #12
#17Leo54US #50
#18Maurice54US #101
#19Roger54US #99
#20Francis53US #35
#21Frank53US #9
#22Albert51US #20
#23Henry47US #17
#24Ralph45US #23
#25Ernest42US #38
#26Warren39US #24
#27Kenneth38US #22
#28Thomas38US #11
#29Norman37US #46
#30Harry36US #21
#31Alfred34US #43
#32Leonard32US #39
#33Philip31US #72
#34Stanley31US #41
#35Lawrence29US #37
#36Howard27US #27
#37Peter24US #57
#38Herbert23US #42
#39Louis23US #29
#40Gerard22
#41Bernard21US #45
#42Clarence21US #28
#43Fred21US #33
#44Leon21US #74
#45Everett20US #95
#46Frederick20US #61
#47David19US #25
#48Gerald19US #60
#49Andrew18US #51
#50Lionel18
#51Nicholas18US #114
#52Russell18US #52
#53Earl17US #31
#54Emile17
#55Eugene17US #26
#56Lester17US #66
#57Lucien17
#58Armand16
#59Wilfred16US #189
#60Edwin15US #54
#61Theodore13US #65
#62Carl12US #30
#63Rene12
#64Chester11US #56
#65Lloyd11US #58
#66Marcel11
#67Alexander10US #116
#68Alphonse10
#69Edgar10US #90
#70Victor10US #83
#71Wilfrid10
#72Bertrand9
#73Carroll9
#74Elmer9US #48
#75Forrest9US #180
#76Gordon9US #84
#77Leslie9US #106
#78Malcolm9
#79Clayton8US #158
#80Daniel8US #49
#81Franklin8US #126
#82Martin8US #78
#83Nelson8US #194
#84Wallace8US #88
#85Willard8US #89
#86Alvin7US #73
#87Anthony7US #40
#88Austin7
#89Clifford7US #62
#90Douglas7US #111
#91Guy7US #140
#92Normand7
#93Omer7
#94Oscar7US #92
#95Rodney7
#96Samuel7US #44
#97Adrien6
#98Benjamin6US #82
#99Clyde6US #69
#100Earle6

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑53Claire#47
↑45Norma#46
↑44Warren#26
↑34Rachel#42
↑30Lucien#57
↑30Alexander#67
↑29Emile#54
↑28Leonard#32

Falling

↓47Adrien#97
↓45Rose#83
↓44Jeanne#79
↓44Ellen#86
↓36Christine#85
↓30Armand#58
↓25Anna#57
↓25Gordon#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.