State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1922 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,707 New Hampshire births in 1922 across 286 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.

#26Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#35Armandoutside the national top 200
#33Jeannette#197 nationally
#38Wilfred#191 nationally
#49Gerardoutside the national top 200
#55Marceloutside the national top 200
#57Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#57Bertrandoutside the national top 200
#58Cecileoutside the national top 200
#62Lioneloutside the national top 200
#29Claire#167 nationally
#63Lucienoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary171US #1
#2Dorothy123US #2
#3Rita111US #52
#4Doris99US #11
#5Barbara93US #40
#6Ruth90US #5
#7Irene87US #17
#8Helen81US #3
#9Virginia77US #7
#10Margaret66US #4
#11Alice62US #15
#12Elizabeth59US #9
#13Pauline58US #36
#14Evelyn55US #13
#15Florence55US #18
#16Marjorie55US #16
#17Lillian52US #19
#18Marion51US #42
#19Gertrude45US #48
#20Mildred45US #8
#21Eleanor41US #28
#22Shirley41US #39
#23Beatrice38US #43
#24Marie36US #14
#25Frances33US #10
#26Priscilla33
#27Lucille32US #33
#28Phyllis32US #53
#29Claire31US #167
#30Lorraine30US #56
#31Charlotte29US #76
#32Louise27US #22
#33Jeannette26US #197
#34Catherine25US #24
#35Bertha24US #63
#36Hazel24US #37
#37Pearl24US #71
#38Theresa24US #109
#39Arlene23US #133
#40Edith23US #34
#41Katherine23US #54
#42Rachel23US #154
#43Anna22US #12
#44Norma22US #46
#45Thelma22US #31
#46Esther21US #44
#47Gloria21US #61
#48Julia21US #60
#49Constance20US #149
#50Grace20US #38
#51Rose20US #23
#52Ann19US #49
#53Ethel19US #32
#54Geraldine19US #58
#55Lena19US #107
#56Marilyn19US #145
#57Yvette19
#58Cecile18
#59Josephine18US #27
#60Patricia18US #69
#61Stella18US #88
#62Anita17US #141
#63Edna17US #29
#64Jean17US #20
#65June17US #45
#66Laura17US #68
#67Sophie17US #153
#68Bernice16US #41
#69Jane16US #55
#70Marguerite16US #106
#71Yvonne16
#72Agnes15US #62
#73Elaine15US #102
#74Eva15US #64
#75Gladys15US #25
#76Jeanne15US #97
#77Martha15US #21
#78Muriel15US #112
#79Blanche14US #115
#80Madeline14US #143
#81Ida13US #65
#82Janet13US #129
#83Annette12
#84Betty12US #6
#85Clara12US #47
#86Eunice12US #119
#87Germaine12
#88Natalie12
#89Violet12US #86
#90Anne11US #66
#91Ellen11US #95
#92Harriet11US #117
#93Jennie11US #105
#94Lois11US #35
#95Sylvia11US #94
#96Christine10US #116
#97Eileen10US #96
#98Jacqueline10
#99Laurette10
#100Mabel10US #99

Boys

#1Robert250US #2
#2John174US #1
#3George133US #6
#4William114US #3
#5Richard102US #9
#6Raymond88US #16
#7Joseph86US #7
#8Paul86US #14
#9Charles79US #5
#10Edward77US #8
#11James76US #4
#12Donald69US #12
#13Arthur66US #19
#14Walter61US #15
#15Norman59US #44
#16Roger57US #96
#17Frank55US #10
#18Harold54US #13
#19Roland53US #115
#20Albert52US #20
#21Henry52US #17
#22Francis48US #34
#23Ernest43US #37
#24Maurice40US #103
#25Philip37US #70
#26Kenneth36US #21
#27Ralph35US #23
#28Leo34US #51
#29Lawrence32US #36
#30Thomas31US #11
#31Frederick30US #60
#32Stanley29US #41
#33Harry25US #22
#34Louis25US #27
#35Armand23
#36David23US #24
#37Alfred22US #42
#38Wilfred22US #191
#39Bernard21US #46
#40Herbert21US #40
#41Leonard21US #38
#42Earl20US #31
#43Theodore20US #62
#44Howard19US #26
#45Gordon18US #76
#46Warren18US #45
#47Anthony17US #39
#48Everett17US #98
#49Gerard17
#50Russell17US #49
#51Fred15US #33
#52Michael15US #48
#53Eugene14US #25
#54Leon14US #77
#55Marcel14
#56Gerald13US #58
#57Bertrand12
#58Clarence12US #29
#59Daniel12US #47
#60Edgar12US #93
#61Edwin12US #52
#62Lionel12
#63Lucien12
#64Peter12US #57
#65Samuel12US #43
#66Alphonse11
#67Clayton11US #160
#68Normand11
#69Carl10US #30
#70Chester10US #64
#71Clifford10US #63
#72Elmer10US #54
#73Emile10
#74Rene10
#75Roy10US #32
#76Stephen10US #101
#77Vernon10US #68
#78Andrew9US #53
#79Fernand9
#80Forrest9US #182
#81Martin9US #80
#82Gilbert8US #100
#83Harvey8US #88
#84Nelson8
#85Nicholas8US #122
#86Oscar8US #92
#87Victor8US #86
#88Adrien7
#89Bruce7US #142
#90Calvin7US #128
#91Elwin7
#92Herman7US #66
#93Patrick7US #152
#94Ray7US #65
#95Wesley7US #127
#96Wilbur7US #102
#97Wilfrid7
#98Alexander6US #125
#99Carroll6
#100Edmund6US #153

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑40Anthony#47
↑32Rose#51
↑31Gordon#45
↑31Samuel#65
↑29Lorraine#30
↑25Gloria#47
↑24Priscilla#26
↑24Normand#68

Falling

↓48Blanche#79
↓34Nicholas#85
↓31Agnes#72
↓31Gladys#75
↓31Alexander#98
↓29Andrew#78
↓27Peter#64
↓26Wilfrid#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.