State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1923 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,437 New Hampshire births in 1923 across 271 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.

#32Gerardoutside the national top 200
#33Armandoutside the national top 200
#33Jeannette#194 nationally
#46Cecileoutside the national top 200
#50Lioneloutside the national top 200
#52Edmondoutside the national top 200
#59Reneoutside the national top 200
#64Annetteoutside the national top 200
#31Claire#167 nationally
#44Wilfred#179 nationally
#66Normandoutside the national top 200
#67Priscillaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary148US #1
#2Dorothy122US #2
#3Doris91US #11
#4Rita91US #50
#5Barbara81US #33
#6Helen81US #3
#7Pauline81US #37
#8Ruth81US #6
#9Irene80US #17
#10Margaret76US #4
#11Elizabeth71US #9
#12Virginia63US #7
#13Evelyn62US #12
#14Alice59US #15
#15Florence51US #18
#16Marion50US #44
#17Eleanor48US #28
#18Lillian46US #20
#19Marie45US #14
#20Marjorie45US #16
#21Beatrice42US #46
#22Frances42US #10
#23Lucille41US #35
#24Phyllis41US #45
#25Shirley39US #26
#26Gertrude35US #59
#27Mildred35US #8
#28Theresa35US #105
#29Lorraine33US #57
#30Jean31US #19
#31Claire27US #167
#32Gloria27US #48
#33Jeannette27US #194
#34Louise27US #22
#35Arlene25US #127
#36Rose25US #23
#37Betty24US #5
#38Edith24US #36
#39Beverly23US #144
#40Catherine23US #24
#41Constance22US #150
#42Elaine22US #87
#43Norma22US #41
#44Thelma22US #31
#45Anna21US #13
#46Cecile21
#47Olive21US #179
#48Pearl21US #78
#49Rachel21US #160
#50Stella21US #96
#51Viola21US #79
#52Bernice20US #43
#53Charlotte20US #77
#54Jane20US #55
#55June20US #42
#56Anne19US #71
#57Eva19US #66
#58Hazel19US #40
#59Madeline19US #143
#60Marguerite19US #115
#61Esther18US #47
#62Gladys18US #29
#63Leona18US #100
#64Annette17
#65Jennie16US #107
#66Lena16US #108
#67Priscilla16
#68Anita15US #138
#69Bertha15US #64
#70Eunice15US #125
#71Julia15US #62
#72Laura15US #73
#73Lois15US #27
#74Natalie15
#75Patricia15US #56
#76Geraldine14US #58
#77Martha14US #21
#78Georgette13
#79Germaine13
#80Grace13US #39
#81Josephine13US #30
#82Katherine13US #60
#83Kathleen13US #70
#84Muriel13US #114
#85Edna12US #32
#86Ethel12US #38
#87Marilyn12US #118
#88Sophie12US #159
#89Therese12
#90Yvette12
#91Ann11US #52
#92Arline11
#93Carolyn11US #132
#94Jeanette11US #131
#95Joan11US #117
#96Agnes10US #63
#97Clara10US #49
#98Jacqueline10US #165
#99Jeanne10US #90
#100Nellie10US #88

Boys

#1Robert250US #2
#2John139US #1
#3George124US #6
#4William115US #3
#5Richard98US #9
#6Donald79US #10
#7Roger78US #95
#8Paul76US #14
#9Roland73US #104
#10Arthur70US #19
#11Joseph65US #7
#12James63US #4
#13Raymond63US #15
#14Charles62US #5
#15Edward60US #8
#16Walter56US #16
#17Albert53US #20
#18Harold49US #13
#19Norman49US #44
#20Maurice45US #101
#21Frank43US #11
#22Francis41US #34
#23Henry41US #18
#24Ernest38US #38
#25Leo37US #49
#26Ralph36US #23
#27Kenneth35US #21
#28Thomas35US #12
#29Frederick32US #60
#30Alfred30US #42
#31David30US #24
#32Gerard30
#33Armand26
#34Harry25US #22
#35Lawrence24US #36
#36Philip24US #70
#37Herbert23US #40
#38Russell23US #52
#39Bernard21US #46
#40Leon21US #77
#41Stanley20US #41
#42Andrew19US #53
#43Eugene19US #25
#44Wilfred19US #179
#45Daniel18US #47
#46Leonard18US #37
#47Louis17US #27
#48Carl16US #28
#49Clarence16US #29
#50Lionel16
#51Warren16US #43
#52Edmond15
#53Gerald15US #54
#54Theodore15US #62
#55Howard14US #26
#56Wallace14US #69
#57Earl13US #31
#58Everett13US #99
#59Rene13
#60Anthony12US #39
#61Chester12US #63
#62Edwin11US #56
#63Fred11US #33
#64Gordon11US #76
#65Nicholas11US #120
#66Normand11
#67Guy10US #149
#68Peter10US #58
#69Clifford9US #65
#70Clyde9US #68
#71Lewis9US #74
#72Marcel9
#73Oscar9US #96
#74Reginald9
#75Ronald9US #142
#76Stephen9US #109
#77Emile8
#78Fernand8
#79Lloyd8US #59
#80Omer8
#81Romeo8
#82Sidney8US #115
#83Arnold7US #93
#84Bertrand7
#85Bruce7US #135
#86Carroll7US #196
#87Clayton7US #158
#88Franklin7US #132
#89Irving7US #124
#90Lester7US #71
#91Nelson7US #195
#92Patrick7US #147
#93Roy7US #32
#94Rudolph7US #128
#95Victor7US #88
#96Adrien6
#97Allen6US #97
#98Bradley6
#99Dana6
#100Edgar6US #94

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑47Betty#37
↑36Andrew#42
↑34Jean#30
↑34Anne#56
↑31Elaine#42
↑28Jennie#65
↑21Madeline#59
↑21Lois#73

Falling

↓41Priscilla#67
↓41Katherine#82
↓40Edgar#100
↓39Ann#91
↓34Bertha#69
↓33Ethel#86
↓33Yvette#90
↓31Marilyn#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.