State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1925 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,760 New Hampshire births in 1925 across 258 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.

#30Gerardoutside the national top 200
#32Thereseoutside the national top 200
#36Cecileoutside the national top 200
#37Armandoutside the national top 200
#44Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#44Marceloutside the national top 200
#41Jeannette#195 nationally
#51Normandoutside the national top 200
#54Lioneloutside the national top 200
#61Lucienoutside the national top 200
#49Wilfred#188 nationally
#70Lauretteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary154US #1
#2Dorothy118US #2
#3Rita103US #48
#4Barbara95US #22
#5Helen85US #4
#6Irene84US #19
#7Pauline84US #38
#8Virginia82US #7
#9Ruth79US #6
#10Doris74US #8
#11Shirley72US #17
#12Theresa61US #80
#13Elizabeth60US #10
#14Lucille58US #41
#15Alice52US #15
#16Margaret51US #5
#17Phyllis51US #40
#18Evelyn47US #12
#19Frances47US #11
#20Marie46US #16
#21Marion46US #47
#22Gloria41US #20
#23Lorraine41US #51
#24Marjorie41US #21
#25Lillian40US #25
#26Florence38US #24
#27Eleanor37US #31
#28Louise37US #27
#29Beatrice33US #50
#30Jean32US #14
#31Patricia32US #28
#32Therese32
#33Betty30US #3
#34Mildred30US #9
#35Norma30US #34
#36Cecile29
#37June28US #39
#38Catherine27US #29
#39Geraldine27US #54
#40Charlotte26US #77
#41Jeannette26US #195
#42Arlene25US #120
#43Beverly25US #105
#44Priscilla25
#45Edna24US #37
#46Jacqueline24US #135
#47Marguerite23US #132
#48Gertrude22US #70
#49Thelma22US #35
#50Anita21US #146
#51Joan21US #66
#52Claire20US #159
#53Elaine20US #73
#54Marilyn20US #83
#55Anne19US #85
#56Nancy19US #60
#57Lois18US #18
#58Rose18US #26
#59Violet18US #92
#60Anna17US #13
#61Josephine17US #36
#62Muriel17US #126
#63Constance16US #152
#64Esther16US #56
#65Grace16US #44
#66Joyce16US #59
#67Kathleen16US #81
#68Ann15US #52
#69Bernice15US #46
#70Laurette15
#71Yvonne15
#72Agnes14US #69
#73Eunice14US #130
#74Eva14US #71
#75Ida14US #82
#76Janet14US #111
#77Jennie14US #121
#78Katherine14US #61
#79Natalie14
#80Yvette14
#81Bertha13US #74
#82Elsie13US #63
#83Ethel13US #43
#84Genevieve13US #113
#85Gladys13US #33
#86Hazel13US #45
#87Jane13US #53
#88Jeanne13US #89
#89Martha13US #23
#90Sylvia13US #106
#91Germaine12
#92Harriet12US #131
#93Julia12US #65
#94Pearl12US #90
#95Rachel12US #165
#96Carolyn11US #127
#97Ellen11US #101
#98Estelle11US #176
#99Jeanette11US #137
#100Leona11US #108

Boys

#1Robert293US #1
#2John173US #2
#3Richard146US #8
#4William127US #3
#5George106US #6
#6Joseph98US #7
#7Roger86US #90
#8Raymond84US #15
#9Paul82US #13
#10Charles81US #5
#11Arthur80US #20
#12Donald77US #10
#13James73US #4
#14Edward71US #9
#15Albert65US #21
#16Roland57US #98
#17Kenneth56US #19
#18Harold53US #14
#19Maurice51US #111
#20Norman50US #41
#21Francis49US #35
#22Henry47US #18
#23Alfred42US #43
#24Leo39US #54
#25Frank38US #12
#26Ernest37US #37
#27Lawrence35US #36
#28Philip33US #75
#29Walter32US #16
#30Gerard31
#31Thomas31US #11
#32David29US #22
#33Ralph29US #25
#34Stanley28US #40
#35Earl27US #31
#36Frederick26US #65
#37Armand24
#38Harry23US #23
#39Herbert22US #42
#40Leonard22US #38
#41Gerald21US #45
#42Gordon21US #72
#43Louis21US #29
#44Marcel21
#45Fred20US #33
#46Carl18US #28
#47Eugene18US #24
#48Theodore18US #63
#49Wilfred18US #188
#50Bernard17US #48
#51Normand17
#52Clarence15US #30
#53Howard15US #26
#54Lionel14
#55Roy14US #32
#56Russell14US #53
#57Daniel13US #44
#58Victor13US #89
#59Anthony12US #39
#60Edwin12US #57
#61Lucien12
#62Peter12US #60
#63Lewis11US #79
#64Martin11US #83
#65Vernon11US #67
#66Wesley11US #135
#67Allen10US #94
#68Clifford10US #59
#69Leon10US #76
#70Milton10US #80
#71Rene10
#72Ronald10US #104
#73Wallace10US #92
#74Conrad9
#75Edgar9US #96
#76Edmond9
#77Everett9US #108
#78Lloyd9US #62
#79Michael9US #55
#80Reginald9
#81Romeo9
#82Warren9US #66
#83Willard9US #97
#84Andrew8US #56
#85Bertrand8
#86Chester8US #73
#87Clyde8US #68
#88Melvin8US #50
#89Nelson8US #186
#90Nicholas8US #133
#91Alexander7US #137
#92Bruce7US #130
#93Elmer7US #61
#94Fernand7
#95Rudolph7US #136
#96Adrien6
#97Andre6
#98Arnold6US #95
#99Clayton6US #162
#100Douglas6US #103

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑43Thelma#49
↑33Clarence#52
↑29Nancy#56
↑29Kathleen#67
↑28Edna#45
↑28Josephine#61
↑26Lois#57
↑24Wesley#66

Falling

↓48Gladys#85
↓46Rachel#95
↓36Jeanne#88
↓35Leona#100
↓34Clayton#99
↓30Martha#89
↓29Nicholas#90
↓27Warren#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.