State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1926 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,435 New Hampshire births in 1926 across 268 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.

#24Thereseoutside the national top 200
#33Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#33Gerardoutside the national top 200
#34Cecileoutside the national top 200
#37Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#37Normandoutside the national top 200
#49Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#59Conradoutside the national top 200
#63Lioneloutside the national top 200
#65Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#66Armandoutside the national top 200
#71Forrestoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary137US #1
#2Theresa107US #64
#3Rita105US #50
#4Barbara102US #16
#5Dorothy98US #2
#6Ruth96US #6
#7Pauline92US #39
#8Helen88US #4
#9Doris84US #7
#10Irene69US #21
#11Virginia62US #8
#12Margaret57US #5
#13Elizabeth56US #11
#14Alice50US #17
#15Shirley45US #14
#16Lorraine44US #53
#17Eleanor43US #32
#18Florence42US #26
#19Gloria42US #20
#20Phyllis42US #33
#21Marjorie41US #22
#22Evelyn38US #13
#23Lucille37US #43
#24Therese37
#25Jean36US #12
#26Beverly34US #74
#27Marion34US #47
#28Lillian33US #28
#29Claire32US #144
#30Marie31US #18
#31Patricia31US #23
#32Louise30US #27
#33Priscilla30
#34Cecile29
#35Frances27US #10
#36Muriel27US #129
#37Jeannette26
#38Joan25US #51
#39Norma24US #29
#40Beatrice23US #58
#41Jane23US #56
#42Constance22US #146
#43Lois22US #19
#44Madeline22US #163
#45Thelma22US #36
#46Arlene21US #108
#47Gertrude21US #71
#48Mildred21US #9
#49Betty20US #3
#50Catherine20US #31
#51Edith20US #42
#52Geraldine20US #54
#53Jacqueline20US #119
#54Jeanne20US #88
#55June19US #40
#56Nancy19US #57
#57Charlotte18US #78
#58Joyce18US #44
#59Katherine18US #72
#60Anna17US #15
#61Bernice17US #45
#62Ethel17US #41
#63Marguerite17US #137
#64Marilyn17US #65
#65Rachel17US #165
#66Elaine16US #68
#67Laura16US #81
#68Pearl16US #96
#69Rose16US #25
#70Edna15US #38
#71Grace15US #46
#72Stella15US #121
#73Eileen14US #92
#74Esther14US #62
#75Janet14US #110
#76Anita13US #150
#77Hazel13US #48
#78Josephine13US #37
#79Julia13US #75
#80Martha13US #24
#81Sylvia13US #107
#82Anne12US #86
#83Bertha12US #76
#84Germaine12
#85Violet12US #94
#86Agnes11US #77
#87Blanche11US #147
#88Eunice11US #134
#89Gladys11US #35
#90Kathleen11US #83
#91Ellen10US #100
#92Georgette10
#93Ruby10US #30
#94Yvette10
#95Ann9US #55
#96Eva9US #79
#97Madeleine9
#98Marcelle9
#99Natalie9
#100Roberta9US #135

Boys

#1Robert279US #1
#2John161US #2
#3Richard133US #7
#4William127US #4
#5George126US #6
#6Donald104US #9
#7Paul80US #13
#8Raymond80US #15
#9Joseph74US #8
#10Charles67US #5
#11Edward66US #10
#12James63US #3
#13Maurice61US #110
#14Roger60US #89
#15Arthur55US #20
#16Roland54US #107
#17Kenneth49US #18
#18Henry47US #19
#19Norman47US #39
#20Frank46US #12
#21Harold45US #14
#22Thomas42US #11
#23Ernest41US #37
#24Albert40US #21
#25David38US #22
#26Leo37US #54
#27Ralph37US #24
#28Francis34US #35
#29Philip33US #70
#30Bernard30US #49
#31Gordon27US #76
#32Walter27US #17
#33Gerard26
#34Harry26US #25
#35Fred24US #31
#36Alfred22US #45
#37Normand22
#38Russell22US #52
#39Gerald21US #41
#40Lawrence21US #36
#41Clarence20US #29
#42Howard20US #27
#43Daniel19US #46
#44Earl17US #32
#45Eugene17US #23
#46Herbert17US #44
#47Louis17US #30
#48Stanley17US #43
#49Wilfred17
#50Chester16US #79
#51Peter16US #58
#52Edgar15US #109
#53Frederick15US #64
#54Andrew14US #59
#55Leon14US #73
#56Leonard14US #38
#57Theodore14US #63
#58Warren14US #71
#59Conrad13
#60Everett13US #119
#61Stephen13US #130
#62Edwin12US #55
#63Lionel12
#64Martin12US #80
#65Reginald12
#66Armand11
#67Carl10US #26
#68Melvin10US #47
#69Victor10US #94
#70Calvin9US #65
#71Forrest9
#72Lester9US #78
#73Lucien9
#74Ronald9US #88
#75Samuel9US #48
#76Andre8
#77Clifford8US #62
#78Clyde8US #67
#79Edmond8
#80Franklin8US #142
#81Lloyd8US #60
#82Marcel8
#83Rene8
#84Floyd7US #53
#85Gilbert7US #101
#86Milton7US #83
#87Romeo7
#88Alphonse6
#89Anthony6US #42
#90Carlton6
#91Dean6US #139
#92Earle6
#93Emile6
#94Guy6US #159
#95Lewis6US #82
#96Malcolm6
#97Nicholas6US #133
#98Oscar6US #105
#99Roy6US #34
#100Wallace6US #95

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑46Jane#41
↑36Chester#50
↑34Jeanne#54
↑30Rachel#65
↑30Andrew#54
↑26Muriel#36
↑26Pearl#68
↑24Warren#58

Falling

↓44Roy#99
↓38Marcel#82
↓32Lewis#95
↓30Anthony#89
↓29Armand#66
↓27Anne#82
↓27Ann#95
↓27Wallace#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.