State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1927 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,556 New Hampshire births in 1927 across 262 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.

#20Thereseoutside the national top 200
#32Gerardoutside the national top 200
#35Cecileoutside the national top 200
#35Armandoutside the national top 200
#37Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#42Normandoutside the national top 200
#49Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#51Lioneloutside the national top 200
#53Lucienoutside the national top 200
#54Marceloutside the national top 200
#58Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#52Wilfred#194 nationally

Girls

#1Mary136US #1
#2Theresa119US #52
#3Barbara106US #10
#4Dorothy106US #2
#5Doris87US #7
#6Pauline79US #42
#7Irene75US #21
#8Ruth72US #6
#9Rita70US #54
#10Helen63US #4
#11Lorraine60US #44
#12Marjorie59US #25
#13Margaret56US #5
#14Elizabeth53US #13
#15Shirley52US #9
#16Marion51US #51
#17Virginia50US #8
#18Claire48US #136
#19Alice47US #17
#20Therese47
#21Beverly44US #57
#22Evelyn43US #15
#23Lucille43US #45
#24Phyllis43US #29
#25Marie42US #20
#26Eleanor40US #33
#27Jean40US #14
#28Patricia38US #18
#29Florence36US #28
#30Gloria36US #22
#31Norma33US #26
#32Louise32US #27
#33Frances31US #12
#34Arlene30US #108
#35Cecile29
#36Betty28US #3
#37Jeannette27
#38Mildred27US #11
#39Carolyn26US #99
#40Lillian26US #32
#41Elaine25US #69
#42June25US #43
#43Charlotte24US #75
#44Marilyn24US #46
#45Jane23US #60
#46Jeanne23US #85
#47Joan23US #41
#48Marguerite23US #143
#49Priscilla23
#50Catherine22US #31
#51Constance22US #155
#52Beatrice21US #67
#53Ann20US #59
#54Kathleen20US #83
#55Edna19US #40
#56Gertrude19US #78
#57Nancy19US #56
#58Yvette19
#59Edith18US #48
#60Muriel18US #138
#61Thelma18US #38
#62Anna17US #16
#63Annette17
#64Jacqueline17US #115
#65Stella17US #123
#66Anita16US #148
#67Elsie16US #72
#68Ethel15US #47
#69Geraldine15US #58
#70Hazel15US #53
#71Joyce15US #35
#72Lois15US #19
#73Rachel15US #169
#74Bertha14US #80
#75Estelle14US #173
#76Esther14US #65
#77Grace14US #50
#78Laura14US #82
#79Leona14US #121
#80Madeline14US #163
#81Olive14
#82Janice13US #159
#83Blanche12US #151
#84Eva12US #79
#85Laurette12
#86Madeleine12
#87Rose11US #23
#88Anne10US #92
#89Janet10US #111
#90Juliette10
#91Katherine10US #73
#92Georgette9
#93Gladys9US #37
#94Jeanette9US #131
#95Martha9US #24
#96Alma8US #97
#97Harriet8US #132
#98Josephine8US #39
#99Madelyn8
#100Sylvia8US #116

Boys

#1Robert304US #1
#2John167US #2
#3Richard148US #6
#4George138US #7
#5Donald103US #8
#6William103US #4
#7Raymond93US #15
#8Paul82US #13
#9Charles71US #5
#10James68US #3
#11Arthur67US #22
#12Roland67US #109
#13Edward66US #10
#14Albert63US #23
#15Joseph60US #9
#16Ernest49US #41
#17Roger47US #84
#18Thomas45US #11
#19Walter43US #17
#20Frank42US #12
#21Maurice42US #122
#22Henry41US #19
#23Harold39US #14
#24Norman39US #39
#25Francis38US #36
#26David37US #21
#27Kenneth37US #18
#28Lawrence36US #37
#29Leo33US #55
#30Ralph33US #24
#31Gerald28US #38
#32Gerard28
#33Bernard27US #50
#34Philip27US #75
#35Armand25
#36Harry25US #25
#37Alfred24US #45
#38Herbert24US #42
#39Gordon22US #74
#40Howard22US #28
#41Stanley22US #44
#42Normand21
#43Earl20US #33
#44Ronald19US #63
#45Carl18US #26
#46Leon18US #78
#47Russell18US #54
#48Theodore18US #62
#49Daniel17US #46
#50Leonard17US #40
#51Lionel17
#52Wilfred17US #194
#53Lucien16
#54Marcel16
#55Edwin15US #57
#56Eugene15US #20
#57Louis14US #29
#58Clarence13US #32
#59Fernand13
#60Victor13US #98
#61Everett12US #120
#62Frederick12US #64
#63Rudolph12US #110
#64Warren12US #79
#65Arnold11US #97
#66Conrad11
#67Roy11US #34
#68Clayton10US #163
#69Edmund10US #160
#70Fred10US #35
#71Lewis10US #82
#72Reginald10
#73Wayne10US #67
#74Wesley10US #134
#75Andrew9US #56
#76Laurent9
#77Wallace9US #96
#78Andre8
#79Carroll8
#80Clyde8US #68
#81Homer8US #129
#82Lloyd8US #58
#83Peter8US #59
#84Clifford7US #65
#85Clifton7US #164
#86Edmond7
#87Lester7US #83
#88Michael7US #52
#89Milton7US #88
#90Nelson7
#91Rene7
#92Vernon7US #71
#93Bruce6US #123
#94Calvin6US #73
#95Carlton6
#96Dean6US #133
#97Earle6
#98Floyd6US #53
#99Jean6
#100Leslie6US #126

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑42Ann#53
↑36Kathleen#54
↑36Yvette#58
↑32Roy#67
↑31Armand#35
↑30Ronald#44
↑28Marcel#54
↑25Elaine#41

Falling

↓36Madeline#80
↓35Fred#70
↓32Katherine#91
↓32Peter#83
↓29Lois#72
↓24Muriel#60
↓24Calvin#94
↓21Andrew#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.