State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1928 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,489 New Hampshire births in 1928 across 254 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.

#23Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#29Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#29Gerardoutside the national top 200
#36Thereseoutside the national top 200
#37Cecileoutside the national top 200
#37Armandoutside the national top 200
#45Reneoutside the national top 200
#54Normandoutside the national top 200
#56Annetteoutside the national top 200
#58Lucienoutside the national top 200
#63Marceloutside the national top 200
#68Laurenceoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary151US #1
#2Theresa115US #49
#3Barbara110US #8
#4Dorothy110US #3
#5Doris89US #7
#6Pauline80US #48
#7Lorraine78US #39
#8Helen77US #4
#9Shirley76US #10
#10Rita67US #57
#11Irene64US #28
#12Margaret59US #5
#13Ruth56US #6
#14Marjorie53US #29
#15Lucille52US #51
#16Patricia50US #11
#17Elizabeth48US #14
#18Alice47US #19
#19Beverly46US #46
#20Virginia46US #9
#21Claire45US #136
#22Marion45US #47
#23Priscilla45
#24Jean44US #12
#25Phyllis44US #26
#26Betty41US #2
#27Beatrice40US #70
#28Lillian37US #35
#29Jeannette36
#30Florence34US #32
#31Eleanor32US #36
#32Evelyn32US #17
#33Jane32US #62
#34Louise32US #31
#35Gloria30US #25
#36Therese30
#37Cecile29
#38Marie29US #21
#39Joan27US #27
#40Muriel27US #139
#41June25US #44
#42Nancy24US #43
#43Frances22US #13
#44Madeline22US #167
#45Joyce21US #30
#46Mildred21US #15
#47Charlotte20US #72
#48Gertrude20US #86
#49Norma20US #23
#50Jacqueline19US #97
#51Anita18US #137
#52Arlene18US #106
#53Janet18US #95
#54Lois18US #18
#55Sylvia18US #119
#56Annette17
#57Bertha17US #81
#58Elaine17US #68
#59Marilyn17US #38
#60Ann16US #54
#61Catherine16US #33
#62Esther16US #66
#63Geraldine16US #50
#64Marguerite16US #147
#65Anna15US #16
#66Constance15US #162
#67Edith15US #56
#68Gladys15US #41
#69Madeleine15
#70Pearl15US #110
#71Thelma15US #40
#72Anne14US #93
#73Martha14US #22
#74Rose14US #24
#75Carolyn13US #91
#76Cynthia13
#77Eva13US #79
#78Ida13US #87
#79Jeanne13US #90
#80Yvette13
#81Bernice12US #53
#82Yvonne12US #181
#83Mabel11US #135
#84Rachel11US #177
#85Arline10
#86Edna10US #45
#87Eileen10US #102
#88Grace10US #52
#89Juliette10
#90Natalie10
#91Carol9US #77
#92Corinne9
#93Gwendolyn9
#94Jeanette9US #126
#95Katherine9US #75
#96Laura9US #83
#97Olive9
#98Ramona9US #117
#99Christine8US #120
#100Dolores8US #20

Boys

#1Robert290US #1
#2Richard173US #6
#3John148US #2
#4William120US #4
#5Donald107US #7
#6George103US #8
#7Paul99US #13
#8Charles84US #5
#9James78US #3
#10Roger75US #71
#11Raymond72US #16
#12Arthur71US #22
#13Joseph70US #9
#14Edward64US #10
#15Roland57US #107
#16Norman55US #39
#17Leo50US #61
#18Frank48US #12
#19Maurice48US #119
#20David46US #19
#21Kenneth43US #17
#22Albert40US #23
#23Alfred38US #33
#24Ernest38US #43
#25Harold38US #14
#26Walter37US #18
#27Henry36US #21
#28Francis32US #40
#29Gerard32
#30Louis30US #32
#31Gordon29US #77
#32Harry29US #26
#33Lawrence29US #38
#34Ralph29US #24
#35Thomas29US #11
#36Herbert27US #25
#37Armand24
#38Frederick23US #67
#39Philip23US #73
#40Gerald21US #41
#41Bernard20US #49
#42Eugene20US #20
#43Carl19US #28
#44Leon19US #81
#45Rene18
#46Leonard17US #42
#47Edwin16US #58
#48Russell15US #55
#49Andrew14US #60
#50Clarence14US #35
#51Daniel14US #47
#52Fred14US #36
#53Howard14US #31
#54Normand14
#55Stanley14US #45
#56Lewis13US #86
#57Lloyd13US #59
#58Lucien13
#59Ronald13US #50
#60Theodore13US #66
#61Edgar12US #114
#62Leslie12US #128
#63Marcel11
#64Stephen11US #130
#65Chester10US #88
#66Clayton10US #173
#67Everett10US #123
#68Laurence10
#69Peter10US #56
#70Earl9US #37
#71Floyd9US #54
#72Lester9US #89
#73Roy9US #34
#74Wilfred9
#75Emile8
#76Fernand8
#77Harvey8US #90
#78Reginald8
#79Rodney8
#80Victor8US #99
#81Warren8US #85
#82Wayne8US #69
#83Bruce7US #112
#84Edmond7
#85Irving7US #166
#86Jack7US #15
#87Carroll6
#88Clifford6US #68
#89Clifton6US #183
#90Clyde6US #74
#91Douglas6US #102
#92Edmund6US #163
#93Horace6US #147
#94Phillip6US #149
#95Raoul6
#96Andre5
#97Archie5US #169
#98Arnold5US #98
#99Bertrand5
#100Elmer5US #63

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑46Rene#45
↑45Sylvia#55
↑38Leslie#62
↑36Madeline#44
↑36Janet#53
↑27Louis#30
↑27Floyd#71
↑26Priscilla#23

Falling

↓36Carolyn#75
↓33Jeanne#79
↓33Arnold#98
↓31Edna#86
↓27Earl#70
↓23Edmund#92
↓22Yvette#80
↓22Wilfred#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.