State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1929 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,300 New Hampshire births in 1929 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.

#23Normandoutside the national top 200
#31Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#38Gerardoutside the national top 200
#41Armandoutside the national top 200
#42Cecileoutside the national top 200
#47Estelleoutside the national top 200
#49Thereseoutside the national top 200
#50Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#50Reneoutside the national top 200
#58Lioneloutside the national top 200
#59Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#59Marceloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara114US #7
#2Mary107US #1
#3Dorothy94US #3
#4Rita91US #52
#5Theresa84US #49
#6Doris82US #6
#7Pauline79US #50
#8Lorraine76US #42
#9Patricia75US #10
#10Elizabeth65US #15
#11Shirley60US #9
#12Irene59US #29
#13Ruth56US #8
#14Jean55US #12
#15Virginia55US #11
#16Margaret52US #5
#17Beverly51US #39
#18Helen51US #4
#19Marion49US #53
#20Joan43US #13
#21Betty42US #2
#22Gloria38US #28
#23Phyllis38US #24
#24Alice37US #21
#25Louise37US #31
#26Lucille36US #57
#27Marjorie34US #30
#28Claire31US #134
#29Eleanor31US #38
#30Evelyn31US #19
#31Priscilla31
#32Arlene30US #105
#33Marie29US #22
#34Marilyn29US #33
#35Beatrice28US #72
#36Florence28US #35
#37Norma28US #25
#38Frances27US #16
#39June26US #48
#40Elaine24US #67
#41Nancy24US #32
#42Cecile23
#43Constance23US #159
#44Lois23US #17
#45Jacqueline22US #87
#46Lillian22US #40
#47Estelle21
#48Rose21US #26
#49Therese21
#50Jeannette20
#51Jane19US #62
#52Ann18US #46
#53Marguerite18US #155
#54Thelma17US #41
#55Geraldine15US #43
#56Grace15US #54
#57Jeanne15US #92
#58Rachel15US #167
#59Yvette15
#60Carolyn14US #77
#61Charlotte14US #73
#62Georgette14
#63Mildred14US #18
#64Muriel14US #149
#65Sylvia14US #119
#66Anita13US #125
#67Catherine13US #34
#68Dolores13US #14
#69Gertrude13US #95
#70Janet13US #82
#71Madeleine13
#72Edith12US #59
#73Joyce12US #23
#74Madeline12US #173
#75Anne11US #91
#76Audrey11US #58
#77Carol11US #63
#78Edna11US #51
#79Gladys11US #44
#80Janice11US #136
#81Julia11US #88
#82Katherine11US #84
#83Kathleen11US #89
#84Laura11US #90
#85Martha11US #27
#86Sally11US #112
#87Blanche10US #162
#88Esther10US #71
#89Eva10US #83
#90Hazel10US #64
#91Leona10US #122
#92Olive10
#93Pearl10US #114
#94Yvonne10US #168
#95Arline9
#96Maxine9US #85
#97Ramona9US #120
#98Stella9US #137
#99Viola9US #109
#100Anna8US #20

Boys

#1Robert297US #1
#2Richard188US #6
#3John162US #3
#4Donald123US #7
#5William108US #4
#6Paul93US #13
#7George87US #8
#8Raymond86US #15
#9Charles77US #5
#10Edward73US #10
#11Arthur71US #22
#12James69US #2
#13Roger64US #64
#14Joseph62US #9
#15Roland61US #104
#16Francis57US #39
#17Albert50US #24
#18Maurice50US #125
#19Norman48US #40
#20Henry44US #21
#21Kenneth39US #18
#22Harold38US #16
#23Normand37
#24Walter35US #19
#25Leo33US #60
#26Ralph33US #26
#27Alfred32US #41
#28Herbert32US #25
#29Thomas32US #11
#30David30US #17
#31Frank29US #12
#32Clarence27US #37
#33Ernest27US #43
#34Stanley27US #48
#35Frederick26US #67
#36Gordon26US #79
#37Eugene25US #20
#38Gerard22
#39Peter21US #55
#40Philip21US #76
#41Armand20
#42Bernard20US #52
#43Carl19US #28
#44Gerald19US #33
#45Howard19US #31
#46Lawrence19US #38
#47Harry17US #27
#48Fred16US #34
#49Louis16US #32
#50Rene16
#51Daniel15US #47
#52Theodore15US #65
#53Leon14US #81
#54Leonard14US #42
#55Ronald14US #45
#56Russell14US #56
#57Clifford13US #72
#58Lionel13
#59Marcel13
#60Wilfred13
#61Everett12US #130
#62Bruce11US #112
#63Clayton11US #166
#64Arnold10US #95
#65Forrest10
#66Victor10US #100
#67Chester9US #96
#68Elmer9US #70
#69Emile9
#70Floyd9US #58
#71Lewis9US #84
#72Martin9US #83
#73Warren9US #92
#74Andrew8US #59
#75Clyde8US #74
#76Edgar8US #116
#77Edmond8
#78Nelson8
#79Wendell8
#80Allan7US #161
#81Andre7
#82Douglas7US #97
#83Earl7US #36
#84Edwin7US #66
#85Gilbert7US #91
#86Guy7US #173
#87Karl7
#88Leslie7US #136
#89Lester7US #88
#90Oscar7US #117
#91Reginald7
#92Romeo7
#93Anthony6US #44
#94Claude6US #119
#95Clifton6US #178
#96Conrad6
#97Edmund6US #171
#98Lee6US #85
#99Leroy6US #51
#100Malcolm6

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑34Arnold#64
↑32Grace#56
↑32Dolores#68
↑32Elmer#68
↑31Normand#23
↑31Clifford#57
↑30Peter#39
↑26Rose#48

Falling

↓37Edwin#84
↓35Anna#100
↓30Madeline#74
↓28Joyce#73
↓26Esther#88
↓26Leslie#88
↓25Andrew#74
↓24Muriel#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.