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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1930 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,359 New Hampshire births in 1930 across 245 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.

#20Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#30Gerardoutside the national top 200
#35Armandoutside the national top 200
#38Thereseoutside the national top 200
#39Normandoutside the national top 200
#40Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#36Jeannette#196 nationally
#44Cecileoutside the national top 200
#58Marceloutside the national top 200
#61Lioneloutside the national top 200
#68Emileoutside the national top 200
#69Natalieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara132US #6
#2Mary124US #1
#3Doris85US #9
#4Rita82US #42
#5Pauline80US #52
#6Dorothy76US #3
#7Theresa76US #50
#8Patricia74US #7
#9Joan68US #8
#10Helen66US #4
#11Lorraine65US #46
#12Jean63US #14
#13Beverly56US #34
#14Shirley53US #11
#15Ruth50US #10
#16Margaret49US #5
#17Irene48US #33
#18Betty45US #2
#19Elizabeth44US #15
#20Priscilla43
#21Joyce42US #18
#22Evelyn41US #19
#23Marjorie40US #32
#24Virginia39US #12
#25Lucille38US #59
#26Claire37US #136
#27Nancy37US #24
#28Alice36US #20
#29Gloria36US #30
#30Phyllis33US #28
#31Eleanor31US #39
#32Jane30US #55
#33Marilyn30US #22
#34Frances29US #16
#35Janet29US #53
#36Jeannette29US #196
#37June29US #47
#38Therese29
#39Jeanne28US #92
#40Louise26US #31
#41Marie26US #26
#42Marion26US #60
#43Lillian25US #44
#44Cecile24
#45Elaine24US #69
#46Mildred23US #21
#47Catherine22US #35
#48Lois22US #17
#49Beatrice21US #76
#50Jacqueline21US #74
#51Constance20US #147
#52Florence20US #38
#53Carolyn19US #72
#54Norma19US #25
#55Arlene18US #103
#56Edith18US #61
#57Gertrude18US #96
#58Marguerite18US #159
#59Muriel18US #155
#60Charlotte17US #75
#61Eva17US #86
#62Madeline17US #173
#63Ann16US #41
#64Dolores16US #13
#65Martha16US #27
#66Anita15US #115
#67Katherine15US #85
#68Rachel15US #164
#69Natalie14
#70Rose14US #29
#71Thelma14US #45
#72Anne13US #83
#73Bernice13US #58
#74Geraldine13US #43
#75Yvette13
#76Anna12US #23
#77Jeannine12
#78Elsie11US #88
#79Grace11US #62
#80Joanne11US #81
#81Madeleine11
#82Roberta11US #125
#83Sylvia11US #132
#84Bertha10US #95
#85Cynthia10
#86Edna10US #51
#87Estelle10
#88Hazel10US #71
#89Kathleen10US #84
#90Loretta10US #105
#91Carol9US #54
#92Corinne9
#93Ellen9US #100
#94Eileen8US #110
#95Gladys8US #48
#96Harriet8US #138
#97Josephine8US #49
#98Julia8US #90
#99Sally8US #98
#100Yvonne8US #165

Boys

#1Robert310US #1
#2Richard222US #5
#3John182US #3
#4Donald132US #7
#5William117US #4
#6Paul101US #12
#7Raymond97US #16
#8George87US #8
#9Charles79US #6
#10James72US #2
#11Joseph69US #9
#12Edward67US #10
#13Roger66US #58
#14Arthur62US #23
#15Albert56US #24
#16David51US #15
#17Maurice49US #116
#18Roland48US #107
#19Norman47US #40
#20Kenneth43US #17
#21Francis41US #42
#22Leo41US #63
#23Henry39US #22
#24Harold34US #18
#25Walter33US #19
#26Stanley32US #49
#27Lawrence31US #36
#28Ernest30US #43
#29Gerald30US #30
#30Gerard29
#31Ralph27US #25
#32Thomas24US #11
#33Harry23US #28
#34Ronald23US #37
#35Armand22
#36Bernard22US #52
#37Frank22US #13
#38Louis22US #34
#39Normand21
#40Wilfred21
#41Leon20US #81
#42Alfred19US #46
#43Frederick19US #74
#44Peter19US #56
#45Earl18US #38
#46Eugene18US #21
#47Herbert17US #35
#48Leonard17US #45
#49Philip17US #75
#50Daniel15US #47
#51Fred15US #32
#52Gordon15US #77
#53Russell15US #60
#54Theodore15US #67
#55Carl14US #26
#56Everett14US #134
#57Howard14US #31
#58Marcel14
#59Warren13US #96
#60Andrew12US #62
#61Lionel12
#62Clarence11US #39
#63Clayton11US #178
#64Edwin11US #66
#65Anthony10US #44
#66Arnold10US #98
#67Douglas10US #89
#68Emile10
#69Lewis10US #87
#70Samuel10US #55
#71Alan9US #136
#72Bruce9US #109
#73Chester9US #103
#74Edmund9US #177
#75Guy9US #174
#76Rene9
#77Jean8
#78Lloyd8US #69
#79Lucien8
#80Michael8US #54
#81Reginald8
#82Wendell8
#83Wesley8US #142
#84Allan7US #155
#85Conrad7
#86Nelson7
#87Roy7US #33
#88Willard7US #117
#89Allen6US #85
#90Carroll6US #181
#91Gilbert6US #90
#92Hugh6US #131
#93Jack6US #14
#94Leslie6US #139
#95Lester6US #95
#96Malcolm6
#97Martin6US #83
#98Patrick6US #118
#99Victor6US #100
#100Dana5

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑52Joyce#21
↑38Earl#45
↑35Janet#35
↑28Eva#61
↑28Anthony#65
↑24Anna#76
↑23Edmund#74
↑21Ronald#34

Falling

↓40Estelle#87
↓33Victor#99
↓30Clarence#62
↓26Rene#76
↓25Martin#97
↓23Marion#42
↓23Arlene#55
↓23Grace#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.