State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1931 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,928 New Hampshire births in 1931 across 248 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.

#26Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#33Normandoutside the national top 200
#38Gerardoutside the national top 200
#44Armandoutside the national top 200
#50Cecileoutside the national top 200
#37Jeannette#185 nationally
#56Reneoutside the national top 200
#58Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#61Lioneloutside the national top 200
#63Marceloutside the national top 200
#72Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#74Perleyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara118US #4
#2Mary110US #1
#3Lorraine80US #49
#4Pauline76US #56
#5Shirley76US #9
#6Dorothy67US #3
#7Doris62US #10
#8Joan62US #5
#9Patricia60US #8
#10Theresa59US #59
#11Helen56US #6
#12Rita56US #48
#13Beverly54US #31
#14Ruth51US #11
#15Irene50US #37
#16Betty49US #2
#17Elizabeth48US #16
#18Jean46US #13
#19Nancy43US #17
#20Phyllis41US #29
#21Gloria39US #23
#22Lucille39US #62
#23Virginia39US #12
#24Alice38US #21
#25Margaret36US #7
#26Priscilla36
#27Marilyn35US #19
#28Claire34US #139
#29Norma34US #22
#30Marjorie33US #34
#31Evelyn30US #24
#32Jacqueline30US #78
#33June30US #44
#34Ann29US #35
#35Eleanor29US #40
#36Marion28US #66
#37Jeannette27US #185
#38Lillian27US #47
#39Jane26US #50
#40Janet26US #45
#41Louise26US #33
#42Constance25US #118
#43Florence25US #43
#44Marie24US #27
#45Jeanne23US #98
#46Frances22US #18
#47Joyce22US #15
#48Anita20US #117
#49Lois20US #20
#50Cecile19
#51Geraldine19US #38
#52Charlotte18US #75
#53Beatrice17US #85
#54Carolyn17US #60
#55Dolores17US #14
#56Mildred17US #26
#57Muriel17US #172
#58Arlene16US #77
#59Elaine16US #72
#60Gertrude15US #115
#61Grace15US #70
#62Joanne15US #68
#63Rachel15US #161
#64Katherine14US #92
#65Loretta14US #96
#66Edna13US #52
#67Janice13US #104
#68Martha13US #28
#69Sylvia13US #123
#70Caroline12US #165
#71Catherine12US #36
#72Jeannine12
#73Marlene12US #95
#74Rose12US #30
#75Anne11US #80
#76Cynthia11
#77Marguerite11US #157
#78Yvette11
#79Anna10US #25
#80Annette10
#81Carol10US #46
#82Eileen10US #106
#83Georgette10
#84Germaine10
#85Leona10US #133
#86Madeleine10
#87Sally10US #97
#88Vivian10US #82
#89Edith9US #65
#90Elsie9US #86
#91Hazel9US #74
#92Kathleen9US #87
#93Agnes8US #103
#94Audrey8US #64
#95Bertha8US #102
#96Blanche8US #190
#97Esther8US #79
#98Ida8US #100
#99Laurette8
#100Thelma8US #53

Boys

#1Robert303US #1
#2Richard193US #5
#3Donald144US #7
#4John135US #3
#5William118US #4
#6George98US #8
#7James84US #2
#8Raymond82US #17
#9Paul77US #12
#10Roger77US #53
#11Charles65US #6
#12Joseph61US #9
#13Maurice51US #117
#14David50US #13
#15Arthur46US #23
#16Kenneth43US #14
#17Norman43US #36
#18Albert42US #24
#19Edward42US #11
#20Harold42US #18
#21Roland40US #107
#22Frank37US #16
#23Walter35US #20
#24Thomas34US #10
#25Leo33US #69
#26Francis32US #42
#27Ronald30US #27
#28Ernest29US #47
#29Alfred27US #50
#30Stanley27US #49
#31Henry25US #22
#32Leon25US #84
#33Normand25
#34Ralph25US #25
#35Harry23US #30
#36Philip23US #71
#37Eugene21US #21
#38Gerard21
#39Fred20US #33
#40Clarence18US #39
#41Frederick18US #73
#42Gerald18US #26
#43Gordon18US #76
#44Armand17
#45Lawrence17US #38
#46Bernard15US #54
#47Leonard15US #48
#48Andrew14US #65
#49Carl14US #28
#50Daniel14US #44
#51Peter14US #61
#52Russell14US #63
#53Bruce13US #101
#54Earl13US #40
#55Louis13US #37
#56Rene13
#57Howard11US #34
#58Wilfred11
#59Everett10US #136
#60Herbert10US #41
#61Lionel10
#62Lloyd10US #68
#63Marcel10
#64Warren10US #100
#65Alan9US #120
#66Allen9US #79
#67Arnold9US #98
#68Edwin9US #67
#69Leslie9US #139
#70Roy9US #35
#71Victor9US #109
#72Michael8US #55
#73Oliver8US #175
#74Perley8
#75Vernon8US #74
#76Anthony7US #46
#77Chester7US #106
#78Fernand7
#79Floyd7US #66
#80Guy7US #174
#81Lewis7US #87
#82Reginald7
#83Samuel7US #56
#84Andre6
#85Clifford6US #75
#86Clinton6US #191
#87Douglas6US #85
#88Jack6US #15
#89Laurent6
#90Lucien6
#91Neil6US #165
#92Nicholas6US #145
#93Rodney6US #187
#94Romeo6
#95Theodore6US #70
#96Wayne6US #58
#97Willard6US #124
#98Alphonse5
#99Carroll5US #179
#100Clifton5US #188

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑29Ann#34
↑28Victor#71
↑25Norma#29
↑25Loretta#65
↑25Leslie#69
↑23Geraldine#51
↑23Allen#66
↑22Clarence#40

Falling

↓41Theodore#95
↓33Edith#89
↓29Thelma#100
↓26Joyce#47
↓24Catherine#71
↓20Douglas#87
↓19Marguerite#77
↓18Lawrence#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.