State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1932 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,110 New Hampshire births in 1932 across 246 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.

#27Normandoutside the national top 200
#34Gerardoutside the national top 200
#37Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#40Armandoutside the national top 200
#44Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#61Marceloutside the national top 200
#62Annetteoutside the national top 200
#65Reneoutside the national top 200
#68Cecileoutside the national top 200
#68Lioneloutside the national top 200
#70Emileoutside the national top 200
#72Germaineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara149US #3
#2Mary124US #1
#3Joan85US #5
#4Lorraine84US #55
#5Doris73US #10
#6Pauline73US #59
#7Patricia70US #6
#8Dorothy69US #4
#9Shirley68US #9
#10Rita63US #53
#11Irene60US #43
#12Elizabeth51US #17
#13Betty50US #2
#14Nancy50US #13
#15Beverly48US #28
#16Helen48US #8
#17Margaret46US #7
#18Theresa46US #60
#19Jean44US #15
#20Lucille44US #63
#21Marilyn43US #16
#22Ruth43US #11
#23Claire41US #140
#24Constance41US #99
#25Alice40US #21
#26Janet38US #35
#27Phyllis37US #30
#28Ann36US #34
#29Eleanor35US #45
#30Gloria35US #25
#31Joyce33US #12
#32Virginia33US #14
#33Evelyn31US #23
#34Jane31US #49
#35Marjorie31US #37
#36Norma30US #22
#37Priscilla29
#38Jacqueline28US #85
#39Lois28US #20
#40Sylvia27US #96
#41Frances26US #19
#42Marie26US #31
#43Marion26US #73
#44Lillian24US #48
#45Florence22US #47
#46Joanne22US #62
#47Edith21US #69
#48Carolyn20US #46
#49Jeannette20US #175
#50Janice19US #94
#51Jeanne19US #112
#52Louise19US #36
#53Sally19US #84
#54Elaine18US #68
#55June18US #44
#56Mildred18US #26
#57Rachel18US #156
#58Arlene17US #80
#59Carol17US #32
#60Marlene16US #78
#61Muriel16US #181
#62Annette15
#63Edna15US #50
#64Martha15US #27
#65Anita14US #116
#66Anne14US #81
#67Rose14US #33
#68Cecile13
#69Charlotte13US #74
#70Dolores13US #18
#71Geraldine13US #42
#72Germaine13
#73Pearl13US #138
#74Therese13
#75Jeannine12
#76Madeleine12
#77Ellen11US #104
#78Ethel11US #66
#79Gladys11US #54
#80Kathleen11US #83
#81Yvette11
#82Audrey10US #61
#83Esther10US #82
#84Hazel10US #75
#85Katherine10US #95
#86Laura10US #88
#87Catherine9US #39
#88Cynthia9
#89Gertrude9US #124
#90Josephine9US #57
#91Natalie9
#92Roberta9US #109
#93Estelle8
#94Alberta7US #154
#95Beatrice7US #87
#96Eileen7US #114
#97Julia7US #92
#98Kathryn7US #107
#99Leona7US #134
#100Thelma7US #51

Boys

#1Robert309US #1
#2Richard216US #5
#3John157US #3
#4Donald144US #7
#5William127US #4
#6George101US #8
#7James81US #2
#8Raymond80US #19
#9Paul79US #13
#10Charles70US #6
#11Ronald65US #16
#12Roger64US #50
#13Edward55US #11
#14Maurice52US #122
#15David50US #12
#16Albert48US #26
#17Arthur47US #25
#18Norman45US #37
#19Roland44US #111
#20Kenneth43US #14
#21Joseph39US #9
#22Thomas31US #10
#23Frank30US #15
#24Henry30US #23
#25Ralph30US #27
#26Francis29US #43
#27Normand29
#28Alfred27US #49
#29Harold26US #18
#30Ernest25US #47
#31Eugene25US #22
#32Leo25US #74
#33Bernard24US #60
#34Gerard23
#35Herbert23US #44
#36Gerald22US #24
#37Frederick21US #73
#38Lawrence21US #35
#39Russell21US #63
#40Armand20
#41Howard19US #36
#42Fred18US #33
#43Walter18US #21
#44Wilfred18
#45Leonard17US #48
#46Philip17US #70
#47Earl16US #41
#48Leon15US #83
#49Louis15US #39
#50Peter15US #62
#51Roy15US #38
#52Theodore15US #67
#53Franklin14US #66
#54Andrew13US #69
#55Carl13US #28
#56Gordon13US #81
#57Stanley13US #52
#58Clarence12US #40
#59Daniel12US #42
#60Harry12US #32
#61Marcel12
#62Arnold11US #100
#63Bruce11US #98
#64Douglas11US #85
#65Rene11
#66Victor10US #110
#67Warren10US #102
#68Lionel9
#69Carroll8US #173
#70Emile8
#71Everett8US #140
#72Lloyd8US #71
#73Reginald8
#74Wayne8US #57
#75Anthony7US #45
#76Clifford7US #84
#77Gilbert7US #97
#78Guy7US #180
#79Leslie7US #142
#80Michael7US #54
#81Milton7US #106
#82Wendell7US #197
#83Alan6US #127
#84Allen6US #80
#85Andre6
#86Chester6US #112
#87Clayton6US #175
#88Clifton6US #183
#89Edgar6US #135
#90Edmund6US #190
#91Nicholas6US #163
#92Rodney6US #172
#93Wallace6US #117
#94Alexander5US #178
#95Allan5US #153
#96Benjamin5US #115
#97Carlton5
#98Conrad5
#99Duane5US #105
#100Edwin5US #72

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑43Theodore#52
↑42Edith#47
↑34Sally#53
↑30Carroll#69
↑29Sylvia#40
↑25Herbert#35
↑23Douglas#64
↑22Carol#59

Falling

↓42Beatrice#95
↓32Edwin#100
↓29Gertrude#89
↓27Stanley#57
↓25Harry#60
↓22June#55
↓21Katherine#85
↓20Geraldine#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.