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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1935 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,151 New Hampshire births in 1935 across 242 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.

#30Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#32Gerardoutside the national top 200
#42Normandoutside the national top 200
#37Jeannette#186 nationally
#57Armandoutside the national top 200
#33Claire#171 nationally
#63Lioneloutside the national top 200
#65Cecileoutside the national top 200
#70Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#73Murieloutside the national top 200
#52Cynthia#179 nationally
#75Claudetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley150US #2
#2Patricia122US #5
#3Barbara108US #3
#4Mary96US #1
#5Joan95US #7
#6Nancy85US #9
#7Lorraine79US #68
#8Beverly63US #20
#9Dorothy63US #6
#10Pauline63US #80
#11Doris52US #13
#12Ruth51US #15
#13Janet48US #22
#14Elizabeth47US #17
#15Joyce46US #12
#16Lucille46US #85
#17Betty44US #4
#18Marilyn41US #14
#19Constance40US #125
#20Jean40US #18
#21Helen39US #10
#22Rita37US #63
#23Ann36US #30
#24Jane35US #43
#25Elaine34US #51
#26Gloria34US #32
#27Margaret34US #8
#28Janice33US #47
#29Marjorie33US #46
#30Priscilla33
#31Irene32US #52
#32June32US #55
#33Claire30US #171
#34Eleanor30US #48
#35Alice29US #25
#36Carolyn29US #28
#37Jeannette29US #186
#38Phyllis29US #27
#39Jacqueline27US #79
#40Joanne27US #44
#41Theresa25US #86
#42Lois24US #21
#43Marlene24US #39
#44Carol23US #11
#45Judith23US #54
#46Marion23US #88
#47Sally23US #58
#48Sandra23US #50
#49Arlene22US #59
#50Louise22US #45
#51Virginia22US #16
#52Cynthia21US #179
#53Marie20US #33
#54Norma20US #29
#55Florence19US #74
#56Jeanne19US #133
#57Anita18US #119
#58Anna18US #34
#59Evelyn18US #31
#60Frances17US #19
#61Sylvia17US #60
#62Beatrice16US #107
#63Charlotte16US #65
#64Dolores16US #26
#65Cecile15
#66Martha14US #24
#67Rachel14US #164
#68Roberta14US #77
#69Annette13US #142
#70Catherine13US #42
#71Jeanette13US #104
#72Maxine13US #120
#73Muriel13
#74Anne12US #84
#75Claudette12
#76Edith12US #87
#77Geraldine12US #40
#78Gertrude12US #145
#79Kathleen12US #71
#80Lillian12US #66
#81Rose12US #37
#82Sheila12US #151
#83Bertha11US #114
#84Christine11US #130
#85Bette10
#86Jeannine10
#87Marguerite10
#88Bernice9US #90
#89Carole9US #93
#90Caroline9US #178
#91Madeleine9
#92Maureen9US #162
#93Mildred9US #35
#94Ellen8US #95
#95Ethel8US #82
#96Loretta8US #69
#97Natalie8
#98Arline7
#99Diane7US #109
#100Eva7US #110

Boys

#1Robert285US #1
#2Richard253US #5
#3John163US #3
#4Donald136US #7
#5William111US #4
#6James99US #2
#7Paul96US #14
#8George88US #8
#9Raymond80US #17
#10Ronald79US #12
#11David78US #11
#12Charles62US #6
#13Edward60US #13
#14Joseph60US #10
#15Arthur58US #29
#16Norman51US #38
#17Roger50US #36
#18Thomas43US #9
#19Albert40US #31
#20Kenneth38US #15
#21Francis37US #53
#22Maurice37US #130
#23Roland37US #119
#24Frank36US #16
#25Walter34US #23
#26Harold31US #20
#27Leo28US #92
#28Philip27US #65
#29Ralph25US #32
#30Gerald24US #21
#31Lawrence24US #35
#32Gerard23
#33Ernest22US #55
#34Eugene22US #26
#35Henry22US #27
#36Wayne22US #49
#37Bernard21US #67
#38Theodore21US #79
#39Alfred20US #63
#40Frederick19US #73
#41Leonard19US #54
#42Normand19
#43Bruce17US #77
#44Peter17US #59
#45Daniel16US #43
#46Earl16US #46
#47Louis16US #42
#48Fred15US #34
#49Gordon15US #70
#50Herbert15US #58
#51Carl14US #28
#52Harry14US #37
#53Leon13US #86
#54Russell13US #68
#55Carroll12US #172
#56Howard12US #39
#57Armand11
#58Arnold11US #103
#59Wallace11US #133
#60Andrew10US #85
#61Gary9US #44
#62Larry9US #33
#63Lionel9
#64Warren9US #97
#65Clarence8US #48
#66Edwin8US #89
#67Glenn8US #78
#68Leslie8US #131
#69Neil8US #167
#70Nelson8
#71Stanley8US #56
#72Allan7US #150
#73Chester7US #121
#74Melvin7US #57
#75Rodney7US #149
#76Romeo7
#77Samuel7US #62
#78Wilfred7
#79Bertrand6
#80Claude6US #129
#81Clyde6US #82
#82Conrad6
#83Dean6US #120
#84Douglas6US #75
#85Edgar6US #138
#86Guy6US #177
#87Malcolm6
#88Roy6US #40
#89Wilbur6US #166
#90Willard6US #132
#91Allen5US #83
#92Anthony5US #52
#93Barry5US #183
#94Clayton5US #187
#95Clifford5US #88
#96Earle5
#97Edmund5
#98Jean5
#99Keith5US #125
#100Lester5US #114

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑40Florence#55
↑33Marlene#43
↑29Judith#45
↑29Daniel#45
↑26Eugene#34
↑24Lucille#16
↑23Arnold#58
↑23Melvin#74

Falling

↓41Mildred#93
↓27Stanley#71
↓26Geraldine#77
↓26Rose#81
↓25Norma#54
↓25Anne#74
↓24Roy#88
↓23Virginia#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.