State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1936 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,988 New Hampshire births in 1936 across 236 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.

#40Armandoutside the national top 200
#43Normandoutside the national top 200
#24Claire#176 nationally
#50Gerardoutside the national top 200
#52Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#45Jeannette#188 nationally
#65Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#68Lioneloutside the national top 200
#69Cecileoutside the national top 200
#69Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#70Reneoutside the national top 200
#74Reginaldoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley127US #2
#2Nancy109US #8
#3Patricia98US #5
#4Mary90US #1
#5Barbara87US #3
#6Joan86US #7
#7Beverly74US #17
#8Pauline66US #82
#9Dorothy61US #6
#10Doris59US #15
#11Lorraine59US #76
#12Carol52US #10
#13Janet45US #21
#14Marilyn45US #13
#15Jean43US #20
#16Ann40US #28
#17Betty40US #4
#18Jacqueline40US #66
#19Irene39US #57
#20Helen38US #11
#21Joanne36US #48
#22Margaret35US #9
#23Virginia35US #14
#24Claire34US #176
#25Carolyn33US #23
#26Janice32US #31
#27Constance31US #133
#28Elizabeth30US #18
#29Sylvia30US #53
#30Jane29US #42
#31Joyce29US #12
#32Ruth29US #16
#33Marjorie28US #49
#34Theresa28US #88
#35Rita27US #69
#36Judith26US #43
#37Alice25US #27
#38Gloria25US #32
#39Elaine24US #50
#40Marie24US #33
#41Sandra24US #38
#42June23US #62
#43Lucille23US #92
#44Frances22US #19
#45Jeannette21US #188
#46Roberta21US #64
#47Geraldine20US #41
#48Charlotte19US #61
#49Eleanor19US #47
#50Louise19US #46
#51Norma19US #29
#52Priscilla19
#53Sally19US #59
#54Evelyn18US #34
#55Lillian18US #79
#56Arlene17US #54
#57Marion17US #93
#58Anita16US #104
#59Cynthia16US #184
#60Gail16US #101
#61Jeanne16US #141
#62Marlene16US #39
#63Phyllis16US #25
#64Rachel16US #163
#65Jeannine15
#66Lois15US #26
#67Rose15US #37
#68Carole14US #73
#69Cecile14
#70Ellen13US #99
#71Martha13US #24
#72Yvonne13US #81
#73Annette12US #125
#74Donna12US #22
#75Florence12US #80
#76Katherine12US #100
#77Susan12US #110
#78Anne11US #89
#79Audrey11US #68
#80Beatrice11US #121
#81Catherine11US #44
#82Claudette11
#83Dolores11US #30
#84Marguerite11
#85Anna10US #36
#86Ethel10US #90
#87Maureen10US #155
#88Sheila10US #157
#89Thelma10US #74
#90Diane9US #112
#91Gertrude9US #156
#92Gladys9US #84
#93Kathleen9US #67
#94Madeline9
#95Marcia9US #138
#96Maxine9US #127
#97Aline8
#98Laurette8
#99Mildred8US #40
#100Muriel8

Boys

#1Robert275US #1
#2Richard213US #5
#3Donald138US #7
#4John138US #3
#5William132US #4
#6David119US #10
#7Paul104US #15
#8James99US #2
#9Ronald91US #12
#10George86US #9
#11Raymond73US #17
#12Roger70US #35
#13Edward61US #13
#14Arthur57US #30
#15Charles50US #6
#16Kenneth47US #14
#17Joseph42US #11
#18Roland41US #118
#19Norman37US #43
#20Harold34US #21
#21Henry34US #28
#22Thomas33US #8
#23Albert31US #34
#24Philip31US #63
#25Ernest30US #55
#26Gerald30US #19
#27Lawrence30US #37
#28Walter30US #26
#29Peter29US #56
#30Maurice28US #137
#31Alfred25US #60
#32Frederick25US #70
#33Bruce24US #73
#34Francis24US #50
#35Leo24US #94
#36Eugene23US #29
#37Stanley22US #58
#38Howard21US #40
#39Ralph21US #31
#40Armand19
#41Harry19US #39
#42Louis18US #44
#43Normand18
#44Russell18US #69
#45Frank17US #16
#46Michael17US #33
#47Wayne17US #45
#48Andrew15US #83
#49Bernard15US #68
#50Gerard15
#51Daniel14US #41
#52Leon14US #82
#53Fred13US #36
#54Herbert13US #62
#55Douglas12US #78
#56Gordon12US #75
#57Alan11US #108
#58Carl11US #27
#59Clarence11US #52
#60Guy11US #183
#61Stephen11US #99
#62Theodore11US #87
#63Allen10US #81
#64Arnold10US #111
#65Earl10US #47
#66Larry10US #25
#67Leonard10US #54
#68Lionel10
#69Malcolm10
#70Rene10
#71Warren10US #95
#72Leslie9US #128
#73Melvin9US #53
#74Reginald9
#75Wilfred9
#76Anthony8US #48
#77Conrad8
#78Forrest8
#79Jack8US #20
#80Victor8US #116
#81Bradley7
#82Clifford7US #90
#83Edwin7US #84
#84Everett7US #154
#85Franklin7US #64
#86Allan6US #138
#87Bertrand6
#88Clayton6US #186
#89Clyde6US #89
#90Dennis6US #74
#91Edgar6US #143
#92Gary6US #38
#93Harvey6US #97
#94Lewis6US #101
#95Lucien6
#96Marcel6
#97Samuel6US #67
#98Andre5
#99Carroll5US #172
#100Chester5US #127

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑34Stanley#37
↑32Carol#12
↑32Sylvia#29
↑30Geraldine#47
↑29Douglas#55
↑28Virginia#23
↑28Allen#63
↑26Guy#60

Falling

↓44Carroll#99
↓31Gary#92
↓27Lucille#43
↓27Anna#85
↓27Muriel#100
↓27Chester#100
↓26Leonard#67
↓25Phyllis#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.