State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1937 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,018 New Hampshire births in 1937 across 239 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.

#16Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#37Gerardoutside the national top 200
#32Claire#191 nationally
#48Normandoutside the national top 200
#51Armandoutside the national top 200
#41Jeannette#189 nationally
#53Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#62Cecileoutside the national top 200
#65Conradoutside the national top 200
#71Murieloutside the national top 200
#71Danaoutside the national top 200
#72Edmondoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara134US #2
#2Patricia111US #3
#3Shirley103US #4
#4Mary101US #1
#5Nancy85US #7
#6Beverly72US #14
#7Joan67US #9
#8Lorraine57US #83
#9Carol55US #6
#10Elizabeth52US #17
#11Pauline52US #87
#12Betty51US #5
#13Judith50US #34
#14Sandra50US #26
#15Elaine39US #45
#16Priscilla39
#17Doris38US #22
#18Dorothy37US #8
#19Irene36US #62
#20Jacqueline36US #70
#21Jane35US #42
#22Janice35US #25
#23Sylvia35US #50
#24Virginia34US #16
#25Gloria33US #32
#26Joyce33US #11
#27June32US #71
#28Marilyn32US #13
#29Ann31US #30
#30Jean31US #23
#31Marie31US #35
#32Claire30US #191
#33Constance30US #118
#34Helen30US #12
#35Rita29US #69
#36Janet28US #18
#37Joanne28US #51
#38Margaret28US #10
#39Alice27US #28
#40Carolyn27US #20
#41Jeannette27US #189
#42Lucille27US #98
#43Frances26US #19
#44Norma26US #33
#45Louise25US #48
#46Ruth25US #15
#47Evelyn23US #36
#48Phyllis22US #27
#49Eleanor21US #53
#50Marjorie20US #57
#51Sally20US #59
#52Carole19US #56
#53Roberta19US #66
#54Theresa19US #95
#55Anita18US #93
#56Anne18US #92
#57Cynthia18US #170
#58Donna18US #21
#59Martha18US #24
#60Lois16US #29
#61Marion16US #109
#62Cecile15
#63Diane15US #76
#64Dolores15US #37
#65Gail15US #99
#66Arlene14US #60
#67Rose14US #38
#68Catherine13US #47
#69Gertrude13US #159
#70Jeanne13US #149
#71Muriel13
#72Rachel13US #163
#73Sheila13US #142
#74Anna12US #39
#75Annette12US #115
#76Charlotte12US #67
#77Marlene12US #40
#78Therese12
#79Yvonne12US #77
#80Florence11US #81
#81Kathleen11US #61
#82Linda11US #49
#83Maureen11US #155
#84Mildred11US #43
#85Claudette10
#86Geraldine10US #44
#87Lillian10US #84
#88Natalie10
#89Beatrice9US #120
#90Ellen9US #102
#91Katherine9US #103
#92Christine8US #135
#93Edith8US #96
#94Ida8US #133
#95Madeleine8
#96Sharon8US #41
#97Susan8US #97
#98Arline7
#99Audrey7US #85
#100Eileen7US #107

Boys

#1Robert337US #1
#2Richard254US #5
#3John137US #3
#4David125US #8
#5Donald120US #7
#6William117US #4
#7Paul97US #15
#8James88US #2
#9Ronald81US #11
#10Edward76US #13
#11George75US #10
#12Raymond72US #19
#13Charles68US #6
#14Roger68US #36
#15Joseph55US #12
#16Norman40US #43
#17Maurice37US #144
#18Thomas37US #9
#19Kenneth36US #14
#20Roland34US #126
#21Ralph33US #34
#22Albert32US #37
#23Arthur32US #31
#24Frank31US #18
#25Walter30US #26
#26Philip29US #62
#27Wayne28US #44
#28Lawrence27US #38
#29Peter27US #52
#30Leo26US #97
#31Ernest25US #53
#32Francis25US #55
#33Bruce24US #70
#34Gerald24US #20
#35Daniel23US #39
#36Bernard22US #73
#37Gerard20
#38Henry20US #30
#39Eugene18US #33
#40Frederick18US #68
#41Gordon18US #75
#42Leonard18US #58
#43Russell18US #67
#44Carl17US #28
#45Harold16US #21
#46Michael15US #27
#47Douglas14US #74
#48Normand14
#49Stephen14US #92
#50Warren14US #106
#51Armand13
#52Stanley13US #57
#53Wilfred13
#54Andrew12US #79
#55Edwin12US #89
#56Gary12US #29
#57Harry12US #41
#58Howard12US #42
#59Victor12US #117
#60Alfred11US #60
#61Arnold11US #111
#62Clifford11US #90
#63Allen10US #76
#64Leon10US #85
#65Conrad9
#66Fred9US #35
#67Herbert9US #65
#68Lloyd9US #91
#69Theodore9US #86
#70Alan8US #103
#71Dana8
#72Edmond8
#73Everett8US #156
#74Harvey8US #95
#75Malcolm8
#76Roy8US #40
#77Andre7
#78Anthony7US #47
#79Earl7US #48
#80Louis7US #46
#81Melvin7US #50
#82Milton7US #121
#83Dean6US #127
#84Dennis6US #63
#85Franklin6US #77
#86Jean6
#87Laurence6
#88Leslie6US #131
#89Rodney6US #151
#90Wendell6
#91Wesley6US #146
#92Allan5US #124
#93Curtis5US #109
#94Dale5US #59
#95Eric5
#96Floyd5US #80
#97Larry5US #16
#98Marcel5
#99Neal5
#100Reginald5

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑36Priscilla#16
↑36Gary#56
↑29Muriel#71
↑28Edwin#55
↑27Sandra#14
↑27Diane#63
↑25Leonard#42
↑24Elaine#15

Falling

↓39Geraldine#86
↓38Louis#80
↓32Lillian#87
↓31Larry#97
↓29Alfred#60
↓28Charlotte#76
↓26Reginald#100
↓25Harold#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.