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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1938 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,170 New Hampshire births in 1938 across 250 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.

#33Normandoutside the national top 200
#42Gerardoutside the national top 200
#30Priscilla#188 nationally
#32Claire#184 nationally
#50Cecileoutside the national top 200
#62Murieloutside the national top 200
#44Nelson#182 nationally
#63Reneoutside the national top 200
#64Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#66Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#66Armandoutside the national top 200
#68Jeanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia112US #3
#2Barbara109US #2
#3Mary107US #1
#4Nancy96US #7
#5Joan75US #10
#6Shirley74US #5
#7Beverly68US #18
#8Sandra68US #14
#9Carol63US #6
#10Pauline63US #97
#11Dorothy55US #8
#12Constance53US #117
#13Judith48US #12
#14Elizabeth47US #17
#15Lorraine47US #93
#16Helen46US #13
#17Janet46US #16
#18Jean43US #27
#19Joyce42US #11
#20Margaret42US #9
#21Betty41US #4
#22Ann39US #32
#23Jacqueline38US #69
#24Ruth38US #21
#25Doris37US #25
#26Sylvia34US #56
#27Elaine32US #42
#28Gail32US #77
#29Lucille32US #106
#30Priscilla32US #188
#31Virginia32US #22
#32Claire31US #184
#33Gloria29US #36
#34Phyllis28US #28
#35Rita27US #74
#36Jane26US #44
#37Janice26US #24
#38Joanne26US #57
#39Sally26US #54
#40Carole25US #46
#41Marjorie25US #53
#42Eleanor24US #60
#43Louise24US #59
#44Cynthia23US #160
#45Marie23US #37
#46Norma23US #34
#47Alice22US #29
#48Arlene22US #63
#49Carolyn22US #15
#50Cecile22
#51Marilyn22US #19
#52Martha21US #26
#53Theresa21US #92
#54Irene20US #72
#55Charlotte19US #70
#56Jeanne19US #148
#57Roberta19US #73
#58Anne18US #84
#59Jeannette18US #186
#60June18US #79
#61Kathleen18US #58
#62Muriel17
#63Frances16US #23
#64Marlene16US #51
#65Anita15US #99
#66Claudette15
#67Dolores15US #43
#68Lillian15US #88
#69Lois15US #33
#70Maureen15US #144
#71Linda14US #31
#72Marion14US #118
#73Jeannine13
#74Annette12US #119
#75Diane12US #64
#76Donna12US #20
#77Florence12US #90
#78Geraldine12US #45
#79Rose12US #39
#80Susan12US #71
#81Catherine11US #48
#82Ellen11US #89
#83Esther11US #120
#84Evelyn11US #38
#85Madeleine11
#86Sarah11US #67
#87Diana10US #151
#88Eileen10US #113
#89Marcia10US #116
#90Rachel10US #165
#91Rosemary10US #95
#92Caroline9US #181
#93Loretta9US #62
#94Maxine9US #130
#95Rosalie9US #66
#96Sheila9US #136
#97Deanna8US #115
#98Harriet8US #158
#99Katherine8US #105
#100Leona8US #173

Boys

#1Robert294US #1
#2Richard246US #5
#3John159US #3
#4James122US #2
#5Donald114US #7
#6William106US #4
#7David105US #8
#8Paul98US #15
#9Ronald87US #10
#10George76US #11
#11Roger72US #31
#12Raymond69US #20
#13Charles68US #6
#14Edward58US #13
#15Joseph54US #12
#16Kenneth54US #14
#17Thomas45US #9
#18Roland44US #124
#19Peter42US #48
#20Arthur39US #32
#21Bruce37US #66
#22Norman37US #43
#23Maurice35US #143
#24Francis28US #51
#25Wayne28US #40
#26Lawrence27US #36
#27Henry25US #30
#28Frank24US #18
#29Harold23US #23
#30Leo23US #104
#31Philip23US #64
#32Daniel22US #39
#33Normand22
#34Walter22US #26
#35Alfred21US #69
#36Ernest21US #55
#37Harry21US #44
#38Gerald20US #19
#39Ralph19US #35
#40Michael18US #21
#41Douglas17US #60
#42Gerard17
#43Louis17US #47
#44Nelson17US #182
#45Andrew16US #82
#46Stanley16US #59
#47Albert15US #37
#48Carl15US #29
#49Eugene15US #33
#50Fred15US #38
#51Arnold14US #111
#52Bernard14US #75
#53Leon14US #85
#54Russell14US #70
#55Stephen14US #74
#56Leonard13US #57
#57Warren13US #102
#58Glenn12US #83
#59Herbert12US #68
#60Everett11US #159
#61Frederick11US #71
#62Gary11US #22
#63Rene11
#64Wilfred11
#65Alan10US #91
#66Armand10
#67Gordon10US #78
#68Jean10
#69Allan9US #119
#70Malcolm9
#71Rodney9US #133
#72Roy9US #41
#73Allen8US #73
#74Andre8
#75Howard8US #42
#76Jon8US #126
#77Lester8US #115
#78Theodore8US #84
#79Brian7
#80Carroll7US #175
#81Dennis7US #49
#82Edwin7US #90
#83Lionel7
#84Benjamin6US #125
#85Chester6US #136
#86Clarence6US #58
#87Dale6US #56
#88Guy6US #189
#89Harvey6US #99
#90Jack6US #25
#91Larry6US #16
#92Linwood6
#93Lloyd6US #92
#94Lucien6
#95Neil6US #152
#96Phillip6US #95
#97Reginald6
#98Romeo6
#99Wesley6US #150
#100Alvin5US #98

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑37Gail#28
↑37Louis#43
↑25Alfred#35
↑23Allan#69
↑22Ruth#24
↑21Constance#12
↑21Charlotte#55
↑20Kathleen#61

Falling

↓37Evelyn#84
↓35Irene#54
↓33June#60
↓27Edwin#82
↓26Gordon#67
↓25Albert#47
↓25Lloyd#93
↓23Marilyn#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.