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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1939 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,362 New Hampshire births in 1939 across 245 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.

#14Claire#189 nationally
#51Normandoutside the national top 200
#62Gerardoutside the national top 200
#63Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#65Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#23Maurice#157 nationally
#68Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#69Cecileoutside the national top 200
#69Armandoutside the national top 200
#72Andreoutside the national top 200
#73Murieloutside the national top 200
#71Clayton#197 nationally

Girls

#1Nancy134US #7
#2Patricia129US #3
#3Mary104US #1
#4Barbara97US #2
#5Judith91US #8
#6Carol87US #6
#7Sandra86US #13
#8Shirley68US #5
#9Joan61US #11
#10Beverly52US #25
#11Dorothy51US #9
#12Janet47US #17
#13Joyce43US #12
#14Claire42US #189
#15Elaine42US #45
#16Sally42US #52
#17Margaret41US #10
#18Pauline41US #105
#19Carolyn39US #14
#20Lorraine39US #95
#21Jacqueline38US #72
#22Jean38US #32
#23Doris36US #29
#24Irene36US #74
#25Marilyn36US #19
#26Betty35US #4
#27Ann34US #33
#28Elizabeth34US #18
#29Lucille34US #110
#30Priscilla34US #148
#31Constance32US #123
#32Gloria32US #36
#33Joanne29US #53
#34Jane28US #46
#35Janice27US #24
#36Martha27US #27
#37Eleanor26US #63
#38Phyllis26US #30
#39Gail25US #73
#40Rita25US #78
#41Ruth25US #22
#42Helen24US #16
#43Virginia24US #21
#44Roberta23US #71
#45Cynthia22US #152
#46Linda22US #15
#47Sylvia22US #62
#48Alice21US #31
#49Frances21US #26
#50Jeanne21US #147
#51Louise21US #59
#52Anne18US #85
#53Brenda18US #86
#54Diane18US #51
#55June18US #83
#56Donna17US #20
#57Marjorie17US #60
#58Theresa17US #94
#59Annette16US #121
#60Carole16US #47
#61Florence16US #96
#62Norma16US #38
#63Claudette15
#64Lois15US #35
#65Sheila15US #125
#66Ellen14US #80
#67Anita13US #97
#68Arlene13US #69
#69Cecile13
#70Charlotte13US #66
#71Judy13US #28
#72Kathleen13US #48
#73Muriel13
#74Susan13US #44
#75Audrey12US #98
#76Jeannette12US #184
#77Katherine12US #101
#78Marie12US #37
#79Rosalie12US #114
#80Edith11US #102
#81Evelyn11US #40
#82Geraldine11US #41
#83Marguerite11
#84Rachel11US #160
#85Gertrude10US #173
#86Madeleine10
#87Marcia10US #109
#88Marion10US #120
#89Marlene10US #64
#90Yvonne10US #90
#91Ethel9US #100
#92Jeannine9
#93Kathryn9US #106
#94Mildred9US #55
#95Suzanne9US #122
#96Therese9
#97Anna8US #43
#98Caroline8US #186
#99Catherine8US #49
#100Deborah8

Boys

#1Robert311US #1
#2Richard261US #5
#3David154US #7
#4John151US #3
#5William129US #4
#6Donald115US #8
#7James105US #2
#8Paul96US #17
#9Ronald87US #10
#10Raymond84US #22
#11George82US #11
#12Charles77US #6
#13Roger75US #28
#14Edward58US #15
#15Arthur57US #32
#16Peter56US #46
#17Thomas55US #9
#18Kenneth47US #13
#19Joseph46US #12
#20Albert45US #41
#21Norman43US #44
#22Bruce37US #64
#23Maurice37US #157
#24Leo34US #108
#25Gerald33US #19
#26Walter33US #25
#27Daniel31US #38
#28Francis31US #53
#29Lawrence31US #36
#30Henry26US #31
#31Philip26US #66
#32Ralph26US #35
#33Harold25US #23
#34Wayne25US #39
#35Ernest22US #55
#36Michael22US #18
#37Frank20US #20
#38Roland20US #131
#39Frederick19US #71
#40Gordon19US #82
#41Carl17US #30
#42Dennis17US #34
#43Gary17US #21
#44Russell17US #73
#45Stanley17US #57
#46Alfred16US #70
#47Bernard16US #76
#48Eugene16US #37
#49Howard16US #47
#50Leonard16US #54
#51Normand16
#52Leon15US #86
#53Douglas14US #58
#54Louis14US #49
#55Rodney14US #122
#56Allan13US #125
#57Harry13US #45
#58Theodore13US #90
#59Alan12US #85
#60Chester12US #133
#61Fred12US #40
#62Gerard12
#63Herbert12US #68
#64Arnold11US #113
#65Bradley11
#66Lewis11US #107
#67Warren11US #104
#68Wilfred11
#69Armand10
#70Andrew9US #84
#71Clayton9US #197
#72Andre8
#73Clifford8US #88
#74Edwin8US #96
#75Larry8US #14
#76Martin8US #91
#77Stephen8US #65
#78Victor8US #119
#79Benjamin7US #124
#80Glenn7US #87
#81Irving7
#82Jerry7US #16
#83Lee7US #78
#84Leslie7US #136
#85Mark7US #170
#86Oscar7US #159
#87Roy7US #42
#88Allen6US #72
#89Anthony6US #48
#90Calvin6US #126
#91Earl6US #50
#92Emile6
#93Everett6US #163
#94Jean6
#95Malcolm6
#96Rene6
#97Brian5US #176
#98Burton5
#99Carroll5US #179
#100Clyde5US #101

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑39Dennis#42
↑31Sheila#65
↑30Carolyn#19
↑30Irene#24
↑27Albert#20
↑27Gordon#40
↑26Marilyn#25
↑26Howard#49

Falling

↓33Marie#78
↓33Everett#93
↓33Rene#96
↓26Helen#42
↓26Jean#94
↓25Marlene#89
↓25Andrew#70
↓25Malcolm#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.