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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1940 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,827 New Hampshire births in 1940 across 255 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.

#47Gerardoutside the national top 200
#41Claire#194 nationally
#52Normandoutside the national top 200
#56Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#57Cecileoutside the national top 200
#63Armandoutside the national top 200
#68Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#69Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#77Deborahoutside the national top 200
#77Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#78Andreoutside the national top 200
#60Jeannette#182 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia153US #3
#2Nancy125US #7
#3Mary112US #1
#4Judith107US #4
#5Sandra106US #10
#6Barbara92US #2
#7Carol78US #6
#8Joan75US #14
#9Linda67US #8
#10Beverly58US #27
#11Joyce56US #13
#12Shirley52US #9
#13Elaine51US #50
#14Janet48US #19
#15Dorothy45US #12
#16Gloria44US #30
#17Pauline44US #104
#18Elizabeth43US #20
#19Carolyn41US #15
#20Ann40US #35
#21Jacqueline40US #76
#22Janice40US #22
#23Lorraine40US #95
#24Jean39US #29
#25Doris38US #31
#26Joanne38US #54
#27Betty37US #5
#28Marilyn36US #25
#29Gail35US #65
#30Virginia35US #21
#31Margaret33US #11
#32Donna32US #23
#33Martha32US #26
#34Lucille31US #113
#35Helen30US #18
#36Jane30US #47
#37Priscilla30US #127
#38Rita30US #70
#39Sylvia30US #62
#40Alice29US #32
#41Claire28US #194
#42Frances27US #28
#43Sally27US #61
#44Brenda26US #42
#45Diane26US #45
#46Ruth26US #24
#47Irene25US #73
#48Phyllis25US #33
#49Constance24US #124
#50Roberta24US #71
#51Jeanne23US #129
#52Marjorie22US #64
#53Anne21US #84
#54Judy21US #16
#55Marie21US #41
#56Theresa20US #102
#57Cecile19
#58Cynthia19US #133
#59Eleanor19US #68
#60Jeannette19US #182
#61Carole17US #49
#62Louise17US #59
#63Sharon17US #17
#64Evelyn16US #48
#65Kathleen16US #40
#66Marcia16US #112
#67Susan16US #36
#68Claudette15
#69Ellen15US #74
#70Norma15US #43
#71Anita14US #87
#72Annette14US #126
#73Suzanne14US #109
#74Loretta12US #69
#75Rose12US #44
#76Charlotte11US #55
#77Deborah11
#78Florence11US #100
#79Geraldine11US #46
#80Gertrude11US #186
#81June11US #82
#82Sarah11US #60
#83Bette10
#84Christine10US #118
#85Deanna10US #136
#86Dianne10US #167
#87Dolores10US #67
#88Ethel10US #106
#89Jeannine10
#90Lois10US #38
#91Marguerite10
#92Muriel10
#93Natalie10
#94Sheila10US #130
#95Vivian10US #115
#96Beatrice9US #140
#97Catherine9US #53
#98Esther9US #131
#99Marlene9US #80
#100Maureen9US #135

Boys

#1Robert307US #2
#2Richard267US #5
#3John174US #3
#4David159US #7
#5William137US #4
#6Donald119US #9
#7James113US #1
#8Ronald111US #10
#9Paul100US #17
#10George87US #11
#11Raymond76US #22
#12Charles74US #6
#13Edward72US #16
#14Roger72US #26
#15Thomas56US #8
#16Peter55US #43
#17Kenneth53US #15
#18Arthur47US #33
#19Wayne41US #39
#20Albert40US #41
#21Bruce40US #55
#22Norman38US #48
#23Roland38US #141
#24Walter38US #25
#25Joseph37US #12
#26Gerald32US #21
#27Michael30US #18
#28Philip29US #60
#29Henry28US #31
#30Stephen28US #49
#31Ernest27US #58
#32Frank27US #20
#33Alfred26US #69
#34Lawrence26US #36
#35Daniel25US #34
#36Douglas25US #56
#37Eugene24US #38
#38Russell24US #72
#39Stanley23US #59
#40Frederick22US #68
#41Harold22US #23
#42Harry21US #47
#43Leo20US #112
#44Carl19US #32
#45Francis19US #61
#46Gary19US #19
#47Gerard18
#48Fred17US #40
#49Ralph17US #37
#50Dennis16US #24
#51Gordon16US #91
#52Normand16
#53Bernard15US #82
#54Howard15US #45
#55Maurice15US #161
#56Wilfred15
#57Alan14US #88
#58Louis13US #50
#59Phillip13US #79
#60Rodney12US #133
#61Theodore12US #90
#62Allen11US #71
#63Armand11
#64Edwin11US #96
#65Gene11US #70
#66Leon11US #89
#67Andrew10US #84
#68Benjamin10US #128
#69Bradley10
#70Herbert10US #75
#71Larry10US #13
#72Lewis10US #107
#73Samuel10US #65
#74Timothy10US #135
#75Clarence9US #64
#76Dale9US #57
#77Reginald9
#78Andre8
#79Dean8US #143
#80Earl8US #52
#81Everett8US #168
#82Jack8US #29
#83Leonard8US #54
#84Lloyd8US #100
#85Nelson8US #182
#86Scott8
#87Alexander7US #188
#88Franklin7US #87
#89Gilbert7US #124
#90Glenn7US #83
#91Leslie7US #136
#92Lucien7
#93Neil7US #156
#94Ray7US #77
#95Stuart7US #195
#96Allan6US #115
#97Carlton6
#98Clifton6
#99Edmund6
#100Jean6

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑47Stephen#30
↑37Linda#9
↑26Allen#62
↑24Donna#32
↑23Marie#55
↑23Deborah#77
↑22Suzanne#73
↑21Marcia#66

Falling

↓40Allan#96
↓33Leonard#83
↓32Maurice#55
↓29Sheila#94
↓27Claire#41
↓27Sally#43
↓26June#81
↓26Lois#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.