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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1941 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,983 New Hampshire births in 1941 across 252 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.

#24Claire#196 nationally
#46Gerard#200 nationally
#54Normandoutside the national top 200
#66Murieloutside the national top 200
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#35Maurice#163 nationally
#73Lucienoutside the national top 200
#21Roland#144 nationally
#79Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#80Andreoutside the national top 200
#84Lioneloutside the national top 200
#85Betteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia154US #3
#2Mary121US #1
#3Sandra111US #9
#4Judith110US #6
#5Nancy107US #8
#6Barbara99US #2
#7Carol86US #4
#8Linda75US #5
#9Pauline64US #109
#10Beverly60US #29
#11Joan55US #17
#12Joyce54US #13
#13Susan52US #27
#14Elaine51US #44
#15Elizabeth51US #21
#16Margaret50US #12
#17Ann49US #37
#18Priscilla48US #132
#19Shirley48US #10
#20Jean43US #32
#21Lorraine41US #93
#22Carolyn40US #11
#23Janet40US #18
#24Claire39US #196
#25Dorothy39US #14
#26Jane39US #46
#27Gloria38US #26
#28Marilyn36US #30
#29Brenda35US #41
#30Constance34US #114
#31Joanne34US #54
#32Betty33US #7
#33Diane31US #40
#34Ruth30US #28
#35Gail29US #68
#36Rita29US #63
#37Jacqueline28US #73
#38Louise28US #62
#39Virginia28US #23
#40Alice27US #34
#41Donna27US #20
#42Janice27US #22
#43Martha27US #25
#44Doris26US #38
#45Helen26US #24
#46Sheila26US #110
#47Irene25US #74
#48Jeanne25US #126
#49Lucille25US #119
#50Cynthia24US #112
#51Marjorie24US #71
#52Theresa24US #95
#53Sally23US #61
#54Sylvia23US #65
#55Carole22US #48
#56Maureen22US #129
#57Kathleen21US #36
#58Judy20US #16
#59Marie20US #42
#60Phyllis19US #35
#61Rose19US #49
#62Charlotte18US #55
#63Eleanor18US #78
#64Geraldine18US #45
#65Karen18US #19
#66Muriel18
#67Bonnie17US #33
#68Ellen17US #67
#69Katherine17US #85
#70Mildred17US #64
#71Sharon17US #15
#72Anita16US #91
#73Suzanne16US #97
#74Anne15US #82
#75Norma15US #47
#76Catherine14US #51
#77Florence14US #107
#78Frances14US #31
#79Jeannine14
#80Marion14US #130
#81Evelyn13US #50
#82June13US #90
#83Roberta13US #72
#84Yvonne13US #120
#85Bette12
#86Claudette12
#87Deanna12US #137
#88Diana12US #100
#89Jeannette12US #198
#90Rachel12US #159
#91Annette11US #128
#92Cecile10
#93Dolores10US #57
#94Joann10US #58
#95Arlene9US #77
#96Lois9US #43
#97Loretta9US #81
#98Marguerite9
#99Therese9
#100Deborah8

Boys

#1Robert294US #2
#2Richard265US #5
#3John185US #3
#4David161US #7
#5William145US #4
#6Ronald123US #9
#7Paul116US #18
#8James111US #1
#9Donald102US #10
#10Roger89US #25
#11George85US #13
#12Charles74US #6
#13Raymond65US #22
#14Edward64US #17
#15Thomas64US #8
#16Kenneth59US #15
#17Peter56US #44
#18Joseph55US #12
#19Arthur47US #33
#20Norman46US #49
#21Roland43US #144
#22Gerald42US #20
#23Wayne42US #37
#24Bruce39US #51
#25Frank36US #21
#26Michael36US #16
#27Philip32US #52
#28Stephen30US #41
#29Daniel29US #31
#30Henry29US #28
#31Walter29US #26
#32Albert26US #40
#33Douglas26US #53
#34Ernest26US #61
#35Maurice26US #163
#36Stanley26US #57
#37Carl23US #29
#38Gary22US #19
#39Leo22US #116
#40Francis21US #60
#41Frederick21US #69
#42Leon21US #93
#43Larry20US #11
#44Lawrence20US #34
#45Ralph20US #38
#46Gerard19US #200
#47Harry19US #48
#48Fred18US #43
#49Louis18US #50
#50Alfred17US #74
#51Brian17US #153
#52Dennis17US #23
#53Mark16US #122
#54Normand16
#55Harold15US #24
#56Gene14US #72
#57Eugene13US #42
#58Gordon13US #92
#59Russell13US #75
#60Bernard11US #87
#61Clarence11US #62
#62Herbert11US #76
#63Anthony10US #46
#64Jack10US #32
#65Theodore10US #95
#66Alan9US #84
#67Andrew9US #82
#68Armand9
#69Dale9US #59
#70Earl9US #58
#71Everett9US #166
#72Leonard9US #54
#73Lucien9
#74Neil9US #161
#75Roy9US #39
#76Samuel9US #65
#77Victor9US #118
#78Warren9US #105
#79Allen8US #73
#80Andre8
#81Arnold8US #123
#82Glenn8US #86
#83Jon8US #128
#84Lionel8
#85Nelson8US #186
#86Reginald8
#87Rene8
#88Wilfred8
#89Chester7US #136
#90Clayton7
#91Jean7
#92Laurence7
#93Malcolm7
#94Patrick7US #70
#95Phillip7US #77
#96Steven7US #90
#97Barry6US #91
#98Clifford6US #94
#99Edmund6
#100Edwin6US #97

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑54Susan#13
↑48Sheila#46
↑44Maureen#56
↑28Larry#43
↑26Muriel#66
↑24Louise#38
↑24Leon#42
↑21Catherine#76

Falling

↓36Frances#78
↓36Phillip#95
↓36Edwin#100
↓35Cecile#92
↓33Roberta#83
↓32Wilfred#88
↓29Jeannette#89
↓23Loretta#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.