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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1942 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,967 New Hampshire births in 1942 across 273 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.

#31Claire#199 nationally
#46Gerard#193 nationally
#59Armandoutside the national top 200
#66Normandoutside the national top 200
#36Maurice#166 nationally
#79Murieloutside the national top 200
#80Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#24Roland#143 nationally
#75Jeannette#194 nationally
#84Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#85Margueriteoutside the national top 200
#88Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Sandra165US #6
#2Patricia153US #3
#3Carol138US #5
#4Nancy121US #8
#5Mary119US #1
#6Judith108US #7
#7Barbara106US #2
#8Linda89US #4
#9Joan76US #18
#10Pauline64US #112
#11Joyce60US #13
#12Donna56US #20
#13Elaine56US #45
#14Brenda54US #40
#15Shirley53US #12
#16Susan51US #21
#17Dorothy50US #17
#18Elizabeth50US #22
#19Carolyn45US #10
#20Beverly44US #32
#21Janet44US #19
#22Margaret43US #14
#23Marie43US #43
#24Constance41US #116
#25Gloria41US #31
#26Kathleen41US #24
#27Louise41US #61
#28Carole40US #35
#29Lorraine40US #91
#30Marilyn39US #27
#31Claire36US #199
#32Priscilla35US #135
#33Diane34US #28
#34Joanne34US #48
#35Sharon33US #11
#36Jane32US #46
#37Janice32US #25
#38Jean32US #36
#39Jeanne31US #119
#40Lucille31US #118
#41Sally31US #56
#42Ann30US #38
#43Sheila30US #94
#44Sylvia30US #72
#45Betty29US #9
#46Gail29US #60
#47Cynthia28US #101
#48Virginia28US #23
#49Jacqueline27US #69
#50Helen26US #26
#51Bonnie25US #34
#52Judy25US #15
#53Martha25US #29
#54Rita24US #55
#55Doris23US #41
#56Frances22US #30
#57Maureen22US #102
#58Eleanor21US #87
#59Lois21US #44
#60Roberta21US #66
#61Suzanne21US #103
#62Theresa21US #98
#63Irene20US #80
#64Phyllis20US #37
#65Anita19US #93
#66Arlene19US #83
#67Evelyn19US #53
#68Marcia19US #105
#69Marjorie18US #74
#70Pamela18US #106
#71Rose18US #50
#72Ruth18US #33
#73Anne17US #76
#74Dolores17US #63
#75Jeannette17US #194
#76Karen17US #16
#77Norma17US #52
#78Marion16US #130
#79Muriel16
#80Claudette15
#81Ellen15US #64
#82Lillian15US #111
#83Dianne14US #109
#84Jeannine14
#85Marguerite14
#86Sarah14US #67
#87Alice13US #39
#88Cecile13
#89Charlotte13US #51
#90Diana13US #68
#91Florence13US #110
#92Geraldine13US #47
#93Marlene13US #84
#94Yvette13
#95June12US #107
#96Katherine12US #81
#97Rachel12US #163
#98Therese12
#99Annette11US #134
#100Catherine11US #49

Boys

#1Robert351US #2
#2Richard273US #5
#3John235US #3
#4William180US #4
#5David165US #6
#6James157US #1
#7Ronald127US #9
#8Donald111US #10
#9Paul110US #19
#10George94US #14
#11Raymond88US #24
#12Thomas83US #8
#13Edward76US #17
#14Roger70US #25
#15Charles68US #7
#16Kenneth58US #15
#17Peter57US #39
#18Douglas54US #23
#19Arthur48US #29
#20Stephen47US #32
#21Albert45US #40
#22Bruce44US #50
#23Michael44US #13
#24Roland43US #143
#25Gary41US #18
#26Daniel40US #28
#27Wayne40US #41
#28Norman39US #53
#29Joseph38US #11
#30Gerald37US #22
#31Frank36US #21
#32Dennis32US #20
#33Henry32US #31
#34Ralph30US #38
#35Leonard29US #57
#36Maurice29US #166
#37Francis28US #58
#38Frederick28US #68
#39Walter28US #26
#40Lawrence26US #30
#41Ernest25US #61
#42Philip25US #54
#43Alfred24US #76
#44Eugene23US #45
#45Harold23US #27
#46Gerard22US #193
#47Alan21US #81
#48Howard21US #49
#49Carl20US #36
#50Harry20US #48
#51Leo19US #120
#52Louis19US #51
#53Fred18US #46
#54Stanley18US #56
#55Herbert17US #83
#56Allen16US #71
#57Brian16US #139
#58Russell16US #70
#59Armand15
#60Bernard15US #90
#61Dale15US #63
#62Larry15US #12
#63Rodney15US #121
#64Steven15US #75
#65Theodore15US #91
#66Normand14
#67Victor14US #99
#68Gordon13US #92
#69Warren13US #97
#70Earl12US #62
#71Samuel12US #59
#72Barry11US #79
#73Glenn11US #88
#74Jon11US #125
#75Leon11US #93
#76Terry11US #52
#77Arnold10US #130
#78Everett10US #161
#79Lee10US #87
#80Melvin10US #60
#81Andrew9US #80
#82Anthony9US #44
#83Stuart9US #171
#84Allan8US #124
#85Gene8US #82
#86Leslie8US #127
#87Martin8US #85
#88Reginald8
#89Rene8
#90Timothy8US #108
#91Andre7
#92Bradley7
#93Christopher7US #195
#94Conrad7
#95Denis7
#96Jack7US #34
#97Jerry7US #16
#98Phillip7US #77
#99Alvin6US #115
#100Carlton6

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑37Lois#59
↑37Leonard#35
↑36Marie#23
↑36Sharon#35
↑32Steven#64
↑31Kathleen#26
↑29Donna#12
↑29Arlene#66

Falling

↓47Alice#87
↓38Ruth#72
↓33Leon#75
↓32Jack#96
↓29Gene#85
↓28Geraldine#92
↓27Charlotte#89
↓27Katherine#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.