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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1943 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,976 New Hampshire births in 1943 across 282 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.

#30Claireoutside the national top 200
#42Gerardoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#63Armandoutside the national top 200
#31Maurice#165 nationally
#67Lioneloutside the national top 200
#69Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#28Roland#150 nationally
#79Normandoutside the national top 200
#80Reneoutside the national top 200
#81Cecileoutside the national top 200
#83Bradleyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia150US #3
#2Carol138US #5
#3Sandra130US #6
#4Barbara117US #2
#5Mary116US #1
#6Linda115US #4
#7Judith112US #7
#8Nancy112US #9
#9Susan87US #18
#10Donna74US #17
#11Joan61US #21
#12Pauline61US #112
#13Joyce59US #16
#14Elizabeth54US #23
#15Sharon54US #8
#16Dorothy52US #19
#17Beverly47US #32
#18Elaine47US #46
#19Carolyn45US #11
#20Janet45US #20
#21Kathleen44US #22
#22Lorraine44US #94
#23Shirley42US #12
#24Louise41US #70
#25Gail39US #55
#26Doris38US #40
#27Ann37US #37
#28Margaret37US #14
#29Brenda36US #35
#30Claire36
#31Janice35US #26
#32Ruth34US #33
#33Virginia34US #25
#34Carole33US #42
#35Diane33US #24
#36Jane33US #44
#37Constance32US #109
#38Rita32US #52
#39Betty31US #10
#40Karen31US #15
#41Sheila31US #92
#42Cynthia30US #101
#43Irene30US #85
#44Lucille30US #125
#45Priscilla30US #146
#46Joanne29US #49
#47Marilyn29US #27
#48Alice28US #38
#49Marie28US #45
#50Pamela28US #54
#51Sally27US #57
#52Gloria26US #30
#53Theresa25US #100
#54Anne24US #80
#55Helen24US #28
#56Jeanne24US #113
#57Martha24US #29
#58Sylvia24US #77
#59Jeannette23
#60Marcia23US #96
#61Marjorie23US #79
#62Bonnie21US #34
#63Jean21US #36
#64Eleanor20US #107
#65Frances20US #31
#66Jacqueline20US #65
#67Phyllis20US #39
#68Anita19US #98
#69Norma19US #58
#70Roberta19US #66
#71Suzanne19US #86
#72Katherine18US #78
#73Lois18US #43
#74Arlene17US #90
#75Rachel17US #170
#76June16US #111
#77Maureen16US #105
#78Catherine15US #48
#79Charlotte15US #47
#80Cheryl15US #102
#81Cecile14
#82Evelyn14US #53
#83Judy14US #13
#84Marion14US #129
#85Joann13US #60
#86Andrea12US #169
#87Deborah12
#88Marsha12US #132
#89Paula12US #93
#90Dianne11US #88
#91Sarah11US #71
#92Annette10US #142
#93Jeannine10
#94Christine9US #84
#95Dolores9US #74
#96Eileen9US #68
#97Ellen9US #67
#98Emily9US #175
#99Florence9US #124
#100Geraldine9US #51

Boys

#1Robert341US #2
#2Richard299US #5
#3John236US #3
#4David186US #6
#5William183US #4
#6James158US #1
#7Ronald119US #9
#8Paul117US #19
#9Donald111US #11
#10Charles86US #7
#11George82US #14
#12Raymond80US #22
#13Thomas75US #8
#14Kenneth71US #15
#15Edward65US #18
#16Peter59US #39
#17Roger58US #24
#18Bruce48US #51
#19Joseph48US #13
#20Michael47US #10
#21Arthur46US #30
#22Dennis46US #20
#23Stephen43US #29
#24Albert41US #43
#25Douglas41US #28
#26Wayne41US #41
#27Norman40US #56
#28Roland38US #150
#29Gerald34US #23
#30Gary33US #16
#31Maurice33US #165
#32Daniel32US #25
#33Frank32US #21
#34Russell31US #73
#35Ralph30US #40
#36Philip29US #57
#37Walter29US #26
#38Henry28US #31
#39Alan27US #67
#40Harold27US #27
#41Carl24US #33
#42Gerard23
#43Francis22US #64
#44Frederick22US #70
#45Lawrence22US #32
#46Stanley21US #54
#47Harry20US #50
#48Leo20US #133
#49Leonard20US #55
#50Ernest19US #61
#51Fred19US #45
#52Earl18US #60
#53Eugene18US #47
#54Larry18US #12
#55Howard16US #48
#56Theodore16US #96
#57Warren16US #102
#58Brian15US #120
#59Louis15US #53
#60Alfred13US #78
#61Arnold13US #131
#62Roy13US #38
#63Armand12
#64Gordon12US #98
#65Herbert12US #86
#66Jack12US #34
#67Lionel12
#68Rodney12US #118
#69Wilfred12
#70Allen11US #76
#71Anthony11US #44
#72Bernard11US #92
#73Jon11US #127
#74Lee11US #91
#75Leon11US #103
#76Dale10US #59
#77Everett10US #174
#78Mark10US #101
#79Normand10
#80Rene10
#81Allan9US #136
#82Andrew9US #79
#83Bradley9
#84Chester9US #137
#85Melvin9US #63
#86Steven9US #58
#87Timothy9US #99
#88Christopher8US #184
#89Dean8US #142
#90Denis8
#91Floyd8US #112
#92Gene8US #89
#93Guy8US #196
#94Leslie8US #121
#95Lucien8
#96Malcolm8
#97Reginald8
#98Barry7US #82
#99Clifford7US #94
#100Clyde7US #114

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑40Ruth#32
↑39Alice#48
↑36Karen#40
↑30Jack#66
↑29Doris#26
↑24Katherine#72
↑24Russell#34
↑22Rachel#75

Falling

↓31Judy#83
↓27Gloria#52
↓26Marie#49
↓26Barry#98
↓25Jean#63
↓22Steven#86
↓21Dolores#95
↓20Maureen#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.