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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1944 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,057 New Hampshire births in 1944 across 258 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.

#37Gerardoutside the national top 200
#38Claireoutside the national top 200
#54Normandoutside the national top 200
#25Maurice#168 nationally
#64Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#71Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#26Roland#155 nationally
#80Edmundoutside the national top 200
#83Jeanoutside the national top 200
#87Murieloutside the national top 200
#11Pauline#124 nationally
#88Bradleyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Sandra142US #6
#2Mary113US #1
#3Carol111US #5
#4Linda109US #3
#5Nancy108US #7
#6Patricia102US #4
#7Judith97US #9
#8Barbara80US #2
#9Susan76US #13
#10Donna72US #17
#11Pauline57US #124
#12Sharon54US #8
#13Kathleen51US #20
#14Carolyn48US #11
#15Janet46US #21
#16Shirley46US #15
#17Joan45US #22
#18Beverly43US #35
#19Brenda43US #30
#20Joyce43US #18
#21Elaine41US #46
#22Diane39US #24
#23Jane39US #41
#24Jean39US #37
#25Cheryl38US #36
#26Margaret38US #14
#27Ann37US #39
#28Virginia37US #26
#29Lorraine36US #93
#30Elizabeth35US #23
#31Sally34US #59
#32Bonnie32US #34
#33Janice32US #28
#34Constance31US #104
#35Gail31US #56
#36Joanne31US #55
#37Pamela31US #44
#38Claire30
#39Dorothy30US #19
#40Martha30US #29
#41Gloria29US #25
#42Louise29US #69
#43Karen28US #16
#44Betty26US #10
#45Carole26US #43
#46Irene24US #91
#47Judy24US #12
#48Alice23US #38
#49Marilyn23US #27
#50Priscilla23US #157
#51Rita23US #54
#52Anne22US #86
#53Doris22US #42
#54Marie22US #48
#55Lucille21US #132
#56Sylvia21US #83
#57Ellen20US #63
#58Helen20US #31
#59Ruth20US #32
#60Jeanne19US #108
#61Suzanne19US #78
#62Cynthia18US #105
#63Jacqueline18US #64
#64Sheila18US #103
#65Katherine16US #77
#66Lois16US #47
#67Roberta16US #70
#68Theresa16US #96
#69Marjorie15US #85
#70Maureen15US #107
#71Jeannette14
#72Marcia13US #89
#73Annette12US #146
#74Caroline12US #178
#75Charlotte12US #50
#76Diana12US #60
#77Eleanor12US #122
#78Phyllis12US #40
#79Deborah11US #168
#80Eileen11US #73
#81Frances11US #33
#82Paula11US #82
#83Rachel11US #172
#84Rose11US #52
#85Florence10US #133
#86Lillian10US #126
#87Muriel10
#88Andrea9US #128
#89Claudette9
#90Gertrude9
#91Jeannine9
#92Madeleine9
#93Mildred9US #81
#94Sherry9US #100
#95Emily8US #170
#96Marsha8US #111
#97Norma8US #66
#98Rebecca8US #84
#99Sue8US #62
#100Yvette8

Boys

#1Richard316US #5
#2Robert281US #2
#3John210US #3
#4David183US #6
#5James146US #1
#6William145US #4
#7Ronald99US #10
#8Donald97US #11
#9Paul93US #17
#10George89US #14
#11Thomas81US #8
#12Michael79US #9
#13Charles74US #7
#14Raymond69US #22
#15Roger68US #23
#16Kenneth59US #16
#17Edward56US #18
#18Peter51US #40
#19Arthur50US #29
#20Bruce47US #51
#21Joseph47US #13
#22Wayne45US #37
#23Stephen38US #28
#24Norman37US #58
#25Maurice36US #168
#26Roland36US #155
#27Albert34US #44
#28Douglas32US #34
#29Dennis31US #20
#30Gary29US #15
#31Philip26US #60
#32Frank25US #21
#33Francis24US #71
#34Walter24US #26
#35Alfred23US #82
#36Frederick23US #73
#37Gerard23
#38Russell23US #63
#39Daniel22US #25
#40Gerald22US #24
#41Lawrence22US #32
#42Alan21US #55
#43Henry20US #35
#44Eugene19US #48
#45Fred19US #47
#46Ernest18US #59
#47Ralph18US #42
#48Harold17US #27
#49Larry17US #12
#50Howard16US #53
#51Leo16US #132
#52Brian15US #116
#53Leonard15US #56
#54Normand15
#55Timothy15US #92
#56Louis14US #54
#57Rodney14US #123
#58Andrew13US #81
#59Stanley13US #57
#60Theodore13US #96
#61Carl12US #36
#62Everett12US #174
#63Herbert12US #90
#64Reginald12
#65Roy12US #39
#66Arnold11US #145
#67Martin11US #91
#68Steven11US #52
#69Anthony10US #46
#70Bernard10US #94
#71Gordon10US #105
#72Harry10US #49
#73Jack10US #30
#74Jon10US #122
#75Patrick10US #64
#76Allen9US #77
#77Clifford9US #99
#78Dale9US #61
#79Dean9US #134
#80Edmund9
#81Edwin9US #106
#82Glenn9US #88
#83Jean9
#84Jeffrey9US #101
#85Leon9US #108
#86Mark9US #93
#87Phillip9US #83
#88Bradley8
#89Chester8US #137
#90Keith8US #104
#91Leslie8US #114
#92Warren8US #100
#93Allan7US #141
#94Armand7
#95Carlton7
#96Edgar7US #172
#97Eric7US #158
#98Harvey7US #118
#99Jonathan7
#100Laurence7

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑55Cheryl#25
↑40Ellen#57
↑39Jean#24
↑36Judy#47
↑33Reginald#64
↑32Timothy#55
↑30Bonnie#32
↑25Alfred#35

Falling

↓35Warren#92
↓31Armand#94
↓28Norma#97
↓27Doris#53
↓27Ruth#59
↓25Harry#72
↓23Dorothy#39
↓23Sheila#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.