State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1945 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,988 New Hampshire births in 1945 across 256 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.

#48Gerardoutside the national top 200
#29Maurice#177 nationally
#57Andreoutside the national top 200
#58Claireoutside the national top 200
#65Danaoutside the national top 200
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#73Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#32Roland#158 nationally
#40Priscilla#166 nationally
#86Normandoutside the national top 200
#87Madeleineoutside the national top 200
#87Reneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda128US #2
#2Mary125US #1
#3Carol103US #5
#4Judith98US #9
#5Barbara97US #3
#6Patricia96US #4
#7Nancy91US #7
#8Sandra90US #6
#9Susan84US #10
#10Donna81US #17
#11Sharon65US #8
#12Jane55US #36
#13Joan51US #25
#14Elaine49US #44
#15Diane47US #22
#16Janet47US #20
#17Joyce43US #18
#18Shirley43US #14
#19Cheryl42US #32
#20Beverly40US #37
#21Margaret40US #15
#22Lorraine38US #87
#23Betty37US #11
#24Dorothy37US #21
#25Jean37US #38
#26Kathleen37US #19
#27Marilyn36US #27
#28Pauline36US #125
#29Gloria35US #23
#30Suzanne35US #68
#31Pamela32US #42
#32Ann31US #39
#33Elizabeth31US #26
#34Gail31US #52
#35Carolyn28US #12
#36Joanne28US #53
#37Jacqueline27US #63
#38Janice27US #24
#39Martha27US #30
#40Priscilla27US #166
#41Brenda26US #29
#42Sally26US #64
#43Frances25US #34
#44Jeanne25US #98
#45Marie25US #49
#46Bonnie24US #35
#47Cynthia23US #90
#48Karen23US #16
#49Marcia23US #88
#50Rita22US #59
#51Theresa22US #96
#52Ellen21US #61
#53Irene21US #97
#54Sylvia21US #83
#55Virginia21US #28
#56Constance20US #109
#57Sheila20US #89
#58Claire19
#59Diana19US #43
#60Helen19US #31
#61Judy19US #13
#62Ruth19US #33
#63Carole18US #51
#64Doris18US #46
#65Lucille18US #129
#66Anne16US #81
#67Catherine16US #50
#68Charlotte16US #55
#69Phyllis16US #40
#70Louise15US #78
#71Marjorie15US #94
#72Paula15US #67
#73Deborah14US #161
#74June14US #121
#75Roberta14US #75
#76Alice13US #41
#77Maureen13US #105
#78Arlene12US #99
#79Christine12US #62
#80Dianne12US #72
#81Dolores12US #103
#82Eileen12US #70
#83Katherine12US #82
#84Norma12US #74
#85Rachel12US #174
#86Lillian11US #124
#87Madeleine11
#88Anita10US #100
#89Florence10US #140
#90Victoria10US #106
#91Annette9US #149
#92Beatrice9US #170
#93Denise9
#94Lois9US #48
#95Rosemary9US #79
#96Anna8US #73
#97Charlene8US #114
#98Eleanor8US #130
#99Jeannine8
#100Julie8US #155

Boys

#1Robert270US #2
#2Richard253US #5
#3John225US #3
#4William167US #4
#5James165US #1
#6David157US #6
#7Paul127US #17
#8Ronald109US #10
#9Thomas90US #8
#10Michael86US #9
#11Donald75US #12
#12Charles68US #7
#13George67US #15
#14Peter64US #38
#15Roger64US #22
#16Raymond56US #23
#17Joseph52US #14
#18Dennis51US #19
#19Daniel49US #24
#20Kenneth49US #16
#21Norman44US #65
#22Edward43US #18
#23Bruce39US #48
#24Wayne38US #35
#25Gary37US #13
#26Stephen35US #26
#27Arthur32US #34
#28Henry31US #37
#29Maurice31US #177
#30Frank30US #21
#31Philip30US #58
#32Roland29US #158
#33Stanley27US #59
#34Walter26US #27
#35Albert25US #49
#36Russell25US #64
#37Gerald24US #25
#38Leo23US #139
#39Douglas22US #29
#40Ernest22US #60
#41Lawrence22US #30
#42Ralph21US #44
#43Alan20US #52
#44Brian19US #113
#45Howard19US #54
#46Larry19US #11
#47Leonard19US #57
#48Gerard18
#49Harold18US #28
#50Frederick17US #77
#51Alfred16US #88
#52Anthony16US #46
#53Francis15US #76
#54Harry15US #47
#55Herbert15US #94
#56Steven15US #43
#57Andre14
#58Earl13US #71
#59Eugene13US #50
#60Gordon13US #109
#61Terry13US #33
#62Allen12US #74
#63Carl12US #39
#64Mark12US #72
#65Dana11
#66Patrick11US #63
#67Victor11US #95
#68Armand10
#69Barry10US #84
#70Dale10US #61
#71Fred10US #51
#72Jonathan10US #179
#73Laurence10
#74Theodore10US #101
#75Timothy10US #70
#76Warren10US #106
#77Allan9US #137
#78Bernard9US #98
#79Claude9US #159
#80Gene9US #100
#81Gregory9US #96
#82Harvey9US #116
#83Jon9US #112
#84Keith9US #108
#85Leon9US #111
#86Normand9
#87Rene9
#88Roy9US #40
#89Wilfred9
#90Dwight8US #126
#91Louis8US #55
#92Andrew7US #86
#93Carroll7
#94Chester7US #144
#95Clarence7US #82
#96Edwin7US #117
#97Everett7US #185
#98Forrest7
#99Jean7
#100Jeffrey7US #91

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑38Frances#43
↑31Suzanne#30
↑27Jonathan#72
↑27Laurence#73
↑26Jacqueline#37
↑26Stanley#33
↑26Armand#68
↑23Marcia#49

Falling

↓35Louis#91
↓35Everett#97
↓34Andrew#92
↓32Normand#86
↓28Louise#70
↓28Alice#76
↓28Lois#94
↓27Virginia#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.