State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1946 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,626 New Hampshire births in 1946 across 307 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.

#40Gerard#197 nationally
#50Claireoutside the national top 200
#53Normandoutside the national top 200
#41Maurice#176 nationally
#68Danaoutside the national top 200
#34Roland#166 nationally
#73Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#76Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#80Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#46Priscilla#160 nationally
#82Rachel#196 nationally
#90Betteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda179US #2
#2Sandra173US #6
#3Carol162US #5
#4Susan151US #8
#5Patricia150US #3
#6Mary146US #1
#7Judith134US #10
#8Nancy127US #7
#9Donna117US #13
#10Barbara108US #4
#11Sharon76US #9
#12Kathleen65US #16
#13Diane63US #19
#14Jane62US #35
#15Elaine59US #47
#16Joyce59US #20
#17Cheryl58US #27
#18Margaret58US #17
#19Joan57US #28
#20Shirley55US #18
#21Elizabeth53US #25
#22Judy49US #11
#23Karen49US #15
#24Brenda47US #24
#25Cynthia46US #46
#26Dorothy46US #23
#27Janet46US #21
#28Lorraine45US #93
#29Gloria44US #26
#30Joanne44US #57
#31Pamela44US #34
#32Virginia44US #31
#33Gail43US #49
#34Janice43US #22
#35Beverly41US #30
#36Bonnie40US #33
#37Suzanne39US #52
#38Carolyn36US #12
#39Marilyn36US #29
#40Ann35US #40
#41Sally34US #67
#42Louise33US #91
#43Pauline32US #133
#44Helen30US #36
#45Sheila30US #70
#46Priscilla29US #160
#47Jacqueline28US #62
#48Marie28US #54
#49Alice27US #44
#50Claire27
#51Jean27US #37
#52Jeanne27US #83
#53Martha27US #32
#54Betty26US #14
#55Doris26US #51
#56Phyllis26US #41
#57Ruth26US #38
#58Rita25US #56
#59Anne23US #81
#60Constance23US #100
#61Irene23US #102
#62Catherine22US #48
#63Diana22US #42
#64June22US #116
#65Marcia22US #89
#66Dianne19US #76
#67Ellen19US #58
#68Anita18US #84
#69Katherine18US #78
#70Maureen18US #95
#71Norma18US #77
#72Frances17US #39
#73Laura17US #75
#74Andrea16US #125
#75Evelyn16US #65
#76Jeannette16
#77Paula16US #69
#78Theresa16US #96
#79Charlotte15US #64
#80Claudette15
#81Deborah15US #119
#82Rachel15US #196
#83Rebecca15US #68
#84Roberta15US #86
#85Carole14US #72
#86Geraldine14US #66
#87Lois14US #55
#88Lucille14US #137
#89Arlene13US #113
#90Bette13
#91Cecile13
#92Joann13US #90
#93Marjorie13US #106
#94Muriel13
#95Sherry13US #73
#96Kathryn12US #63
#97Lynne12US #153
#98Marsha12US #98
#99Paulette12US #117
#100Sylvia12US #82

Boys

#1Robert420US #2
#2Richard372US #5
#3John273US #3
#4David230US #6
#5James200US #1
#6Ronald169US #10
#7Paul163US #18
#8William163US #4
#9Thomas127US #8
#10Donald119US #13
#11Michael113US #7
#12Peter91US #38
#13Raymond90US #25
#14George88US #16
#15Charles86US #9
#16Roger84US #23
#17Kenneth83US #15
#18Dennis74US #17
#19Edward71US #19
#20Bruce70US #32
#21Gary70US #12
#22Joseph63US #14
#23Wayne57US #29
#24Stephen54US #24
#25Arthur52US #36
#26Daniel48US #21
#27Norman47US #76
#28Gerald44US #27
#29Douglas40US #34
#30Alan38US #49
#31Walter34US #30
#32Brian33US #103
#33Albert32US #52
#34Roland31US #166
#35Russell31US #66
#36Francis30US #80
#37Lawrence30US #31
#38Philip30US #61
#39Steven29US #28
#40Gerard27US #197
#41Maurice27US #176
#42Gregory25US #56
#43Frank24US #22
#44Barry23US #68
#45Larry23US #11
#46Leo23US #147
#47Leonard23US #67
#48Ralph23US #48
#49Fred22US #51
#50Frederick21US #75
#51Henry21US #41
#52Harold20US #33
#53Normand20
#54Theodore20US #101
#55Gordon18US #111
#56Harry18US #50
#57Dale17US #62
#58Ernest17US #71
#59Howard17US #55
#60Bernard16US #102
#61Lee16US #91
#62Patrick16US #59
#63Terry16US #26
#64Timothy16US #60
#65Allen14US #74
#66Louis14US #63
#67Alfred13US #94
#68Dana13
#69Jeffrey13US #78
#70Leon13US #113
#71Mark13US #58
#72Martin13US #92
#73Wilfred13
#74Carl12US #39
#75Eugene12US #57
#76Herbert12US #97
#77Jerry12US #20
#78Stanley12US #65
#79Jon11US #117
#80Phillip11US #83
#81Rodney11US #93
#82Chester10US #149
#83Gene10US #98
#84Jack10US #35
#85Jay10US #115
#86Kevin10US #179
#87Leslie10US #119
#88Roy10US #43
#89Warren10US #105
#90Allan9US #124
#91Andrew9US #84
#92Armand9
#93Bradley9
#94Clifford9US #100
#95Earl9US #82
#96Eric9US #134
#97Glenn9US #81
#98Jonathan9US #173
#99Andre8
#100Danny8US #46

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑39Judy#22
↑39Gregory#42
↑33Normand#53
↑31Jeffrey#69
↑28Louise#42
↑27Alice#49
↑25Karen#23
↑25Barry#44

Falling

↓46Sylvia#100
↓45Stanley#78
↓42Andre#99
↓37Earl#95
↓31Betty#54
↓29Frances#72
↓27Theresa#78
↓26Jean#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.