State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1947 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,739 New Hampshire births in 1947 across 330 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.

#38Claireoutside the national top 200
#39Gerardoutside the national top 200
#42Maurice#181 nationally
#34Roland#166 nationally
#70Normandoutside the national top 200
#78Danaoutside the national top 200
#79Denisoutside the national top 200
#81Jeanoutside the national top 200
#84Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#85Armandoutside the national top 200
#87Lioneloutside the national top 200
#89Reneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda437US #1
#2Susan206US #8
#3Patricia180US #3
#4Nancy177US #7
#5Sandra164US #5
#6Carol163US #6
#7Mary162US #2
#8Donna136US #10
#9Judith125US #12
#10Barbara115US #4
#11Kathleen105US #11
#12Diane103US #18
#13Sharon92US #9
#14Jane82US #36
#15Elaine75US #50
#16Cheryl74US #24
#17Margaret70US #16
#18Joyce69US #20
#19Suzanne67US #53
#20Cynthia65US #33
#21Janet64US #23
#22Pamela63US #28
#23Gail61US #49
#24Joan58US #30
#25Shirley56US #19
#26Beverly54US #31
#27Elizabeth53US #25
#28Karen53US #13
#29Joanne51US #56
#30Louise50US #99
#31Brenda49US #21
#32Jean46US #40
#33Lorraine46US #84
#34Janice44US #22
#35Bonnie43US #35
#36Deborah42US #62
#37Jacqueline42US #59
#38Claire41
#39Pauline41US #137
#40Gloria40US #27
#41Betty37US #17
#42Ann36US #41
#43Catherine36US #46
#44Paula36US #54
#45Constance35US #100
#46Judy34US #14
#47Rita33US #60
#48Sheila33US #73
#49Virginia33US #34
#50Martha32US #32
#51Maureen32US #98
#52Dorothy31US #26
#53Jeanne31US #86
#54Marilyn31US #29
#55Doris30US #58
#56Sally29US #70
#57Anne28US #95
#58Carolyn28US #15
#59Christine27US #45
#60Diana27US #48
#61Lynda26US #77
#62Marie26US #57
#63Priscilla26US #151
#64Ruth26US #44
#65Ellen25US #61
#66Roberta25US #90
#67Denise24US #170
#68Irene24US #107
#69June24US #120
#70Kathryn23US #55
#71Phyllis23US #37
#72Carole22US #102
#73Frances22US #39
#74Katherine22US #76
#75Theresa22US #85
#76Anita21US #94
#77Evelyn21US #72
#78Helen20US #38
#79Marcia20US #81
#80Sylvia20US #97
#81Dianne19US #83
#82Charlotte18US #68
#83Darlene18US #71
#84Lillian18US #143
#85Lucille18US #147
#86Alice17US #47
#87Annette17US #140
#88Joann17US #89
#89Rachel17US #190
#90Marjorie16US #106
#91Norma16US #82
#92Paulette16US #134
#93Rose16US #65
#94Andrea15US #126
#95Charlene15US #105
#96Eileen15US #91
#97Gayle14US #127
#98Kathy14US #64
#99Laura14US #74
#100Marion14US #160

Boys

#1Robert447US #2
#2Richard365US #5
#3John338US #3
#4James249US #1
#5David240US #6
#6William211US #4
#7Ronald192US #11
#8Michael183US #7
#9Paul145US #18
#10Thomas144US #8
#11Donald141US #13
#12Bruce106US #29
#13Charles106US #9
#14Peter100US #36
#15Dennis99US #17
#16Roger96US #25
#17Stephen92US #21
#18Kenneth89US #15
#19George88US #16
#20Gary86US #12
#21Daniel85US #22
#22Raymond82US #27
#23Wayne80US #30
#24Edward75US #19
#25Alan64US #45
#26Joseph62US #14
#27Norman59US #81
#28Arthur52US #38
#29Brian50US #95
#30Steven50US #24
#31Douglas48US #31
#32Gerald43US #28
#33Frank42US #23
#34Roland42US #166
#35Albert40US #55
#36Larry39US #10
#37Philip39US #57
#38Russell36US #69
#39Gerard35
#40Ralph33US #50
#41Ernest32US #75
#42Maurice32US #181
#43Leo31US #147
#44Mark31US #47
#45Barry30US #68
#46Lawrence30US #32
#47Stanley30US #67
#48Timothy30US #52
#49Walter30US #34
#50Frederick29US #78
#51Harold29US #35
#52Francis28US #84
#53Jeffrey28US #66
#54Carl26US #40
#55Gregory26US #33
#56Gordon24US #111
#57Henry23US #46
#58Allen21US #73
#59Andrew20US #82
#60Eugene20US #59
#61Louis20US #64
#62Terry20US #26
#63Theodore20US #102
#64Harry19US #54
#65Roy19US #48
#66Warren17US #108
#67Alfred15US #96
#68Glenn15US #70
#69Leonard15US #71
#70Normand15
#71Allan14US #132
#72Clifford14US #101
#73Dale14US #63
#74Keith14US #91
#75Scott14US #139
#76Steve14US #58
#77Bernard13US #100
#78Dana13
#79Denis13
#80Howard13US #62
#81Jean13
#82Kevin13US #160
#83Lester13US #142
#84Reginald13
#85Armand12
#86Guy12US #180
#87Lionel12
#88Martin12US #90
#89Rene12
#90Rodney12US #94
#91Wilfred12
#92Anthony11US #41
#93Eric11US #122
#94Fred11US #56
#95Jon11US #123
#96Lloyd11US #112
#97Andre10
#98Edwin10US #114
#99Herbert10US #104
#100Leon10US #117

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑45Deborah#36
↑33Paula#44
↑32Andrew#59
↑31Stanley#47
↑29Glenn#68
↑27Mark#44
↑26Kathryn#70
↑23Roy#65

Falling

↓45Fred#94
↓37Alice#86
↓34Helen#78
↓30Leon#100
↓26Dorothy#52
↓26Laura#99
↓24Judy#46
↓23Herbert#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.