State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1948 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,018 New Hampshire births in 1948 across 335 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
#46Gerardoutside the national top 200
#56Maurice#198 nationally
#32Roland#170 nationally
#68Normandoutside the national top 200
#64Dana#196 nationally
#76Armandoutside the national top 200
#37Priscilla#156 nationally
#82Denisoutside the national top 200
#78Rachel#195 nationally
#85Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#33Pauline#145 nationally

Girls

#1Linda377US #1
#2Susan216US #5
#3Mary158US #2
#4Patricia155US #4
#5Nancy150US #7
#6Diane130US #19
#7Carol129US #8
#8Sandra128US #6
#9Donna127US #11
#10Judith118US #15
#11Kathleen111US #10
#12Barbara106US #3
#13Sharon90US #9
#14Cheryl70US #25
#15Deborah67US #30
#16Pamela66US #22
#17Elaine65US #53
#18Gail62US #51
#19Karen60US #12
#20Jane59US #39
#21Cynthia58US #27
#22Margaret58US #13
#23Suzanne58US #66
#24Brenda57US #17
#25Joyce52US #21
#26Louise52US #99
#27Ann51US #44
#28Joan51US #37
#29Elizabeth48US #26
#30Bonnie47US #34
#31Shirley45US #20
#32Janice42US #23
#33Pauline41US #145
#34Janet39US #24
#35Beverly38US #31
#36Marie38US #60
#37Priscilla38US #156
#38Claire37
#39Joanne37US #65
#40Jean36US #47
#41Jeanne36US #95
#42Lorraine36US #96
#43Ruth36US #45
#44Virginia36US #36
#45Constance35US #93
#46Doris35US #64
#47Sally35US #72
#48Sheila35US #71
#49Martha34US #32
#50Gloria33US #28
#51Betty32US #18
#52Paula32US #52
#53Carolyn31US #14
#54Irene31US #111
#55Anne29US #87
#56Helen29US #40
#57Jacqueline29US #58
#58Theresa28US #63
#59Christine27US #35
#60Ellen27US #67
#61Maureen27US #88
#62Roberta27US #101
#63Catherine26US #41
#64Lynda26US #84
#65Katherine25US #68
#66Dorothy24US #29
#67Eileen24US #91
#68Marilyn24US #33
#69Dianne22US #86
#70Lucille22US #154
#71Diana21US #48
#72Judy21US #16
#73Kathryn21US #54
#74Sylvia21US #100
#75Joann20US #94
#76Denise19US #147
#77Norma19US #103
#78Rachel19US #195
#79Rita19US #59
#80Laura18US #73
#81Marion17US #175
#82Rebecca17US #50
#83Rose17US #62
#84Anita16US #102
#85Claudette16
#86Jo16US #56
#87June15US #127
#88Phyllis15US #46
#89Charlene14US #105
#90Evelyn14US #74
#91Frances14US #42
#92Carole13US #106
#93Eleanor13US #169
#94Marcia13US #79
#95Florence12US #165
#96Lois12US #70
#97Paulette12US #123
#98Alice11US #49
#99Darlene11US #77
#100Jennifer11US #151

Boys

#1Robert355US #2
#2John322US #3
#3Richard309US #7
#4David265US #5
#5James234US #1
#6Michael206US #6
#7William192US #4
#8Ronald183US #10
#9Paul161US #18
#10Donald152US #14
#11Thomas145US #8
#12George111US #16
#13Bruce97US #28
#14Stephen97US #20
#15Charles96US #9
#16Dennis92US #17
#17Roger88US #24
#18Peter87US #37
#19Raymond87US #27
#20Edward78US #19
#21Gary78US #12
#22Kenneth78US #15
#23Daniel73US #22
#24Joseph53US #13
#25Steven53US #23
#26Wayne52US #34
#27Alan51US #46
#28Brian48US #95
#29Douglas47US #33
#30Frank44US #25
#31Lawrence44US #31
#32Roland43US #170
#33Larry41US #11
#34Philip41US #54
#35Walter38US #35
#36Albert35US #55
#37Mark35US #29
#38Norman35US #85
#39Arthur34US #44
#40Gerald33US #30
#41Ernest30US #76
#42Timothy30US #38
#43Gregory29US #32
#44Francis28US #80
#45Russell28US #67
#46Gerard26
#47Jeffrey26US #58
#48Carl24US #42
#49Eugene23US #61
#50Harold23US #36
#51Allen22US #72
#52Barry22US #74
#53Terry22US #26
#54Andrew21US #77
#55Frederick21US #75
#56Maurice21US #198
#57Dale20US #56
#58Eric20US #114
#59Louis20US #64
#60Ralph20US #51
#61Theodore20US #104
#62Craig18US #82
#63Glenn18US #73
#64Dana17US #196
#65Henry17US #45
#66Jonathan17US #173
#67Leo17US #151
#68Normand17
#69Bernard16US #107
#70Fred16US #66
#71Herbert16US #103
#72Howard16US #63
#73Keith16US #89
#74Alfred15US #96
#75Jack15US #43
#76Armand14
#77Dean14US #143
#78Harry14US #57
#79Leonard14US #71
#80Patrick14US #48
#81Christopher13US #102
#82Denis13
#83Kevin13US #127
#84Stanley12US #65
#85Gordon11US #112
#86Jon11US #128
#87Lloyd11US #118
#88Martin11US #88
#89Allan10US #132
#90Andre10
#91Anthony10US #41
#92Edmond10
#93Edwin10US #116
#94Jerry10US #21
#95Marc10US #175
#96Roy10US #49
#97Samuel10US #70
#98Scott10US #122
#99Warren10US #109
#100Arnold9US #154

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑35Eric#58
↑29Eileen#67
↑28Herbert#71
↑26Marie#36
↑26Priscilla#37
↑24Fred#70
↑22Helen#56
↑21Deborah#15

Falling

↓37Stanley#84
↓33Warren#99
↓32Rita#79
↓31Roy#96
↓29Gordon#85
↓26Judy#72
↓24Leo#67
↓23Scott#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.