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Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1949 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,410 New Hampshire births in 1949 across 306 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.

#41Gerard#197 nationally
#56Claireoutside the national top 200
#49Dana#192 nationally
#44Maurice#183 nationally
#64Normandoutside the national top 200
#46Roland#175 nationally
#72Rachel#191 nationally
#87Terranceoutside the national top 200
#45Pauline#156 nationally
#32Denise#140 nationally
#51Leo#153 nationally
#100Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda347US #1
#2Susan184US #5
#3Patricia163US #3
#4Mary146US #2
#5Nancy145US #7
#6Sandra129US #6
#7Diane122US #19
#8Donna121US #12
#9Carol110US #8
#10Judith110US #16
#11Barbara101US #4
#12Kathleen101US #9
#13Deborah79US #15
#14Sharon77US #10
#15Pamela70US #21
#16Margaret65US #14
#17Brenda62US #13
#18Cheryl62US #28
#19Elizabeth61US #25
#20Suzanne59US #62
#21Gail58US #51
#22Karen54US #11
#23Cynthia53US #27
#24Joanne52US #61
#25Elaine51US #57
#26Louise48US #104
#27Gloria46US #29
#28Joan46US #36
#29Jane44US #41
#30Janice42US #24
#31Janet41US #23
#32Denise40US #140
#33Martha40US #34
#34Joyce38US #26
#35Beverly37US #31
#36Bonnie37US #35
#37Paula37US #55
#38Shirley37US #18
#39Dorothy35US #32
#40Jacqueline35US #58
#41Marie35US #67
#42Ann34US #44
#43Christine33US #30
#44Jean33US #45
#45Pauline33US #156
#46Virginia32US #39
#47Anne29US #86
#48Judy29US #20
#49Lorraine29US #102
#50Sally29US #77
#51Catherine27US #37
#52Constance27US #83
#53Theresa27US #63
#54Rita26US #54
#55Sheila26US #76
#56Claire25
#57Marilyn25US #33
#58Ruth25US #47
#59Diana24US #48
#60Maureen24US #89
#61Dianne23US #85
#62Doris23US #69
#63Carolyn22US #17
#64Charlene22US #100
#65Jeanne22US #92
#66Darlene21US #75
#67Kathy21US #42
#68Priscilla21US #154
#69Sylvia21US #94
#70Irene20US #111
#71Katherine20US #59
#72Rachel20US #191
#73Alice19US #53
#74Betty19US #22
#75Helen19US #46
#76Marcia19US #78
#77Roberta19US #97
#78June18US #138
#79Kathryn18US #52
#80Rebecca18US #40
#81Anita17US #99
#82Colleen16US #146
#83Ellen16US #64
#84Sherry16US #68
#85Valerie16US #108
#86Phyllis15US #50
#87Wendy15US #122
#88Eleanor14US #183
#89Joann14US #101
#90Lucille14US #163
#91Marlene14US #110
#92Norma14US #105
#93Laura13US #65
#94Lois13US #73
#95Lynda13US #93
#96Eileen12US #95
#97Lynn12US #74
#98Marion12US #182
#99Peggy12US #38
#100Cecile11

Boys

#1Robert345US #2
#2David289US #6
#3John279US #3
#4Richard275US #7
#5James211US #1
#6Michael197US #5
#7William191US #4
#8Paul164US #17
#9Donald161US #13
#10Thomas152US #8
#11Ronald137US #11
#12Peter109US #38
#13Stephen109US #19
#14Bruce104US #26
#15Charles102US #9
#16Dennis93US #16
#17Edward88US #21
#18George84US #18
#19Gary81US #12
#20Raymond80US #30
#21Daniel77US #22
#22Kenneth76US #15
#23Roger76US #25
#24Joseph68US #14
#25Steven67US #20
#26Douglas59US #29
#27Wayne59US #35
#28Mark53US #24
#29Arthur50US #44
#30Gerald45US #33
#31Timothy43US #34
#32Alan41US #45
#33Brian36US #86
#34Gregory36US #31
#35Norman36US #90
#36Philip36US #55
#37Russell36US #69
#38Lawrence34US #32
#39Walter32US #37
#40Larry31US #10
#41Gerard30US #197
#42Frank29US #27
#43Ernest28US #76
#44Maurice28US #183
#45Jeffrey27US #48
#46Roland27US #175
#47Eugene24US #58
#48Ralph24US #50
#49Dana23US #192
#50Henry23US #46
#51Leo23US #153
#52Scott23US #99
#53Patrick21US #39
#54Albert20US #56
#55Anthony20US #36
#56Carl20US #43
#57Gordon20US #113
#58Kevin20US #95
#59Stanley20US #60
#60Glenn19US #61
#61Andrew17US #75
#62Harry17US #59
#63Leonard17US #74
#64Normand17
#65Barry16US #73
#66Jonathan16US #164
#67Theodore16US #100
#68Leon15US #121
#69Harold14US #42
#70Lee14US #93
#71Rodney14US #87
#72Bernard13US #111
#73Craig13US #77
#74Francis13US #78
#75Frederick13US #70
#76Howard13US #63
#77Louis13US #64
#78Clifford12US #103
#79Alfred11US #96
#80Christopher11US #81
#81Clyde11US #131
#82Jerry11US #23
#83Jon11US #144
#84Phillip11US #66
#85Franklin10US #155
#86Keith10US #85
#87Terrance10
#88Allan9US #143
#89Allen9US #71
#90Dale9US #54
#91Danny9US #40
#92Dean9US #129
#93Earl9US #91
#94Eric9US #105
#95Guy9US #185
#96Martin9US #83
#97Roy9US #51
#98Bradley8US #174
#99Edwin8US #123
#100Fred8US #72

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑46Scott#52
↑44Denise#32
↑36Anthony#55
↑33Darlene#66
↑28Gordon#57
↑27Dorothy#39
↑27Patrick#53
↑25Rita#54

Falling

↓38Allen#89
↓36Eric#94
↓33Dale#90
↓31Priscilla#68
↓31Lynda#95
↓30Francis#74
↓30Fred#100
↓29Eileen#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.