State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1950 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,115 New Hampshire births in 1950 across 314 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.

#42Roland#187 nationally
#63Claireoutside the national top 200
#55Gerard#191 nationally
#53Dana#184 nationally
#62Maurice#185 nationally
#61Lucille#180 nationally
#45Pauline#163 nationally
#88Denisoutside the national top 200
#78Rachel#189 nationally
#91Jeanoutside the national top 200
#51Leo#160 nationally
#100Doreenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda275US #1
#2Susan202US #5
#3Patricia157US #3
#4Donna137US #13
#5Nancy137US #6
#6Mary135US #2
#7Kathleen128US #10
#8Carol115US #9
#9Diane114US #16
#10Sandra112US #8
#11Barbara88US #4
#12Judith86US #21
#13Deborah81US #7
#14Janet67US #18
#15Sharon66US #11
#16Gail65US #42
#17Jane64US #39
#18Brenda62US #14
#19Karen61US #12
#20Bonnie58US #33
#21Cynthia56US #23
#22Cheryl54US #29
#23Elaine54US #60
#24Janice54US #22
#25Ann53US #45
#26Louise52US #109
#27Suzanne52US #71
#28Margaret49US #15
#29Pamela45US #17
#30Elizabeth43US #24
#31Christine41US #28
#32Denise39US #82
#33Gloria36US #30
#34Shirley36US #19
#35Jean35US #48
#36Joan35US #40
#37Joanne34US #67
#38Ellen33US #66
#39Joyce33US #27
#40Kathryn33US #46
#41Martha33US #32
#42Beverly31US #31
#43Jacqueline31US #55
#44Marie30US #72
#45Pauline30US #163
#46Doris29US #74
#47Sheila29US #70
#48Catherine28US #34
#49Diana28US #47
#50Ruth28US #49
#51Theresa28US #65
#52Katherine27US #58
#53Maureen27US #89
#54Virginia27US #43
#55Paula26US #54
#56Anne25US #84
#57Marilyn25US #37
#58Roberta25US #96
#59Irene24US #92
#60Kathy24US #38
#61Lucille24US #180
#62Jeanne23US #95
#63Claire22
#64Dorothy22US #35
#65Judy22US #25
#66Betty21US #26
#67Darlene21US #79
#68Dianne21US #90
#69Helen21US #50
#70Lorraine21US #105
#71Constance19US #85
#72Sally19US #78
#73Carolyn18US #20
#74Rita18US #56
#75Anita17US #99
#76Marcia17US #77
#77Charlene16US #103
#78Rachel16US #189
#79Cathy15US #75
#80Laura15US #63
#81Norma15US #104
#82Rebecca15US #36
#83Rose15US #69
#84Sherry15US #62
#85Charlotte14US #80
#86Marjorie14US #121
#87Michele14US #128
#88Wendy14US #114
#89Debra13US #59
#90Lois13US #83
#91Marsha13US #68
#92Sylvia13US #97
#93Wanda13US #52
#94Andrea12US #141
#95Eileen12US #91
#96Lynda12US #107
#97Marlene12US #112
#98Sarah12US #88
#99Alice11US #57
#100Doreen11

Boys

#1Robert313US #2
#2Richard268US #7
#3David255US #5
#4John253US #3
#5Michael213US #4
#6James201US #1
#7William180US #6
#8Thomas169US #8
#9Paul146US #18
#10Ronald130US #12
#11Donald122US #14
#12Bruce118US #26
#13Gary113US #10
#14Dennis103US #17
#15Charles102US #9
#16Stephen97US #19
#17George82US #20
#18Roger82US #27
#19Daniel81US #21
#20Peter78US #37
#21Kenneth74US #15
#22Wayne72US #35
#23Joseph60US #13
#24Raymond60US #31
#25Mark57US #23
#26Edward56US #22
#27Steven56US #16
#28Norman45US #90
#29Philip44US #53
#30Alan43US #41
#31Timothy43US #32
#32Brian41US #79
#33Douglas41US #28
#34Kevin40US #73
#35Arthur36US #46
#36Lawrence35US #33
#37Russell35US #67
#38Larry33US #11
#39Francis32US #86
#40Gerald32US #34
#41Frank30US #29
#42Roland30US #187
#43Gregory29US #25
#44Scott28US #82
#45Walter28US #40
#46Albert26US #56
#47Barry26US #74
#48Leon26US #119
#49Henry25US #47
#50Ernest24US #81
#51Leo24US #160
#52Ralph23US #52
#53Dana22US #184
#54Frederick22US #75
#55Gerard22US #191
#56Harry21US #61
#57Jeffrey21US #43
#58Carl20US #44
#59Glenn20US #59
#60Allen19US #71
#61Eric19US #98
#62Maurice19US #185
#63Andrew18US #68
#64Craig18US #69
#65Keith18US #78
#66Leonard18US #77
#67Christopher17US #72
#68Gordon17US #108
#69Harold15US #45
#70Jerry15US #24
#71Jonathan15US #163
#72Dean14US #120
#73Howard14US #63
#74Marc14US #167
#75Dale13US #49
#76Eugene13US #58
#77Roy13US #51
#78Theodore13US #99
#79Anthony12US #36
#80Louis12US #66
#81Martin12US #85
#82Patrick12US #38
#83Randall12US #70
#84Bernard11US #110
#85Fred11US #84
#86Stanley11US #60
#87Bradley10US #152
#88Denis10
#89Earl10US #92
#90Herbert10US #112
#91Jean10
#92Terry10US #30
#93Clifford9US #100
#94Dwight9US #146
#95Jay9US #115
#96Jerome9US #103
#97Kerry9US #197
#98Lewis9US #132
#99Warren9US #118
#100Andre8

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑45Ellen#38
↑39Kathryn#40
↑35Francis#39
↑33Eric#61
↑29Lucille#61
↑29Allen#60
↑24Kevin#34
↑21Frederick#54

Falling

↓29Eugene#76
↓29Patrick#82
↓27Stanley#86
↓26Alice#99
↓25Dorothy#64
↓24Anthony#79
↓23Sylvia#92
↓22Sally#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.