State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1951 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,569 New Hampshire births in 1951 across 324 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.

#47Claireoutside the national top 200
#51Maurice#195 nationally
#43Gerard#183 nationally
#45Dana#185 nationally
#66Denisoutside the national top 200
#55Roland#184 nationally
#79Andreoutside the national top 200
#74Lucille#194 nationally
#90Normandoutside the national top 200
#93Murieloutside the national top 200
#76Pauline#180 nationally
#99Wallaceoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda283US #1
#2Susan230US #6
#3Patricia188US #3
#4Diane138US #15
#5Kathleen136US #10
#6Mary136US #2
#7Donna134US #12
#8Deborah125US #4
#9Sandra110US #9
#10Carol107US #11
#11Nancy105US #7
#12Barbara98US #5
#13Karen96US #8
#14Sharon82US #13
#15Denise78US #48
#16Brenda77US #14
#17Gail73US #36
#18Judith67US #25
#19Cynthia66US #20
#20Pamela66US #16
#21Janet64US #19
#22Elaine56US #66
#23Christine55US #24
#24Bonnie54US #37
#25Jane52US #43
#26Suzanne52US #83
#27Ann48US #46
#28Joanne44US #73
#29Elizabeth43US #23
#30Janice42US #21
#31Cheryl41US #30
#32Margaret40US #17
#33Joyce38US #28
#34Martha35US #38
#35Catherine34US #34
#36Joan34US #39
#37Judy34US #26
#38Louise34US #117
#39Debra33US #18
#40Gloria33US #31
#41Sally33US #77
#42Shirley33US #27
#43Anne32US #82
#44Jean31US #49
#45Ruth29US #53
#46Beverly28US #33
#47Claire28
#48Paula28US #51
#49Dorothy27US #42
#50Jacqueline27US #56
#51Marie27US #78
#52Betty26US #29
#53Rebecca26US #32
#54Ellen25US #68
#55Kathy25US #35
#56Marcia25US #74
#57Sheila24US #69
#58Theresa24US #64
#59Constance23US #86
#60Kathryn22US #45
#61Lorraine22US #102
#62Diana21US #50
#63Dianne21US #90
#64Irene21US #105
#65June21US #142
#66Roberta21US #92
#67Doris20US #80
#68Helen20US #54
#69Jeanne19US #98
#70Lynn19US #72
#71Maureen19US #93
#72Darlene18US #79
#73Laura18US #60
#74Lucille18US #194
#75Marilyn18US #41
#76Pauline18US #180
#77Rita18US #61
#78Alice17US #62
#79Virginia17US #47
#80Charlene16US #103
#81Katherine16US #55
#82Marlene15US #118
#83Phyllis14US #57
#84Valerie14US #100
#85Carolyn13US #22
#86Vicki13US #58
#87Anita12US #96
#88Arlene12US #134
#89Candace12US #173
#90Carole12US #159
#91Charlotte12US #84
#92Lois12US #85
#93Muriel12
#94Paulette12US #148
#95Penny12US #153
#96Robin12US #122
#97Sylvia12US #97
#98Terry12US #115
#99Victoria12US #81
#100Joy11US #155

Boys

#1Robert326US #2
#2Richard275US #7
#3John249US #3
#4Michael239US #4
#5David235US #5
#6James188US #1
#7William186US #6
#8Thomas151US #8
#9Gary142US #10
#10Donald134US #15
#11Paul126US #18
#12Dennis124US #17
#13Stephen123US #19
#14Ronald106US #12
#15Peter105US #38
#16Bruce103US #26
#17Charles92US #9
#18Daniel81US #21
#19Edward81US #23
#20Steven75US #13
#21Wayne75US #37
#22Kenneth73US #16
#23George69US #22
#24Mark69US #20
#25Raymond65US #32
#26Douglas63US #27
#27Timothy62US #28
#28Roger60US #29
#29Joseph59US #14
#30Alan55US #40
#31Brian54US #75
#32Arthur52US #44
#33Larry45US #11
#34Frank42US #31
#35Norman42US #90
#36Philip39US #55
#37Kevin34US #53
#38Gregory33US #25
#39Lawrence31US #33
#40Ralph30US #51
#41Russell29US #73
#42Walter29US #42
#43Gerard28US #183
#44Andrew26US #69
#45Dana26US #185
#46Stanley26US #54
#47Gerald25US #36
#48Jonathan25US #147
#49Barry24US #71
#50Keith24US #59
#51Maurice24US #195
#52Francis23US #85
#53Frederick23US #78
#54Gordon23US #108
#55Roland23US #184
#56Albert22US #60
#57Leonard22US #80
#58Scott22US #68
#59Carl21US #43
#60Ernest21US #83
#61Anthony20US #34
#62Jeffrey20US #35
#63Leo20US #156
#64Alfred19US #100
#65Allen19US #72
#66Denis19
#67Eric19US #93
#68Glenn19US #58
#69Harold19US #46
#70Harry19US #70
#71Randall19US #66
#72Bradley18US #146
#73Christopher18US #61
#74Henry17US #47
#75Theodore17US #99
#76Dean15US #105
#77Fred14US #87
#78Louis14US #76
#79Andre13
#80Howard13US #74
#81Marc13US #148
#82Steve13US #86
#83Guy12US #179
#84Leon12US #122
#85Roy12US #52
#86Bernard11US #107
#87Edwin11US #119
#88Glen11US #127
#89Matthew11US #163
#90Normand11
#91Patrick11US #39
#92Allan10US #137
#93Craig10US #63
#94Dale10US #49
#95Jon10US #138
#96Martin10US #81
#97Reginald10US #174
#98Terry10US #30
#99Wallace10
#100Danny9US #41

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑50Debra#39
↑40Stanley#46
↑31Sally#41
↑29Rebecca#53
↑28Judy#37
↑23Jonathan#48
↑22Denis#66
↑21Alice#78

Falling

↓36Leon#84
↓31Pauline#76
↓29Katherine#81
↓29Craig#93
↓25Virginia#79
↓25Henry#74
↓21Doris#67
↓20Kathryn#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.