State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1952 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,597 New Hampshire births in 1952 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.

#55Denisoutside the national top 200
#44Dana#183 nationally
#51Roland#187 nationally
#65Claireoutside the national top 200
#76Normandoutside the national top 200
#64Gerard#184 nationally
#75Maurice#191 nationally
#72Pauline#186 nationally
#90Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Leo#171 nationally
#84Stuart#190 nationally
#94Priscilla#192 nationally

Girls

#1Linda217US #1
#2Susan210US #5
#3Deborah154US #4
#4Nancy150US #7
#5Donna147US #13
#6Patricia137US #3
#7Diane120US #16
#8Mary110US #2
#9Sandra102US #10
#10Carol92US #12
#11Kathleen92US #11
#12Barbara90US #6
#13Denise89US #33
#14Judith88US #25
#15Karen85US #8
#16Cynthia72US #18
#17Pamela72US #17
#18Brenda71US #15
#19Gail65US #39
#20Sharon62US #14
#21Jane59US #42
#22Debra56US #9
#23Janet55US #19
#24Ann54US #45
#25Elaine50US #73
#26Bonnie49US #41
#27Cheryl48US #31
#28Elizabeth48US #22
#29Margaret46US #21
#30Christine44US #20
#31Suzanne43US #84
#32Joan40US #37
#33Joyce40US #27
#34Janice37US #23
#35Joanne37US #78
#36Louise37US #122
#37Paula36US #47
#38Jean35US #50
#39Dorothy34US #46
#40Beverly33US #35
#41Anne31US #79
#42Diana29US #51
#43Martha29US #40
#44Darlene27US #77
#45Gloria27US #36
#46Kathy27US #29
#47Maureen27US #94
#48Rebecca26US #30
#49Shirley26US #28
#50Betty25US #32
#51Catherine25US #34
#52Constance25US #92
#53Jacqueline25US #58
#54Marie25US #82
#55Roberta24US #88
#56Judy23US #26
#57Lorraine23US #109
#58Carolyn22US #24
#59Helen22US #63
#60Ruth22US #57
#61Sheila22US #64
#62Theresa22US #60
#63Irene21US #121
#64Rose21US #62
#65Claire20
#66Katherine20US #59
#67Marilyn20US #38
#68Ellen19US #70
#69Jeanne19US #98
#70Kathryn19US #48
#71Laura19US #53
#72Pauline19US #186
#73Sally19US #81
#74Virginia19US #49
#75Candace18US #171
#76Frances18US #67
#77June18US #148
#78Lynn18US #71
#79Marcia18US #80
#80Vicki18US #61
#81Andrea17US #132
#82Anita17US #91
#83Dianne17US #96
#84Doris17US #83
#85Marlene17US #117
#86Michele17US #110
#87Norma17US #112
#88Robin17US #102
#89Eileen16US #100
#90Rita16US #66
#91Sherry16US #68
#92Sylvia16US #99
#93Julie15US #85
#94Priscilla15US #192
#95Valerie15US #87
#96Beth14US #146
#97Cathy14US #56
#98Colleen14US #108
#99Lois14US #86
#100Wendy14US #105

Boys

#1David312US #5
#2Robert305US #2
#3Michael290US #4
#4Richard274US #7
#5John229US #3
#6James207US #1
#7William188US #6
#8Thomas157US #8
#9Paul146US #19
#10Gary134US #10
#11Donald131US #13
#12Dennis112US #18
#13Stephen112US #21
#14Ronald109US #15
#15Bruce104US #25
#16Peter102US #36
#17Daniel89US #20
#18Steven87US #11
#19Kenneth86US #16
#20Charles85US #9
#21George83US #22
#22Mark81US #17
#23Roger67US #30
#24Douglas63US #28
#25Raymond60US #33
#26Kevin58US #43
#27Wayne58US #38
#28Timothy55US #27
#29Brian53US #64
#30Edward52US #23
#31Alan51US #42
#32Arthur48US #47
#33Joseph47US #12
#34Larry41US #14
#35Jeffrey40US #31
#36Philip37US #60
#37Scott37US #54
#38Frank36US #32
#39Gregory35US #24
#40Lawrence35US #35
#41Norman34US #96
#42Dale29US #46
#43Carl27US #45
#44Dana27US #183
#45Barry25US #69
#46Russell25US #70
#47Albert24US #66
#48Ernest24US #87
#49Gerald24US #39
#50Glenn24US #61
#51Roland24US #187
#52Christopher23US #57
#53Patrick23US #37
#54Ralph23US #56
#55Denis22
#56Keith22US #49
#57Bernard21US #111
#58Frederick21US #76
#59Harold21US #51
#60Terry21US #29
#61Walter21US #44
#62Jon20US #135
#63Leo20US #171
#64Gerard18US #184
#65Gordon18US #110
#66Allen17US #78
#67Andrew17US #68
#68Jonathan17US #139
#69Martin17US #80
#70Danny16US #40
#71Francis16US #89
#72Roy16US #55
#73Alfred15US #104
#74Marc15US #153
#75Maurice15US #191
#76Normand14
#77Craig13US #59
#78Eric12US #88
#79Fred12US #90
#80Jay12US #106
#81Leon12US #124
#82Louis12US #79
#83Stanley12US #58
#84Stuart12US #190
#85Leonard11US #83
#86Matthew11US #142
#87Randy11US #41
#88Theodore11US #100
#89Victor11US #107
#90Armand10
#91Bradley10US #141
#92Guy10US #152
#93Henry10US #50
#94Phillip10US #74
#95Edwin9US #118
#96Harry9US #75
#97Herbert9US #115
#98Jack9US #52
#99Randall9US #63
#100Rodney9US #84

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑52Dale#42
↑38Patrick#53
↑38Terry#60
↑33Jon#62
↑30Danny#70
↑29Bernard#57
↑28Darlene#44
↑27Carolyn#58

Falling

↓37Stanley#83
↓32Sally#73
↓28Leonard#85
↓28Randall#99
↓26Harry#96
↓24Maurice#75
↓23Marcia#79
↓23Andrew#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.