State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1953 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,213 New Hampshire births in 1953 across 323 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.

#47Denisoutside the national top 200
#41Roland#191 nationally
#50Maurice#198 nationally
#53Pauline#198 nationally
#57Claireoutside the national top 200
#69Normandoutside the national top 200
#52Dana#178 nationally
#75Andreoutside the national top 200
#68Gerard#186 nationally
#86Lucilleoutside the national top 200
#95Reneoutside the national top 200
#96Priscillaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Susan216US #5
#2Linda213US #2
#3Deborah152US #3
#4Diane137US #17
#5Nancy133US #8
#6Patricia133US #4
#7Mary128US #1
#8Donna126US #13
#9Kathleen111US #14
#10Denise96US #31
#11Barbara94US #6
#12Karen91US #9
#13Carol88US #16
#14Sharon85US #15
#15Pamela84US #10
#16Sandra84US #11
#17Cynthia79US #12
#18Debra67US #7
#19Judith65US #30
#20Janet60US #19
#21Brenda59US #18
#22Jane51US #43
#23Gail50US #39
#24Paula49US #40
#25Elizabeth48US #21
#26Catherine45US #35
#27Janice43US #22
#28Bonnie42US #45
#29Cheryl41US #28
#30Christine40US #32
#31Ann39US #46
#32Joanne39US #71
#33Elaine38US #77
#34Margaret36US #20
#35Martha36US #41
#36Joan35US #37
#37Louise33US #125
#38Rebecca33US #24
#39Joyce32US #26
#40Kathy32US #23
#41Beverly31US #34
#42Maureen31US #92
#43Jean30US #52
#44Shirley30US #29
#45Anne29US #80
#46Marie29US #86
#47Cathy28US #56
#48Ellen28US #76
#49Kathryn28US #48
#50Marilyn28US #36
#51Robin28US #66
#52Suzanne27US #78
#53Pauline26US #198
#54Betty25US #33
#55Katherine25US #63
#56Sally25US #81
#57Claire24
#58Gloria24US #38
#59Lynn24US #67
#60Theresa24US #50
#61Virginia23US #53
#62Darlene22US #75
#63Constance21US #95
#64Jacqueline21US #58
#65Sheila20US #60
#66Valerie20US #88
#67Colleen19US #115
#68Doris19US #87
#69Dorothy19US #49
#70Michele19US #102
#71Roberta18US #90
#72Wanda18US #57
#73Wendy18US #110
#74Alice17US #73
#75Dianne17US #109
#76Jo17US #54
#77Judy17US #27
#78Rita17US #64
#79Sherry17US #70
#80Jeanne16US #97
#81Julie16US #74
#82Lorraine16US #118
#83Sylvia16US #101
#84Eileen15US #108
#85Leslie15US #96
#86Lucille15
#87Marlene15US #128
#88Andrea14US #131
#89Diana14US #55
#90Evelyn14US #94
#91Laura14US #51
#92Norma14US #122
#93Rhonda14US #85
#94Ruth14US #62
#95Dawn13US #138
#96Priscilla13
#97Rachel13US #175
#98Vicki13US #61
#99Beth12US #142
#100Cindy12US #99

Boys

#1Michael317US #3
#2Robert293US #1
#3David279US #5
#4Richard275US #7
#5John231US #4
#6James199US #2
#7William192US #6
#8Gary152US #10
#9Thomas152US #8
#10Paul142US #16
#11Stephen117US #21
#12Ronald107US #15
#13Dennis105US #19
#14Donald100US #14
#15Daniel99US #20
#16Peter97US #38
#17Bruce96US #28
#18Mark94US #12
#19Steven93US #11
#20Kenneth83US #17
#21Charles73US #9
#22Brian65US #53
#23George60US #22
#24Joseph59US #13
#25Wayne56US #40
#26Jeffrey55US #25
#27Raymond53US #34
#28Alan51US #43
#29Edward51US #23
#30Roger49US #31
#31Timothy48US #26
#32Douglas46US #27
#33Kevin43US #36
#34Philip38US #61
#35Lawrence35US #37
#36Norman35US #98
#37Scott35US #46
#38Larry33US #18
#39Arthur32US #50
#40Gregory30US #24
#41Roland28US #191
#42Frank25US #33
#43Christopher23US #63
#44Terry23US #30
#45Henry22US #54
#46Walter22US #45
#47Denis21
#48Frederick21US #80
#49Gerald21US #42
#50Maurice21US #198
#51Barry20US #73
#52Dana20US #178
#53Glenn20US #67
#54Leonard20US #85
#55Dale19US #48
#56Harold19US #56
#57Russell19US #71
#58Jay18US #99
#59Rodney18US #58
#60Anthony17US #32
#61Francis17US #90
#62Carl16US #44
#63Leo16US #162
#64Allen15US #81
#65Randall15US #64
#66Roy15US #55
#67Ernest14US #87
#68Gerard14US #186
#69Normand14
#70Ralph14US #59
#71Randy14US #35
#72Albert13US #69
#73Eric13US #89
#74Marc13US #144
#75Andre12
#76Andrew12US #68
#77Gordon12US #116
#78Patrick12US #39
#79Stanley12US #62
#80Theodore12US #112
#81Alfred11US #104
#82Bernard11US #119
#83Jerry11US #29
#84Jon11US #120
#85Keith11US #47
#86Craig10US #60
#87Danny10US #41
#88Dean10US #105
#89Harry10US #83
#90Jonathan10US #133
#91Warren10US #124
#92Edwin9US #123
#93Fred9US #92
#94Jack9US #57
#95Rene9
#96Ricky9US #51
#97Steve9US #84
#98Brent8
#99Calvin8US #111
#100Claude8

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑50Cathy#47
↑48Henry#45
↑41Rodney#59
↑37Robin#51
↑34Randall#65
↑31Colleen#67
↑31Leonard#54
↑29Valerie#66

Falling

↓47Diana#89
↓34Ruth#94
↓30Dorothy#69
↓29Keith#85
↓25Lorraine#82
↓25Albert#72
↓25Patrick#78
↓25Bernard#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.