State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1954 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,798 New Hampshire births in 1954 across 336 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.

#39Roland#193 nationally
#48Denisoutside the national top 200
#56Claireoutside the national top 200
#60Paulineoutside the national top 200
#38Dana#165 nationally
#86Lucilleoutside the national top 200
#88Andreoutside the national top 200
#65Gerard#177 nationally
#93Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#66Leo#172 nationally
#95Bryanoutside the national top 200
#98Jeanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Susan212US #5
#2Linda184US #2
#3Deborah159US #3
#4Debra149US #6
#5Patricia146US #4
#6Nancy141US #9
#7Donna138US #11
#8Diane123US #17
#9Mary121US #1
#10Pamela113US #12
#11Denise110US #24
#12Karen104US #8
#13Carol94US #15
#14Kathleen86US #14
#15Sandra84US #13
#16Barbara80US #7
#17Sharon80US #16
#18Cynthia76US #10
#19Brenda72US #18
#20Janet71US #19
#21Gail67US #37
#22Elizabeth58US #20
#23Judith56US #30
#24Ann47US #44
#25Cheryl47US #22
#26Paula46US #38
#27Catherine45US #32
#28Elaine44US #74
#29Robin43US #41
#30Janice42US #25
#31Joanne39US #78
#32Kathy38US #23
#33Joan37US #40
#34Margaret37US #21
#35Martha35US #46
#36Rebecca35US #26
#37Sheila35US #60
#38Bonnie34US #52
#39Jane34US #49
#40Anne31US #80
#41Lynn31US #63
#42Darlene30US #76
#43Louise30US #138
#44Maureen30US #97
#45Joyce29US #28
#46Katherine29US #64
#47Marie29US #79
#48Wendy29US #95
#49Sally28US #84
#50Suzanne28US #82
#51Betty27US #36
#52Laura27US #45
#53Jean26US #56
#54Kathryn26US #51
#55Ruth26US #66
#56Claire25
#57Jo25US #53
#58Judy25US #29
#59Julie24US #70
#60Pauline24
#61Ellen23US #77
#62Marilyn23US #35
#63Roberta23US #102
#64Theresa22US #47
#65Doris21US #93
#66Dorothy21US #55
#67Lorraine21US #120
#68Beverly20US #31
#69Cindy20US #91
#70Constance20US #111
#71Carolyn18US #27
#72Christine18US #43
#73Diana18US #57
#74Helen18US #72
#75Rita18US #67
#76Shirley18US #33
#77Cathy17US #59
#78Dianne17US #116
#79Gloria17US #42
#80Jacqueline17US #68
#81Laurie17US #98
#82Leslie17US #99
#83Holly16US #166
#84Jill16US #107
#85Lisa16US #73
#86Lucille16
#87Michele16US #89
#88Dawn15US #124
#89Marcia15US #90
#90Michelle15US #94
#91Wanda15US #58
#92Alice14US #81
#93Jeanne14US #112
#94Lynne14US #157
#95Rose14US #54
#96Sherry14US #62
#97Virginia14US #61
#98Jennifer13US #108
#99Joann13US #129
#100Terry13US #88

Boys

#1David337US #5
#2Michael306US #1
#3Robert274US #2
#4Richard252US #7
#5James236US #3
#6John224US #4
#7Gary186US #9
#8William182US #6
#9Thomas159US #8
#10Paul134US #16
#11Stephen130US #20
#12Steven121US #11
#13Donald110US #14
#14Mark109US #12
#15Peter104US #37
#16Ronald102US #15
#17Daniel96US #18
#18Dennis95US #21
#19Kevin85US #28
#20Bruce83US #30
#21Charles78US #10
#22Kenneth74US #17
#23Alan73US #43
#24George69US #24
#25Brian68US #48
#26Raymond67US #35
#27Timothy67US #26
#28Edward66US #22
#29Jeffrey62US #23
#30Roger62US #34
#31Joseph55US #13
#32Wayne53US #41
#33Douglas48US #29
#34Philip40US #62
#35Scott38US #40
#36Gregory33US #25
#37Arthur31US #52
#38Dana29US #165
#39Roland28US #193
#40Craig27US #51
#41Norman27US #99
#42Andrew26US #70
#43Carl26US #47
#44Walter26US #49
#45Lawrence25US #39
#46Russell25US #69
#47Albert24US #73
#48Denis24
#49Glenn24US #63
#50Barry23US #68
#51Dale23US #50
#52Marc23US #133
#53Frederick22US #83
#54Larry22US #19
#55Ralph21US #61
#56Christopher20US #64
#57Gerald19US #44
#58Keith19US #45
#59Frank18US #36
#60Stanley18US #58
#61Anthony17US #32
#62Bradley17US #106
#63Eric17US #89
#64Francis17US #94
#65Gerard17US #177
#66Leo17US #172
#67Jon16US #111
#68Ernest15US #87
#69Randall15US #55
#70Alfred14US #116
#71Allan14US #149
#72Eugene14US #77
#73Harold14US #60
#74Leonard14US #85
#75Martin14US #79
#76Randy14US #33
#77Allen13US #82
#78Jay13US #101
#79Terry13US #27
#80Dean12US #110
#81Gordon12US #122
#82Guy12US #143
#83Harry12US #86
#84Patrick12US #38
#85Samuel12US #71
#86Bernard11US #123
#87Kim11US #109
#88Andre10
#89Henry10US #59
#90Howard10US #80
#91Jonathan10US #121
#92Louis10US #81
#93Maurice10
#94Ricky10US #46
#95Bryan9
#96Earl9US #98
#97Jack9US #57
#98Jean9
#99Leon9US #140
#100Micheal9US #88

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑46Craig#40
↑39Laura#52
↑39Ruth#55
↑34Andrew#42
↑31Cindy#69
↑28Sheila#37
↑27Keith#58
↑25Wendy#48

Falling

↓44Henry#89
↓43Maurice#93
↓42Christine#72
↓36Virginia#97
↓35Terry#79
↓32Shirley#76
↓30Cathy#77
↓27Beverly#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.