State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1956 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,264 New Hampshire births in 1956 across 334 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.

#51Denisoutside the national top 200
#57Rolandoutside the national top 200
#49Dana#178 nationally
#55Leo#184 nationally
#37Louise#165 nationally
#54Gerard#180 nationally
#79Claireoutside the national top 200
#83Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#89Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#42Doreen#147 nationally
#35Marc#135 nationally
#69Holly#162 nationally

Girls

#1Susan203US #5
#2Debra179US #2
#3Linda177US #3
#4Deborah174US #4
#5Karen164US #7
#6Diane141US #15
#7Donna140US #10
#8Mary135US #1
#9Patricia120US #6
#10Nancy113US #11
#11Cheryl109US #18
#12Cynthia102US #8
#13Sandra96US #14
#14Carol90US #16
#15Denise85US #23
#16Barbara83US #9
#17Sharon81US #13
#18Kathleen78US #17
#19Pamela76US #12
#20Brenda69US #19
#21Robin52US #29
#22Kathy51US #20
#23Janet50US #21
#24Judith50US #45
#25Bonnie48US #51
#26Darlene48US #71
#27Jane48US #50
#28Lynn48US #58
#29Elaine47US #89
#30Gail47US #49
#31Ann45US #46
#32Catherine43US #28
#33Margaret42US #25
#34Cindy39US #37
#35Joyce39US #30
#36Elizabeth38US #22
#37Louise38US #165
#38Lisa37US #31
#39Maureen36US #102
#40Kim35US #38
#41Laurie34US #76
#42Doreen33US #147
#43Marie33US #96
#44Janice32US #26
#45Paula31US #47
#46Suzanne31US #94
#47Jean28US #65
#48Wendy28US #95
#49Julie27US #48
#50Rebecca27US #27
#51Joan26US #52
#52Sheila26US #55
#53Terry26US #91
#54Beverly25US #40
#55Shirley25US #41
#56Theresa25US #32
#57Andrea24US #127
#58Betty24US #44
#59Cathy24US #36
#60Christine24US #42
#61Ellen24US #84
#62Jill24US #101
#63Joanne24US #99
#64Lorraine24US #124
#65Anne22US #86
#66Roberta22US #116
#67Sarah22US #115
#68Debbie21US #39
#69Holly21US #162
#70Judy21US #35
#71Martha21US #59
#72Rose21US #64
#73Valerie21US #80
#74Dianne20US #137
#75Gloria20US #53
#76Katherine20US #67
#77Sherry20US #54
#78Beth19US #117
#79Claire19
#80Jeanne19US #112
#81Lori19US #66
#82Michele19US #100
#83Helen18US #90
#84Jacqueline18US #78
#85Jennifer18US #97
#86Kathryn18US #60
#87Kimberly18US #74
#88Diana17US #56
#89Dorothy17US #72
#90Irene17US #159
#91Jo17US #69
#92Sally17US #105
#93Sylvia17US #108
#94Wanda17US #61
#95Charlene16US #132
#96Dawn16US #92
#97Doris16US #109
#98Lynne16US #156
#99Virginia16US #75
#100Teresa15US #24

Boys

#1Michael353US #1
#2David321US #4
#3Robert280US #3
#4Richard254US #7
#5John237US #5
#6James191US #2
#7William179US #6
#8Mark172US #8
#9Paul156US #17
#10Steven148US #10
#11Gary137US #13
#12Peter135US #37
#13Thomas130US #9
#14Donald127US #14
#15Brian117US #32
#16Stephen117US #23
#17Kevin103US #22
#18Daniel100US #18
#19Ronald90US #15
#20Bruce85US #33
#21Timothy82US #19
#22Charles77US #11
#23Dennis75US #26
#24Jeffrey75US #20
#25Joseph74US #12
#26George65US #27
#27Raymond63US #39
#28Wayne63US #45
#29Kenneth62US #16
#30Douglas61US #29
#31Edward60US #25
#32Scott59US #34
#33Alan57US #44
#34Roger50US #41
#35Marc40US #135
#36Gregory37US #24
#37Keith36US #36
#38Philip35US #64
#39Norman32US #107
#40Christopher31US #47
#41Andrew30US #56
#42Randy27US #28
#43Lawrence26US #42
#44Larry25US #21
#45Carl24US #48
#46Frederick24US #91
#47Jonathan24US #114
#48Dale23US #50
#49Dana23US #178
#50Arthur22US #60
#51Denis22
#52Randall22US #54
#53Frank21US #38
#54Gerard21US #180
#55Leo21US #184
#56Anthony20US #30
#57Roland20
#58Walter20US #53
#59Albert19US #81
#60Barry19US #69
#61Gerald19US #49
#62Jay18US #92
#63Eric17US #79
#64Patrick17US #40
#65Ralph17US #67
#66Ricky17US #43
#67Allen16US #87
#68Ernest16US #94
#69Jon16US #116
#70Matthew16US #90
#71Bradley15US #103
#72Earl15US #110
#73Craig14US #51
#74Glenn14US #61
#75Guy14US #146
#76Jerry14US #35
#77Leonard14US #89
#78Stanley14US #70
#79Steve14US #59
#80Danny13US #46
#81Francis13US #111
#82Gordon13US #130
#83Alexander12
#84Dean12US #99
#85Eugene12US #86
#86Harold12US #72
#87Leslie12US #152
#88Louis12US #82
#89Maurice12
#90Neil12US #171
#91Russell12US #52
#92Fred11US #102
#93Herbert11US #137
#94Karl11US #150
#95Theodore11US #119
#96Glen10US #125
#97Henry10US #71
#98Terry10US #31
#99Vincent10US #98
#100Allan9US #177

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑47Doreen#42
↑40Cindy#34
↑33Maureen#39
↑33Allen#67
↑32Darlene#26
↑30Kim#40
↑30Randy#42
↑28Julie#49

Falling

↓59Virginia#99
↓45Russell#91
↓40Sally#92
↓37Martha#71
↓34Terry#98
↓33Katherine#76
↓33Helen#83
↓32Sherry#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.