State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1957 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,632 New Hampshire births in 1957 across 359 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.

#37Dana#186 nationally
#47Maurice#196 nationally
#55Denisoutside the national top 200
#57Rolandoutside the national top 200
#60Gerard#189 nationally
#63Leo#190 nationally
#75Heidioutside the national top 200
#78Paulineoutside the national top 200
#54Louise#166 nationally
#92Micheloutside the national top 200
#90Roxanne#198 nationally
#36Marc#139 nationally

Girls

#1Susan209US #2
#2Debra159US #4
#3Mary153US #1
#4Deborah149US #6
#5Linda145US #3
#6Donna138US #10
#7Cynthia129US #7
#8Cindy125US #19
#9Karen125US #5
#10Nancy121US #11
#11Diane112US #17
#12Patricia105US #8
#13Cheryl96US #16
#14Brenda88US #13
#15Denise86US #25
#16Sandra86US #15
#17Pamela83US #12
#18Robin81US #30
#19Carol78US #18
#20Sharon70US #14
#21Barbara68US #9
#22Kathleen66US #21
#23Lisa64US #26
#24Elizabeth61US #22
#25Kathy55US #20
#26Ann53US #44
#27Judith53US #53
#28Gail45US #54
#29Jane44US #56
#30Darlene43US #57
#31Paula43US #49
#32Bonnie42US #64
#33Janet41US #23
#34Lynn41US #61
#35Cathy40US #39
#36Joanne39US #94
#37Laurie39US #73
#38Marie36US #98
#39Kim35US #35
#40Catherine34US #37
#41Margaret34US #29
#42Martha34US #63
#43Janice33US #32
#44Maureen33US #103
#45Theresa33US #36
#46Christine31US #41
#47Kimberly31US #42
#48Laura31US #31
#49Elaine30US #96
#50Jean30US #67
#51Debbie29US #27
#52Doreen28US #150
#53Katherine28US #72
#54Louise28US #166
#55Anne26US #86
#56Joan26US #60
#57Michelle26US #79
#58Wanda26US #59
#59Diana25US #43
#60Ellen25US #85
#61Joyce25US #40
#62Judy25US #38
#63Julie25US #28
#64Wendy25US #101
#65Sarah24US #116
#66Suzanne24US #102
#67Tina24US #80
#68Rita21US #78
#69Sally21US #115
#70Jennifer20US #87
#71Sheila20US #58
#72Sherry20US #55
#73Beth19US #108
#74Charlene19US #136
#75Heidi19
#76Holly19US #157
#77Kathryn19US #65
#78Pauline19
#79Rebecca19US #34
#80Rhonda19US #52
#81Valerie19US #76
#82Annette18US #97
#83Dawn18US #93
#84Helen18US #95
#85Vicki18US #51
#86Gloria17US #66
#87Jeanne17US #117
#88Joann17US #137
#89Lori17US #45
#90Roxanne17US #198
#91Alice16US #106
#92Betty16US #50
#93Dianne16US #135
#94Leslie16US #77
#95Marcia16US #126
#96Roberta16US #121
#97Shirley16US #46
#98Terry16US #92
#99Carolyn15US #33
#100Jill15US #100

Boys

#1Michael354US #1
#2David320US #3
#3Robert291US #4
#4Richard235US #8
#5John226US #5
#6James203US #2
#7Mark199US #7
#8William156US #6
#9Daniel153US #16
#10Paul147US #18
#11Thomas147US #9
#12Gary144US #13
#13Steven138US #10
#14Stephen129US #24
#15Peter127US #37
#16Brian119US #26
#17Bruce107US #34
#18Donald103US #15
#19Timothy98US #19
#20Kevin97US #20
#21Ronald88US #17
#22Jeffrey84US #21
#23Charles82US #11
#24Dennis69US #28
#25Joseph68US #12
#26Douglas65US #30
#27Edward64US #25
#28Kenneth64US #14
#29Raymond63US #39
#30Scott60US #32
#31Wayne59US #47
#32Gregory57US #23
#33Roger54US #42
#34George52US #29
#35Alan43US #48
#36Marc40US #139
#37Dana39US #186
#38Keith39US #36
#39Philip39US #68
#40Russell36US #54
#41Arthur35US #66
#42Norman33US #118
#43Christopher32US #43
#44Larry31US #22
#45Dale28US #50
#46Patrick28US #41
#47Maurice26US #196
#48Dean25US #93
#49Randy25US #31
#50Andrew24US #56
#51Anthony24US #27
#52Bryan24US #115
#53Walter24US #58
#54Craig23US #55
#55Denis23
#56Bradley22US #107
#57Roland22
#58Albert21US #84
#59Lawrence21US #46
#60Gerard20US #189
#61Glenn20US #62
#62Matthew20US #83
#63Leo19US #190
#64Leonard19US #94
#65Ralph19US #76
#66Harold18US #74
#67Jon18US #110
#68Carl17US #49
#69Frederick17US #99
#70Gerald17US #51
#71Jonathan17US #124
#72Micheal17US #85
#73Ricky17US #40
#74Steve17US #44
#75Martin16US #69
#76Danny15US #45
#77Frank15US #38
#78Glen15US #129
#79Mike15US #53
#80Terry15US #33
#81Francis14US #128
#82Jay14US #88
#83Eric13US #60
#84Ernest13US #101
#85Louis13US #86
#86Harry12US #100
#87Joel12US #104
#88Kurt12US #141
#89Stanley12US #81
#90Lee11US #105
#91Leslie11US #156
#92Michel11
#93Nicholas10US #152
#94Alfred9US #131
#95Barry9US #72
#96Eugene9US #92
#97Gordon9US #140
#98Henry9US #75
#99Jack9US #67
#100Jeffery9US #52

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑51Russell#40
↑42Maurice#47
↑40Kimberly#47
↑36Wanda#58
↑36Dean#48
↑29Martha#42
↑29Diana#59
↑27Joanne#36

Falling

↓45Terry#98
↓42Shirley#97
↓38Jill#100
↓35Barry#95
↓34Betty#92
↓30Roberta#96
↓29Rebecca#79
↓26Joyce#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.