State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1959 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,563 New Hampshire births in 1959 across 365 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.

#40Dana#180 nationally
#43Louise#183 nationally
#66Rolandoutside the national top 200
#70Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#73Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Leooutside the national top 200
#31Marc#140 nationally
#87Gregg#187 nationally
#77Doreen#175 nationally
#95Heidi#187 nationally
#77Shawn#161 nationally
#72Brett#154 nationally

Girls

#1Susan220US #2
#2Donna197US #5
#3Linda171US #3
#4Diane127US #19
#5Mary127US #1
#6Deborah126US #9
#7Debra120US #7
#8Patricia119US #6
#9Karen117US #4
#10Nancy109US #14
#11Cynthia102US #8
#12Cheryl94US #18
#13Lisa93US #10
#14Brenda90US #16
#15Kathleen82US #23
#16Pamela82US #12
#17Sandra79US #13
#18Denise70US #29
#19Kathy70US #15
#20Cindy64US #25
#21Carol58US #22
#22Kim58US #35
#23Sharon58US #17
#24Robin55US #32
#25Judith54US #70
#26Barbara52US #11
#27Lori51US #27
#28Elizabeth50US #21
#29Tammy50US #31
#30Laurie49US #56
#31Kimberly45US #33
#32Janet42US #28
#33Ann41US #44
#34Theresa41US #34
#35Anne40US #82
#36Debbie40US #20
#37Julie40US #26
#38Catherine39US #40
#39Christine39US #43
#40Jane37US #67
#41Paula37US #51
#42Suzanne37US #96
#43Louise36US #183
#44Cathy35US #39
#45Darlene34US #66
#46Janice33US #37
#47Lynn33US #63
#48Joanne32US #92
#49Laura31US #30
#50Martha31US #72
#51Wanda30US #65
#52Bonnie29US #71
#53Wendy29US #83
#54Valerie28US #60
#55Elaine27US #105
#56Gail27US #75
#57Joan27US #76
#58Annette26US #64
#59Jean26US #77
#60Katherine26US #79
#61Kelly26US #74
#62Michelle26US #47
#63Rebecca26US #38
#64Sally25US #114
#65Tina25US #53
#66Judy24US #41
#67Margaret24US #36
#68Sarah24US #119
#69Teresa24US #24
#70Terry24US #95
#71Ellen23US #91
#72Kathryn23US #69
#73Diana22US #49
#74Michele21US #89
#75Beverly20US #55
#76Dianne20US #158
#77Doreen20US #175
#78Sheila20US #52
#79Terri20US #46
#80Amy19US #85
#81Jennifer19US #78
#82Jill19US #86
#83Joyce19US #50
#84Marcia19US #141
#85Marie19US #104
#86Maureen19US #106
#87Jeanne18US #129
#88Carolyn17US #42
#89Dawn17US #54
#90Holly17US #168
#91Joann17US #130
#92Lorraine17US #137
#93Rhonda17US #45
#94Beth16US #80
#95Heidi16US #187
#96Lynne16US #172
#97Melissa16US #127
#98Rose16US #88
#99Ruth16US #97
#100Doris15US #138

Boys

#1David331US #2
#2Michael309US #1
#3Robert257US #5
#4Mark233US #6
#5John226US #4
#6James225US #3
#7Richard186US #8
#8Thomas166US #9
#9William166US #7
#10Steven144US #10
#11Brian127US #22
#12Kevin125US #14
#13Daniel122US #18
#14Paul121US #17
#15Peter114US #40
#16Timothy111US #12
#17Gary106US #20
#18Donald104US #19
#19Scott104US #24
#20Stephen93US #28
#21Jeffrey85US #16
#22Bruce80US #38
#23Ronald76US #21
#24Charles72US #11
#25Kenneth71US #15
#26Edward70US #27
#27Dennis63US #29
#28Joseph62US #13
#29Douglas57US #30
#30Raymond54US #45
#31Marc51US #140
#32Wayne51US #51
#33Roger48US #47
#34George47US #32
#35Gregory47US #23
#36Randy45US #31
#37Eric44US #46
#38Alan41US #50
#39Christopher40US #35
#40Dana37US #180
#41Keith34US #39
#42Larry33US #25
#43Matthew32US #63
#44Russell32US #56
#45Andrew30US #58
#46Philip30US #68
#47Arthur29US #76
#48Craig28US #44
#49Frank28US #42
#50Jonathan28US #124
#51Norman28US #131
#52Walter28US #66
#53Dale26US #49
#54Albert25US #92
#55Anthony25US #26
#56Lawrence24US #62
#57Jay22US #88
#58Steve22US #41
#59Carl20US #54
#60Francis20US #136
#61Jon20US #105
#62Patrick19US #43
#63Martin18US #79
#64Frederick17US #114
#65Glenn17US #80
#66Roland17
#67Bradley16US #103
#68Danny16US #48
#69Ernest16US #118
#70Maurice16
#71Ralph16US #84
#72Brett15US #154
#73Gerard15
#74Harry15US #120
#75Mike14US #37
#76Ricky14US #34
#77Shawn14US #161
#78Allen13US #97
#79Dean13US #95
#80Gerald13US #61
#81Harold13US #87
#82Leo13
#83Phillip13US #74
#84Randall13US #59
#85Tim13US #60
#86Barry12US #73
#87Gregg12US #187
#88Jerry12US #36
#89Bernard11US #152
#90Bryan11US #94
#91Herbert11US #169
#92Joel11US #116
#93Lee11US #115
#94Leon11US #176
#95Leonard11US #109
#96Louis11US #100
#97Rick11US #89
#98Roy11US #81
#99Brent10US #151
#100Dan10US #110

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑38Annette#58
↑32Martha#50
↑32Sarah#68
↑29Laurie#30
↑24Teresa#69
↑23Ernest#69
↑22Shawn#77
↑21Valerie#54

Falling

↓46Marie#85
↓33Maureen#86
↓31Margaret#67
↓30Jennifer#81
↓28Joyce#83
↓25Bonnie#52
↓23Barry#86
↓22Darlene#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.