State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1960 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,577 New Hampshire births in 1960 across 368 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.

#41Dana#187 nationally
#55Rolandoutside the national top 200
#69Gerardoutside the national top 200
#73Denisoutside the national top 200
#83Doreen#194 nationally
#88Louise#199 nationally
#59Holly#161 nationally
#69Heidi#170 nationally
#39Marc#136 nationally
#68Shawn#163 nationally
#97Lynda#183 nationally
#77Dianne#160 nationally

Girls

#1Susan187US #2
#2Donna183US #5
#3Linda154US #3
#4Lisa147US #6
#5Karen144US #4
#6Debra119US #8
#7Mary119US #1
#8Diane110US #22
#9Deborah109US #10
#10Cheryl94US #17
#11Nancy94US #15
#12Brenda89US #13
#13Pamela89US #14
#14Sandra85US #11
#15Patricia84US #7
#16Denise80US #29
#17Cynthia78US #9
#18Sharon73US #16
#19Robin72US #33
#20Kathleen68US #27
#21Elizabeth66US #18
#22Barbara61US #12
#23Kathy61US #21
#24Carol57US #23
#25Tammy57US #31
#26Ann56US #51
#27Cindy55US #30
#28Laurie54US #37
#29Julie51US #28
#30Lori48US #20
#31Debbie47US #24
#32Bonnie46US #71
#33Catherine45US #42
#34Christine45US #40
#35Janet45US #32
#36Cathy41US #46
#37Lynn41US #64
#38Judith40US #74
#39Michelle40US #39
#40Anne37US #88
#41Darlene37US #75
#42Kim37US #34
#43Kimberly37US #26
#44Marie35US #103
#45Theresa35US #35
#46Tina35US #45
#47Joanne33US #99
#48Laura33US #25
#49Rebecca33US #38
#50Jane31US #67
#51Paula30US #55
#52Janice29US #41
#53Margaret29US #36
#54Diana28US #53
#55Joan28US #80
#56Katherine28US #81
#57Kelly28US #52
#58Wendy28US #63
#59Holly27US #161
#60Judy27US #48
#61Suzanne27US #78
#62Annette26US #62
#63Gail26US #90
#64Joyce26US #58
#65Penny26US #113
#66Elaine24US #112
#67Jennifer24US #61
#68Maureen23US #106
#69Heidi22US #170
#70Beth21US #72
#71Dorothy21US #95
#72Shirley21US #70
#73Melissa20US #109
#74Sheila20US #56
#75Teresa20US #19
#76Carolyn19US #43
#77Dianne19US #160
#78Ellen19US #94
#79Jeanne19US #129
#80Kathryn19US #82
#81Michele19US #89
#82Sherry19US #54
#83Doreen18US #194
#84Jacqueline18US #85
#85Terri18US #49
#86Wanda18US #66
#87Jill17US #76
#88Louise17US #199
#89Lynne17US #164
#90Vicki17US #73
#91Jean16US #86
#92Martha16US #83
#93Sarah16US #116
#94Terry16US #101
#95Virginia16US #102
#96Eileen15US #130
#97Lynda15US #183
#98Maria15US #59
#99Sue15US #120
#100Victoria15US #114

Boys

#1David345US #1
#2Michael329US #2
#3Robert262US #5
#4James257US #3
#5Mark237US #6
#6John234US #4
#7Richard198US #8
#8Paul160US #18
#9Thomas158US #9
#10William151US #7
#11Kevin135US #15
#12Brian131US #20
#13Timothy124US #11
#14Scott123US #23
#15Daniel119US #17
#16Steven119US #10
#17Jeffrey112US #14
#18Peter109US #42
#19Donald99US #19
#20Gary91US #22
#21Stephen78US #27
#22Kenneth74US #16
#23Charles68US #13
#24Edward64US #26
#25Joseph64US #12
#26Raymond61US #46
#27Bruce59US #39
#28Dennis58US #31
#29Ronald57US #21
#30Christopher56US #29
#31George55US #33
#32Douglas51US #30
#33Alan47US #50
#34Roger44US #47
#35Keith42US #35
#36Gregory41US #24
#37Wayne41US #58
#38Russell40US #56
#39Marc38US #136
#40Matthew36US #61
#41Dana35US #187
#42Eric33US #44
#43Randy32US #32
#44Andrew29US #51
#45Anthony29US #25
#46Arthur28US #82
#47Jay28US #78
#48Jonathan28US #118
#49Patrick27US #45
#50Philip27US #76
#51Barry25US #72
#52Dale25US #54
#53Jon25US #97
#54Glenn23US #74
#55Roland23
#56Larry22US #28
#57Lawrence21US #64
#58Danny20US #48
#59Bradley19US #90
#60Carl19US #53
#61Dean19US #94
#62Harold19US #92
#63Mike19US #36
#64Craig18US #41
#65Frank18US #40
#66Gerald18US #62
#67Randall18US #59
#68Shawn18US #163
#69Gerard17
#70Norman17US #132
#71Ralph17US #89
#72Walter17US #70
#73Denis16
#74Henry16US #84
#75Jerry16US #37
#76Albert15US #93
#77Chris15US #63
#78Martin15US #77
#79Allen14US #99
#80Dave14US #122
#81Harry14US #124
#82Terry14US #34
#83Tracy14US #137
#84Bryan13US #88
#85Duane13US #127
#86Francis13US #145
#87Fred13US #117
#88Frederick13US #114
#89Jeff13US #49
#90Ricky13US #38
#91Roy13US #80
#92Steve13US #43
#93Tom13US #86
#94Gordon12US #159
#95Joel12US #110
#96Louis12US #106
#97Stanley12US #100
#98Theodore12US #149
#99Bernard10US #152
#100Bill10US #95

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑41Marie#44
↑35Barry#51
↑31Holly#59
↑26Heidi#69
↑24Beth#70
↑24Melissa#73
↑23Michelle#39
↑20Bonnie#32

Falling

↓45Louise#88
↓42Martha#92
↓35Wanda#86
↓34Steve#92
↓32Jean#91
↓26Francis#86
↓25Sarah#93
↓24Terry#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.