State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1961 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,769 New Hampshire births in 1961 across 371 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.

#54Rolandoutside the national top 200
#70Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#52Dana#180 nationally
#75Heatheroutside the national top 200
#73Doreen#198 nationally
#88Gerardoutside the national top 200
#90Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#57Heidi#166 nationally
#92Denisoutside the national top 200
#95Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#84Lynda#187 nationally
#98Leooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa170US #2
#2Susan156US #3
#3Donna141US #7
#4Karen140US #5
#5Linda137US #4
#6Deborah109US #10
#7Mary107US #1
#8Diane101US #26
#9Pamela96US #15
#10Debra95US #13
#11Brenda94US #11
#12Patricia92US #6
#13Laurie91US #43
#14Nancy89US #16
#15Kathleen87US #29
#16Cheryl79US #20
#17Sandra79US #9
#18Cynthia75US #8
#19Barbara67US #12
#20Lori66US #14
#21Denise65US #30
#22Robin65US #27
#23Kathy64US #25
#24Tammy62US #28
#25Carol61US #24
#26Elizabeth56US #19
#27Debbie49US #31
#28Wendy49US #61
#29Ann48US #54
#30Kimberly48US #22
#31Sharon48US #17
#32Theresa47US #35
#33Bonnie45US #75
#34Catherine45US #48
#35Jennifer45US #47
#36Christine44US #39
#37Jane44US #72
#38Janet43US #32
#39Kim42US #36
#40Laura42US #21
#41Michelle42US #34
#42Tina42US #41
#43Suzanne40US #68
#44Julie39US #23
#45Kelly38US #45
#46Anne37US #90
#47Terri37US #51
#48Cindy36US #33
#49Tracy36US #64
#50Lynn35US #71
#51Beth34US #65
#52Darlene34US #80
#53Katherine34US #86
#54Cathy33US #55
#55Dawn33US #49
#56Diana33US #56
#57Heidi33US #166
#58Judith33US #83
#59Judy33US #58
#60Holly32US #161
#61Rebecca32US #44
#62Jacqueline30US #37
#63Janice30US #52
#64Marie29US #109
#65Paula29US #60
#66Valerie29US #67
#67Joyce27US #62
#68Vicki25US #76
#69Maureen24US #104
#70Joanne23US #102
#71Rhonda23US #46
#72Carolyn22US #42
#73Doreen22US #198
#74Ellen22US #97
#75Heather22
#76Michele22US #63
#77Sarah22US #113
#78Teresa22US #18
#79Colleen21US #106
#80Penny21US #101
#81Sherry21US #53
#82Amy20US #69
#83Kathryn20US #93
#84Lynda20US #187
#85Martha20US #81
#86Ruth20US #96
#87Andrea19US #110
#88Jean19US #92
#89Lynne19US #170
#90Roxanne19
#91Sheila19US #59
#92Elaine18US #118
#93Jeanne18US #138
#94Jill18US #74
#95Joan18US #89
#96Joann18US #137
#97Leslie18US #84
#98Margaret18US #40
#99Gail17US #94
#100Melanie17US #123

Boys

#1Michael333US #1
#2David321US #2
#3John265US #3
#4Robert240US #5
#5James239US #4
#6Mark233US #6
#7Richard202US #8
#8Daniel156US #17
#9Thomas152US #9
#10Brian145US #20
#11William144US #7
#12Kevin138US #14
#13Steven128US #10
#14Scott126US #19
#15Jeffrey122US #11
#16Timothy119US #15
#17Stephen113US #27
#18Paul110US #18
#19Peter105US #42
#20Gary104US #21
#21Donald90US #22
#22Kenneth80US #16
#23Charles76US #13
#24Ronald73US #24
#25Joseph67US #12
#26Bruce66US #40
#27Dennis66US #34
#28Douglas66US #28
#29Edward62US #29
#30Christopher61US #26
#31Alan55US #51
#32Keith53US #35
#33Raymond48US #48
#34Marc46US #133
#35Gregory44US #23
#36Matthew44US #59
#37Glenn43US #64
#38George39US #31
#39Roger39US #47
#40Eric36US #38
#41Philip35US #79
#42Anthony34US #25
#43Craig34US #43
#44Dale29US #58
#45Wayne28US #61
#46Randy25US #33
#47Andrew24US #52
#48Arthur24US #85
#49Albert23US #97
#50Jay23US #81
#51Jonathan23US #112
#52Dana22US #180
#53Jon22US #93
#54Roland22
#55Walter22US #74
#56Bradley21US #87
#57Larry21US #30
#58Randall21US #63
#59Shawn21US #143
#60Frank20US #41
#61Lawrence20US #67
#62Norman20US #134
#63Todd19US #46
#64Jeff18US #49
#65Ricky18US #44
#66Russell18US #55
#67Bryan17US #82
#68Danny17US #54
#69Martin17US #73
#70Maurice17
#71Barry16US #66
#72Chris16US #57
#73Henry16US #92
#74Patrick16US #39
#75Steve16US #45
#76Dean15US #84
#77Fred15US #124
#78Carl14US #56
#79Gerald14US #62
#80Harold14US #94
#81Mike14US #36
#82Ralph14US #95
#83Glen13US #135
#84Stanley13US #106
#85Dave12US #130
#86Ernest12US #123
#87Francis12US #148
#88Gerard12
#89Lee12US #122
#90Tom12US #88
#91Allen11US #96
#92Denis11
#93Eugene11US #113
#94Joel11US #110
#95Bradford10
#96Frederick10US #117
#97Kerry10US #161
#98Leo10
#99Leonard10US #114
#100Tracy10US #119

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑38Terri#47
↑32Jennifer#35
↑30Wendy#28
↑27Albert#49
↑25Jeff#64
↑25Ricky#65
↑22Jacqueline#62
↑22Vicki#68

Falling

↓45Margaret#98
↓40Joan#95
↓36Gail#99
↓28Russell#66
↓26Elaine#92
↓25Patrick#74
↓23Joanne#70
↓21Cindy#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.