State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1962 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,673 New Hampshire births in 1962 across 373 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.

#63Rolandoutside the national top 200
#49Dana#172 nationally
#43Heidi#156 nationally
#90Doreenoutside the national top 200
#90Normandoutside the national top 200
#96Denisoutside the national top 200
#71Lynne#164 nationally
#73Guy#166 nationally
#58Francis#148 nationally
#35Marc#122 nationally
#96Dianne#183 nationally
#85Sean#171 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa185US #1
#2Susan159US #3
#3Donna151US #7
#4Karen151US #4
#5Linda125US #5
#6Brenda109US #12
#7Deborah103US #9
#8Mary102US #2
#9Diane94US #26
#10Patricia86US #6
#11Pamela85US #13
#12Debra83US #15
#13Kathleen78US #29
#14Lori77US #11
#15Nancy77US #19
#16Laurie75US #42
#17Cheryl73US #24
#18Tammy73US #23
#19Kimberly72US #16
#20Sandra71US #10
#21Cynthia63US #8
#22Elizabeth63US #20
#23Robin63US #25
#24Wendy62US #64
#25Barbara60US #14
#26Kathy59US #27
#27Carol57US #28
#28Denise56US #30
#29Sharon53US #17
#30Laura52US #21
#31Michelle51US #31
#32Christine50US #39
#33Kim49US #37
#34Debbie44US #32
#35Suzanne43US #65
#36Kelly42US #38
#37Jennifer41US #41
#38Judith41US #86
#39Julie41US #22
#40Ann40US #56
#41Theresa40US #40
#42Tracy40US #55
#43Heidi38US #156
#44Anne37US #83
#45Bonnie36US #79
#46Lynn36US #71
#47Tina36US #33
#48Cindy35US #34
#49Darlene34US #88
#50Janet34US #35
#51Dawn33US #50
#52Elaine33US #125
#53Maureen33US #108
#54Catherine32US #53
#55Paula32US #60
#56Cathy31US #62
#57Joanne31US #114
#58Margaret31US #43
#59Michele31US #59
#60Diana30US #57
#61Gail29US #103
#62Jane29US #73
#63Sheila29US #52
#64Terri28US #54
#65Rebecca27US #47
#66Teresa27US #18
#67Wanda26US #77
#68Beth25US #66
#69Katherine25US #84
#70Kathryn25US #89
#71Lynne25US #164
#72Jill23US #72
#73Marie23US #113
#74Martha23US #87
#75Jacqueline22US #44
#76Janice22US #58
#77Melissa22US #68
#78Sherry22US #48
#79Amy21US #61
#80Jean21US #95
#81Sally21US #136
#82Sarah21US #98
#83Carla20US #78
#84Ellen20US #109
#85Joan20US #94
#86Joyce20US #74
#87Annette19US #75
#88Carolyn18US #46
#89Colleen18US #101
#90Doreen18
#91Marcia18US #168
#92Penny18US #92
#93Stephanie18US #70
#94Valerie18US #67
#95Terry17US #112
#96Dianne16US #183
#97Holly16US #148
#98Jeanne16US #142
#99Judy16US #63
#100Lorraine16US #147

Boys

#1David355US #2
#2Michael354US #1
#3John278US #3
#4Mark237US #6
#5Robert228US #5
#6James211US #4
#7Richard182US #8
#8Scott172US #11
#9William152US #7
#10Daniel147US #17
#11Brian134US #20
#12Thomas132US #9
#13Jeffrey128US #10
#14Kevin127US #14
#15Timothy124US #16
#16Steven121US #12
#17Peter111US #43
#18Paul109US #19
#19Gary87US #22
#20Stephen85US #28
#21Donald75US #23
#22Joseph74US #13
#23Kenneth73US #18
#24Douglas66US #27
#25Charles63US #15
#26Ronald62US #25
#27Christopher61US #26
#28Eric60US #33
#29Edward58US #29
#30Raymond55US #48
#31Alan49US #53
#32Gregory49US #21
#33Keith49US #36
#34Dennis48US #37
#35Marc44US #122
#36Matthew42US #56
#37Glenn41US #55
#38Todd41US #30
#39Bruce39US #41
#40Wayne38US #63
#41Russell37US #57
#42Roger35US #47
#43Randy34US #35
#44Andrew33US #49
#45George33US #32
#46Shawn32US #124
#47Patrick31US #40
#48Anthony30US #24
#49Dana30US #172
#50Philip29US #81
#51Dale28US #62
#52Arthur25US #91
#53Frank25US #42
#54Jay25US #80
#55Jonathan25US #94
#56Carl24US #58
#57Lawrence22US #70
#58Francis21US #148
#59Jon21US #84
#60Norman21US #130
#61Walter21US #79
#62Craig20US #51
#63Roland20
#64Barry19US #61
#65Mike19US #39
#66Ricky19US #50
#67Danny18US #54
#68Albert16US #101
#69Dean16US #86
#70Randall16US #64
#71Frederick15US #116
#72Gerald15US #65
#73Guy14US #166
#74Jeff14US #44
#75Roy14US #90
#76Dan13US #120
#77Ernest13US #127
#78Glen13US #129
#79Tim13US #72
#80Benjamin12US #140
#81Bernard12US #161
#82Bradley12US #87
#83Bryan12US #82
#84Duane12US #135
#85Sean12US #171
#86Stanley12US #106
#87Troy12US #67
#88Harold11US #95
#89Martin11US #74
#90Normand11
#91Ralph11US #97
#92Steve11US #46
#93Allen10US #93
#94Brent10US #139
#95Chris10US #60
#96Denis10
#97Gregg10US #167
#98Jerry10US #38
#99Joel10US #113
#100Karl10US #142

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑40Elaine#52
↑40Margaret#58
↑38Gail#61
↑29Francis#58
↑28Sheila#63
↑27Patrick#47
↑25Todd#38
↑25Russell#41

Falling

↓40Judy#99
↓37Holly#97
↓28Valerie#94
↓26Bradley#82
↓25Jane#62
↓23Chris#95
↓20Catherine#54
↓20Martin#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.