State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1965 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,745 New Hampshire births in 1965 across 369 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.

#50Danaoutside the national top 200
#71Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#84Leooutside the national top 200
#73Maurice#181 nationally
#100Lynneoutside the national top 200
#57Heather#150 nationally
#55Norman#134 nationally
#71Glen#149 nationally
#87Francis#164 nationally
#38Holly#113 nationally
#32Heidi#105 nationally
#91Sally#162 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa275US #1
#2Karen178US #3
#3Susan137US #5
#4Mary99US #2
#5Christine97US #21
#6Linda93US #8
#7Tammy89US #11
#8Wendy87US #39
#9Kimberly86US #4
#10Donna85US #7
#11Patricia83US #6
#12Kathleen75US #34
#13Pamela75US #12
#14Deborah74US #13
#15Michelle74US #18
#16Diane73US #40
#17Lori70US #19
#18Brenda69US #23
#19Cheryl66US #31
#20Jennifer66US #20
#21Kelly65US #30
#22Debra63US #27
#23Nancy60US #32
#24Tina56US #29
#25Laurie55US #60
#26Cynthia54US #9
#27Robin54US #33
#28Elizabeth53US #16
#29Julie52US #14
#30Denise49US #28
#31Sandra46US #15
#32Heidi44US #105
#33Tracy42US #36
#34Rebecca40US #41
#35Laura39US #17
#36Ann38US #59
#37Dawn37US #26
#38Holly37US #113
#39Sharon34US #22
#40Suzanne34US #65
#41Cindy33US #53
#42Bonnie32US #89
#43Carol32US #42
#44Catherine31US #57
#45Michele31US #48
#46Paula31US #49
#47Sheila31US #50
#48Anne30US #77
#49Jane30US #95
#50Kim30US #43
#51Melissa30US #38
#52Barbara29US #25
#53Theresa29US #45
#54Amy28US #35
#55Jill28US #51
#56Lynn28US #80
#57Heather26US #150
#58Jacqueline26US #47
#59Stephanie26US #44
#60Beth25US #66
#61Sarah25US #92
#62Christina24US #74
#63Darlene24US #83
#64Katherine24US #79
#65Margaret24US #52
#66Wanda24US #81
#67Cathy23US #88
#68Joanne23US #121
#69Marie23US #106
#70Janet22US #55
#71Kelley22
#72Martha22US #99
#73Sherry22US #56
#74Andrea21US #63
#75Kathy21US #54
#76Gail20US #134
#77Terri20US #69
#78Carolyn19US #58
#79Debbie19US #62
#80April18US #136
#81Kristin18US #135
#82Colleen17US #93
#83Joan17US #116
#84Penny17US #97
#85Teresa17US #24
#86Diana16US #64
#87Rhonda16US #37
#88Angela15US #10
#89Ellen15US #117
#90Jodi15US #127
#91Sally15US #162
#92Vicki15US #114
#93Elaine14US #149
#94Kathryn14US #87
#95Leslie14US #75
#96Annette13US #71
#97Dorothy13US #130
#98Jean13US #112
#99Judith13US #102
#100Lynne13

Boys

#1Michael343US #1
#2David273US #3
#3James227US #4
#4John227US #2
#5Robert223US #5
#6Richard187US #8
#7Scott152US #15
#8Mark146US #7
#9Kevin143US #13
#10Brian139US #19
#11Jeffrey132US #10
#12Thomas125US #9
#13William124US #6
#14Timothy123US #12
#15Daniel120US #17
#16Paul114US #16
#17Christopher108US #18
#18Steven108US #14
#19Peter103US #39
#20Joseph90US #11
#21Stephen84US #28
#22Donald75US #26
#23Kenneth75US #21
#24Douglas67US #32
#25Ronald64US #24
#26Gary62US #27
#27Matthew58US #36
#28Todd54US #30
#29Charles50US #20
#30Edward49US #29
#31Eric48US #25
#32Shawn46US #69
#33Bruce45US #50
#34George44US #34
#35Keith44US #35
#36Raymond43US #45
#37Wayne43US #65
#38Alan41US #59
#39Anthony37US #22
#40Patrick37US #31
#41Gregory36US #23
#42Andrew35US #37
#43Marc34US #108
#44Craig31US #46
#45Philip31US #87
#46Dennis30US #44
#47Roger29US #49
#48Jay28US #90
#49Russell28US #58
#50Dana25
#51Randy25US #42
#52Rodney25US #33
#53Jonathan23US #74
#54Arthur22US #96
#55Norman21US #134
#56Dale20US #83
#57Frank20US #43
#58Glenn20US #85
#59Carl19US #54
#60Roy19US #95
#61Sean19US #79
#62Chris18US #60
#63Steve18US #55
#64Jason17US #111
#65Jon16US #78
#66Ricky16US #57
#67Walter16US #82
#68Darren15US #52
#69Albert14US #100
#70Allen14US #92
#71Glen14US #149
#72Lawrence14US #66
#73Maurice14US #181
#74Danny13US #56
#75Harold13US #99
#76Louis13US #101
#77Benjamin12US #133
#78Darryl12US #68
#79Dean12US #88
#80Erik12US #145
#81Ernest12US #124
#82Harry12US #146
#83Lee12US #117
#84Leo12
#85Mike12US #51
#86Phillip12US #70
#87Francis11US #164
#88Theodore11US #143
#89Bill10US #151
#90Bradley10US #72
#91Frederick10US #106
#92Henry10US #94
#93Jeffery10US #47
#94Jerry10US #41
#95Martin10US #67
#96Randall10US #73
#97Stanley10US #115
#98Vincent10US #61
#99Barry9US #86
#100Brett9US #132

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑37Sheila#47
↑37Christina#62
↑34Holly#38
↑32Wanda#66
↑31Jane#49
↑25Glen#71
↑23Russell#49
↑22Kelley#71

Falling

↓47Kathy#75
↓44Randall#96
↓38Barry#99
↓37Janet#70
↓34Judith#99
↓20Katherine#64
↓20Dean#79
↓19Lynne#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.