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Names of New Hampshire

1,052,148 births across 1,963 different names since 1910. No name belongs to New Hampshire more than Normand.

Most concentrated in New Hampshire

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Normand 652 42.3×
Armand 714 20.4×
Cecile 780 18.9×
Lucien 315 18.2×
Germaine 240 13.3×
Emile 161 10.3×
Wilfred 562 7.6×
Roland 2,079 6.9×
Gerard 1,092 6.3×
Denis 323 6.3×
Meaghan 214 5.6×
Claudette 276 5.5×
Marcel 269 5.5×
Therese 482 5.0×
Jeannette 938 4.8×
Earle 89 4.4×
Lionel 382 4.4×
Arline 189 4.3×
Maeve 381 4.3×
Colby 709 4.2×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary8,536
2Jennifer6,800
3Elizabeth6,765
4Sarah5,716
5Patricia5,252
6Susan5,121
7Linda5,107
8Barbara4,905
9Jessica4,841
10Emily4,548
11Nancy4,192
12Lisa3,968
13Amanda3,728
14Donna3,570
15Karen3,560

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1Robert19,722
2Michael16,875
3John16,254
4David14,368
5Richard13,472
6James13,337
7William12,395
8Christopher9,101
9Matthew8,976
10Thomas8,569
11Joseph8,422
12Daniel8,016
13Paul7,416
14Charles6,282
15Donald6,078

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.