Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1923

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1923 were Mary for girls (148 babies) and Robert for boys (250). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,437 babies born in New Hampshire in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1923

Names given at least 15 times in New Hampshire that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Cecile: 21 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Jeannette: 27 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Natalie: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Priscilla: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Claire: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Annette: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Rita: 91 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Olive: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rachel: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Theresa: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Armand: 26 babies, 28.4× the national rate
Gerard: 30 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Lionel: 16 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Edmond: 15 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Roland: 73 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Roger: 78 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Maurice: 45 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Wilfred: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Norman: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Frederick: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	148	–	1
2	Dorothy	122	–	2
3	Doris	91	↑1	11
4	Rita	91	↓1	50
5	Barbara	81	–	33
6	Helen	81	↑2	3
7	Pauline	81	↑6	37
8	Ruth	81	↓2	6
9	Irene	80	↓2	17
10	Margaret	76	–	4
11	Elizabeth	71	↑1	9
12	Virginia	63	↓3	7
13	Evelyn	62	↑1	12
14	Alice	59	↓3	15
15	Florence	51	–	18
16	Marion	50	↑2	44
17	Eleanor	48	↑4	28
18	Lillian	46	↓1	20
19	Marie	45	↑5	14
20	Marjorie	45	↓4	16
21	Beatrice	42	↑2	46
22	Frances	42	↑3	10
23	Lucille	41	↑4	35
24	Phyllis	41	↑4	45
25	Shirley	39	↓3	26
26	Gertrude	35	↓7	59
27	Mildred	35	↓7	8
28	Theresa	35	↑10	>100
29	Lorraine	33	↑1	57
30	Jean	31	new	19
31	Claire	27	↓2	>100
32	Gloria	27	↑15	48
33	Jeannette	27	–	>100
34	Louise	27	↓2	22
35	Arlene	25	↑4	>100
36	Rose	25	new	23
37	Betty	24	new	5
38	Edith	24	↑2	36
39	Beverly	23	new	>100
40	Catherine	23	↓6	24
41	Constance	22	↑8	>100
42	Elaine	22	new	87
43	Norma	22	↑1	41
44	Thelma	22	↑1	31
45	Anna	21	↓2	13
46	Cecile	21	new	>100
47	Olive	21	new	>100
48	Pearl	21	↓11	78
49	Rachel	21	↓7	>100
50	Stella	21	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	250	–	2
2	John	139	–	1
3	George	124	–	6
4	William	115	–	3
5	Richard	98	–	9
6	Donald	79	↑6	10
7	Roger	78	↑9	95
8	Paul	76	–	14
9	Roland	73	↑10	>100
10	Arthur	70	↑3	19
11	Joseph	65	↓4	7
12	James	63	↓1	4
13	Raymond	63	↓7	15
14	Charles	62	↓5	5
15	Edward	60	↓5	8
16	Walter	56	↓2	16
17	Albert	53	↑3	20
18	Harold	49	–	13
19	Norman	49	↓4	44
20	Maurice	45	↑4	>100
21	Frank	43	↓4	11
22	Francis	41	–	34
23	Henry	41	↓2	18
24	Ernest	38	↓1	38
25	Leo	37	↑3	49
26	Ralph	36	↑1	23
27	Kenneth	35	↓1	21
28	Thomas	35	↑2	12
29	Frederick	32	↑2	60
30	Alfred	30	↑7	42
31	David	30	↑5	24
32	Gerard	30	↑17	>100
33	Armand	26	↑2	>100
34	Harry	25	↓1	22
35	Lawrence	24	↓6	36
36	Philip	24	↓11	70
37	Herbert	23	↑3	40
38	Russell	23	↑12	52
39	Bernard	21	–	46
40	Leon	21	new	77
41	Stanley	20	↓9	41
42	Andrew	19	new	53
43	Eugene	19	new	25
44	Wilfred	19	↓6	>100
45	Daniel	18	new	47
46	Leonard	18	↓5	37
47	Louis	17	↓13	27
48	Carl	16	new	28
49	Clarence	16	new	29
50	Lionel	16	new	>100

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