Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1933

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1933 were Barbara for girls (119 babies) and Robert for boys (299). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,719 babies born in New Hampshire in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1933

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

Priscilla: 26 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Claire: 48 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Jeannette: 24 babies, 10× the national rate
Muriel: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Pauline: 72 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 77 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Constance: 43 babies, 7× the national rate
Theresa: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Anita: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rita: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 22 babies, 53× the national rate
Armand: 18 babies, 34.6× the national rate
Gerard: 20 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Roland: 41 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maurice: 33 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Roger: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leo: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Frederick: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alfred: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gordon: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Barbara	119	–	3
2	Mary	113	–	1
3	Joan	91	–	5
4	Patricia	78	↑3	6
5	Lorraine	77	↓1	54
6	Pauline	72	–	64
7	Nancy	63	↑7	11
8	Dorothy	62	–	4
9	Shirley	62	–	9
10	Doris	60	↓5	10
11	Betty	53	↑2	2
12	Beverly	51	↑3	26
13	Helen	51	↑3	8
14	Claire	48	↑9	>100
15	Marilyn	47	↑6	16
16	Joyce	45	↑15	12
17	Theresa	44	↑1	70
18	Constance	43	↑6	>100
19	Elizabeth	43	↓7	17
20	Irene	43	↓9	46
21	Rita	42	↓11	53
22	Ruth	40	–	13
23	Janet	39	↑3	25
24	Marjorie	39	↑11	41
25	Jean	38	↓6	14
26	Margaret	38	↓9	7
27	Eleanor	36	↑2	38
28	Phyllis	33	↓1	28
29	June	30	new	45
30	Jacqueline	29	↑8	86
31	Virginia	28	↑1	15
32	Ann	27	↓4	34
33	Priscilla	26	↑4	>100
34	Gloria	25	↓4	31
35	Jane	25	↓1	47
36	Evelyn	24	↓3	30
37	Jeannette	24	↑12	>100
38	Alice	23	↓13	22
39	Carolyn	23	↑9	40
40	Elaine	23	new	61
41	Frances	23	–	18
42	Marie	23	–	33
43	Anita	22	new	>100
44	Joanne	22	↑2	56
45	Marion	22	↓2	73
46	Dolores	21	new	21
47	Louise	21	new	39
48	Lillian	20	↓4	51
49	Muriel	20	new	>100
50	Lucille	19	↓30	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	299	–	1
2	Richard	215	–	5
3	John	143	–	3
4	Donald	116	–	7
5	William	101	–	4
6	Paul	94	↑3	14
7	James	87	–	2
8	Raymond	85	–	19
9	Edward	76	↑4	11
10	George	73	↓4	8
11	Charles	67	↓1	6
12	Arthur	58	↑5	25
13	Roger	55	↓1	48
14	David	53	↑1	13
15	Kenneth	49	↑5	15
16	Ronald	48	↓5	12
17	Joseph	47	↑4	9
18	Albert	41	↓2	30
19	Frank	41	↑4	16
20	Roland	41	↓1	>100
21	Norman	36	↓3	37
22	Alfred	35	↑6	57
23	Thomas	34	↓1	10
24	Maurice	33	↓10	>100
25	Harold	31	↑4	18
26	Gerald	30	↑10	22
27	Leo	30	↑5	75
28	Francis	27	↓2	45
29	Harry	27	new	35
30	Frederick	26	↑7	78
31	Walter	26	↑12	21
32	Gordon	24	new	71
33	Henry	24	↓9	24
34	Normand	22	↓7	>100
35	Ernest	21	↓5	50
36	Ralph	21	↓11	29
37	Carl	20	new	28
38	Fred	20	↑4	34
39	Gerard	20	↓5	>100
40	Earl	19	↑7	41
41	Stanley	19	new	55
42	Theodore	19	new	68
43	Armand	18	↓3	>100
44	Lawrence	18	↓6	38
45	Daniel	17	new	42
46	Louis	17	↑3	40
47	Bernard	16	↓14	63
48	Peter	15	↑2	60
49	Bruce	14	new	91
50	Howard	14	↓9	36

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