Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1937

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1937 were Barbara for girls (134 babies) and Robert for boys (337). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,018 babies born in New Hampshire in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1937

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: 39 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Cecile: 15 babies, 15× the national rate
Claire: 30 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jeannette: 27 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 57 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Pauline: 52 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cynthia: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Constance: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jacqueline: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lucille: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Gerard: 20 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Maurice: 37 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Roland: 34 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Leo: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roger: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Philip: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Norman: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Bruce: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Richard: 254 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Barbara	134	↑4	2
2	Patricia	111	↑1	3
3	Shirley	103	↓2	4
4	Mary	101	–	1
5	Nancy	85	↓3	7
6	Beverly	72	↑1	14
7	Joan	67	↓1	9
8	Lorraine	57	↑3	83
9	Carol	55	↑3	6
10	Elizabeth	52	↑18	17
11	Pauline	52	↓3	87
12	Betty	51	↑5	5
13	Judith	50	↑23	34
14	Sandra	50	↑27	26
15	Elaine	39	↑24	45
16	Priscilla	39	new	>100
17	Doris	38	↓7	22
18	Dorothy	37	↓9	8
19	Irene	36	–	62
20	Jacqueline	36	↓2	70
21	Jane	35	↑9	42
22	Janice	35	↑4	25
23	Sylvia	35	↑6	50
24	Virginia	34	↓1	16
25	Gloria	33	↑13	32
26	Joyce	33	↑5	11
27	June	32	↑15	71
28	Marilyn	32	↓14	13
29	Ann	31	↓13	30
30	Jean	31	↓15	23
31	Marie	31	↑9	35
32	Claire	30	↓8	>100
33	Constance	30	↓6	>100
34	Helen	30	↓14	12
35	Rita	29	–	69
36	Janet	28	↓23	18
37	Joanne	28	↓16	51
38	Margaret	28	↓16	10
39	Alice	27	↓2	28
40	Carolyn	27	↓15	20
41	Jeannette	27	↑4	>100
42	Lucille	27	↑1	98
43	Frances	26	↑1	19
44	Norma	26	new	33
45	Louise	25	↑5	48
46	Ruth	25	↓14	15
47	Evelyn	23	new	36
48	Phyllis	22	new	27
49	Eleanor	21	–	53
50	Marjorie	20	↓17	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	337	–	1
2	Richard	254	–	5
3	John	137	↑1	3
4	David	125	↑2	8
5	Donald	120	↓2	7
6	William	117	↓1	4
7	Paul	97	–	15
8	James	88	–	2
9	Ronald	81	–	11
10	Edward	76	↑3	13
11	George	75	↓1	10
12	Raymond	72	↓1	19
13	Charles	68	↑2	6
14	Roger	68	↓2	36
15	Joseph	55	↑2	12
16	Norman	40	↑3	43
17	Maurice	37	↑13	>100
18	Thomas	37	↑4	9
19	Kenneth	36	↓3	14
20	Roland	34	↓2	>100
21	Ralph	33	↑18	34
22	Albert	32	↑1	37
23	Arthur	32	↓9	31
24	Frank	31	↑21	18
25	Walter	30	↑3	26
26	Philip	29	↓2	62
27	Wayne	28	↑20	44
28	Lawrence	27	↓1	38
29	Peter	27	–	52
30	Leo	26	↑5	97
31	Ernest	25	↓6	53
32	Francis	25	↑2	55
33	Bruce	24	–	70
34	Gerald	24	↓8	20
35	Daniel	23	new	39
36	Bernard	22	↑13	73
37	Gerard	20	↑13	>100
38	Henry	20	↓17	30
39	Eugene	18	↓3	33
40	Frederick	18	↓8	68
41	Gordon	18	new	75
42	Leonard	18	new	58
43	Russell	18	↑1	67
44	Carl	17	new	28
45	Harold	16	↓25	21
46	Michael	15	–	27
47	Douglas	14	new	74
48	Normand	14	↓5	>100
49	Stephen	14	new	92
50	Warren	14	new	>100

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