Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1938

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1938 were Patricia for girls (112 babies) and Robert for boys (295). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,171 babies born in New Hampshire in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1938

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: 22 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Priscilla: 32 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Claire: 31 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Constance: 53 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Muriel: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Pauline: 63 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Claudette: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 47 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jeannette: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cynthia: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 22 babies, 54.3× the national rate
Gerard: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Roland: 44 babies, 11× the national rate
Maurice: 35 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Nelson: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bruce: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leo: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roger: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norman: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Patricia	112	↑1	3
2	Barbara	109	↓1	2
3	Mary	107	↑1	1
4	Nancy	96	↑1	7
5	Joan	75	↑2	10
6	Shirley	74	↓3	5
7	Beverly	68	↓1	18
8	Sandra	68	↑6	14
9	Carol	63	–	6
10	Pauline	63	↑1	97
11	Dorothy	55	↑7	8
12	Constance	53	↑21	>100
13	Judith	48	–	12
14	Elizabeth	47	↓4	17
15	Lorraine	47	↓7	93
16	Helen	46	↑18	13
17	Janet	46	↑19	16
18	Jean	43	↑12	27
19	Joyce	42	↑7	11
20	Margaret	42	↑18	9
21	Betty	41	↓9	4
22	Ann	39	↑7	32
23	Jacqueline	38	↓3	69
24	Ruth	38	↑22	21
25	Doris	37	↓8	25
26	Sylvia	34	↓3	56
27	Elaine	32	↓12	42
28	Gail	32	new	77
29	Lucille	32	↑13	>100
30	Priscilla	32	↓14	>100
31	Virginia	32	↓7	22
32	Claire	31	–	>100
33	Gloria	29	↓8	36
34	Phyllis	28	↑14	28
35	Rita	27	–	74
36	Jane	26	↓15	44
37	Janice	26	↓15	24
38	Joanne	26	↓1	57
39	Sally	26	new	54
40	Carole	25	new	46
41	Marjorie	25	↑9	53
42	Eleanor	24	↑7	60
43	Louise	24	↑2	59
44	Cynthia	23	new	>100
45	Marie	23	↓14	37
46	Norma	23	↓2	34
47	Alice	22	↓8	29
48	Arlene	22	new	63
49	Carolyn	22	↓9	15
50	Cecile	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	295	–	1
2	Richard	246	–	5
3	John	159	–	3
4	James	122	↑4	2
5	Donald	114	–	7
6	William	106	–	4
7	David	105	↓3	8
8	Paul	98	↓1	15
9	Ronald	87	–	10
10	George	76	↑1	11
11	Roger	72	↑3	31
12	Raymond	69	–	20
13	Charles	68	–	6
14	Edward	58	↓4	13
15	Joseph	54	–	12
16	Kenneth	54	↑3	14
17	Thomas	45	↑1	9
18	Roland	44	↑2	>100
19	Peter	42	↑10	48
20	Arthur	39	↑3	32
21	Bruce	37	↑12	66
22	Norman	37	↓6	43
23	Maurice	35	↓6	>100
24	Francis	28	↑8	51
25	Wayne	28	↑2	40
26	Lawrence	27	↑2	36
27	Henry	25	↑11	30
28	Frank	24	↓4	18
29	Harold	23	↑16	23
30	Leo	23	–	>100
31	Philip	23	↓5	64
32	Daniel	22	↑3	39
33	Normand	22	↑15	>100
34	Walter	22	↓9	26
35	Alfred	21	new	69
36	Ernest	21	↓5	55
37	Harry	21	new	44
38	Gerald	20	↓4	19
39	Ralph	19	↓18	35
40	Michael	18	↑6	21
41	Douglas	17	↑6	60
42	Gerard	17	↓5	>100
43	Louis	17	new	47
44	Nelson	17	new	>100
45	Andrew	16	new	82
46	Stanley	16	new	59
47	Albert	15	↓25	37
48	Carl	15	↓4	29
49	Eugene	15	↓10	33
50	Fred	15	new	38

← New Hampshire 1937 New Hampshire: all years · US 1938 New Hampshire 1939 →