Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1941

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1941 were Patricia for girls (154 babies) and Robert for boys (294). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,983 babies born in New Hampshire in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1941

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

Claire: 39 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Muriel: 18 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Pauline: 64 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 48 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lorraine: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Constance: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jeanne: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucille: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Sheila: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maureen: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 16 babies, 56.2× the national rate
Roland: 43 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Gerard: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maurice: 26 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Brian: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leo: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roger: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Norman: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mark: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Patricia	154	–	3
2	Mary	121	↑1	1
3	Sandra	111	↑2	9
4	Judith	110	–	6
5	Nancy	107	↓3	8
6	Barbara	99	–	2
7	Carol	86	–	4
8	Linda	75	↑1	5
9	Pauline	64	↑8	>100
10	Beverly	60	–	29
11	Joan	55	↓3	17
12	Joyce	54	↓1	13
13	Susan	52	new	27
14	Elaine	51	↓1	44
15	Elizabeth	51	↑3	21
16	Margaret	50	↑15	12
17	Ann	49	↑3	37
18	Priscilla	48	↑19	>100
19	Shirley	48	↓7	10
20	Jean	43	↑4	32
21	Lorraine	41	↑2	93
22	Carolyn	40	↓3	11
23	Janet	40	↓9	18
24	Claire	39	↑17	>100
25	Dorothy	39	↓10	14
26	Jane	39	↑10	46
27	Gloria	38	↓11	26
28	Marilyn	36	–	30
29	Brenda	35	↑15	41
30	Constance	34	↑19	>100
31	Joanne	34	↓5	54
32	Betty	33	↓5	7
33	Diane	31	↑12	40
34	Ruth	30	↑12	28
35	Gail	29	↓6	68
36	Rita	29	↑2	63
37	Jacqueline	28	↓16	73
38	Louise	28	new	62
39	Virginia	28	↓9	23
40	Alice	27	–	34
41	Donna	27	↓9	20
42	Janice	27	↓20	22
43	Martha	27	↓10	25
44	Doris	26	↓19	38
45	Helen	26	↓10	24
46	Sheila	26	new	>100
47	Irene	25	–	74
48	Jeanne	25	new	>100
49	Lucille	25	↓15	>100
50	Cynthia	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	294	–	2
2	Richard	265	–	5
3	John	185	–	3
4	David	161	–	7
5	William	145	–	4
6	Ronald	123	↑2	9
7	Paul	116	↑2	18
8	James	111	↓1	1
9	Donald	102	↓3	10
10	Roger	89	↑4	25
11	George	85	↓1	13
12	Charles	74	–	6
13	Raymond	65	↓2	22
14	Edward	64	↓1	17
15	Thomas	64	–	8
16	Kenneth	59	↑1	15
17	Peter	56	↓1	44
18	Joseph	55	↑7	12
19	Arthur	47	↓1	33
20	Norman	46	↑2	49
21	Roland	43	↑2	>100
22	Gerald	42	↑4	20
23	Wayne	42	↓4	37
24	Bruce	39	↓3	51
25	Frank	36	↑7	21
26	Michael	36	↑1	16
27	Philip	32	↑1	52
28	Stephen	30	↑2	41
29	Daniel	29	↑6	31
30	Henry	29	↓1	28
31	Walter	29	↓7	26
32	Albert	26	↓12	40
33	Douglas	26	↑3	53
34	Ernest	26	↓3	61
35	Maurice	26	new	>100
36	Stanley	26	↑3	57
37	Carl	23	↑7	29
38	Gary	22	↑8	19
39	Leo	22	↑4	>100
40	Francis	21	↑5	60
41	Frederick	21	↓1	69
42	Leon	21	new	93
43	Larry	20	new	11
44	Lawrence	20	↓10	34
45	Ralph	20	↑4	38
46	Gerard	19	↑1	>100
47	Harry	19	↓5	48
48	Fred	18	–	43
49	Louis	18	new	50
50	Alfred	17	↓17	74

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