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Baby names in New Hampshire in the 1920s

In New Hampshire in the 1920s the most given names were Robert (2,713 boys) and Mary (1,509 girls), of 66,551 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Hampshire each year, the 1920s shaded
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New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251920-1929BoysGirls
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Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New Hampshire, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Hampshire, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1Mary1,509
2Dorothy1,170
3Rita985
4Barbara972
5Doris858
6Helen848
7Ruth845
8Irene754
9Pauline746
10Virginia649
11Margaret640
12Theresa640
13Elizabeth608
14Alice547
15Marion500
16Shirley499
17Lucille469
18Marjorie467
19Evelyn458
20Florence455
Boys, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1Robert2,713
2John1,618
3Richard1,329
4William1,174
5George1,168
6Donald842
7Raymond826
8Paul808
9Charles803
10Joseph789
11James759
12Edward715
13Arthur692
14Roger655
15Roland605
16Albert521
17Maurice488
18Harold479
19Henry463
20Walter459

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Hampshire in the 1920s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in New Hampshire

  1. The 1920s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. New Hampshire: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. New Hampshire in the 1930sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1920The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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