Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	112
2	Barbara	109
3	Mary	107
4	Nancy	96
5	Joan	75
6	Shirley	74
7	Beverly	68
7	Sandra	68
9	Carol	63
9	Pauline	63
11	Dorothy	55
12	Constance	53
13	Judith	48
14	Elizabeth	47
14	Lorraine	47
16	Helen	46
16	Janet	46
18	Jean	43
19	Joyce	42
19	Margaret	42
21	Betty	41
22	Ann	39
23	Jacqueline	38
23	Ruth	38
25	Doris	37
26	Sylvia	34
27	Elaine	32
27	Gail	32
27	Lucille	32
27	Priscilla	32
27	Virginia	32
32	Claire	31
33	Gloria	29
34	Phyllis	28
35	Rita	27
36	Jane	26
36	Janice	26
36	Joanne	26
36	Sally	26
40	Carole	25
40	Marjorie	25
42	Eleanor	24
42	Louise	24
44	Cynthia	23
44	Marie	23
44	Norma	23
47	Alice	22
47	Arlene	22
47	Carolyn	22
47	Cecile	22

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	295
2	Richard	246
3	John	159
4	James	122
5	Donald	114
6	William	106
7	David	105
8	Paul	98
9	Ronald	87
10	George	76
11	Roger	72
12	Raymond	69
13	Charles	68
14	Edward	58
15	Joseph	54
15	Kenneth	54
17	Thomas	45
18	Roland	44
19	Peter	42
20	Arthur	39
21	Bruce	37
21	Norman	37
23	Maurice	35
24	Francis	28
24	Wayne	28
26	Lawrence	27
27	Henry	25
28	Frank	24
29	Harold	23
29	Leo	23
29	Philip	23
32	Daniel	22
32	Normand	22
32	Walter	22
35	Alfred	21
35	Ernest	21
35	Harry	21
38	Gerald	20
39	Ralph	19
40	Michael	18
41	Douglas	17
41	Gerard	17
41	Louis	17
41	Nelson	17
45	Andrew	16
45	Stanley	16
47	Albert	15
47	Carl	15
47	Eugene	15
47	Fred	15