Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1944

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1944 were Sandra for girls (142 babies) and Richard for boys (316). Sandra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Richard ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,059 babies born in New Hampshire in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1944

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: 30 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Pauline: 57 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Constance: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lucille: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sally: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Irene: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Louise: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeanne: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 15 babies, 43.5× the national rate
Maurice: 36 babies, 13× the national rate
Gerard: 23 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Roland: 36 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Leo: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bruce: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norman: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Alfred: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brian: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Sandra	142	↑2	6
2	Mary	113	↑3	1
3	Carol	111	↓1	5
4	Linda	109	↑2	3
5	Nancy	108	↑3	7
6	Patricia	102	↓5	4
7	Judith	97	–	9
8	Barbara	80	↓4	2
9	Susan	76	–	13
10	Donna	72	–	17
11	Pauline	57	↑1	>100
12	Sharon	54	↑3	8
13	Kathleen	51	↑8	20
14	Carolyn	48	↑5	11
15	Janet	46	↑5	21
16	Shirley	46	↑7	15
17	Joan	45	↓6	22
18	Beverly	43	↓1	35
19	Brenda	43	↑10	30
20	Joyce	43	↓7	18
21	Elaine	41	↓3	46
22	Diane	39	↑13	24
23	Jane	39	↑13	41
24	Jean	39	new	37
25	Cheryl	38	new	36
26	Margaret	38	↑2	14
27	Ann	37	–	39
28	Virginia	37	↑5	26
29	Lorraine	36	↓7	93
30	Elizabeth	35	↓16	23
31	Sally	34	new	59
32	Bonnie	32	new	34
33	Janice	32	↓2	28
34	Constance	31	↑3	>100
35	Gail	31	↓10	56
36	Joanne	31	↑10	55
37	Pamela	31	↑13	44
38	Claire	30	↓8	>100
39	Dorothy	30	↓23	19
40	Martha	30	new	29
41	Gloria	29	new	25
42	Louise	29	↓18	69
43	Karen	28	↓3	16
44	Betty	26	↓5	10
45	Carole	26	↓11	43
46	Irene	24	↓3	91
47	Judy	24	new	12
48	Alice	23	–	38
49	Marilyn	23	↓2	27
50	Priscilla	23	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Richard	316	↑1	5
2	Robert	281	↓1	2
3	John	210	–	3
4	David	183	–	6
5	James	146	↑1	1
6	William	145	↓1	4
7	Ronald	99	–	10
8	Donald	97	↑1	11
9	Paul	94	↓1	17
10	George	89	↑1	14
11	Thomas	81	↑2	8
12	Michael	79	↑8	9
13	Charles	74	↓3	7
14	Raymond	69	↓2	22
15	Roger	68	↑2	23
16	Kenneth	59	↓2	16
17	Edward	56	↓2	18
18	Peter	51	↓2	40
19	Arthur	50	↑2	29
20	Bruce	47	↓2	51
21	Joseph	47	↓2	13
22	Wayne	45	↑4	37
23	Stephen	38	–	28
24	Norman	37	↑3	58
25	Maurice	36	↑6	>100
26	Roland	36	↑2	>100
27	Albert	34	↓3	44
28	Douglas	32	↓3	34
29	Dennis	31	↓7	20
30	Gary	29	–	15
31	Philip	26	↑5	60
32	Frank	25	↑1	21
33	Francis	24	↑10	71
34	Walter	24	↑3	26
35	Alfred	23	new	82
36	Frederick	23	↑8	73
37	Gerard	23	↑5	>100
38	Russell	23	↓4	63
39	Daniel	22	↓7	25
40	Gerald	22	↓11	24
41	Lawrence	22	↑4	32
42	Alan	21	↓3	55
43	Henry	20	↓5	35
44	Eugene	19	new	48
45	Fred	19	new	47
46	Ernest	18	↑4	59
47	Ralph	18	↓12	42
48	Harold	17	↓8	27
49	Larry	17	new	12
50	Howard	16	new	53

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