Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1945

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1945 were Linda for girls (128 babies) and Robert for boys (270). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,988 babies born in New Hampshire in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1945

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: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Priscilla: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Pauline: 36 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lucille: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Suzanne: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeanne: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elaine: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Constance: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Theresa: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 31 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Gerard: 18 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Roland: 29 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Leo: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Norman: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brian: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paul: 127 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Philip: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	128	↑3	2
2	Mary	125	–	1
3	Carol	103	–	5
4	Judith	98	↑3	9
5	Barbara	97	↑3	3
6	Patricia	96	–	4
7	Nancy	91	↓2	7
8	Sandra	90	↓7	6
9	Susan	84	–	10
10	Donna	81	–	17
11	Sharon	65	↑1	8
12	Jane	55	↑11	36
13	Joan	51	↑4	25
14	Elaine	49	↑7	44
15	Diane	47	↑7	22
16	Janet	47	↓1	20
17	Joyce	43	↑3	18
18	Shirley	43	↓2	14
19	Cheryl	42	↑6	32
20	Beverly	40	↓2	37
21	Margaret	40	↑5	15
22	Lorraine	38	↑7	87
23	Betty	37	↑21	11
24	Dorothy	37	↑15	21
25	Jean	37	↓1	38
26	Kathleen	37	↓13	19
27	Marilyn	36	↑22	27
28	Pauline	36	↓17	>100
29	Gloria	35	↑12	23
30	Suzanne	35	new	68
31	Pamela	32	↑6	42
32	Ann	31	↓5	39
33	Elizabeth	31	↓3	26
34	Gail	31	↑1	52
35	Carolyn	28	↓21	12
36	Joanne	28	–	53
37	Jacqueline	27	new	63
38	Janice	27	↓5	24
39	Martha	27	↑1	30
40	Priscilla	27	↑10	>100
41	Brenda	26	↓22	29
42	Sally	26	↓11	64
43	Frances	25	new	34
44	Jeanne	25	new	98
45	Marie	25	new	49
46	Bonnie	24	↓14	35
47	Cynthia	23	new	90
48	Karen	23	↓5	16
49	Marcia	23	new	88
50	Rita	22	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	270	↑1	2
2	Richard	253	↓1	5
3	John	225	–	3
4	William	167	↑2	4
5	James	165	–	1
6	David	157	↓2	6
7	Paul	127	↑2	17
8	Ronald	109	↓1	10
9	Thomas	90	↑2	8
10	Michael	86	↑2	9
11	Donald	75	↓3	12
12	Charles	68	↑1	7
13	George	67	↓3	15
14	Peter	64	↑4	38
15	Roger	64	–	22
16	Raymond	56	↓2	23
17	Joseph	52	↑4	14
18	Dennis	51	↑11	19
19	Daniel	49	↑20	24
20	Kenneth	49	↓4	16
21	Norman	44	↑3	65
22	Edward	43	↓5	18
23	Bruce	39	↓3	48
24	Wayne	38	↓2	35
25	Gary	37	↑5	13
26	Stephen	35	↓3	26
27	Arthur	32	↓8	34
28	Henry	31	↑15	37
29	Maurice	31	↓4	>100
30	Frank	30	↑2	21
31	Philip	30	–	58
32	Roland	29	↓6	>100
33	Stanley	27	new	59
34	Walter	26	–	27
35	Albert	25	↓8	49
36	Russell	25	↑2	64
37	Gerald	24	↑3	25
38	Leo	23	new	>100
39	Douglas	22	↓11	29
40	Ernest	22	↑6	60
41	Lawrence	22	–	30
42	Ralph	21	↑5	44
43	Alan	20	↓1	52
44	Brian	19	new	>100
45	Howard	19	↑5	54
46	Larry	19	↑3	11
47	Leonard	19	new	57
48	Gerard	18	↓11	>100
49	Harold	18	↓1	28
50	Frederick	17	↓14	77

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