Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1946

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1946 were Linda for girls (179 babies) and Robert for boys (420). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,626 babies born in New Hampshire in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1946

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

Claudette: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Claire: 27 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Priscilla: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Jeannette: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Pauline: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rachel: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Elaine: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Louise: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
June: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 20 babies, 63.7× the national rate
Gerard: 27 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Maurice: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Roland: 31 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Leo: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brian: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 91 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Norman: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bruce: 70 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Raymond: 90 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	179	–	2
2	Sandra	173	↑6	6
3	Carol	162	–	5
4	Susan	151	↑5	8
5	Patricia	150	↑1	3
6	Mary	146	↓4	1
7	Judith	134	↓3	10
8	Nancy	127	↓1	7
9	Donna	117	↑1	13
10	Barbara	108	↓5	4
11	Sharon	76	–	9
12	Kathleen	65	↑14	16
13	Diane	63	↑2	19
14	Jane	62	↓2	35
15	Elaine	59	↓1	47
16	Joyce	59	↑1	20
17	Cheryl	58	↑2	27
18	Margaret	58	↑3	17
19	Joan	57	↓6	28
20	Shirley	55	↓2	18
21	Elizabeth	53	↑12	25
22	Judy	49	new	11
23	Karen	49	↑25	15
24	Brenda	47	↑17	24
25	Cynthia	46	↑22	46
26	Dorothy	46	↓2	23
27	Janet	46	↓11	21
28	Lorraine	45	↓6	93
29	Gloria	44	–	26
30	Joanne	44	↑6	57
31	Pamela	44	–	34
32	Virginia	44	new	31
33	Gail	43	↑1	49
34	Janice	43	↑4	22
35	Beverly	41	↓15	30
36	Bonnie	40	↑10	33
37	Suzanne	39	↓7	52
38	Carolyn	36	↓3	12
39	Marilyn	36	↓12	29
40	Ann	35	↓8	40
41	Sally	34	↑1	67
42	Louise	33	new	91
43	Pauline	32	↓15	>100
44	Helen	30	new	36
45	Sheila	30	new	70
46	Priscilla	29	↓6	>100
47	Jacqueline	28	↓10	62
48	Marie	28	↓3	54
49	Alice	27	new	44
50	Claire	27	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	420	–	2
2	Richard	372	–	5
3	John	273	–	3
4	David	230	↑2	6
5	James	200	–	1
6	Ronald	169	↑2	10
7	Paul	163	–	18
8	William	163	↓4	4
9	Thomas	127	–	8
10	Donald	119	↑1	13
11	Michael	113	↓1	7
12	Peter	91	↑2	38
13	Raymond	90	↑3	25
14	George	88	↓1	16
15	Charles	86	↓3	9
16	Roger	84	↓1	23
17	Kenneth	83	↑3	15
18	Dennis	74	–	17
19	Edward	71	↑3	19
20	Bruce	70	↑3	32
21	Gary	70	↑4	12
22	Joseph	63	↓5	14
23	Wayne	57	↑1	29
24	Stephen	54	↑2	24
25	Arthur	52	↑2	36
26	Daniel	48	↓7	21
27	Norman	47	↓6	76
28	Gerald	44	↑9	27
29	Douglas	40	↑10	34
30	Alan	38	↑13	49
31	Walter	34	↑3	30
32	Brian	33	↑12	>100
33	Albert	32	↑2	52
34	Roland	31	↓2	>100
35	Russell	31	↑1	66
36	Francis	30	new	80
37	Lawrence	30	↑4	31
38	Philip	30	↓7	61
39	Steven	29	new	28
40	Gerard	27	↑8	>100
41	Maurice	27	↓12	>100
42	Gregory	25	new	56
43	Frank	24	↓13	22
44	Barry	23	new	68
45	Larry	23	↑1	11
46	Leo	23	↓8	>100
47	Leonard	23	–	67
48	Ralph	23	↓6	48
49	Fred	22	new	51
50	Frederick	21	–	75

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