Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1947

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1947 were Linda for girls (437 babies) and Robert for boys (447). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,739 babies born in New Hampshire in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1947

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: 41 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Pauline: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Denise: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Priscilla: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Louise: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rachel: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elaine: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Suzanne: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Constance: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 15 babies, 50.6× the national rate
Gerard: 35 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Roland: 42 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Maurice: 32 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Leo: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brian: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Norman: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 100 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bruce: 106 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gordon: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	437	–	1
2	Susan	206	↑2	8
3	Patricia	180	↑2	3
4	Nancy	177	↑4	7
5	Sandra	164	↓3	5
6	Carol	163	↓3	6
7	Mary	162	↓1	2
8	Donna	136	↑1	10
9	Judith	125	↓2	12
10	Barbara	115	–	4
11	Kathleen	105	↑1	11
12	Diane	103	↑1	18
13	Sharon	92	↓2	9
14	Jane	82	–	36
15	Elaine	75	–	50
16	Cheryl	74	↑1	24
17	Margaret	70	↑1	16
18	Joyce	69	↓2	20
19	Suzanne	67	↑18	53
20	Cynthia	65	↑5	33
21	Janet	64	↑6	23
22	Pamela	63	↑9	28
23	Gail	61	↑10	49
24	Joan	58	↓5	30
25	Shirley	56	↓5	19
26	Beverly	54	↑9	31
27	Elizabeth	53	↓6	25
28	Karen	53	↓5	13
29	Joanne	51	↑1	56
30	Louise	50	↑12	99
31	Brenda	49	↓7	21
32	Jean	46	new	40
33	Lorraine	46	↓5	84
34	Janice	44	–	22
35	Bonnie	43	↑1	35
36	Deborah	42	new	62
37	Jacqueline	42	↑10	59
38	Claire	41	↑12	>100
39	Pauline	41	↑4	>100
40	Gloria	40	↓11	27
41	Betty	37	new	17
42	Ann	36	↓2	41
43	Catherine	36	new	46
44	Paula	36	new	54
45	Constance	35	new	100
46	Judy	34	↓24	14
47	Rita	33	new	60
48	Sheila	33	↓3	73
49	Virginia	33	↓17	34
50	Martha	32	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	447	–	2
2	Richard	365	–	5
3	John	338	–	3
4	James	249	↑1	1
5	David	240	↓1	6
6	William	211	↑2	4
7	Ronald	192	↓1	11
8	Michael	183	↑3	7
9	Paul	145	↓2	18
10	Thomas	144	↓1	8
11	Donald	141	↓1	13
12	Bruce	106	↑8	29
13	Charles	106	↑2	9
14	Peter	100	↓2	36
15	Dennis	99	↑3	17
16	Roger	96	–	25
17	Stephen	92	↑7	21
18	Kenneth	89	↓1	15
19	George	88	↓5	16
20	Gary	86	↑1	12
21	Daniel	85	↑5	22
22	Raymond	82	↓9	27
23	Wayne	80	–	30
24	Edward	75	↓5	19
25	Alan	64	↑5	45
26	Joseph	62	↓4	14
27	Norman	59	–	81
28	Arthur	52	↓3	38
29	Brian	50	↑3	95
30	Steven	50	↑9	24
31	Douglas	48	↓2	31
32	Gerald	43	↓4	28
33	Frank	42	↑10	23
34	Roland	42	–	>100
35	Albert	40	↓2	55
36	Larry	39	↑9	10
37	Philip	39	↑1	57
38	Russell	36	↓3	69
39	Gerard	35	↑1	>100
40	Ralph	33	↑8	50
41	Ernest	32	new	75
42	Maurice	32	↓1	>100
43	Leo	31	↑3	>100
44	Mark	31	new	47
45	Barry	30	↓1	68
46	Lawrence	30	↓9	32
47	Stanley	30	new	67
48	Timothy	30	new	52
49	Walter	30	↓18	34
50	Frederick	29	–	78

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