Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1949

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1949 were Linda for girls (347 babies) and Robert for boys (345). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,410 babies born in New Hampshire in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1949

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: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Denise: 40 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Pauline: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Louise: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rachel: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Suzanne: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lorraine: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gail: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 17 babies, 51.3× the national rate
Gerard: 30 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Maurice: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Roland: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dana: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Leo: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Peter: 109 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jonathan: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Norman: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brian: 36 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	347	–	1
2	Susan	184	–	5
3	Patricia	163	↑1	3
4	Mary	146	↓1	2
5	Nancy	145	–	7
6	Sandra	129	↑2	6
7	Diane	122	↓1	19
8	Donna	121	↑1	12
9	Carol	110	↓2	8
10	Judith	110	–	16
11	Barbara	101	↑1	4
12	Kathleen	101	↓1	9
13	Deborah	79	↑2	15
14	Sharon	77	↓1	10
15	Pamela	70	↑1	21
16	Margaret	65	↑6	14
17	Brenda	62	↑7	13
18	Cheryl	62	↓4	28
19	Elizabeth	61	↑10	25
20	Suzanne	59	↑3	62
21	Gail	58	↓3	51
22	Karen	54	↓3	11
23	Cynthia	53	↓2	27
24	Joanne	52	↑15	61
25	Elaine	51	↓8	57
26	Louise	48	–	>100
27	Gloria	46	↑23	29
28	Joan	46	–	36
29	Jane	44	↓9	41
30	Janice	42	↑2	24
31	Janet	41	↑3	23
32	Denise	40	new	>100
33	Martha	40	↑16	34
34	Joyce	38	↓9	26
35	Beverly	37	–	31
36	Bonnie	37	↓6	35
37	Paula	37	new	55
38	Shirley	37	↓7	18
39	Dorothy	35	new	32
40	Jacqueline	35	new	58
41	Marie	35	↓5	67
42	Ann	34	↓15	44
43	Christine	33	new	30
44	Jean	33	↓4	45
45	Pauline	33	↓12	>100
46	Virginia	32	↓2	39
47	Anne	29	new	86
48	Judy	29	new	20
49	Lorraine	29	↓7	>100
50	Sally	29	↓3	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	345	–	2
2	David	289	↑2	6
3	John	279	↓1	3
4	Richard	275	↓1	7
5	James	211	–	1
6	Michael	197	–	5
7	William	191	–	4
8	Paul	164	↑1	17
9	Donald	161	↑1	13
10	Thomas	152	↑1	8
11	Ronald	137	↓3	11
12	Peter	109	↑6	38
13	Stephen	109	↑1	19
14	Bruce	104	↓1	26
15	Charles	102	–	9
16	Dennis	93	–	16
17	Edward	88	↑3	21
18	George	84	↓6	18
19	Gary	81	↑2	12
20	Raymond	80	↓1	30
21	Daniel	77	↑2	22
22	Kenneth	76	–	15
23	Roger	76	↓6	25
24	Joseph	68	–	14
25	Steven	67	–	20
26	Douglas	59	↑3	29
27	Wayne	59	↓1	35
28	Mark	53	↑9	24
29	Arthur	50	↑10	44
30	Gerald	45	↑10	33
31	Timothy	43	↑11	34
32	Alan	41	↓5	45
33	Brian	36	↓5	86
34	Gregory	36	↑9	31
35	Norman	36	↑3	90
36	Philip	36	↓2	55
37	Russell	36	↑8	69
38	Lawrence	34	↓7	32
39	Walter	32	↓4	37
40	Larry	31	↓7	10
41	Gerard	30	↑5	>100
42	Frank	29	↓12	27
43	Ernest	28	↓2	76
44	Maurice	28	new	>100
45	Jeffrey	27	↑2	48
46	Roland	27	↓14	>100
47	Eugene	24	↑2	58
48	Ralph	24	new	50
49	Dana	23	new	>100
50	Henry	23	new	46

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