Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1950

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1950 were Linda for girls (275 babies) and Robert for boys (313). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,115 babies born in New Hampshire in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1950

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: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Pauline: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Louise: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lucille: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rachel: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Suzanne: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elaine: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Denise: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gail: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jane: 64 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 30 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Gerard: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dana: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maurice: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leo: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Norman: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leon: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jonathan: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bruce: 118 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 78 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	275	–	1
2	Susan	202	–	5
3	Patricia	157	–	3
4	Donna	137	↑4	13
5	Nancy	137	–	6
6	Mary	135	↓2	2
7	Kathleen	128	↑5	10
8	Carol	115	↑1	9
9	Diane	114	↓2	16
10	Sandra	112	↓4	8
11	Barbara	88	–	4
12	Judith	86	↓2	21
13	Deborah	81	–	7
14	Janet	67	↑17	18
15	Sharon	66	↓1	11
16	Gail	65	↑5	42
17	Jane	64	↑12	39
18	Brenda	62	↓1	14
19	Karen	61	↑3	12
20	Bonnie	58	↑16	33
21	Cynthia	56	↑2	23
22	Cheryl	54	↓4	29
23	Elaine	54	↑2	60
24	Janice	54	↑6	22
25	Ann	53	↑17	45
26	Louise	52	–	>100
27	Suzanne	52	↓7	71
28	Margaret	49	↓12	15
29	Pamela	45	↓14	17
30	Elizabeth	43	↓11	24
31	Christine	41	↑12	28
32	Denise	39	–	82
33	Gloria	36	↓6	30
34	Shirley	36	↑4	19
35	Jean	35	↑9	48
36	Joan	35	↓8	40
37	Joanne	34	↓13	67
38	Ellen	33	new	66
39	Joyce	33	↓5	27
40	Kathryn	33	new	46
41	Martha	33	↓8	32
42	Beverly	31	↓7	31
43	Jacqueline	31	↓3	55
44	Marie	30	↓3	72
45	Pauline	30	–	>100
46	Doris	29	new	74
47	Sheila	29	new	70
48	Catherine	28	new	34
49	Diana	28	new	47
50	Ruth	28	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	313	–	2
2	Richard	268	↑2	7
3	David	255	↓1	5
4	John	253	↓1	3
5	Michael	213	↑1	4
6	James	201	↓1	1
7	William	180	–	6
8	Thomas	169	↑2	8
9	Paul	146	↓1	18
10	Ronald	130	↑1	12
11	Donald	122	↓2	14
12	Bruce	118	↑2	26
13	Gary	113	↑6	10
14	Dennis	103	↑2	17
15	Charles	102	–	9
16	Stephen	97	↓3	19
17	George	82	↑1	20
18	Roger	82	↑5	27
19	Daniel	81	↑2	21
20	Peter	78	↓8	37
21	Kenneth	74	↑1	15
22	Wayne	72	↑5	35
23	Joseph	60	↑1	13
24	Raymond	60	↓4	31
25	Mark	57	↑3	23
26	Edward	56	↓9	22
27	Steven	56	↓2	16
28	Norman	45	↑7	90
29	Philip	44	↑7	53
30	Alan	43	↑2	41
31	Timothy	43	–	32
32	Brian	41	↑1	79
33	Douglas	41	↓7	28
34	Kevin	40	new	73
35	Arthur	36	↓6	46
36	Lawrence	35	↑2	33
37	Russell	35	–	67
38	Larry	33	↑2	11
39	Francis	32	new	86
40	Gerald	32	↓10	34
41	Frank	30	↑1	29
42	Roland	30	↑4	>100
43	Gregory	29	↓9	25
44	Scott	28	new	82
45	Walter	28	↓6	40
46	Albert	26	new	56
47	Barry	26	new	74
48	Leon	26	new	>100
49	Henry	25	↑1	47
50	Ernest	24	↓7	81

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