Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1951

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1951 were Linda for girls (283 babies) and Robert for boys (325). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,568 babies born in New Hampshire in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1951

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: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lucille: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Louise: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Pauline: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Suzanne: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Denise: 78 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elaine: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
June: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joanne: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gail: 73 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 19 babies, 12× the national rate
Gerard: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Maurice: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dana: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roland: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jonathan: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leo: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 105 babies, 4× the national rate
Norman: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brian: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	283	–	1
2	Susan	230	–	6
3	Patricia	188	–	3
4	Diane	138	↑5	15
5	Kathleen	136	↑2	10
6	Mary	136	–	2
7	Donna	134	↓3	12
8	Deborah	125	↑5	4
9	Sandra	110	↑1	9
10	Carol	107	↓2	11
11	Nancy	105	↓6	7
12	Barbara	98	↓1	5
13	Karen	96	↑6	8
14	Sharon	82	↑1	13
15	Denise	78	↑17	48
16	Brenda	77	↑2	14
17	Gail	73	↓1	36
18	Judith	67	↓6	25
19	Cynthia	66	↑2	20
20	Pamela	66	↑9	16
21	Janet	64	↓7	19
22	Elaine	56	↑1	66
23	Christine	55	↑8	24
24	Bonnie	54	↓4	37
25	Jane	52	↓8	43
26	Suzanne	52	↑1	83
27	Ann	48	↓2	46
28	Joanne	44	↑9	73
29	Elizabeth	43	↑1	23
30	Janice	42	↓6	21
31	Cheryl	41	↓9	30
32	Margaret	40	↓4	17
33	Joyce	38	↑6	28
34	Martha	35	↑7	38
35	Catherine	34	↑13	34
36	Joan	34	–	39
37	Judy	34	new	26
38	Louise	34	↓12	>100
39	Debra	33	new	18
40	Gloria	33	↓7	31
41	Sally	33	new	77
42	Shirley	33	↓8	27
43	Anne	32	new	82
44	Jean	31	↓9	49
45	Ruth	29	↑5	53
46	Beverly	28	↓4	33
47	Claire	28	new	>100
48	Paula	28	new	51
49	Dorothy	27	new	42
50	Jacqueline	27	↓7	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	325	–	2
2	Richard	275	–	7
3	John	249	↑1	3
4	Michael	239	↑1	4
5	David	235	↓2	5
6	James	188	–	1
7	William	186	–	6
8	Thomas	151	–	8
9	Gary	142	↑4	10
10	Donald	134	↑1	15
11	Paul	126	↓2	18
12	Dennis	124	↑2	17
13	Stephen	123	↑3	19
14	Ronald	106	↓4	12
15	Peter	105	↑5	38
16	Bruce	103	↓4	26
17	Charles	92	↓2	9
18	Daniel	81	↑1	21
19	Edward	81	↑7	23
20	Steven	75	↑7	13
21	Wayne	75	↑1	37
22	Kenneth	73	↓1	16
23	George	69	↓6	22
24	Mark	69	↑1	20
25	Raymond	65	↓1	32
26	Douglas	63	↑7	27
27	Timothy	62	↑4	28
28	Roger	60	↓10	29
29	Joseph	59	↓6	14
30	Alan	55	–	40
31	Brian	54	↑1	75
32	Arthur	52	↑3	44
33	Larry	45	↑5	11
34	Frank	42	↑7	31
35	Norman	42	↓7	90
36	Philip	39	↓7	55
37	Kevin	34	↓3	53
38	Gregory	33	↑5	25
39	Lawrence	31	↓3	33
40	Ralph	30	new	51
41	Russell	29	↓4	73
42	Walter	29	↑3	42
43	Gerard	28	new	>100
44	Andrew	26	new	69
45	Dana	26	new	>100
46	Stanley	26	new	54
47	Gerald	25	↓7	36
48	Jonathan	25	new	>100
49	Barry	24	↓2	71
50	Keith	24	new	59

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