Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1952

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1952 were Linda for girls (217 babies) and David for boys (312). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,597 babies born in New Hampshire in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1952

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: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Louise: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pauline: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Candace: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Priscilla: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elaine: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Suzanne: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
June: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Denise: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joanne: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 22 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Dana: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Roland: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gerard: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Leo: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maurice: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 102 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Norman: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brian: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jon: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	217	–	1
2	Susan	210	–	5
3	Deborah	154	↑5	4
4	Nancy	150	↑7	7
5	Donna	147	↑2	13
6	Patricia	137	↓3	3
7	Diane	120	↓3	16
8	Mary	110	↓2	2
9	Sandra	102	–	10
10	Carol	92	–	12
11	Kathleen	92	↓6	11
12	Barbara	90	–	6
13	Denise	89	↑2	33
14	Judith	88	↑4	25
15	Karen	85	↓2	8
16	Cynthia	72	↑3	18
17	Pamela	72	↑3	17
18	Brenda	71	↓2	15
19	Gail	65	↓2	39
20	Sharon	62	↓6	14
21	Jane	59	↑4	42
22	Debra	56	↑17	9
23	Janet	55	↓2	19
24	Ann	54	↑3	45
25	Elaine	50	↓3	73
26	Bonnie	49	↓2	41
27	Cheryl	48	↑4	31
28	Elizabeth	48	↑1	22
29	Margaret	46	↑3	21
30	Christine	44	↓7	20
31	Suzanne	43	↓5	84
32	Joan	40	↑4	37
33	Joyce	40	–	27
34	Janice	37	↓4	23
35	Joanne	37	↓7	78
36	Louise	37	↑2	>100
37	Paula	36	↑11	47
38	Jean	35	↑6	50
39	Dorothy	34	↑10	46
40	Beverly	33	↑6	35
41	Anne	31	↑2	79
42	Diana	29	new	51
43	Martha	29	↓9	40
44	Darlene	27	new	77
45	Gloria	27	↓5	36
46	Kathy	27	new	29
47	Maureen	27	new	94
48	Rebecca	26	new	30
49	Shirley	26	↓7	28
50	Betty	25	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	David	312	↑4	5
2	Robert	305	↓1	2
3	Michael	290	↑1	4
4	Richard	274	↓2	7
5	John	229	↓2	3
6	James	207	–	1
7	William	188	–	6
8	Thomas	157	–	8
9	Paul	146	↑2	19
10	Gary	134	↓1	10
11	Donald	131	↓1	13
12	Dennis	112	–	18
13	Stephen	112	–	21
14	Ronald	109	–	15
15	Bruce	104	↑1	25
16	Peter	102	↓1	36
17	Daniel	89	↑1	20
18	Steven	87	↑2	11
19	Kenneth	86	↑3	16
20	Charles	85	↓3	9
21	George	83	↑2	22
22	Mark	81	↑2	17
23	Roger	67	↑5	30
24	Douglas	63	↑2	28
25	Raymond	60	–	33
26	Kevin	58	↑11	43
27	Wayne	58	↓6	38
28	Timothy	55	↓1	27
29	Brian	53	↑2	64
30	Edward	52	↓11	23
31	Alan	51	↓1	42
32	Arthur	48	–	47
33	Joseph	47	↓4	12
34	Larry	41	↓1	14
35	Jeffrey	40	new	31
36	Philip	37	–	60
37	Scott	37	new	54
38	Frank	36	↓4	32
39	Gregory	35	↓1	24
40	Lawrence	35	↓1	35
41	Norman	34	↓6	96
42	Dale	29	new	46
43	Carl	27	new	45
44	Dana	27	↑1	>100
45	Barry	25	↑4	69
46	Russell	25	↓5	70
47	Albert	24	new	66
48	Ernest	24	new	87
49	Gerald	24	↓2	39
50	Glenn	24	new	61

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