Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1953

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1953 were Susan for girls (216 babies) and Michael for boys (317). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,212 babies born in New Hampshire in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1953

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: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Pauline: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Louise: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucille: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Denise: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elaine: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joanne: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diane: 137 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marie: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 21 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Roland: 28 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maurice: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dana: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Norman: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 97 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brian: 65 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leo: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bruce: 96 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wayne: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Susan	216	↑1	5
2	Linda	213	↓1	2
3	Deborah	152	–	3
4	Diane	137	↑3	17
5	Nancy	133	↓1	8
6	Patricia	133	–	4
7	Mary	128	↑1	1
8	Donna	126	↓3	13
9	Kathleen	111	↑2	14
10	Denise	96	↑3	31
11	Barbara	94	↑1	6
12	Karen	91	↑3	9
13	Carol	88	↓3	16
14	Sharon	85	↑6	15
15	Pamela	84	↑2	10
16	Sandra	84	↓7	11
17	Cynthia	79	↓1	12
18	Debra	67	↑4	7
19	Judith	65	↓5	30
20	Janet	60	↑3	19
21	Brenda	59	↓3	18
22	Jane	51	↓1	43
23	Gail	50	↓4	39
24	Paula	49	↑13	40
25	Elizabeth	48	↑3	21
26	Catherine	45	new	35
27	Janice	43	↑7	22
28	Bonnie	42	↓2	45
29	Cheryl	41	↓2	28
30	Christine	40	–	32
31	Ann	39	↓7	46
32	Joanne	39	↑3	71
33	Elaine	38	↓8	77
34	Margaret	36	↓5	20
35	Martha	36	↑8	41
36	Joan	35	↓4	37
37	Louise	33	↓1	>100
38	Rebecca	33	↑10	24
39	Joyce	32	↓6	26
40	Kathy	32	↑6	23
41	Beverly	31	↓1	34
42	Maureen	31	↑5	92
43	Jean	30	↓5	52
44	Shirley	30	↑5	29
45	Anne	29	↓4	80
46	Marie	29	new	86
47	Cathy	28	new	56
48	Ellen	28	new	76
49	Kathryn	28	new	48
50	Marilyn	28	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	317	↑2	3
2	Robert	293	–	1
3	David	279	↓2	5
4	Richard	275	–	7
5	John	231	–	4
6	James	199	–	2
7	William	192	–	6
8	Gary	152	↑2	10
9	Thomas	152	↓1	8
10	Paul	142	↓1	16
11	Stephen	117	↑2	21
12	Ronald	107	↑2	15
13	Dennis	105	↓1	19
14	Donald	100	↓3	14
15	Daniel	99	↑2	20
16	Peter	97	–	38
17	Bruce	96	↓2	28
18	Mark	94	↑4	12
19	Steven	93	↓1	11
20	Kenneth	83	↓1	17
21	Charles	73	↓1	9
22	Brian	65	↑7	53
23	George	60	↓2	22
24	Joseph	59	↑9	13
25	Wayne	56	↑2	40
26	Jeffrey	55	↑9	25
27	Raymond	53	↓2	34
28	Alan	51	↑3	43
29	Edward	51	↑1	23
30	Roger	49	↓7	31
31	Timothy	48	↓3	26
32	Douglas	46	↓8	27
33	Kevin	43	↓7	36
34	Philip	38	↑2	61
35	Lawrence	35	↑5	37
36	Norman	35	↑5	98
37	Scott	35	–	46
38	Larry	33	↓4	18
39	Arthur	32	↓7	50
40	Gregory	30	↓1	24
41	Roland	28	new	>100
42	Frank	25	↓4	33
43	Christopher	23	new	63
44	Terry	23	new	30
45	Henry	22	new	54
46	Walter	22	new	45
47	Denis	21	new	>100
48	Frederick	21	new	80
49	Gerald	21	–	42
50	Maurice	21	new	>100

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