Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1954

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1954 were Susan for girls (212 babies) and David for boys (337). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,798 babies born in New Hampshire in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1954

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, 9.2× the national rate
Pauline: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lucille: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Louise: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Denise: 110 babies, 3× the national rate
Elaine: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Holly: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gail: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maureen: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 24 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Roland: 28 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dana: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Gerard: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Leo: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 104 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marc: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alan: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Brian: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Susan	212	–	5
2	Linda	184	–	2
3	Deborah	159	–	3
4	Debra	149	↑14	6
5	Patricia	146	↑1	4
6	Nancy	141	↓1	9
7	Donna	138	↑1	11
8	Diane	123	↓4	17
9	Mary	121	↓2	1
10	Pamela	113	↑5	12
11	Denise	110	↓1	24
12	Karen	104	–	8
13	Carol	94	–	15
14	Kathleen	86	↓5	14
15	Sandra	84	↑1	13
16	Barbara	80	↓5	7
17	Sharon	80	↓3	16
18	Cynthia	76	↓1	10
19	Brenda	72	↑2	18
20	Janet	71	–	19
21	Gail	67	↑2	37
22	Elizabeth	58	↑3	20
23	Judith	56	↓4	30
24	Ann	47	↑7	44
25	Cheryl	47	↑4	22
26	Paula	46	↓2	38
27	Catherine	45	↓1	32
28	Elaine	44	↑5	74
29	Robin	43	new	41
30	Janice	42	↓3	25
31	Joanne	39	↑1	78
32	Kathy	38	↑8	23
33	Joan	37	↑3	40
34	Margaret	37	–	21
35	Martha	35	–	46
36	Rebecca	35	↑2	26
37	Sheila	35	new	60
38	Bonnie	34	↓10	52
39	Jane	34	↓17	49
40	Anne	31	↑5	80
41	Lynn	31	new	63
42	Darlene	30	new	76
43	Louise	30	↓6	>100
44	Maureen	30	↓2	97
45	Joyce	29	↓6	28
46	Katherine	29	new	64
47	Marie	29	↓1	79
48	Wendy	29	new	95
49	Sally	28	new	84
50	Suzanne	28	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	David	337	↑2	5
2	Michael	306	↓1	1
3	Robert	274	↓1	2
4	Richard	252	–	7
5	James	236	↑1	3
6	John	224	↓1	4
7	Gary	186	↑1	9
8	William	182	↓1	6
9	Thomas	159	–	8
10	Paul	134	–	16
11	Stephen	130	–	20
12	Steven	121	↑7	11
13	Donald	110	↑1	14
14	Mark	109	↑4	12
15	Peter	104	↑1	37
16	Ronald	102	↓4	15
17	Daniel	96	↓2	18
18	Dennis	95	↓5	21
19	Kevin	85	↑14	28
20	Bruce	83	↓3	30
21	Charles	78	–	10
22	Kenneth	74	↓2	17
23	Alan	73	↑5	43
24	George	69	↓1	24
25	Brian	68	↓3	48
26	Raymond	67	↑1	35
27	Timothy	67	↑4	26
28	Edward	66	↑1	22
29	Jeffrey	62	↓3	23
30	Roger	62	–	34
31	Joseph	55	↓7	13
32	Wayne	53	↓7	41
33	Douglas	48	↓1	29
34	Philip	40	–	62
35	Scott	38	↑2	40
36	Gregory	33	↑4	25
37	Arthur	31	↑2	52
38	Dana	29	new	>100
39	Roland	28	↑2	>100
40	Craig	27	new	51
41	Norman	27	↓5	99
42	Andrew	26	new	70
43	Carl	26	new	47
44	Walter	26	↑2	49
45	Lawrence	25	↓10	39
46	Russell	25	new	69
47	Albert	24	new	73
48	Denis	24	↓1	>100
49	Glenn	24	new	63
50	Barry	23	new	68

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