Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1955

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1955 were Susan for girls (208 babies) and David for boys (375). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,869 babies born in New Hampshire in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1955

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

Pauline: 26 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Claire: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Louise: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elaine: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doreen: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Suzanne: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Denise: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joanne: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gail: 56 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marlene: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 21 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Dana: 33 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Maurice: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marc: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Leo: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Gerard: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Peter: 137 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Norman: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brian: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	208	–	5
2	Linda	188	–	3
3	Debra	174	↑1	4
4	Deborah	147	↓1	2
5	Nancy	136	↑1	9
6	Diane	135	↑2	14
7	Donna	133	–	10
8	Mary	131	↑1	1
9	Patricia	127	↓4	6
10	Karen	108	↑2	8
11	Denise	100	–	23
12	Cynthia	92	↑6	11
13	Kathleen	86	↑1	17
14	Pamela	84	↓4	12
15	Sandra	84	–	13
16	Carol	72	↓3	15
17	Barbara	68	↓1	7
18	Brenda	61	↑1	18
19	Sharon	60	↓2	16
20	Gail	56	↑1	42
21	Cheryl	54	↑4	19
22	Elaine	54	↑6	77
23	Elizabeth	50	↓1	21
24	Janet	50	↓4	20
25	Ann	47	↓1	43
26	Robin	47	↑3	33
27	Bonnie	44	↑11	45
28	Judith	44	↓5	31
29	Margaret	41	↑5	24
30	Suzanne	39	↑20	86
31	Catherine	38	↓4	28
32	Jane	38	↑7	50
33	Lynn	38	↑8	62
34	Martha	38	↑1	53
35	Kathy	36	↓3	22
36	Rebecca	35	–	27
37	Janice	34	↓7	25
38	Paula	34	↓12	39
39	Cathy	33	new	44
40	Virginia	33	new	66
41	Joanne	32	↓10	88
42	Joyce	32	↑3	29
43	Katherine	30	↑3	65
44	Lisa	30	new	48
45	Sherry	30	new	56
46	Joan	29	↓13	46
47	Sheila	29	↓10	57
48	Wendy	29	–	90
49	Anne	27	↓9	84
50	Helen	27	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	375	–	2
2	Michael	327	–	1
3	Robert	302	–	4
4	Richard	237	–	7
5	John	229	↑1	5
6	James	195	↓1	3
7	William	166	↑1	6
8	Gary	158	↓1	12
9	Mark	152	↑5	9
10	Thomas	144	↓1	8
11	Peter	137	↑4	35
12	Paul	131	↓2	16
13	Stephen	129	↓2	21
14	Steven	127	↓2	10
15	Donald	105	↓2	14
16	Daniel	101	↑1	17
17	Bruce	97	↑3	32
18	Ronald	88	↓2	18
19	Kevin	86	–	27
20	Dennis	83	↓2	23
21	Kenneth	78	↑1	15
22	Brian	77	↑3	40
23	Charles	74	↓2	11
24	Jeffrey	74	↑5	20
25	Timothy	73	↑2	22
26	Edward	64	↑2	25
27	Scott	64	↑8	38
28	Raymond	63	↓2	36
29	Douglas	60	↑4	29
30	George	58	↓6	26
31	Joseph	58	–	13
32	Wayne	53	–	44
33	Roger	52	↓3	37
34	Alan	51	↓11	43
35	Marc	39	new	>100
36	Philip	35	↓2	62
37	Arthur	33	–	56
38	Dana	33	–	>100
39	Gregory	33	↓3	24
40	Carl	32	↑3	47
41	Keith	32	new	39
42	Andrew	29	–	66
43	Anthony	28	new	31
44	Norman	28	↓3	>100
45	Lawrence	27	–	42
46	Russell	27	–	57
47	Walter	26	↓3	51
48	Frederick	25	new	86
49	Frank	23	new	34
50	Christopher	22	new	49

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