Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1956

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1956 were Susan for girls (203 babies) and Michael for boys (353). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,262 babies born in New Hampshire in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1956

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: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Louise: 38 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Doreen: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Holly: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elaine: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Irene: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marie: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Andrea: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 22 babies, 16× the national rate
Marc: 40 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Roland: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dana: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Leo: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gerard: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Peter: 135 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Norman: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brian: 117 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jonathan: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	203	–	5
2	Debra	179	↑1	2
3	Linda	177	↓1	3
4	Deborah	174	–	4
5	Karen	164	↑5	7
6	Diane	141	–	15
7	Donna	140	–	10
8	Mary	135	–	1
9	Patricia	120	–	6
10	Nancy	113	↓5	11
11	Cheryl	109	↑10	18
12	Cynthia	102	–	8
13	Sandra	96	↑2	14
14	Carol	90	↑2	16
15	Denise	85	↓4	23
16	Barbara	83	↑1	9
17	Sharon	81	↑2	13
18	Kathleen	78	↓5	17
19	Pamela	76	↓5	12
20	Brenda	68	↓2	19
21	Robin	52	↑5	29
22	Kathy	51	↑13	20
23	Janet	50	↑1	21
24	Judith	50	↑4	45
25	Bonnie	48	↑2	51
26	Darlene	48	new	71
27	Jane	48	↑5	50
28	Lynn	48	↑5	58
29	Elaine	47	↓7	89
30	Gail	47	↓10	49
31	Ann	45	↓6	46
32	Catherine	43	↓1	28
33	Margaret	42	↓4	25
34	Cindy	39	new	37
35	Joyce	39	↑7	30
36	Elizabeth	38	↓13	22
37	Louise	38	new	>100
38	Lisa	37	↑6	31
39	Maureen	36	new	>100
40	Kim	35	new	38
41	Laurie	34	new	76
42	Doreen	33	new	>100
43	Marie	33	new	96
44	Janice	32	↓7	26
45	Paula	31	↓7	47
46	Suzanne	31	↓16	94
47	Jean	28	new	65
48	Wendy	28	–	95
49	Julie	27	new	48
50	Rebecca	27	↓14	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	353	↑1	1
2	David	321	↓1	4
3	Robert	280	–	3
4	Richard	254	–	7
5	John	237	–	5
6	James	191	–	2
7	William	179	–	6
8	Mark	172	↑1	8
9	Paul	156	↑3	17
10	Steven	148	↑4	10
11	Gary	137	↓3	13
12	Peter	135	↓1	37
13	Thomas	130	↓3	9
14	Donald	127	↑1	14
15	Brian	117	↑7	32
16	Stephen	117	↓3	23
17	Kevin	103	↑2	22
18	Daniel	100	↓2	18
19	Ronald	90	↓1	15
20	Bruce	85	↓3	33
21	Timothy	82	↑4	19
22	Charles	77	↑1	11
23	Dennis	75	↓3	26
24	Jeffrey	75	–	20
25	Joseph	74	↑6	12
26	George	65	↑4	27
27	Raymond	63	↑1	39
28	Wayne	63	↑4	45
29	Kenneth	62	↓8	16
30	Douglas	61	↓1	29
31	Edward	60	↓5	25
32	Scott	59	↓5	34
33	Alan	57	↑1	44
34	Roger	50	↓1	41
35	Marc	40	–	>100
36	Gregory	37	↑3	24
37	Keith	36	↑4	36
38	Philip	35	↓2	64
39	Norman	32	↑5	>100
40	Christopher	31	↑10	47
41	Andrew	30	↑1	56
42	Randy	27	new	28
43	Lawrence	26	↑2	42
44	Larry	25	new	21
45	Carl	24	↓5	48
46	Frederick	24	↑2	91
47	Jonathan	24	new	>100
48	Dale	23	new	50
49	Dana	23	↓11	>100
50	Arthur	22	↓13	60

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