Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1957

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1957 were Susan for girls (209 babies) and Michael for boys (354). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,629 babies born in New Hampshire in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1957

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: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Heidi: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Louise: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Doreen: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roxanne: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Holly: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marie: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maureen: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Judith: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 23 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Dana: 39 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Maurice: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roland: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marc: 40 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gerard: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Leo: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 127 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Norman: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bruce: 107 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	209	–	2
2	Debra	159	–	4
3	Mary	153	↑5	1
4	Deborah	149	–	6
5	Linda	145	↓2	3
6	Donna	138	↑1	10
7	Cynthia	129	↑5	7
8	Cindy	125	↑26	19
9	Karen	125	↓4	5
10	Nancy	121	–	11
11	Diane	112	↓5	17
12	Patricia	105	↓3	8
13	Cheryl	96	↓2	16
14	Brenda	88	↑6	13
15	Denise	86	–	25
16	Sandra	86	↓3	15
17	Pamela	83	↑2	12
18	Robin	81	↑3	30
19	Carol	78	↓5	18
20	Sharon	70	↓3	14
21	Barbara	68	↓5	9
22	Kathleen	66	↓4	21
23	Lisa	64	↑15	26
24	Elizabeth	61	↑12	22
25	Kathy	55	↓3	20
26	Ann	53	↑5	44
27	Judith	53	↓3	53
28	Gail	45	↑2	54
29	Jane	44	↓2	56
30	Darlene	43	↓4	57
31	Paula	43	↑14	49
32	Bonnie	42	↓7	64
33	Janet	41	↓10	23
34	Lynn	41	↓6	61
35	Cathy	40	new	39
36	Joanne	39	new	94
37	Laurie	39	↑4	73
38	Marie	36	↑5	98
39	Kim	35	↑1	35
40	Catherine	34	↓8	37
41	Margaret	34	↓8	29
42	Martha	34	new	63
43	Janice	33	↑1	32
44	Maureen	33	↓5	>100
45	Theresa	33	new	36
46	Christine	31	new	41
47	Kimberly	31	new	42
48	Laura	31	new	31
49	Elaine	30	↓20	96
50	Jean	30	↓3	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	354	–	1
2	David	320	–	3
3	Robert	291	–	4
4	Richard	235	–	8
5	John	225	–	5
6	James	203	–	2
7	Mark	199	↑1	7
8	William	156	↓1	6
9	Daniel	153	↑9	16
10	Paul	147	↓1	18
11	Thomas	147	↑2	9
12	Gary	144	↓1	13
13	Steven	138	↓3	10
14	Stephen	129	↑2	24
15	Peter	127	↓3	37
16	Brian	119	↓1	26
17	Bruce	107	↑3	34
18	Donald	103	↓4	15
19	Timothy	98	↑2	19
20	Kevin	97	↓3	20
21	Ronald	88	↓2	17
22	Jeffrey	84	↑2	21
23	Charles	82	↓1	11
24	Dennis	69	↓1	28
25	Joseph	68	–	12
26	Douglas	65	↑4	30
27	Edward	64	↑4	25
28	Kenneth	64	↑1	14
29	Raymond	62	↓2	39
30	Scott	60	↑2	32
31	Wayne	59	↓3	47
32	Gregory	57	↑4	23
33	Roger	54	↑1	42
34	George	52	↓8	29
35	Alan	43	↓2	48
36	Marc	40	↓1	>100
37	Dana	39	↑12	>100
38	Keith	39	↓1	36
39	Philip	39	↓1	68
40	Russell	36	new	54
41	Arthur	35	↑9	66
42	Norman	33	↓3	>100
43	Christopher	32	↓3	43
44	Larry	31	–	22
45	Dale	28	↑3	50
46	Patrick	28	new	41
47	Maurice	26	new	>100
48	Dean	25	new	93
49	Randy	25	↓7	31
50	Andrew	24	↓9	56

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