Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1958

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1958 were Susan for girls (200 babies) and Michael for boys (397). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,584 babies born in New Hampshire in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1958

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: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Louise: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rachel: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Holly: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marie: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Suzanne: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bonnie: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diane: 141 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darlene: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 16 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Dana: 39 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Marc: 44 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Roland: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gerard: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 118 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Norman: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Gordon: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brian: 134 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roger: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	200	–	2
2	Linda	174	↑3	3
3	Karen	148	↑6	4
4	Diane	141	↑7	18
5	Debra	139	↓3	6
6	Donna	136	–	10
7	Patricia	131	↑5	5
8	Mary	120	↓5	1
9	Nancy	117	↑1	12
10	Deborah	103	↓6	7
11	Pamela	97	↑6	11
12	Cheryl	93	↑1	13
13	Cynthia	93	↓6	8
14	Cindy	92	↓6	25
15	Denise	89	–	27
16	Kathleen	85	↑6	21
17	Sandra	81	↓1	15
18	Carol	74	↑1	20
19	Kathy	72	↑6	14
20	Brenda	69	↓6	16
21	Elizabeth	59	↑3	22
22	Barbara	57	↓1	9
23	Darlene	55	↑7	49
24	Lisa	55	↓1	19
25	Janet	52	↑8	28
26	Sharon	52	↓6	17
27	Bonnie	49	↑5	63
28	Robin	48	↓10	32
29	Catherine	44	↑11	38
30	Judith	44	↓3	62
31	Paula	44	–	53
32	Debbie	43	new	24
33	Ann	42	↓7	47
34	Kim	42	↑5	40
35	Jane	41	↓6	61
36	Margaret	41	↑5	31
37	Lynn	40	↓3	60
38	Julie	39	new	23
39	Marie	39	↓1	>100
40	Lori	36	new	30
41	Joanne	35	↓5	80
42	Suzanne	35	new	>100
43	Cathy	34	↓8	34
44	Gail	34	↓16	72
45	Kimberly	34	↑2	39
46	Theresa	33	↓1	33
47	Christine	32	↓1	43
48	Joan	32	new	68
49	Tammy	32	new	44
50	Anne	31	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	397	–	1
2	David	364	–	2
3	Robert	290	–	4
4	Richard	223	–	8
5	James	207	↑1	3
6	John	205	↓1	5
7	Mark	203	–	7
8	William	164	–	6
9	Thomas	156	↑2	9
10	Daniel	135	↓1	16
11	Brian	134	↑5	24
12	Paul	132	↓2	15
13	Timothy	130	↑6	13
14	Steven	129	↓1	10
15	Gary	124	↓3	17
16	Kevin	122	↑4	20
17	Peter	118	↓2	41
18	Donald	110	–	18
19	Scott	99	↑11	25
20	Jeffrey	97	↑2	21
21	Stephen	96	↓7	26
22	Ronald	81	↓1	19
23	Charles	78	–	11
24	Dennis	73	–	29
25	Kenneth	71	↑3	14
26	Bruce	69	↓9	36
27	George	61	↑7	31
28	Douglas	58	↓2	30
29	Joseph	57	↓4	12
30	Christopher	56	↑13	39
31	Roger	56	↑2	47
32	Alan	55	↑3	49
33	Edward	46	↓6	28
34	Russell	45	↑6	54
35	Marc	44	↑1	>100
36	Raymond	44	↓7	43
37	Wayne	44	↓6	48
38	Gregory	43	↓6	23
39	Matthew	40	new	60
40	Dana	39	↓3	>100
41	Philip	34	↓2	67
42	Dale	33	↑3	46
43	Arthur	32	↓2	72
44	Keith	32	↓6	37
45	Anthony	30	new	27
46	Randy	30	↑3	32
47	Walter	30	new	63
48	Albert	29	new	89
49	Andrew	29	↑1	55
50	Jay	29	new	86

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