Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1959

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1959 were Susan for girls (220 babies) and David for boys (331). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,563 babies born in New Hampshire in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1959

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

Louise: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Doreen: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Judith: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Dianne: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anne: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Suzanne: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lynne: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurie: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 37 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Marc: 51 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roland: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maurice: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 114 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Norman: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jonathan: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 80 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	220	–	2
2	Donna	197	↑4	5
3	Linda	171	↓1	3
4	Diane	127	–	19
5	Mary	127	↑3	1
6	Deborah	126	↑4	9
7	Debra	120	↓2	7
8	Patricia	119	↓1	6
9	Karen	117	↓6	4
10	Nancy	109	↓1	14
11	Cynthia	102	↑2	8
12	Cheryl	94	–	18
13	Lisa	93	↑11	10
14	Brenda	90	↑6	16
15	Kathleen	82	↑1	23
16	Pamela	82	↓5	12
17	Sandra	79	–	13
18	Denise	70	↓3	29
19	Kathy	70	–	15
20	Cindy	64	↓6	25
21	Carol	58	↓3	22
22	Kim	58	↑12	35
23	Sharon	58	↑3	17
24	Robin	55	↑4	32
25	Judith	54	↑5	70
26	Barbara	52	↓4	11
27	Lori	51	↑13	27
28	Elizabeth	50	↓7	21
29	Tammy	50	↑20	31
30	Laurie	49	new	56
31	Kimberly	45	↑14	33
32	Janet	42	↓7	28
33	Ann	41	–	44
34	Theresa	41	↑12	34
35	Anne	40	↑15	82
36	Debbie	40	↓4	20
37	Julie	40	↑1	26
38	Catherine	39	↓9	40
39	Christine	39	↑8	43
40	Jane	37	↓5	67
41	Paula	37	↓10	51
42	Suzanne	37	–	96
43	Louise	36	new	>100
44	Cathy	35	↓1	39
45	Darlene	34	↓22	66
46	Janice	33	new	37
47	Lynn	33	↓10	63
48	Joanne	32	↓7	92
49	Laura	31	new	30
50	Martha	31	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	331	↑1	2
2	Michael	309	↓1	1
3	Robert	258	–	5
4	Mark	233	↑3	6
5	John	226	↑1	4
6	James	225	↓1	3
7	Richard	186	↓3	8
8	Thomas	166	↑1	9
9	William	166	↓1	7
10	Steven	144	↑4	10
11	Brian	127	–	22
12	Kevin	125	↑4	14
13	Daniel	122	↓3	18
14	Paul	121	↓2	17
15	Peter	114	↑2	40
16	Timothy	111	↓3	12
17	Gary	106	↓2	20
18	Donald	104	–	19
19	Scott	104	–	24
20	Stephen	93	↑1	28
21	Jeffrey	85	↓1	16
22	Bruce	80	↑4	38
23	Ronald	76	↓1	21
24	Charles	72	↓1	11
25	Kenneth	71	–	15
26	Edward	70	↑7	27
27	Dennis	63	↓3	29
28	Joseph	62	↑1	13
29	Douglas	57	↓1	30
30	Raymond	54	↑6	45
31	Marc	51	↑4	>100
32	Wayne	51	↑5	51
33	Roger	48	↓2	47
34	George	47	↓7	32
35	Gregory	47	↑3	23
36	Randy	45	↑10	31
37	Eric	44	new	46
38	Alan	41	↓6	50
39	Christopher	40	↓9	35
40	Dana	37	–	>100
41	Keith	34	↑3	39
42	Larry	33	new	25
43	Matthew	32	↓4	63
44	Russell	32	↓10	56
45	Andrew	30	↑4	58
46	Philip	30	↓5	68
47	Arthur	29	↓4	76
48	Craig	28	new	44
49	Frank	28	new	42
50	Norman	28	new	>100

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