Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1960

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1960 were Susan for girls (187 babies) and David for boys (345). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,577 babies born in New Hampshire in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1960

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

Holly: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Doreen: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Louise: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marie: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dianne: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lynne: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lynda: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joanne: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Denis: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Dana: 35 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Roland: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Marc: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gerard: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 109 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jonathan: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Paul: 160 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Raymond: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	187	–	2
2	Donna	183	–	5
3	Linda	154	–	3
4	Lisa	147	↑9	6
5	Karen	144	↑4	4
6	Debra	119	↑1	8
7	Mary	119	↓2	1
8	Diane	110	↓4	22
9	Deborah	109	↓3	10
10	Cheryl	94	↑2	17
11	Nancy	94	↓1	15
12	Pamela	89	↑4	14
13	Brenda	88	↑1	13
14	Sandra	85	↑3	11
15	Patricia	84	↓7	7
16	Denise	80	↑2	29
17	Cynthia	78	↓6	9
18	Sharon	73	↑5	16
19	Robin	72	↑5	33
20	Kathleen	68	↓5	27
21	Elizabeth	66	↑7	18
22	Barbara	61	↑4	12
23	Kathy	61	↓4	21
24	Carol	57	↓3	23
25	Tammy	57	↑4	31
26	Ann	56	↑7	51
27	Cindy	55	↓7	30
28	Laurie	54	↑2	37
29	Julie	51	↑8	28
30	Lori	48	↓3	20
31	Debbie	47	↑5	24
32	Bonnie	46	new	71
33	Catherine	45	↑5	42
34	Christine	45	↑5	40
35	Janet	45	↓3	32
36	Cathy	41	↑8	46
37	Lynn	41	↑10	64
38	Judith	40	↓13	74
39	Michelle	40	new	39
40	Anne	37	↓5	88
41	Darlene	37	↑4	75
42	Kim	37	↓20	34
43	Kimberly	37	↓12	26
44	Marie	35	new	>100
45	Theresa	35	↓11	35
46	Tina	35	new	45
47	Joanne	33	↑1	99
48	Laura	33	↑1	25
49	Rebecca	33	new	38
50	Jane	31	↓10	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	345	–	1
2	Michael	329	–	2
3	Robert	262	–	5
4	James	257	↑2	3
5	Mark	238	↓1	6
6	John	234	↓1	4
7	Richard	198	–	8
8	Paul	160	↑6	18
9	Thomas	158	↓1	9
10	William	151	↓1	7
11	Kevin	135	↑1	15
12	Brian	131	↓1	20
13	Timothy	124	↑3	11
14	Scott	123	↑5	23
15	Daniel	119	↓2	17
16	Steven	119	↓6	10
17	Jeffrey	112	↑4	14
18	Peter	109	↓3	42
19	Donald	99	↓1	19
20	Gary	91	↓3	22
21	Stephen	78	↓1	27
22	Kenneth	74	↑3	16
23	Charles	68	↑1	13
24	Edward	64	↑2	26
25	Joseph	64	↑3	12
26	Raymond	61	↑4	46
27	Bruce	59	↓5	39
28	Dennis	58	↓1	31
29	Ronald	57	↓6	21
30	Christopher	56	↑9	29
31	George	55	↑3	33
32	Douglas	51	↓3	30
33	Alan	47	↑5	50
34	Roger	44	↓1	47
35	Keith	42	↑6	35
36	Gregory	41	↓1	24
37	Wayne	41	↓5	58
38	Russell	40	↑6	56
39	Marc	38	↓8	>100
40	Matthew	36	↑3	61
41	Dana	35	↓1	>100
42	Eric	33	↓5	44
43	Randy	32	↓7	32
44	Andrew	29	↑1	51
45	Anthony	29	new	25
46	Jonathan	29	new	>100
47	Arthur	28	–	82
48	Jay	28	new	78
49	Patrick	27	new	45
50	Philip	27	↓4	76

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