Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1961

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1961 were Lisa for girls (170 babies) and Michael for boys (333). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,773 babies born in New Hampshire in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1961

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

Heather: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Heidi: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Holly: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Doreen: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roxanne: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Louise: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynda: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Laurie: 91 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynne: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rachel: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Marc: 46 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dana: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maurice: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 105 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawn: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norman: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephen: 113 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glenn: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Philip: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	170	↑3	2
2	Susan	156	↓1	3
3	Donna	141	↓1	7
4	Karen	140	↑1	5
5	Linda	137	↓2	4
6	Deborah	109	↑3	10
7	Mary	107	–	1
8	Diane	101	–	26
9	Pamela	96	↑3	15
10	Brenda	95	↑3	11
11	Debra	95	↓5	13
12	Patricia	92	↑3	6
13	Laurie	91	↑15	43
14	Nancy	89	↓3	16
15	Kathleen	87	↑5	29
16	Cheryl	79	↓6	20
17	Sandra	79	↓3	9
18	Cynthia	75	↓1	8
19	Barbara	67	↑3	12
20	Lori	66	↑10	14
21	Denise	65	↓5	30
22	Robin	65	↓3	27
23	Kathy	64	–	25
24	Tammy	62	↑1	28
25	Carol	61	↓1	24
26	Elizabeth	56	↓5	19
27	Debbie	49	↑4	31
28	Wendy	49	new	61
29	Ann	48	↓3	54
30	Kimberly	48	↑13	22
31	Sharon	48	↓13	17
32	Theresa	47	↑13	35
33	Bonnie	45	↓1	75
34	Catherine	45	↓1	48
35	Jennifer	45	new	47
36	Christine	44	↓2	39
37	Jane	44	↑13	72
38	Janet	43	↓3	32
39	Kim	42	↑3	36
40	Laura	42	↑8	21
41	Michelle	42	↓2	34
42	Tina	42	↑4	41
43	Suzanne	40	new	68
44	Julie	39	↓15	23
45	Kelly	38	new	45
46	Anne	37	↓6	90
47	Terri	37	new	51
48	Cindy	36	↓21	33
49	Tracy	36	new	64
50	Lynn	35	↓13	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	333	↑1	1
2	David	321	↓1	2
3	John	265	↑3	3
4	Robert	240	↓1	5
5	James	239	↓1	4
6	Mark	233	↓1	6
7	Richard	202	–	8
8	Daniel	156	↑7	17
9	Thomas	152	–	9
10	Brian	145	↑2	20
11	William	144	↓1	7
12	Kevin	138	↓1	14
13	Steven	128	↑3	10
14	Scott	126	–	19
15	Jeffrey	122	↑2	11
16	Timothy	119	↓3	15
17	Stephen	113	↑4	27
18	Paul	110	↓10	18
19	Peter	105	↓1	42
20	Gary	104	–	21
21	Donald	90	↓2	22
22	Kenneth	80	–	16
23	Charles	76	–	13
24	Ronald	73	↑5	24
25	Bruce	67	↑2	40
26	Joseph	67	↓1	12
27	Dennis	66	↑1	34
28	Douglas	66	↑4	28
29	Edward	62	↓5	29
30	Christopher	61	–	26
31	Alan	55	↑2	51
32	Keith	53	↑3	35
33	Raymond	48	↓7	48
34	Marc	46	↑5	>100
35	Gregory	44	↑1	23
36	Matthew	44	↑4	59
37	Glenn	43	new	64
38	George	39	↓7	31
39	Roger	39	↓5	47
40	Eric	36	↑2	38
41	Philip	35	↑9	79
42	Anthony	34	↑3	25
43	Craig	34	new	43
44	Dale	29	new	58
45	Wayne	28	↓8	61
46	Randy	25	↓3	33
47	Andrew	24	↓3	52
48	Arthur	24	↓1	85
49	Albert	23	new	97
50	Jay	23	↓2	81

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