Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1962

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1962 were Lisa for girls (185 babies) and David for boys (355). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,670 babies born in New Hampshire in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1962

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

Heidi: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Heather: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Doreen: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynne: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elaine: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wendy: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Judith: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maureen: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joanne: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dianne: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dana: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marc: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Peter: 111 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawn: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norman: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alan: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wayne: 38 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	185	–	1
2	Susan	159	–	3
3	Donna	151	–	7
4	Karen	151	–	4
5	Linda	125	–	5
6	Brenda	109	↑4	12
7	Deborah	103	↓1	9
8	Mary	102	↓1	2
9	Diane	94	↓1	26
10	Patricia	86	↑2	6
11	Pamela	85	↓2	13
12	Debra	83	↓1	15
13	Kathleen	78	↑2	29
14	Lori	77	↑6	11
15	Nancy	77	↓1	19
16	Laurie	75	↓3	42
17	Cheryl	73	↓1	24
18	Tammy	73	↑6	23
19	Kimberly	71	↑11	16
20	Sandra	71	↓3	10
21	Cynthia	63	↓3	8
22	Elizabeth	63	↑4	20
23	Robin	63	↓1	25
24	Wendy	62	↑4	64
25	Barbara	60	↓6	14
26	Kathy	59	↓3	27
27	Carol	57	↓2	28
28	Denise	56	↓7	30
29	Sharon	53	↑2	17
30	Laura	52	↑10	21
31	Michelle	51	↑10	31
32	Christine	50	↑4	39
33	Kim	49	↑6	37
34	Debbie	44	↓7	32
35	Suzanne	43	↑8	65
36	Kelly	42	↑9	38
37	Jennifer	41	↓2	41
38	Judith	41	new	86
39	Julie	41	↑5	22
40	Ann	40	↓11	56
41	Theresa	40	↓9	40
42	Tracy	40	↑7	55
43	Heidi	38	new	>100
44	Anne	37	↑2	83
45	Bonnie	36	↓12	79
46	Lynn	36	↑4	71
47	Tina	36	↓5	33
48	Cindy	35	–	34
49	Darlene	34	new	88
50	Janet	34	↓12	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	355	↑1	2
2	Michael	354	↓1	1
3	John	278	–	3
4	Mark	237	↑2	6
5	Robert	228	↓1	5
6	James	210	↓1	4
7	Richard	182	–	8
8	Scott	172	↑6	11
9	William	152	↑2	7
10	Daniel	147	↓2	17
11	Brian	133	↓1	20
12	Thomas	132	↓3	9
13	Jeffrey	128	↑2	10
14	Kevin	127	↓2	14
15	Timothy	124	↑1	16
16	Steven	121	↓3	12
17	Peter	111	↑2	43
18	Paul	109	–	19
19	Gary	87	↑1	22
20	Stephen	85	↓3	28
21	Donald	75	–	23
22	Joseph	74	↑4	13
23	Kenneth	73	↓1	18
24	Douglas	66	↑4	27
25	Charles	63	↓2	15
26	Ronald	62	↓2	25
27	Christopher	61	↑3	26
28	Eric	60	↑12	33
29	Edward	58	–	29
30	Raymond	55	↑3	48
31	Alan	49	–	53
32	Gregory	49	↑3	21
33	Keith	49	↓1	36
34	Dennis	48	↓7	37
35	Marc	44	↓1	>100
36	Matthew	42	–	56
37	Glenn	41	–	55
38	Todd	41	new	30
39	Bruce	39	↓14	41
40	Wayne	38	↑5	63
41	Russell	37	new	57
42	Roger	35	↓3	47
43	Randy	34	↑3	35
44	Andrew	33	↑3	49
45	George	33	↓7	32
46	Shawn	32	new	>100
47	Patrick	31	new	40
48	Anthony	30	↓6	24
49	Dana	30	new	>100
50	Philip	29	↓9	81

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