Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1963

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1963 were Lisa for girls (249 babies) and David for boys (330). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,528 babies born in New Hampshire in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1963

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: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Heidi: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lynda: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roxanne: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynne: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bonnie: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heather: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darlene: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joanne: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Holly: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roland: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marc: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 99 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jonathan: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shawn: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Philip: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Scott: 199 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alan: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	249	–	1
2	Susan	150	–	3
3	Donna	130	–	6
4	Karen	124	–	4
5	Linda	111	–	5
6	Mary	103	↑2	2
7	Patricia	101	↑3	7
8	Tammy	99	↑10	12
9	Deborah	93	↓2	13
10	Lori	93	↑4	8
11	Diane	91	↓2	31
12	Brenda	86	↓6	15
13	Cheryl	80	↑4	24
14	Pamela	78	↓3	14
15	Robin	78	↑8	25
16	Denise	71	↑12	27
17	Kathleen	71	↓4	28
18	Michelle	69	↑13	26
19	Sandra	68	↑1	9
20	Debra	65	↓8	21
21	Laurie	64	↓5	47
22	Jennifer	62	↑15	36
23	Christine	61	↑9	29
24	Cynthia	61	↓3	10
25	Elizabeth	60	↓3	20
26	Sharon	54	↑3	19
27	Kelly	53	↑9	32
28	Kimberly	53	↓9	11
29	Nancy	52	↓14	23
30	Cindy	50	↑18	37
31	Wendy	48	↓7	60
32	Bonnie	47	↑13	83
33	Ann	46	↑7	57
34	Julie	45	↑5	22
35	Catherine	44	new	53
36	Tracy	44	↑6	48
37	Tina	42	↑10	35
38	Kim	41	↓5	39
39	Barbara	40	↓14	17
40	Carol	38	↓13	33
41	Laura	38	↓11	16
42	Lynn	38	↑4	73
43	Michele	38	new	59
44	Darlene	37	↑5	85
45	Janet	37	↑5	40
46	Kathy	37	↓20	34
47	Suzanne	37	↓12	65
48	Heidi	36	↓5	>100
49	Paula	36	new	42
50	Gail	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	330	–	3
2	Michael	320	–	1
3	Robert	281	↑2	5
4	John	232	↓1	2
5	James	226	↑1	4
6	Mark	216	↓2	6
7	Scott	199	↑1	12
8	Richard	188	↓1	8
9	Jeffrey	156	↑4	10
10	Thomas	147	↑2	9
11	William	145	↓2	7
12	Brian	140	↓1	20
13	Paul	137	↑5	17
14	Daniel	127	↓4	19
15	Kevin	125	↓1	11
16	Timothy	105	↓1	15
17	Steven	103	↓1	14
18	Kenneth	99	↑5	18
19	Peter	99	↓2	40
20	Christopher	92	↑7	26
21	Donald	84	–	25
22	Charles	76	↑3	16
23	Gary	75	↓4	24
24	Joseph	68	↓2	13
25	Ronald	57	↑1	23
26	Stephen	57	↓6	29
27	Gregory	55	↑5	21
28	Edward	53	↑1	27
29	Bruce	52	↑10	43
30	Douglas	51	↓6	28
31	Andrew	48	↑13	42
32	Alan	46	↓1	56
33	Todd	46	↑5	30
34	Matthew	45	↑2	50
35	Raymond	44	↓5	45
36	George	43	↑9	34
37	Dennis	42	↓3	39
38	Eric	41	↓10	31
39	Roger	37	↑3	53
40	Wayne	36	–	63
41	Keith	35	↓8	33
42	Marc	35	↓7	>100
43	Craig	34	new	51
44	Glenn	34	↓7	64
45	Jonathan	34	new	88
46	Anthony	33	↑2	22
47	Philip	33	↑3	83
48	Frank	31	new	41
49	Patrick	29	↓2	35
50	Shawn	26	↓4	>100

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