Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1964

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1964 were Lisa for girls (250 babies) and David for boys (323). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,356 babies born in New Hampshire in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1964

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: 47 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelley: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heather: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynne: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanne: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Doreen: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laurie: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gail: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
April: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wendy: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Marc: 51 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roland: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Peter: 104 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bruce: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Scott: 184 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alan: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wayne: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	250	–	1
2	Susan	144	–	3
3	Karen	140	↑1	4
4	Linda	126	↑1	8
5	Donna	116	↓2	7
6	Mary	104	–	2
7	Pamela	96	↑7	11
8	Deborah	89	↑1	12
9	Tammy	86	↓1	10
10	Brenda	85	↑2	18
11	Robin	82	↑4	27
12	Diane	79	↓1	32
13	Cynthia	78	↑11	9
14	Patricia	78	↓7	5
15	Christine	75	↑8	28
16	Kathleen	73	↑1	30
17	Denise	64	↓1	25
18	Cheryl	62	↓5	29
19	Elizabeth	62	↑6	16
20	Laurie	61	↑1	59
21	Jennifer	59	↑1	31
22	Wendy	59	↑9	55
23	Kimberly	58	↑5	6
24	Kelly	57	↑3	35
25	Debra	56	↓5	24
26	Michelle	56	↓8	23
27	Carol	54	↑13	36
28	Kathy	54	↑18	39
29	Julie	52	↑5	17
30	Nancy	52	↓1	26
31	Sandra	51	↓12	13
32	Sharon	51	↓6	20
33	Janet	50	↑12	48
34	Lori	48	↓24	15
35	Suzanne	48	↑12	67
36	Heidi	47	↑12	>100
37	Paula	46	↑12	45
38	Barbara	45	↑1	19
39	Tina	44	↓2	34
40	Catherine	41	↓5	54
41	Tracy	41	↓5	40
42	Lynn	38	–	72
43	Rebecca	37	new	46
44	Katherine	36	new	82
45	Melissa	36	new	53
46	Amy	35	new	44
47	Ann	35	↓14	60
48	Bonnie	35	↓16	89
49	Michele	35	↓6	58
50	Joanne	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	323	–	3
2	Michael	319	–	1
3	John	294	↑1	2
4	Robert	228	↓1	5
5	James	214	–	4
6	Mark	192	–	6
7	Scott	184	–	14
8	Richard	174	–	8
9	Kevin	152	↑6	13
10	Paul	141	↑3	16
11	Thomas	138	↓1	9
12	William	134	↓1	7
13	Brian	126	↓1	20
14	Daniel	125	–	19
15	Timothy	122	↑1	15
16	Jeffrey	117	↓7	10
17	Steven	113	–	12
18	Peter	104	↑1	39
19	Christopher	97	↑1	23
20	Kenneth	85	↓2	18
21	Joseph	84	↑3	11
22	Charles	76	–	17
23	Stephen	76	↑3	29
24	Gary	72	↓1	26
25	Bruce	62	↑4	46
26	Donald	62	↓5	25
27	Todd	62	↑6	28
28	Eric	58	↑10	32
29	Douglas	57	↑1	31
30	Ronald	55	↓5	24
31	Keith	53	↑10	34
32	Edward	52	↓4	27
33	Marc	51	↑9	>100
34	Raymond	50	↑1	44
35	Alan	42	↓3	53
36	George	40	–	33
37	Randy	40	new	38
38	Andrew	38	↓7	37
39	Matthew	38	↓5	43
40	Roger	38	↓1	49
41	Patrick	37	↑8	30
42	Wayne	37	↓2	61
43	Dennis	34	↓6	42
44	Gregory	34	↓17	22
45	Shawn	34	↑5	88
46	Craig	33	↓3	48
47	Dale	30	new	72
48	Jonathan	29	↓3	83
49	Anthony	28	↓3	21
50	Carl	27	new	55

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