Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1965

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1965 were Lisa for girls (275 babies) and Michael for boys (343). Social Security records list 10,744 babies born in New Hampshire in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1965

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

Kelley: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Heidi: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Holly: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heather: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wendy: 87 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laurie: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jane: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joanne: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diane: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Peter: 103 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marc: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawn: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alan: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Philip: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bruce: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jay: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	275	–	1
2	Karen	178	↑1	3
3	Susan	137	↓1	5
4	Mary	99	↑2	2
5	Christine	97	↑10	21
6	Linda	93	↓2	8
7	Tammy	89	↑2	11
8	Wendy	87	↑14	39
9	Kimberly	86	↑14	4
10	Donna	85	↓5	7
11	Patricia	83	↑3	6
12	Kathleen	75	↑4	34
13	Pamela	75	↓6	12
14	Deborah	74	↓6	13
15	Michelle	74	↑11	18
16	Diane	73	↓4	40
17	Lori	70	↑17	19
18	Brenda	69	↓8	23
19	Cheryl	66	↓1	31
20	Jennifer	66	↑1	20
21	Kelly	65	↑3	30
22	Debra	63	↑3	27
23	Nancy	60	↑7	32
24	Tina	56	↑15	29
25	Laurie	55	↓5	60
26	Cynthia	54	↓13	9
27	Robin	54	↓16	33
28	Elizabeth	53	↓9	16
29	Julie	52	–	14
30	Denise	49	↓13	28
31	Sandra	46	–	15
32	Heidi	44	↑4	>100
33	Tracy	42	↑8	36
34	Rebecca	40	↑9	41
35	Laura	39	new	17
36	Ann	38	↑11	59
37	Dawn	37	new	26
38	Holly	37	new	>100
39	Sharon	34	↓7	22
40	Suzanne	34	↓5	65
41	Cindy	33	new	53
42	Bonnie	32	↑6	89
43	Carol	32	↓16	42
44	Catherine	31	↓4	57
45	Michele	31	↑4	48
46	Paula	31	↓9	49
47	Sheila	31	new	50
48	Anne	30	new	77
49	Jane	30	new	95
50	Kim	30	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	343	↑1	1
2	David	273	↓1	3
3	James	227	↑2	4
4	John	227	↓1	2
5	Robert	223	↓1	5
6	Richard	187	↑2	8
7	Scott	152	–	15
8	Mark	146	↓2	7
9	Kevin	143	–	13
10	Brian	140	↑3	19
11	Jeffrey	132	↑5	10
12	Thomas	125	↓1	9
13	William	124	↓1	6
14	Timothy	123	↑1	12
15	Daniel	120	↓1	17
16	Paul	114	↓6	16
17	Christopher	108	↑2	18
18	Steven	108	↓1	14
19	Peter	103	↓1	39
20	Joseph	90	↑1	11
21	Stephen	84	↑2	28
22	Donald	75	↑4	26
23	Kenneth	75	↓3	21
24	Douglas	67	↑5	32
25	Ronald	64	↑5	24
26	Gary	62	↓2	27
27	Matthew	58	↑12	36
28	Todd	54	↓1	30
29	Charles	50	↓7	20
30	Edward	49	↑2	29
31	Eric	48	↓3	25
32	Shawn	46	↑13	69
33	Bruce	45	↓8	50
34	George	44	↑2	34
35	Keith	44	↓4	35
36	Raymond	43	↓2	45
37	Wayne	43	↑5	65
38	Alan	41	↓3	59
39	Anthony	37	↑10	22
40	Gregory	36	↑4	23
41	Patrick	36	–	31
42	Andrew	35	↓4	37
43	Marc	34	↓10	>100
44	Craig	31	↑2	46
45	Philip	31	new	87
46	Dennis	30	↓3	44
47	Roger	29	↓7	49
48	Jay	28	new	90
49	Russell	28	new	58
50	Dana	25	new	>100

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