Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1966

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1966 were Lisa for girls (267 babies) and Michael for boys (321). Social Security records list 10,172 babies born in New Hampshire in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1966

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: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Roxanne: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heather: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nicole: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Laurie: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Holly: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristen: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Judith: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wayne: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alan: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jonathan: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Scott: 177 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	267	–	1
2	Karen	131	–	5
3	Michelle	121	↑12	4
4	Jennifer	106	↑16	10
5	Susan	105	↓2	6
6	Kimberly	88	↑3	2
7	Tammy	84	–	8
8	Christine	79	↓3	20
9	Wendy	74	↓1	41
10	Deborah	73	↑4	14
11	Donna	73	↓1	12
12	Tina	71	↑12	23
13	Pamela	69	–	15
14	Mary	62	↓10	3
15	Patricia	62	↓4	7
16	Kelly	60	↑5	26
17	Linda	59	↓11	18
18	Elizabeth	58	↑10	16
19	Laurie	56	↑6	63
20	Cheryl	54	↓1	34
21	Sandra	53	↑10	17
22	Brenda	52	↓4	25
23	Kathleen	52	↓11	37
24	Melissa	52	new	22
25	Tracy	52	↑8	31
26	Diane	51	↓10	45
27	Cynthia	49	↓1	11
28	Heidi	48	↑4	87
29	Laura	48	↑6	19
30	Debra	43	↓8	35
31	Julie	42	↓2	13
32	Robin	42	↓5	42
33	Sharon	41	↑6	28
34	Amy	40	new	30
35	Catherine	40	↑9	54
36	Stephanie	40	new	38
37	Suzanne	39	↑3	62
38	Nancy	38	↓15	33
39	Barbara	37	new	27
40	Denise	37	↓10	32
41	Dawn	35	↓4	24
42	Lori	35	↓25	21
43	Ann	34	↓7	61
44	Heather	34	new	>100
45	Paula	34	↑1	50
46	Bonnie	32	↓4	90
47	Michele	32	↓2	36
48	Holly	31	↓10	>100
49	Kim	31	↑1	43
50	Kathy	29	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	321	–	1
2	David	293	–	2
3	James	217	–	3
4	John	190	–	4
5	Robert	184	–	5
6	Scott	177	↑1	16
7	Richard	150	↓1	8
8	Mark	147	–	7
9	Steven	144	↑9	13
10	Brian	143	–	14
11	Jeffrey	141	–	9
12	Daniel	134	↑3	19
13	Kevin	132	↓4	17
14	Timothy	129	–	11
15	William	122	↓2	6
16	Christopher	120	↑1	12
17	Thomas	113	↓5	10
18	Paul	108	↓2	18
19	Stephen	77	↑2	26
20	Joseph	75	–	15
21	Peter	73	↓2	39
22	Eric	67	↑9	25
23	Keith	67	↑12	32
24	Ronald	65	↑1	24
25	Charles	59	↑4	20
26	Kenneth	58	↓3	21
27	Matthew	57	–	34
28	Douglas	53	↓4	33
29	Edward	50	↑1	30
30	Bruce	46	↑3	53
31	Gregory	44	↑9	23
32	Shawn	44	–	54
33	Wayne	44	↑4	59
34	Donald	43	↓12	27
35	Raymond	42	↑1	47
36	Alan	41	↑2	57
37	Gary	41	↓11	28
38	Roger	37	↑9	51
39	Andrew	36	↑3	36
40	Jonathan	36	new	65
41	Patrick	36	–	31
42	Sean	35	new	50
43	Todd	35	↓15	29
44	Marc	33	↓1	>100
45	Anthony	32	↓6	22
46	Dennis	32	–	44
47	George	32	↓13	37
48	Randy	27	new	45
49	Rodney	26	new	35
50	Craig	24	↓6	46

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