Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1968

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1968 were Lisa for girls (214 babies) and Michael for boys (331). Social Security records list 10,066 babies born in New Hampshire in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1968

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

Kristen: 55 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Heidi: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Judith: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laurie: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Holly: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelley: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cathy: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jane: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Marc: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bruce: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norman: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Nathan: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Scott: 205 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jonathan: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wayne: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	214	–	1
2	Jennifer	168	↑4	4
3	Michelle	145	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	108	–	3
5	Christine	98	–	14
6	Tammy	93	↑3	8
7	Kelly	91	↑5	12
8	Karen	87	↓5	9
9	Melissa	82	↑4	5
10	Susan	82	↓3	10
11	Amy	74	↑10	13
12	Wendy	73	↑5	31
13	Tina	69	↑3	18
14	Pamela	63	–	20
15	Deborah	59	↓4	27
16	Laura	59	↑11	11
17	Michele	59	↑8	29
18	Elizabeth	57	↓3	17
19	Donna	56	↓11	24
20	Patricia	56	–	15
21	Kristen	55	↑23	>100
22	Mary	54	↓12	6
23	Lori	51	–	22
24	Stephanie	51	↑11	23
25	Heidi	50	↑5	89
26	Julie	50	↓4	16
27	Cheryl	48	↑2	37
28	Cynthia	48	↑9	19
29	Linda	45	↓11	28
30	Nancy	45	↓11	39
31	Kathleen	44	↑7	40
32	Rebecca	43	–	33
33	Heather	41	–	62
34	Laurie	41	↓6	79
35	Denise	40	↑6	35
36	Sharon	38	new	32
37	Dawn	37	↓11	21
38	Brenda	36	↓14	34
39	Diane	36	↑8	51
40	Tracy	36	↓4	25
41	Christina	35	new	44
42	Lynn	35	new	85
43	Sandra	35	↓9	26
44	Catherine	34	new	56
45	Debra	34	↓6	38
46	Robin	34	↓15	43
47	Angela	31	↓2	7
48	Beth	31	new	74
49	Jill	30	new	46
50	Holly	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	331	–	1
2	David	243	–	2
3	Robert	222	↑1	5
4	Scott	205	↑1	14
5	John	202	↓2	3
6	James	201	–	4
7	Christopher	163	↑1	9
8	Jeffrey	156	↑3	11
9	Richard	156	–	8
10	Mark	142	↓3	7
11	Brian	119	↑2	10
12	Kevin	117	↑3	17
13	Daniel	115	↑1	18
14	William	108	↑4	6
15	Timothy	106	↓5	13
16	Steven	100	↑1	15
17	Thomas	99	↓5	12
18	Matthew	96	↑4	24
19	Paul	85	↓3	19
20	Eric	75	↑3	22
21	Stephen	75	↓2	27
22	Keith	67	↑4	35
23	Joseph	65	↑2	16
24	Kenneth	62	↓4	23
25	Peter	60	↓4	39
26	Shawn	59	↑7	43
27	Donald	56	↓3	29
28	Ronald	54	↑2	25
29	Patrick	50	↑18	30
30	Todd	49	↑1	28
31	Andrew	48	new	34
32	Sean	48	↑13	37
33	Charles	47	↓6	20
34	Gary	47	↓6	32
35	Jonathan	45	↓1	53
36	Bruce	42	↑1	61
37	Douglas	42	↓5	33
38	Gregory	41	↑1	26
39	George	38	↑4	36
40	Marc	37	–	84
41	Raymond	36	↑3	50
42	Edward	35	↓13	31
43	Jason	33	↑3	47
44	Craig	32	↑5	41
45	Wayne	32	↓10	63
46	Anthony	31	↑2	21
47	Dennis	31	↓11	45
48	Roger	28	↓10	55
49	Alan	27	↓7	74
50	Jay	25	new	88

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