Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1970

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (241 babies) and Michael for boys (302). Social Security records list 10,885 babies born in New Hampshire in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1970

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: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynn: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kristen: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darlene: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Kathleen: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sarah: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurie: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christine: 116 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Heather: 108 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Derek: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 79 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joshua: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jonathan: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeremy: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Arthur: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	241	↑1	1
2	Lisa	185	↓1	2
3	Michelle	144	–	4
4	Kimberly	125	–	3
5	Christine	116	↑1	14
6	Melissa	109	↑4	7
7	Heather	108	↑2	19
8	Amy	106	↑3	5
9	Karen	105	↓4	12
10	Tammy	88	↓3	8
11	Susan	83	↑1	15
12	Kelly	70	↓4	20
13	Tracy	70	↑16	10
14	Julie	65	↑3	11
15	Tina	63	↓1	21
16	Lori	60	↑4	23
17	Wendy	59	↓4	28
18	Dawn	58	↑27	16
19	Kathleen	57	↓4	45
20	Mary	56	↑22	9
21	Angela	53	↑4	6
22	Rebecca	52	↓1	29
23	Laura	49	↑8	13
24	Heidi	48	↓5	81
25	Patricia	48	↑7	24
26	Deborah	47	↓8	33
27	Stephanie	47	↓4	17
28	Michele	45	↓1	31
29	Elizabeth	44	↑6	18
30	Nicole	43	new	30
31	Sarah	43	↑10	65
32	Shannon	43	new	22
33	Ann	42	↑4	62
34	Donna	42	↓4	32
35	Kristen	41	↓11	83
36	Kristin	41	new	63
37	Linda	37	↑1	38
38	Debra	36	↑6	47
39	Laurie	33	↓3	88
40	Lynn	33	new	>100
41	Pamela	32	↓13	26
42	Robin	32	↓2	51
43	Cheryl	31	↓27	44
44	Denise	31	↑6	36
45	Nancy	31	↑1	50
46	Stacey	31	↑1	48
47	Holly	30	↑1	74
48	Christina	29	new	35
49	Sharon	29	↓6	37
50	Tracey	29	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	302	–	1
2	David	236	–	3
3	Christopher	233	↑4	6
4	John	202	↑2	4
5	Robert	197	↓2	5
6	Scott	186	↓2	12
7	James	171	↓2	2
8	Richard	160	↑2	10
9	Jeffrey	156	↑2	11
10	Jason	143	↑12	13
11	William	134	↓2	7
12	Matthew	128	↑3	24
13	Brian	127	↓1	8
14	Kevin	125	↑2	14
15	Eric	123	↑8	18
16	Daniel	117	↓3	19
17	Mark	112	↓9	9
18	Steven	105	↓1	15
19	Timothy	102	↓1	20
20	Stephen	83	↑1	27
21	Peter	79	↑3	44
22	Thomas	78	↓8	17
23	Paul	74	↓4	23
24	Shawn	73	↑1	34
25	Joseph	70	↓5	16
26	Todd	67	↑2	28
27	Jonathan	63	↑2	42
28	Keith	63	↑2	38
29	Kenneth	60	↓3	25
30	Charles	56	↓3	21
31	Douglas	56	↑5	36
32	Andrew	50	–	32
33	Gregory	50	↑6	26
34	Sean	49	↓1	37
35	Donald	48	↓4	30
36	Raymond	46	↑9	49
37	Patrick	44	–	33
38	Craig	42	↓3	39
39	Derek	42	new	77
40	Gary	42	↑8	35
41	Marc	42	↓1	60
42	Anthony	39	↑1	22
43	Shane	39	new	64
44	Ronald	38	↓10	29
45	Edward	36	↓7	31
46	Jeremy	34	new	70
47	Dennis	33	↓1	46
48	Bruce	29	↓7	94
49	George	28	↓7	40
50	Wayne	28	↓1	80

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