Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1971

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (287 babies) and Michael for boys (287). Social Security records list 10,637 babies born in New Hampshire in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1971

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: 62 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jessica: 62 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sarah: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristen: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laurie: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kerry: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Erin: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kim: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alison: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Dana: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Derek: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marc: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kirk: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeremy: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joshua: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Erik: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bruce: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	287	–	1
2	Lisa	149	–	3
3	Amy	129	↑5	5
4	Michelle	111	↓1	2
5	Kimberly	108	↓1	4
6	Melissa	105	–	7
7	Heather	96	–	12
8	Tammy	90	↑2	8
9	Christine	89	↓4	18
10	Rebecca	81	↑12	23
11	Julie	80	↑3	10
12	Stephanie	75	↑15	11
13	Karen	71	↓4	15
14	Kelly	69	↓2	22
15	Wendy	64	↑2	29
16	Heidi	62	↑8	77
17	Jessica	62	new	64
18	Dawn	60	–	14
19	Sarah	57	↑12	58
20	Tina	55	↓5	20
21	Lori	54	↓5	25
22	Susan	52	↓11	17
23	Angela	51	↓2	6
24	Tracy	48	↓11	13
25	Deborah	43	↑1	33
26	Kathleen	42	↓7	53
27	Pamela	42	↑14	28
28	Laura	41	↓5	16
29	Nicole	41	↑1	27
30	Elizabeth	40	↓1	19
31	Andrea	38	new	35
32	Cynthia	38	new	24
33	Mary	37	↓13	9
34	Tara	37	new	49
35	Catherine	36	new	65
36	Kristen	36	↓1	87
37	Shannon	35	↓5	21
38	Brenda	34	new	43
39	Laurie	34	–	96
40	Renee	34	new	73
41	Sandra	34	new	31
42	Stacey	34	↑4	41
43	Stacy	34	new	32
44	Carrie	32	new	55
45	Christina	32	↑3	30
46	Sherry	31	new	60
47	Michele	30	↓19	39
48	Nancy	30	↓3	52
49	Patricia	30	↓24	26
50	Erin	29	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	287	–	1
2	Christopher	234	↑1	6
3	Scott	230	↑3	10
4	David	206	↓2	3
5	Robert	179	–	5
6	John	178	↓2	4
7	James	175	–	2
8	Jason	163	↑2	8
9	Matthew	134	↑3	19
10	Jeffrey	129	↓1	12
11	Brian	128	↑2	9
12	William	118	↓1	7
13	Mark	111	↑4	13
14	Kevin	109	–	14
15	Richard	107	↓7	11
16	Daniel	105	–	20
17	Shawn	94	↑7	28
18	Thomas	93	↑4	17
19	Steven	92	↓1	16
20	Eric	91	↓5	18
21	Stephen	86	↓1	27
22	Timothy	86	↓3	21
23	Paul	83	–	24
24	Joseph	67	↑1	15
25	Peter	67	↓4	47
26	Keith	66	↑2	37
27	Jeremy	64	↑19	45
28	Jonathan	60	↓1	40
29	Kenneth	60	–	25
30	Derek	59	↑9	63
31	Sean	59	↑3	36
32	Todd	59	↓6	30
33	Charles	54	↓3	22
34	Gregory	53	↓1	26
35	Aaron	49	new	41
36	Andrew	48	↓4	33
37	Douglas	48	↓6	39
38	Edward	45	↑7	32
39	Craig	44	↓1	43
40	Marc	44	↑1	70
41	Patrick	44	↓4	35
42	Gary	41	↓2	38
43	Donald	38	↓8	34
44	Ronald	38	–	31
45	Anthony	37	↓3	23
46	Raymond	35	↓10	52
47	Ryan	32	new	51
48	Dennis	31	↓1	49
49	Joshua	30	new	80
50	Benjamin	28	new	69

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