Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1972

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (351 babies) and Christopher for boys (259). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,576 babies born in New Hampshire in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1972

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

Maureen: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lynn: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Heidi: 64 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristen: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristie: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jessica: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karen: 87 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sarah: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shelley: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kim: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Derek: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bruce: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joshua: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathan: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamie: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jonathan: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeremy: 56 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 164 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	351	–	1
2	Lisa	125	–	3
3	Michelle	112	↑1	2
4	Amy	104	↓1	5
5	Melissa	102	↑1	7
6	Heather	94	↑1	9
7	Karen	87	↑6	21
8	Kimberly	83	↓3	4
9	Christine	82	–	16
10	Angela	75	↑13	6
11	Stephanie	71	↑1	8
12	Rebecca	68	↓2	14
13	Tammy	65	↓5	11
14	Tracy	65	↑10	19
15	Heidi	64	↑1	64
16	Julie	64	↓5	12
17	Kelly	64	↓3	23
18	Nicole	63	↑11	10
19	Jessica	52	↓2	46
20	Sarah	49	↓1	49
21	Elizabeth	47	↑9	15
22	Susan	46	–	24
23	Dawn	45	↓5	20
24	Lori	43	↓3	28
25	Christina	40	↑20	26
26	Laura	38	↑2	17
27	Shannon	37	↑10	22
28	Cynthia	36	↑4	25
29	Tara	36	↑5	38
30	Mary	35	↑3	13
31	Kathleen	34	↓5	57
32	Kristen	34	↑4	85
33	Lynn	34	new	>100
34	Tina	34	↓14	18
35	Deborah	31	↓10	43
36	Kristin	31	new	67
37	Pamela	31	↓10	34
38	Wendy	31	↓23	29
39	Michele	30	↑8	36
40	Sandra	30	↑1	31
41	Stacy	28	↑2	33
42	Patricia	27	↑7	27
43	Danielle	26	new	73
44	Katherine	26	new	69
45	Melanie	26	new	42
46	Stacey	26	↓4	41
47	Denise	25	new	35
48	Holly	25	new	71
49	Carrie	24	↓5	53
50	Catherine	24	↓15	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Christopher	259	↑1	2
2	Michael	257	↓1	1
3	Jason	203	↑5	7
4	David	179	–	4
5	Scott	164	↓2	11
6	Robert	159	↓1	6
7	Matthew	149	↑2	10
8	John	142	↓2	5
9	Brian	133	↑2	8
10	Jeffrey	130	–	17
11	James	129	↓4	3
12	Daniel	108	↑4	15
13	Mark	101	–	18
14	William	92	↓2	9
15	Eric	91	↑5	16
16	Kevin	84	↓2	13
17	Timothy	84	↑5	21
18	Richard	83	↓3	14
19	Thomas	83	↓1	20
20	Steven	81	↓1	19
21	Shawn	78	↓4	28
22	Stephen	71	↓1	29
23	Jonathan	70	↑5	37
24	Joseph	65	–	12
25	Peter	60	–	48
26	Jeremy	56	↑1	42
27	Aaron	52	↑8	40
28	Craig	50	↑11	46
29	Sean	50	↑2	33
30	Todd	50	↑2	31
31	Derek	49	↓1	67
32	Keith	49	↓6	38
33	Gregory	46	↑1	26
34	Joshua	46	↑15	59
35	Paul	45	↓12	24
36	Chad	41	new	25
37	Donald	41	↑6	36
38	Kenneth	41	↓9	27
39	Andrew	36	↓3	30
40	Patrick	36	↑1	35
41	Shane	36	new	55
42	Charles	35	↓9	23
43	Edward	34	↓5	34
44	Anthony	33	↑1	22
45	Ronald	33	↓1	32
46	Ryan	33	↑1	39
47	Nathan	32	new	79
48	Gary	30	↓6	41
49	Adam	29	new	51
50	Jamie	29	new	72

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