Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1973

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (324 babies) and Jason for boys (227). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,059 babies born in New Hampshire in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1973

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: 27 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Heidi: 63 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jessica: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristen: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bonnie: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sarah: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kristine: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alison: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laurie: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Seth: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Peter: 63 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Derek: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keith: 68 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nathan: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Craig: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christian: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Scott: 136 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	324	–	1
2	Michelle	122	↑1	3
3	Amy	121	↑1	2
4	Heather	106	↑2	8
5	Melissa	87	–	6
6	Rebecca	84	↑6	10
7	Kimberly	81	↑1	4
8	Lisa	81	↓6	5
9	Christine	71	–	17
10	Jessica	71	↑9	34
11	Stephanie	70	–	9
12	Julie	67	↑4	12
13	Sarah	65	↑7	35
14	Heidi	63	↑1	65
15	Angela	61	↓5	7
16	Kelly	58	↑1	18
17	Nicole	51	↑1	11
18	Karen	49	↓11	23
19	Kristen	48	↑13	58
20	Tammy	45	↓7	15
21	Elizabeth	41	–	13
22	Susan	41	–	25
23	Wendy	41	↑15	29
24	Tracy	40	↓10	20
25	Christina	39	–	16
26	Dawn	38	↓3	21
27	Holly	36	↑21	54
28	Lori	36	↓4	28
29	Katherine	35	↑15	64
30	Tina	35	↑4	24
31	Danielle	34	↑12	49
32	Shannon	34	↓5	22
33	Mary	33	↓3	14
34	Laura	32	↓8	19
35	Andrea	31	new	30
36	Melanie	29	↑9	43
37	Stacey	29	↑9	41
38	Pamela	28	↓1	47
39	Amanda	27	new	51
40	Kathleen	27	↓9	68
41	Kelley	27	new	>100
42	Kristin	27	↓6	78
43	Sara	27	new	89
44	Carrie	25	↑5	46
45	Jill	24	new	62
46	Jodi	24	new	100
47	Laurie	24	new	>100
48	Stacy	24	↓7	32
49	Tanya	24	new	50
50	Deborah	23	↓15	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	227	↑2	3
2	Michael	226	–	1
3	Christopher	211	↓2	2
4	David	157	–	5
5	Robert	151	↑1	7
6	Matthew	144	↑1	10
7	James	142	↑4	4
8	Scott	136	↓3	18
9	John	129	↓1	6
10	Jeffrey	126	–	17
11	Brian	122	↓2	8
12	Daniel	107	–	11
13	Eric	87	↑2	13
14	Kevin	83	↑2	14
15	William	79	↓1	9
16	Richard	78	↑2	16
17	Timothy	74	–	22
18	Mark	73	↓5	15
19	Shawn	73	↑2	27
20	Steven	71	–	20
21	Keith	68	↑11	41
22	Thomas	67	↓3	19
23	Jeremy	63	↑3	33
24	Peter	63	↑1	52
25	Joseph	61	↓1	12
26	Andrew	60	↑13	29
27	Joshua	55	↑7	42
28	Aaron	54	↓1	34
29	Jonathan	54	↓6	31
30	Craig	51	↓2	48
31	Kenneth	51	↑7	28
32	Stephen	49	↓10	32
33	Adam	48	↑16	45
34	Todd	47	↓4	35
35	Paul	46	–	24
36	Ryan	46	↑10	30
37	Sean	42	↓8	36
38	Nathan	40	↑9	63
39	Charles	39	↑3	23
40	Gregory	38	↓7	26
41	Derek	35	↓10	69
42	Marc	35	new	81
43	Patrick	34	↓3	37
44	Edward	33	↓1	39
45	Shane	31	↓4	54
46	Anthony	30	↓2	21
47	Gary	28	↑1	44
48	Donald	27	↓11	38
49	Ronald	26	↓4	40
50	Chad	25	↓14	25

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