Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1974

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (307 babies) and Michael for boys (266). Social Security records list 9,405 babies born in New Hampshire in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1974

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

Lynn: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bethany: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sarah: 106 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jessica: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Kim: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Kerry: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Kathleen: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laurie: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Seth: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Derek: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ian: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Marc: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keith: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Aaron: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	307	–	1
2	Amy	142	↑1	2
3	Michelle	132	↓1	3
4	Heather	128	–	4
5	Melissa	112	–	7
6	Sarah	106	↑7	20
7	Jessica	94	↑3	17
8	Angela	90	↑7	5
9	Stephanie	78	↑2	9
10	Kimberly	75	↓3	6
11	Lisa	74	↓3	8
12	Rebecca	73	↓6	10
13	Christine	64	↓4	19
14	Nicole	59	↑3	11
15	Kelly	58	↑1	15
16	Julie	53	↓4	14
17	Heidi	51	↓3	60
18	Amanda	49	↑21	34
19	Karen	49	↓1	26
20	Shannon	46	↑12	18
21	Mary	44	↑12	13
22	Tammy	41	↓2	24
23	Tara	41	new	39
24	Kristen	40	↓5	45
25	Christina	39	–	16
26	Susan	39	↓4	27
27	Carrie	37	↑17	42
28	Tracy	36	↓4	23
29	Tina	35	↑1	25
30	April	34	new	28
31	Elizabeth	34	↓10	12
32	Lori	34	↓4	30
33	Wendy	34	↓10	32
34	Danielle	33	↓3	40
35	Kathleen	33	↑5	76
36	Lynn	31	new	>100
37	Melanie	31	↓1	51
38	Erin	29	new	47
39	Holly	28	↓12	56
40	Andrea	27	↓5	35
41	Catherine	25	new	73
42	Dawn	25	↓16	22
43	Pamela	25	↓5	54
44	Kristin	24	↓2	72
45	Laura	24	↓11	21
46	Tanya	24	↑3	46
47	Rachel	22	new	36
48	Sara	22	↓5	61
49	Jill	21	↓4	58
50	Katherine	21	↓21	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	266	↑1	1
2	Jason	255	↓1	2
3	Christopher	214	–	3
4	Matthew	171	↑2	9
5	James	155	↑2	5
6	David	154	↓2	4
7	Brian	135	↑4	8
8	Daniel	134	↑4	11
9	John	131	–	6
10	Robert	131	↓5	7
11	Scott	124	↓3	18
12	Jeffrey	114	↓2	15
13	Eric	104	–	13
14	William	89	↑1	10
15	Thomas	88	↑7	20
16	Joshua	84	↑11	29
17	Ryan	83	↑19	25
18	Mark	82	–	16
19	Aaron	81	↑9	32
20	Timothy	78	↓3	22
21	Richard	70	↓5	17
22	Shawn	70	↓3	30
23	Jeremy	68	–	24
24	Joseph	68	↑1	12
25	Steven	66	↓5	19
26	Kevin	63	↓12	14
27	Peter	63	↓3	50
28	Jonathan	62	↑1	33
29	Keith	59	↓8	44
30	Adam	55	↑3	36
31	Andrew	53	↓5	28
32	Todd	50	↑2	39
33	Benjamin	48	new	46
34	Justin	48	new	43
35	Derek	47	↑6	74
36	Charles	46	↑3	23
37	Nathan	46	↑1	52
38	Gregory	44	↑2	31
39	Craig	42	↓9	57
40	Sean	42	↓3	37
41	Stephen	42	↓9	35
42	Shane	41	↑3	56
43	Paul	40	↓8	27
44	Chad	38	↑6	26
45	Anthony	37	↑1	21
46	Jamie	31	new	68
47	Kenneth	31	↓16	34
48	Douglas	29	new	53
49	Marc	29	↓7	85
50	Patrick	27	↓7	38

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