Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 1975

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (294 babies) and Jason for boys (264). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,143 babies born in New Hampshire in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 1975

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

Kate: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Bethany: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kerry: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kristen: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jessica: 113 babies, 3× the national rate
Courtney: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karen: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sarah: 86 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 23 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Seth: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Derek: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ian: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 78 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Arthur: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Scott: 128 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Keith: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	294	–	1
2	Amy	177	–	2
3	Heather	132	↑1	3
4	Jessica	113	↑3	13
5	Melissa	111	–	4
6	Michelle	104	↓3	6
7	Lisa	92	↑4	8
8	Rebecca	92	↑4	11
9	Sarah	86	↓3	17
10	Angela	73	↓2	5
11	Karen	64	↑8	27
12	Kelly	62	↑3	16
13	Christine	57	–	22
14	Kimberly	57	↓4	7
15	Stephanie	54	↓6	9
16	Amanda	52	↑2	14
17	Nicole	52	↓3	10
18	Kristen	49	↑6	60
19	Carrie	46	↑8	29
20	Jill	44	↑29	46
21	Tammy	44	↑1	31
22	Shannon	43	↓2	21
23	Elizabeth	39	↑8	15
24	Sara	39	↑24	54
25	Tracy	36	↑3	24
26	Heidi	35	↓9	66
27	Mary	34	↓6	19
28	Tina	33	↑1	35
29	April	32	↑1	25
30	Christina	32	↓5	12
31	Erin	32	↑7	38
32	Stacey	32	new	44
33	Stacy	32	new	34
34	Emily	31	new	48
35	Julie	31	↓19	18
36	Susan	31	↓10	32
37	Andrea	30	↑3	28
38	Dawn	30	↑4	23
39	Holly	30	–	55
40	Katherine	30	↑10	58
41	Danielle	29	↓7	42
42	Laura	27	↑3	20
43	Kathleen	26	↓8	80
44	Megan	26	new	69
45	Tanya	26	↑1	50
46	Tara	25	↓23	41
47	Courtney	24	new	>100
48	Wendy	23	↓15	33
49	Bethany	22	new	>100
50	Kerry	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	264	↑1	2
2	Michael	254	↓1	1
3	Christopher	237	–	3
4	Matthew	173	–	9
5	Brian	128	↑2	8
6	Scott	128	↑5	17
7	Daniel	125	↑1	11
8	David	124	↓2	5
9	Robert	124	↑1	6
10	John	120	↓1	7
11	Eric	116	↑2	13
12	Jeffrey	113	–	14
13	James	107	↓8	4
14	Joshua	100	↑2	26
15	Timothy	97	↑5	22
16	Jeremy	81	↑7	24
17	Mark	79	↑1	19
18	Ryan	79	↓1	23
19	Benjamin	78	↑14	36
20	William	78	↓6	10
21	Jonathan	75	↑7	30
22	Thomas	73	↓7	20
23	Kevin	71	↑3	15
24	Richard	69	↓3	16
25	Joseph	66	↓1	12
26	Aaron	64	↓7	32
27	Andrew	64	↑4	28
28	Shawn	63	↓6	31
29	Steven	63	↓4	18
30	Keith	51	↓1	49
31	Adam	49	↓1	38
32	Peter	46	↓5	54
33	Justin	44	↑1	37
34	Nathan	42	↑3	45
35	Todd	42	↓3	43
36	Stephen	41	↑5	34
37	Paul	39	↑6	29
38	Sean	39	↑2	40
39	Gregory	38	↓1	33
40	Chad	37	↑4	27
41	Charles	37	↓5	25
42	Craig	37	↓3	58
43	Jamie	30	↑3	62
44	Patrick	30	↑6	39
45	Derek	28	↓10	83
46	Shane	28	↓4	57
47	Anthony	27	↓2	21
48	Kenneth	27	↓1	35
49	Marc	25	–	89
50	Dana	23	new	>100

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