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Baby names in New Hampshire in the 1950s

In New Hampshire in the 1950s the most given names were David (3,129 boys) and Susan (2,110 girls), of 109,122 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Hampshire each year, the 1950s shaded
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251950-1959BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New Hampshire, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Hampshire, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Susan2,110
2Linda2,027
3Donna1,426
4Deborah1,370
5Patricia1,363
6Mary1,296
7Diane1,288
8Nancy1,262
9Karen1,099
10Debra1,089
11Kathleen950
12Sandra918
13Carol868
14Cynthia867
15Denise842
16Pamela802
17Barbara778
18Brenda717
19Sharon696
20Cheryl677
Boys, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1David3,129
2Michael3,105
3Robert2,931
4Richard2,479
5John2,308
6James2,052
7William1,759
8Thomas1,531
9Gary1,396
10Paul1,381
11Mark1,369
12Donald1,146
13Stephen1,143
14Steven1,118
15Peter1,117
16Daniel1,057
17Ronald977
18Bruce942
19Dennis902
20Brian855

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Hampshire in the 1950s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.

More about names in New Hampshire

  1. The 1950s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. New Hampshire: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. New Hampshire in the 1960sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1950The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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