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Baby names in New Hampshire in the 1960s

In New Hampshire in the 1960s the most given names were Michael (3,307 boys) and Lisa (2,196 girls), of 109,492 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Hampshire each year, the 1960s shaded
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
New Hampshire births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

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

New Hampshire, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Hampshire, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa2,196
2Karen1,307
3Susan1,285
4Donna1,060
5Linda945
6Michelle876
7Mary862
8Jennifer862
9Deborah839
10Tammy811
11Kimberly778
12Pamela766
13Christine743
14Patricia739
15Brenda717
16Diane709
17Cheryl663
18Kathleen652
19Debra632
20Wendy609
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Michael3,307
2David2,998
3John2,329
4Robert2,281
5James2,159
6Mark1,881
7Scott1,750
8Richard1,731
9Jeffrey1,334
10William1,333
11Brian1,332
12Thomas1,299
13Kevin1,297
14Daniel1,287
15Timothy1,185
16Paul1,173
17Steven1,147
18Christopher1,094
19Peter920
20Stephen819

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Hampshire in the 1960s

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, 1960-1969.

More about names in New Hampshire

  1. The 1960s 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 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The 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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