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Baby names in New Hampshire, 1950s

1950–1959 · 109,197 recorded births

David was the most common name given in New Hampshire across the 1950s, with 3,129 births in the decade. The state recorded 109,197 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Hampshire in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Normand9335×
Denis18411×
Armand5310×
Lucien23
Laurent10
Lucie18
Claire197
Roland227

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1David3,129
#2Michael3,105
#3Robert2,931
#4Richard2,479
#5John2,308
#6Susan2,110
#7James2,052
#8Linda2,027
#9William1,759
#10Thomas1,531
#11Donna1,426
#12Gary1,396
#13Paul1,381
#14Deborah1,370
#15Mark1,369
#16Patricia1,363
#17Mary1,296
#18Diane1,288
#19Nancy1,262
#20Donald1,146
#21Stephen1,143
#22Steven1,118
#23Peter1,117
#24Karen1,099
#25Debra1,089

Other decades in New Hampshire

All New Hampshire names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org