Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	179
2	Sandra	173
3	Carol	162
4	Susan	151
5	Patricia	150
6	Mary	146
7	Judith	134
8	Nancy	127
9	Donna	117
10	Barbara	108
11	Sharon	76
12	Kathleen	65
13	Diane	63
14	Jane	62
15	Elaine	59
15	Joyce	59
17	Cheryl	58
17	Margaret	58
19	Joan	57
20	Shirley	55
21	Elizabeth	53
22	Judy	49
22	Karen	49
24	Brenda	47
25	Cynthia	46
25	Dorothy	46
25	Janet	46
28	Lorraine	45
29	Gloria	44
29	Joanne	44
29	Pamela	44
29	Virginia	44
33	Gail	43
33	Janice	43
35	Beverly	41
36	Bonnie	40
37	Suzanne	39
38	Carolyn	36
38	Marilyn	36
40	Ann	35
41	Sally	34
42	Louise	33
43	Pauline	32
44	Helen	30
44	Sheila	30
46	Priscilla	29
47	Jacqueline	28
47	Marie	28
49	Alice	27
49	Claire	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	420
2	Richard	372
3	John	273
4	David	230
5	James	200
6	Ronald	169
7	Paul	163
7	William	163
9	Thomas	127
10	Donald	119
11	Michael	113
12	Peter	91
13	Raymond	90
14	George	88
15	Charles	86
16	Roger	84
17	Kenneth	83
18	Dennis	74
19	Edward	71
20	Bruce	70
20	Gary	70
22	Joseph	63
23	Wayne	57
24	Stephen	54
25	Arthur	52
26	Daniel	48
27	Norman	47
28	Gerald	44
29	Douglas	40
30	Alan	38
31	Walter	34
32	Brian	33
33	Albert	32
34	Roland	31
34	Russell	31
36	Francis	30
36	Lawrence	30
36	Philip	30
39	Steven	29
40	Gerard	27
40	Maurice	27
42	Gregory	25
43	Frank	24
44	Barry	23
44	Larry	23
44	Leo	23
44	Leonard	23
44	Ralph	23
49	Fred	22
50	Frederick	21