Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	217
2	Susan	210
3	Deborah	154
4	Nancy	150
5	Donna	147
6	Patricia	137
7	Diane	120
8	Mary	110
9	Sandra	102
10	Carol	92
10	Kathleen	92
12	Barbara	90
13	Denise	89
14	Judith	88
15	Karen	85
16	Cynthia	72
16	Pamela	72
18	Brenda	71
19	Gail	65
20	Sharon	62
21	Jane	59
22	Debra	56
23	Janet	55
24	Ann	54
25	Elaine	50
26	Bonnie	49
27	Cheryl	48
27	Elizabeth	48
29	Margaret	46
30	Christine	44
31	Suzanne	43
32	Joan	40
32	Joyce	40
34	Janice	37
34	Joanne	37
34	Louise	37
37	Paula	36
38	Jean	35
39	Dorothy	34
40	Beverly	33
41	Anne	31
42	Diana	29
42	Martha	29
44	Darlene	27
44	Gloria	27
44	Kathy	27
44	Maureen	27
48	Rebecca	26
48	Shirley	26
50	Betty	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	312
2	Robert	305
3	Michael	290
4	Richard	274
5	John	229
6	James	207
7	William	188
8	Thomas	157
9	Paul	146
10	Gary	134
11	Donald	131
12	Dennis	112
12	Stephen	112
14	Ronald	109
15	Bruce	104
16	Peter	102
17	Daniel	89
18	Steven	87
19	Kenneth	86
20	Charles	85
21	George	83
22	Mark	81
23	Roger	67
24	Douglas	63
25	Raymond	60
26	Kevin	58
26	Wayne	58
28	Timothy	55
29	Brian	53
30	Edward	52
31	Alan	51
32	Arthur	48
33	Joseph	47
34	Larry	41
35	Jeffrey	40
36	Philip	37
36	Scott	37
38	Frank	36
39	Gregory	35
39	Lawrence	35
41	Norman	34
42	Dale	29
43	Carl	27
43	Dana	27
45	Barry	25
45	Russell	25
47	Albert	24
47	Ernest	24
47	Gerald	24
47	Glenn	24