Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	216
2	Linda	213
3	Deborah	152
4	Diane	137
5	Nancy	133
5	Patricia	133
7	Mary	128
8	Donna	126
9	Kathleen	111
10	Denise	96
11	Barbara	94
12	Karen	91
13	Carol	88
14	Sharon	85
15	Pamela	84
15	Sandra	84
17	Cynthia	79
18	Debra	67
19	Judith	65
20	Janet	60
21	Brenda	59
22	Jane	51
23	Gail	50
24	Paula	49
25	Elizabeth	48
26	Catherine	45
27	Janice	43
28	Bonnie	42
29	Cheryl	41
30	Christine	40
31	Ann	39
31	Joanne	39
33	Elaine	38
34	Margaret	36
34	Martha	36
36	Joan	35
37	Louise	33
37	Rebecca	33
39	Joyce	32
39	Kathy	32
41	Beverly	31
41	Maureen	31
43	Jean	30
43	Shirley	30
45	Anne	29
45	Marie	29
47	Cathy	28
47	Ellen	28
47	Kathryn	28
47	Marilyn	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	317
2	Robert	293
3	David	279
4	Richard	275
5	John	231
6	James	199
7	William	192
8	Gary	152
8	Thomas	152
10	Paul	142
11	Stephen	117
12	Ronald	107
13	Dennis	105
14	Donald	100
15	Daniel	99
16	Peter	97
17	Bruce	96
18	Mark	94
19	Steven	93
20	Kenneth	83
21	Charles	73
22	Brian	65
23	George	60
24	Joseph	59
25	Wayne	56
26	Jeffrey	55
27	Raymond	53
28	Alan	51
28	Edward	51
30	Roger	49
31	Timothy	48
32	Douglas	46
33	Kevin	43
34	Philip	38
35	Lawrence	35
35	Norman	35
35	Scott	35
38	Larry	33
39	Arthur	32
40	Gregory	30
41	Roland	28
42	Frank	25
43	Christopher	23
43	Terry	23
45	Henry	22
45	Walter	22
47	Denis	21
47	Frederick	21
47	Gerald	21
47	Maurice	21