Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	208
2	Linda	188
3	Debra	174
4	Deborah	147
5	Nancy	136
6	Diane	135
7	Donna	133
8	Mary	131
9	Patricia	127
10	Karen	108
11	Denise	100
12	Cynthia	92
13	Kathleen	86
14	Pamela	84
14	Sandra	84
16	Carol	72
17	Barbara	68
18	Brenda	61
19	Sharon	60
20	Gail	56
21	Cheryl	54
21	Elaine	54
23	Elizabeth	50
23	Janet	50
25	Ann	47
25	Robin	47
27	Bonnie	44
27	Judith	44
29	Margaret	41
30	Suzanne	39
31	Catherine	38
31	Jane	38
31	Lynn	38
31	Martha	38
35	Kathy	36
36	Rebecca	35
37	Janice	34
37	Paula	34
39	Cathy	33
39	Virginia	33
41	Joanne	32
41	Joyce	32
43	Katherine	30
43	Lisa	30
43	Sherry	30
46	Joan	29
46	Sheila	29
46	Wendy	29
49	Anne	27
49	Helen	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	375
2	Michael	327
3	Robert	302
4	Richard	237
5	John	229
6	James	195
7	William	166
8	Gary	158
9	Mark	152
10	Thomas	144
11	Peter	137
12	Paul	131
13	Stephen	129
14	Steven	127
15	Donald	105
16	Daniel	101
17	Bruce	97
18	Ronald	88
19	Kevin	86
20	Dennis	83
21	Kenneth	78
22	Brian	77
23	Charles	74
23	Jeffrey	74
25	Timothy	73
26	Edward	64
26	Scott	64
28	Raymond	63
29	Douglas	60
30	George	58
30	Joseph	58
32	Wayne	53
33	Roger	52
34	Alan	51
35	Marc	39
36	Philip	35
37	Arthur	33
37	Dana	33
37	Gregory	33
40	Carl	32
40	Keith	32
42	Andrew	29
43	Anthony	28
43	Norman	28
45	Lawrence	27
45	Russell	27
47	Walter	26
48	Frederick	25
49	Frank	23
50	Christopher	22