Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	203
2	Debra	179
3	Linda	177
4	Deborah	174
5	Karen	164
6	Diane	141
7	Donna	140
8	Mary	135
9	Patricia	120
10	Nancy	113
11	Cheryl	109
12	Cynthia	102
13	Sandra	96
14	Carol	90
15	Denise	85
16	Barbara	83
17	Sharon	81
18	Kathleen	78
19	Pamela	76
20	Brenda	68
21	Robin	52
22	Kathy	51
23	Janet	50
23	Judith	50
25	Bonnie	48
25	Darlene	48
25	Jane	48
25	Lynn	48
29	Elaine	47
29	Gail	47
31	Ann	45
32	Catherine	43
33	Margaret	42
34	Cindy	39
34	Joyce	39
36	Elizabeth	38
36	Louise	38
38	Lisa	37
39	Maureen	36
40	Kim	35
41	Laurie	34
42	Doreen	33
42	Marie	33
44	Janice	32
45	Paula	31
45	Suzanne	31
47	Jean	28
47	Wendy	28
49	Julie	27
49	Rebecca	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	353
2	David	321
3	Robert	280
4	Richard	254
5	John	237
6	James	191
7	William	179
8	Mark	172
9	Paul	156
10	Steven	148
11	Gary	137
12	Peter	135
13	Thomas	130
14	Donald	127
15	Brian	117
15	Stephen	117
17	Kevin	103
18	Daniel	100
19	Ronald	90
20	Bruce	85
21	Timothy	82
22	Charles	77
23	Dennis	75
23	Jeffrey	75
25	Joseph	74
26	George	65
27	Raymond	63
27	Wayne	63
29	Kenneth	62
30	Douglas	61
31	Edward	60
32	Scott	59
33	Alan	57
34	Roger	50
35	Marc	40
36	Gregory	37
37	Keith	36
38	Philip	35
39	Norman	32
40	Christopher	31
41	Andrew	30
42	Randy	27
43	Lawrence	26
44	Larry	25
45	Carl	24
45	Frederick	24
45	Jonathan	24
48	Dale	23
48	Dana	23
50	Arthur	22