Popular baby names in Vermont, 1911

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1911 were Mary for girls (62 babies) and John for boys (33). Social Security records list 1,410 babies born in Vermont in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1911

Names given at least 15 times in Vermont that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Doris: 35 babies, 9× the national rate
Marion: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Beatrice: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Florence: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Irene: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Evelyn: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hazel: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alice: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ruth: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Raymond: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ralph: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harold: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	62	–	1
2	Ruth	41	↑6	5
3	Helen	38	↓1	2
4	Doris	35	↑7	56
5	Dorothy	34	↓2	4
6	Florence	32	↑1	12
7	Alice	26	↓3	11
8	Elizabeth	26	↑1	7
9	Margaret	25	↓4	3
10	Evelyn	23	↑3	16
11	Irene	23	↑1	21
12	Marion	23	↓2	58
13	Mildred	22	↓7	8
14	Beatrice	20	↑15	37
15	Hazel	18	↓1	25
16	Marie	15	↑6	9
17	Clara	14	↑6	33
18	Gladys	14	↓3	18
19	Lillian	14	↓2	13
20	Anna	13	↓1	6
21	Frances	13	–	10
22	Grace	13	↓6	23
23	Katherine	13	new	55
24	Madeline	13	new	>100
25	Ethel	12	↓5	15
26	Thelma	12	↑2	27
27	Blanche	11	new	75
28	Edna	10	↑3	17
29	Barbara	9	new	>100
30	Eleanor	9	↑19	49
31	Esther	9	new	34
32	Eva	9	–	46
33	Josephine	9	new	29
34	Lena	9	↑4	70
35	Louise	9	new	19
36	Mabel	9	new	43
37	Agnes	8	↑9	39
38	Gertrude	8	↓13	30
39	Martha	8	new	28
40	Charlotte	7	new	95
41	Ellen	7	new	84
42	Elsie	7	↓18	41
43	Flora	7	new	>100
44	Leona	7	new	76
45	Marguerite	7	↓9	87
46	Rose	7	new	14
47	Edith	6	↓3	31
48	Harriet	6	↓15	>100
49	Ida	6	↓23	45
50	Julia	6	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	33	↑4	1
2	William	32	↑5	2
3	George	25	↓2	4
4	Robert	24	↑4	5
5	Raymond	22	↑14	19
6	Charles	20	↓4	7
7	Francis	18	↑6	33
8	Edward	17	↓5	9
9	Harold	17	↑3	16
10	Ralph	15	↑18	24
11	Kenneth	14	↑16	40
12	Albert	13	↓3	15
13	Paul	13	↓7	17
14	Clarence	12	↑2	23
15	James	12	↓11	3
16	Stanley	12	new	44
17	Walter	12	↑3	12
18	Joseph	11	↓8	6
19	Arthur	9	↑2	18
20	Gerald	9	new	88
21	Lawrence	9	↓10	37
22	Earl	8	new	34
23	David	7	new	27
24	Donald	7	↓7	36
25	Frank	7	↓11	8
26	Gordon	7	new	97
27	Harry	7	new	13
28	Herbert	7	new	41
29	Howard	7	↓3	28
30	Louis	7	new	21
31	Richard	7	↓16	20
32	Clifford	6	new	62
33	Eugene	6	new	43
34	Henry	6	↓12	11
35	Leo	6	new	51
36	Leonard	6	new	46
37	Maurice	6	new	99
38	Clement	5	new	>100
39	Ernest	5	↓21	32
40	Everett	5	new	>100
41	Floyd	5	new	57
42	Fred	5	↓17	22
43	Frederick	5	new	52
44	Nelson	5	new	>100
45	Norman	5	new	63
46	Roger	5	new	>100
47	Russell	5	new	55
48	Thomas	5	↓19	10
49	Winfred	5	new	>100

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