Popular baby names in Vermont, 1912

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1912 were Mary for girls (95 babies) and William for boys (55). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,202 babies born in Vermont in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1912

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

Girls

Marion: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Barbara: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Doris: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Blanche: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katherine: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Evelyn: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eleanor: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Elizabeth: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gladys: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Howard: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kenneth: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Richard: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francis: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raymond: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ernest: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Ralph: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
George: 49 babies, 2× the national rate
Edward: 33 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	95	–	1
2	Dorothy	59	↑3	3
3	Helen	57	–	2
4	Ruth	48	↓2	5
5	Elizabeth	42	↑3	8
6	Marion	42	↑6	55
7	Margaret	37	↑2	4
8	Evelyn	34	↑2	13
9	Doris	33	↓5	48
10	Alice	29	↓3	11
11	Frances	26	↑10	9
12	Gladys	25	↑6	19
13	Florence	24	↓7	12
14	Mildred	24	↓1	6
15	Irene	22	↓4	22
16	Marjorie	20	new	56
17	Anna	18	↑3	7
18	Blanche	18	↑9	75
19	Lillian	18	–	14
20	Hazel	17	↓5	25
21	Thelma	17	↑5	26
22	Edna	16	↑6	16
23	Eleanor	16	↑7	39
24	Katherine	16	↓1	53
25	Barbara	15	↑4	>100
26	Beatrice	14	↓12	37
27	Edith	14	↑20	31
28	Mabel	14	↑8	46
29	Clara	13	↓12	34
30	Eva	13	↑2	49
31	Laura	13	new	57
32	Arlene	12	new	>100
33	Bernice	12	new	51
34	Catherine	12	new	21
35	Ethel	12	↓10	18
36	Gertrude	12	↑2	30
37	Pauline	12	new	38
38	Charlotte	11	↑2	91
39	Ellen	11	↑2	86
40	Elsie	11	↑2	42
41	Grace	11	↓19	24
42	Louise	11	↓7	17
43	Madeline	11	↓19	>100
44	Pearl	10	new	54
45	Rose	10	↑1	15
46	Daisy	9	new	>100
47	Hilda	9	new	>100
48	Jennie	9	new	81
49	Jessie	9	new	65
50	Marie	9	↓34	10

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	William	55	↑1	2
2	George	49	↑1	6
3	John	43	↓2	1
4	Robert	39	–	4
5	Edward	33	↑3	8
6	Charles	31	–	7
7	Raymond	29	↓2	18
8	Richard	29	↑23	19
9	Howard	25	↑20	25
10	Joseph	23	↑8	5
11	Harold	20	↓2	13
12	Kenneth	20	↓1	33
13	Donald	19	↑11	27
14	Frank	19	↑11	9
15	Arthur	18	↑4	15
16	Paul	18	↓3	14
17	Francis	17	↓10	35
18	Walter	17	↓1	11
19	Ernest	16	↑20	32
20	Ralph	16	↓10	23
21	James	15	↓6	3
22	Harry	14	↑5	16
23	Albert	12	↓11	17
24	Bernard	12	new	60
25	Gordon	12	↑1	93
26	Henry	12	↑8	12
27	Leo	12	↑8	49
28	Earl	11	↓6	34
29	Fred	11	↑13	26
30	Frederick	11	↑13	51
31	Lawrence	11	↓10	38
32	Thomas	11	↑16	10
33	Alfred	10	new	40
34	Theodore	10	new	52
35	Clarence	9	↓21	21
36	Michael	9	new	42
37	Stanley	9	↓21	43
38	Warren	9	new	>100
39	Clifford	8	↓7	62
40	Roland	8	new	>100
41	Wesley	8	new	>100
42	Carl	7	new	24
43	Carroll	7	new	>100
44	Lester	7	new	58
45	Louis	7	↓15	20
46	Roy	7	new	31
47	Arnold	6	new	99
48	David	6	↓25	29
49	Elmer	6	new	47
50	Herbert	6	↓22	39

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