Popular baby names in Vermont, 1915

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1915 were Mary for girls (120 babies) and John for boys (109). Social Security records list 4,421 babies born in Vermont in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1915

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

Girls

Madeline: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Marion: 56 babies, 5× the national rate
Barbara: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marguerite: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beatrice: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harriet: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doris: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marjorie: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laura: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gerald: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gordon: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Arnold: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Frederick: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernard: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Kenneth: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Richard: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clifford: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	120	–	1
2	Helen	116	↑2	2
3	Dorothy	94	–	3
4	Ruth	84	↓2	5
5	Marion	56	↑2	50
6	Alice	55	↑4	13
7	Evelyn	52	↑4	10
8	Doris	48	–	34
9	Elizabeth	48	↓3	8
10	Margaret	46	↓5	4
11	Mildred	46	↓2	6
12	Beatrice	44	↑7	37
13	Florence	44	↑1	14
14	Irene	41	↓2	17
15	Marjorie	36	↓2	39
16	Thelma	36	↑7	30
17	Catherine	35	↑7	19
18	Gertrude	34	↑8	35
19	Frances	33	↑2	9
20	Eleanor	31	↓3	28
21	Anna	29	↓3	7
22	Barbara	29	↓2	83
23	Gladys	29	↑8	21
24	Hazel	28	↓2	26
25	Marguerite	28	↑3	85
26	Lillian	27	↓11	15
27	Madeline	26	–	>100
28	Ethel	24	↑19	23
29	Laura	24	↑13	61
30	Lucille	24	new	29
31	Esther	22	↓1	33
32	Grace	21	↑2	27
33	Bernice	20	–	42
34	Rose	20	new	16
35	Virginia	20	↑10	12
36	Pauline	19	↓7	32
37	Charlotte	18	new	81
38	Edna	18	↑8	20
39	Louise	18	↓7	18
40	Edith	17	↓15	31
41	Ruby	17	new	24
42	Elsie	16	new	41
43	Eva	16	↓27	55
44	Marie	16	↓1	11
45	Phyllis	16	new	100
46	Agnes	15	↑4	45
47	Blanche	15	new	87
48	Harriet	15	new	>100
49	Jennie	15	new	73
50	Leona	15	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	109	–	1
2	Robert	91	↑1	4
3	George	75	↓1	6
4	Charles	67	↑6	7
5	William	67	↓1	2
6	James	57	↑9	3
7	Joseph	57	–	5
8	Edward	52	↓3	8
9	Richard	50	↑3	15
10	Francis	47	↑9	29
11	Raymond	47	↓2	16
12	Harold	44	↓6	12
13	Paul	42	–	13
14	Donald	38	↓3	20
15	Henry	38	↑9	14
16	Arthur	37	↑5	18
17	Kenneth	37	↓9	28
18	Howard	32	↓2	25
19	Ralph	32	↑10	21
20	Frank	30	–	9
21	Albert	27	↓4	17
22	Walter	27	↑3	11
23	Gerald	26	↑12	78
24	Stanley	25	↑15	34
25	Clarence	24	↑5	24
26	Lawrence	24	–	37
27	Bernard	23	↓4	48
28	Ernest	23	↓10	35
29	Frederick	23	↑5	52
30	Louis	23	↑14	23
31	Gordon	19	–	90
32	Harry	19	↓18	19
33	Alfred	18	new	42
34	Herbert	18	new	40
35	Leo	18	↓3	47
36	Norman	16	new	50
37	Roger	16	↑10	>100
38	Thomas	16	↓2	10
39	Arnold	15	new	91
40	Carl	15	↑2	22
41	Clifford	15	↓1	61
42	Fred	15	↓5	26
43	Earl	13	↓21	33
44	Floyd	13	↑2	59
45	Roland	13	new	>100
46	Maurice	12	↓18	>100
47	Anthony	11	new	36
48	Clayton	11	new	>100
49	Everett	11	new	89
50	Russell	11	↓9	51

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