Popular baby names in Vermont, 1916

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1916 were Mary for girls (144 babies) and Robert for boys (132). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,448 babies born in Vermont in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1916

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

Girls

Arlene: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shirley: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Marion: 62 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Madeline: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rita: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marguerite: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Doris: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hilda: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Barbara: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beatrice: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Gordon: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francis: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenneth: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernard: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Richard: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Howard: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lawrence: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Frederick: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Floyd: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	144	–	1
2	Ruth	89	↑2	5
3	Helen	88	↓1	2
4	Dorothy	79	↓1	3
5	Elizabeth	67	↑4	8
6	Marion	62	↓1	47
7	Margaret	61	↑3	4
8	Doris	58	–	32
9	Evelyn	50	↓2	11
10	Alice	49	↓4	13
11	Florence	42	↑2	14
12	Beatrice	40	–	38
13	Irene	40	↑1	17
14	Gertrude	34	↑4	35
15	Frances	33	↑4	9
16	Marjorie	32	↓1	37
17	Mildred	32	↓6	6
18	Rita	31	new	67
19	Catherine	30	↓2	20
20	Eleanor	29	–	27
21	Gladys	28	↑2	22
22	Hazel	28	↑2	31
23	Eva	27	↑20	55
24	Marguerite	27	↑1	78
25	Grace	26	↑7	26
26	Pauline	26	↑10	33
27	Thelma	26	↓11	29
28	Anna	25	↓7	7
29	Ethel	25	↓1	25
30	Lillian	24	↓4	16
31	Louise	24	↑8	18
32	Barbara	23	↓10	74
33	Josephine	23	new	21
34	Edith	22	↑6	28
35	Marie	22	↑9	12
36	Madeline	20	↓9	>100
37	Charlotte	19	–	80
38	Edna	19	–	19
39	Elsie	19	↑3	48
40	Viola	18	new	59
41	Emma	17	new	41
42	Jean	17	new	45
43	Mabel	17	new	65
44	Shirley	17	new	>100
45	Arlene	16	new	>100
46	Bertha	16	new	49
47	Esther	16	↓16	34
48	Hilda	16	new	>100
49	Martha	16	new	24
50	Leona	15	–	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Robert	132	↑1	4
2	John	104	↓1	1
3	Charles	73	↑1	6
4	George	68	↓1	7
5	William	65	–	2
6	Edward	59	↑2	8
7	Richard	58	↑2	15
8	James	57	↓2	3
9	Francis	55	↑1	31
10	Joseph	51	↓3	5
11	Kenneth	49	↑6	27
12	Harold	47	–	13
13	Raymond	47	↓2	16
14	Frank	42	↑6	9
15	Arthur	39	↑1	18
16	Albert	36	↑5	17
17	Howard	36	↑1	25
18	Ralph	36	↑1	21
19	Donald	35	↓5	20
20	Henry	33	↓5	14
21	Paul	33	↓8	12
22	Bernard	27	↑5	49
23	Lawrence	27	↑3	38
24	Ernest	25	↑4	36
25	Thomas	23	↑13	10
26	Louis	22	↑4	22
27	Maurice	22	↑19	100
28	Walter	22	↓6	11
29	Earl	19	↑14	32
30	Harry	19	↑2	19
31	Stanley	19	↓7	34
32	Frederick	18	↓3	52
33	Gordon	18	↓2	90
34	Carl	17	↑6	23
35	David	16	new	28
36	Leo	16	↓1	47
37	Leonard	16	new	42
38	Edwin	15	new	53
39	Floyd	15	↑5	60
40	Chester	14	new	54
41	Alfred	13	↓8	43
42	Gerald	13	↓19	76
43	Herbert	13	↓9	40
44	Fred	12	↓2	29
45	Leon	12	new	85
46	Norman	12	↓10	48
47	Russell	12	↑3	51
48	Clarence	11	↓23	24
49	Roger	11	↓12	>100
50	Roy	11	new	33

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