Popular baby names in Vermont, 1920

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1920 were Mary for girls (132 babies) and Robert for boys (139). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,922 babies born in Vermont in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1920

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

Girls

Beverly: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Arlene: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Barbara: 68 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Madeline: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marion: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Harriet: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rita: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shirley: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Marguerite: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maurice: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gordon: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bernard: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gerald: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francis: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Frederick: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Philip: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arnold: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stanley: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	132	–	1
2	Dorothy	94	↑2	2
3	Ruth	90	↓1	5
4	Elizabeth	71	↑2	8
5	Helen	71	↓2	3
6	Margaret	70	↓1	4
7	Barbara	68	↑5	47
8	Marion	58	–	43
9	Mildred	55	↑11	6
10	Doris	48	↓1	14
11	Frances	47	↓1	9
12	Alice	45	↓1	15
13	Evelyn	42	↓6	12
14	Marjorie	42	–	24
15	Irene	40	↓2	17
16	Rita	39	↓1	52
17	Florence	37	↑1	16
18	Marie	35	↑15	13
19	Eleanor	34	↓3	25
20	Shirley	33	↑18	56
21	Virginia	32	↑3	7
22	Gladys	28	↑26	22
23	Beatrice	27	–	41
24	Catherine	26	↑3	21
25	Pauline	26	↓3	36
26	Lillian	25	↓7	18
27	Phyllis	25	new	72
28	Hazel	24	↓3	34
29	Arlene	23	new	>100
30	Charlotte	23	↑10	79
31	Lucille	23	↓2	29
32	Madeline	22	↓2	>100
33	Edith	21	↑4	32
34	Louise	21	new	19
35	Grace	20	↓4	37
36	Marguerite	20	↑6	93
37	Anna	19	↓20	10
38	Beverly	19	↑6	>100
39	Harriet	19	new	>100
40	Katherine	19	new	45
41	Leona	19	–	89
42	Edna	18	↓8	27
43	Bernice	17	↑4	40
44	Geraldine	17	new	60
45	Gertrude	17	↓24	42
46	Betty	16	new	11
47	Ethel	16	↓12	30
48	Laura	16	↑2	63
49	Sylvia	16	new	85
50	Thelma	16	↓14	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	139	–	3
2	John	120	–	1
3	Charles	89	↑6	5
4	William	87	↓1	2
5	George	82	–	6
6	Raymond	68	↓2	15
7	Richard	68	↑8	10
8	James	62	↓1	4
9	Donald	58	↑2	16
10	Joseph	55	↑3	7
11	Francis	52	↓5	34
12	Harold	49	↓2	12
13	Kenneth	44	↑1	23
14	Edward	43	↓6	8
15	Paul	40	↑1	14
16	Arthur	39	↑1	18
17	Bernard	39	↑5	46
18	Stanley	34	↑12	40
19	Albert	32	–	19
20	Earl	32	↑5	31
21	Frank	32	↑2	9
22	Walter	32	↓4	13
23	Howard	28	↓11	24
24	Frederick	27	↑15	60
25	Gerald	27	↑3	64
26	Lawrence	27	↓2	36
27	Ralph	25	↓7	22
28	Ernest	24	↑4	37
29	Harry	23	↓3	21
30	Henry	23	↓9	17
31	Gordon	22	↓4	85
32	Clarence	21	new	26
33	Philip	21	↓4	71
34	Thomas	21	↑8	11
35	Norman	20	↓1	47
36	Alfred	19	↓5	42
37	Leo	18	↑6	48
38	Maurice	18	↓5	>100
39	Roger	18	new	>100
40	Leonard	17	↑6	38
41	Louis	17	↓3	28
42	Herbert	16	↓6	41
43	Leon	16	↑2	75
44	Arnold	15	new	91
45	David	15	↓10	25
46	Theodore	15	↓6	63
47	Vernon	15	new	65
48	Warren	15	new	39
49	Carl	14	new	27
50	Edwin	14	new	53

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