Popular baby names in Vermont, 1921

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1921 were Mary for girls (154 babies) and Robert for boys (146). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,317 babies born in Vermont in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1921

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

Girls

Barbara: 82 babies, 6× the national rate
Marion: 69 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Arlene: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Shirley: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rita: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Madeline: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Blanche: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charlotte: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Marjorie: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Wilfred: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Gordon: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roger: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Maurice: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Francis: 61 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roland: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Philip: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arnold: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Frederick: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernard: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	154	–	1
2	Ruth	92	↑1	5
3	Helen	83	↑2	3
4	Barbara	82	↑3	40
5	Dorothy	82	↓3	2
6	Margaret	78	–	4
7	Marjorie	73	↑7	16
8	Elizabeth	72	↓4	10
9	Marion	69	↓1	43
10	Doris	51	–	13
11	Shirley	50	↑9	44
12	Alice	49	–	15
13	Evelyn	46	–	12
14	Rita	45	↑2	48
15	Phyllis	44	↑12	60
16	Mildred	40	↓7	7
17	Florence	39	–	17
18	Virginia	38	↑3	6
19	Irene	36	↓4	18
20	Catherine	34	↑4	23
21	Anna	32	↑16	11
22	Eleanor	32	↓3	29
23	Frances	32	↓12	9
24	Lucille	31	↑7	31
25	Lillian	30	↑1	19
26	Pauline	30	↓1	37
27	Beatrice	29	↓4	41
28	Gertrude	28	↑17	46
29	Marie	27	↓11	14
30	Thelma	26	↑20	30
31	Charlotte	25	↓1	79
32	Esther	24	new	42
33	Gladys	24	↓11	24
34	Lorraine	24	new	61
35	Grace	21	–	35
36	Patricia	21	new	84
37	Rose	21	new	20
38	Geraldine	20	↑6	62
39	Norma	20	new	51
40	Blanche	19	new	>100
41	Ethel	19	↑6	32
42	Hazel	19	↓14	34
43	Leona	19	↓2	92
44	Lois	19	new	38
45	Edna	18	↓3	27
46	Jane	18	new	47
47	Pearl	18	new	65
48	Arlene	17	↓19	>100
49	Bernice	17	↓6	39
50	Betty	17	↓4	8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	146	–	2
2	John	122	–	1
3	William	103	↑1	3
4	George	75	↑1	6
5	Charles	69	↓2	5
6	Richard	69	↑1	10
7	Raymond	66	↓1	16
8	James	63	–	4
9	Donald	62	–	13
10	Edward	61	↑4	8
11	Francis	61	–	35
12	Joseph	58	↓2	7
13	Harold	52	↓1	12
14	Kenneth	47	↓1	22
15	Paul	43	–	14
16	Arthur	40	–	19
17	Gordon	37	↑14	84
18	Bernard	34	↓1	45
19	Ernest	33	↑9	38
20	Walter	33	↑2	15
21	Frank	32	–	9
22	Henry	31	↑8	17
23	Stanley	31	↓5	41
24	Albert	30	↓5	20
25	Howard	29	↓2	27
26	Norman	28	↑9	46
27	Ralph	28	–	23
28	Frederick	27	↓4	61
29	Roger	26	↑10	99
30	Harry	25	↓1	21
31	Warren	23	↑17	24
32	Leo	22	↑5	50
33	Philip	22	–	72
34	Lawrence	21	↓8	37
35	Maurice	21	↑3	>100
36	Russell	21	new	52
37	Clifford	20	new	62
38	Gerald	19	↓13	60
39	David	18	↑6	25
40	Thomas	18	↓6	11
41	Alfred	17	↓5	43
42	Edwin	17	↑8	54
43	Leonard	17	↓3	39
44	Arnold	16	–	91
45	Earl	16	↓25	31
46	Louis	16	↓5	29
47	Roland	16	new	>100
48	Wallace	15	new	88
49	Wilfred	15	new	>100
50	Carl	14	↓1	30

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