Popular baby names in Vermont, 1922

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1922 were Mary for girls (129 babies) and Robert for boys (189). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,106 babies born in Vermont in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1922

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

Girls

Priscilla: 20 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Arlene: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Beverly: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Barbara: 70 babies, 5× the national rate
Marion: 59 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Madeline: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marilyn: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shirley: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Blanche: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Charlotte: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roger: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Arnold: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Wayne: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francis: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Bernard: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Frederick: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gordon: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerald: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	129	–	1
2	Dorothy	92	↑3	2
3	Helen	89	–	3
4	Margaret	80	↑2	4
5	Barbara	70	↓1	40
6	Ruth	68	↓4	5
7	Elizabeth	65	↑1	9
8	Marion	59	↑1	42
9	Shirley	53	↑2	39
10	Doris	52	–	11
11	Marjorie	47	↓4	16
12	Frances	44	↑11	10
13	Eleanor	42	↑9	28
14	Pauline	41	↑12	36
15	Virginia	40	↑3	7
16	Florence	37	↑1	18
17	Lillian	37	↑8	19
18	Alice	36	↓6	15
19	Irene	36	–	17
20	Rita	36	↓6	52
21	Evelyn	35	↓8	13
22	Thelma	30	↑8	31
23	Charlotte	29	↑8	76
24	Mildred	29	↓8	8
25	Anna	27	↓4	12
26	Norma	27	↑13	46
27	Phyllis	26	↓12	53
28	Arlene	24	↑20	>100
29	Lorraine	24	↑5	56
30	Marie	24	↓1	14
31	Betty	23	↑19	6
32	Jean	23	new	20
33	Lucille	23	↓9	33
34	Pearl	23	↑13	71
35	Beatrice	21	↓8	43
36	Bernice	21	↑13	41
37	Kathleen	21	new	80
38	Gertrude	20	↓10	48
39	Priscilla	20	new	>100
40	Theresa	20	new	>100
41	Blanche	19	↓1	>100
42	Gladys	19	↓9	25
43	Catherine	18	↓23	24
44	Edith	18	new	34
45	Madeline	18	new	>100
46	Eva	17	new	64
47	Beverly	16	new	>100
48	Esther	16	↓16	44
49	Geraldine	16	↓11	58
50	Marilyn	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	189	–	2
2	John	96	–	1
3	William	91	–	3
4	Richard	85	↑2	9
5	George	84	↓1	6
6	Charles	70	↓1	5
7	Donald	68	↑2	12
8	Edward	63	↑2	8
9	James	60	↓1	4
10	Joseph	57	↑2	7
11	Francis	55	–	34
12	Raymond	55	↓5	16
13	Harold	51	–	13
14	Kenneth	47	–	21
15	Walter	44	↑5	15
16	Paul	43	↓1	14
17	Arthur	39	↓1	19
18	Bernard	36	–	46
19	Ralph	35	↑8	23
20	Albert	33	↑4	20
21	Lawrence	32	↑13	36
22	Frank	29	↓1	10
23	Frederick	27	↑5	60
24	Howard	26	↑1	26
25	Maurice	26	↑10	>100
26	Gerald	25	↑12	58
27	Thomas	25	↑13	11
28	Henry	24	↓6	17
29	Roger	24	–	96
30	Wayne	24	new	78
31	Earl	22	↑14	31
32	Leo	22	–	51
33	Leonard	22	↑10	38
34	Stanley	22	↓11	41
35	Arnold	21	↑9	94
36	Gordon	20	↓19	76
37	Norman	20	↓11	44
38	Herbert	19	new	40
39	Roland	19	↑8	>100
40	Ernest	18	↓21	37
41	Clifford	17	↓4	63
42	Alfred	16	↓1	42
43	Carl	15	↑7	30
44	Elmer	15	new	54
45	Louis	15	↑1	27
46	Reginald	14	new	>100
47	Russell	14	↓11	49
48	Clyde	13	new	67
49	Daniel	13	new	47
50	Douglas	13	new	>100

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