Popular baby names in Vermont, 1929

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1929 were Mary for girls (141 babies) and Robert for boys (188). Social Security records list 4,943 babies born in Vermont in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1929

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

Girls

Jeannette: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jeannine: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Janice: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Claire: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marguerite: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Constance: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Pauline: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Theresa: 54 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ramona: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marion: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 17 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Roland: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Roger: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Frederick: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gordon: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bernard: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Leo: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francis: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leon: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Philip: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	141	–	1
2	Barbara	113	–	7
3	Dorothy	72	↑1	3
4	Shirley	62	↑3	9
5	Betty	61	–	2
6	Helen	55	↑14	4
7	Pauline	55	↑9	50
8	Jean	54	↑4	12
9	Theresa	54	↓6	49
10	Patricia	51	↓2	10
11	Elizabeth	48	↓2	15
12	Joyce	48	↑2	23
13	Beverly	42	↓7	39
14	Lorraine	42	↑4	42
15	Marion	41	–	53
16	Margaret	38	↓5	5
17	Marjorie	38	↑4	30
18	Virginia	35	↑1	11
19	Alice	33	↑4	21
20	Marie	33	↑9	22
21	Eleanor	32	↑6	38
22	Rita	32	↑2	52
23	Mildred	31	new	18
24	Phyllis	30	↓7	24
25	Ruth	30	↓15	8
26	Doris	28	↓13	6
27	Elaine	28	↑12	67
28	Irene	27	–	29
29	Marilyn	27	↓4	33
30	Lucille	26	↑7	57
31	Evelyn	24	↑3	19
32	Lillian	24	↑15	40
33	Lois	24	↑2	17
34	Catherine	23	↓1	34
35	June	23	↑7	48
36	Claire	21	new	>100
37	Geraldine	21	↑4	43
38	Janice	21	new	>100
39	Ramona	21	new	>100
40	Beatrice	20	↓8	72
41	Gertrude	20	new	95
42	Frances	19	↓6	16
43	Louise	19	new	31
44	Esther	18	↑6	71
45	Florence	18	↓5	35
46	Jane	18	↓8	62
47	Charlotte	17	↓17	73
48	Rose	17	new	26
49	Gladys	16	new	44
50	Grace	16	↓5	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	188	–	1
2	Richard	130	↑1	6
3	John	122	↓1	3
4	William	103	–	4
5	Donald	98	–	7
6	James	74	–	2
7	Raymond	69	–	15
8	George	60	–	8
9	Paul	60	↑1	13
10	Edward	55	↓1	10
11	Charles	50	–	5
12	Harold	50	↑1	16
13	Joseph	49	↓1	9
14	Kenneth	43	↑2	18
15	Francis	40	↓1	39
16	Bernard	34	↑4	52
17	Arthur	33	↓2	22
18	Albert	32	↑13	24
19	Henry	30	↑5	21
20	David	28	↑12	17
21	Gerald	28	↑16	33
22	Lawrence	28	↑3	38
23	Roger	28	↓4	64
24	Ernest	27	↓7	43
25	Frederick	27	↓4	67
26	Roland	26	↑16	>100
27	Leo	25	↑2	60
28	Gordon	24	↓10	79
29	Norman	24	↑4	40
30	Ralph	24	↓3	26
31	Louis	23	new	32
32	Earl	22	↑4	36
33	Frank	22	↑1	12
34	Harry	22	↑13	27
35	Stanley	22	↓7	48
36	Howard	21	↓14	31
37	Thomas	21	↓2	11
38	Eugene	18	↓12	20
39	Carl	17	new	28
40	Reginald	17	new	>100
41	Walter	17	↓11	19
42	Leon	16	new	81
43	Philip	16	–	76
44	Clarence	15	↑1	37
45	Leonard	15	↓4	42
46	Ronald	15	new	45
47	Theodore	15	↓3	65
48	Alfred	14	↓25	41
49	Herbert	14	↓11	25
50	Wallace	14	new	>100

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