Popular baby names in Vermont, 1934

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1934 were Mary for girls (114 babies) and Robert for boys (214). Social Security records list 4,700 babies born in Vermont in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1934

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: 22 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Claire: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Pauline: 46 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Theresa: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Beverly: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorraine: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Constance: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marion: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elaine: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Janice: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 32 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Francis: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leo: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gordon: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Frederick: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernard: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Douglas: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bruce: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norman: 34 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	114	–	1
2	Barbara	105	–	3
3	Patricia	74	–	6
4	Shirley	72	↑1	4
5	Beverly	71	↑5	22
6	Betty	69	–	2
7	Joyce	61	↓3	12
8	Janet	55	↑3	21
9	Joan	53	↓1	7
10	Margaret	53	↑5	8
11	Elizabeth	52	↓2	18
12	Dorothy	50	↓5	5
13	Nancy	48	–	10
14	Pauline	46	↑2	71
15	Helen	40	↑8	9
16	Marie	39	↑13	34
17	Lorraine	34	↑2	56
18	Ruth	33	↓4	13
19	Jean	32	↑7	16
20	Marilyn	31	↓8	17
21	Theresa	31	↓1	77
22	Elaine	30	↑13	54
23	Virginia	29	↓5	15
24	Gloria	27	↑15	30
25	Janice	27	↓4	68
26	Arlene	24	new	53
27	Jane	24	↑21	48
28	Marion	24	↓4	86
29	Ann	23	↑2	32
30	Carol	23	↑17	14
31	Doris	23	↓3	11
32	Norma	23	↑12	24
33	Phyllis	23	↓8	28
34	Lois	22	↑12	20
35	Priscilla	22	new	>100
36	Alice	21	↑4	25
37	Irene	21	↑6	49
38	Claire	20	↓4	>100
39	Evelyn	20	↑3	29
40	Rita	20	↓23	63
41	Sylvia	20	↓4	70
42	Eleanor	19	↓20	44
43	Marjorie	19	new	41
44	Frances	18	↓11	19
45	Joanne	18	new	45
46	Carolyn	17	↓14	33
47	Constance	17	↓2	>100
48	June	17	↓21	46
49	Louise	17	↓13	40
50	Sally	17	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	214	–	1
2	Richard	171	↑1	5
3	Donald	102	↑2	6
4	John	99	↓2	3
5	James	73	↑1	2
6	William	70	↓2	4
7	George	62	↑3	8
8	Kenneth	59	↑6	15
9	David	55	↑4	12
10	Charles	52	↓2	7
11	Raymond	48	↓4	19
12	Paul	45	↓3	14
13	Francis	44	↑7	49
14	Thomas	39	↑8	9
15	Edward	37	↓3	13
16	Ronald	37	–	11
17	Joseph	36	↓6	10
18	Harold	34	↓3	18
19	Norman	34	↓2	38
20	Lawrence	32	↑3	34
21	Maurice	32	↑7	>100
22	Roger	32	↓4	39
23	Walter	28	↑25	21
24	Gerald	25	↑6	22
25	Arthur	24	↓4	29
26	Bernard	24	↓7	65
27	Ralph	24	↑13	31
28	Stanley	23	↑19	58
29	Gordon	22	↓4	71
30	Howard	21	↑1	37
31	Leo	20	↑11	86
32	Wayne	20	↓3	48
33	Albert	19	↓9	32
34	Douglas	19	↑3	72
35	Frederick	19	↓9	77
36	Henry	19	↓9	27
37	Roland	19	↓4	>100
38	Bruce	17	↓2	78
39	Frank	17	↓4	16
40	Carl	16	new	28
41	Alfred	15	↑2	64
42	Ernest	15	↓8	51
43	Louis	15	↓5	40
44	Arnold	14	↑1	>100
45	Eugene	14	new	24
46	Philip	14	new	69
47	Reginald	14	new	>100
48	Clarence	13	new	45
49	Edwin	13	new	80
50	Leon	12	new	87

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