Popular baby names in Vermont, 1936

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1936 were Shirley for girls (144 babies) and Robert for boys (202). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,881 babies born in Vermont in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1936

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: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Claire: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Pauline: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marion: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lucille: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beverly: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
Irene: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Theresa: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rita: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 16 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Maurice: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Rodney: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Francis: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roger: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Stanley: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernard: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Frederick: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bruce: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Douglas: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Shirley	144	–	2
2	Mary	112	↑1	1
3	Barbara	91	↑1	3
4	Patricia	77	↓2	5
5	Joan	72	↑2	7
6	Beverly	63	↓1	17
7	Betty	62	↑2	4
8	Joyce	61	↓2	12
9	Nancy	60	↓1	8
10	Elizabeth	50	–	18
11	Dorothy	49	↑2	6
12	Janet	43	↑2	21
13	Jean	39	↓1	20
14	Marilyn	39	↑1	13
15	Ruth	36	↓4	16
16	Janice	34	↑1	31
17	Pauline	32	↑1	82
18	Phyllis	32	↑5	25
19	Carol	31	↑15	10
20	Margaret	31	↓4	9
21	Doris	30	–	15
22	Helen	30	↓3	11
23	Virginia	30	↑21	14
24	Sandra	29	↑19	38
25	Alice	28	↓5	27
26	Carolyn	27	↓1	23
27	Marlene	26	↑6	39
28	Irene	25	↑7	57
29	Norma	24	↑20	29
30	Elaine	23	↑20	50
31	Judith	23	new	43
32	Marion	23	new	93
33	Ann	21	↑5	28
34	Eleanor	21	↓4	47
35	Marie	21	↓8	33
36	Jacqueline	20	↓4	66
37	Lorraine	20	↓15	76
38	Rita	20	↓2	69
39	Sylvia	20	↓2	53
40	Evelyn	19	↑6	34
41	Frances	19	↓1	19
42	Lucille	19	↓16	92
43	Marjorie	19	↓14	49
44	Jane	18	↓20	42
45	Priscilla	18	new	>100
46	Theresa	18	↓15	88
47	Lois	17	↓6	26
48	Claire	16	↓20	>100
49	Roberta	16	new	64
50	Charlotte	15	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	202	–	1
2	Richard	157	–	5
3	John	121	–	3
4	William	98	↑1	4
5	Donald	89	↓1	7
6	James	84	–	2
7	David	82	↑7	10
8	George	78	↑2	9
9	Charles	63	↓1	6
10	Ronald	63	↓1	12
11	Paul	62	↓4	15
12	Edward	55	↑1	13
13	Kenneth	54	↓1	14
14	Raymond	53	↓3	17
15	Roger	47	↑3	35
16	Joseph	39	–	11
17	Francis	36	↑5	50
18	Thomas	33	↑1	8
19	Albert	31	↑17	34
20	Gerald	31	↑3	19
21	Arthur	29	↓6	30
22	Harold	29	↓2	21
23	Lawrence	28	↓2	37
24	Stanley	27	↑7	58
25	Norman	24	↓8	43
26	Maurice	23	↑8	>100
27	Bernard	22	↑1	68
28	Wayne	22	↓3	45
29	Frank	20	–	16
30	Ralph	20	↓3	31
31	Frederick	19	↑4	70
32	Philip	19	↓6	63
33	Bruce	18	↑17	73
34	Howard	18	↓1	40
35	Gordon	17	↓5	75
36	Walter	17	↓12	26
37	Douglas	16	new	78
38	Ernest	16	–	55
39	Eugene	16	↓7	29
40	Reginald	16	↑8	>100
41	Rodney	16	new	>100
42	Peter	15	↓2	56
43	Allen	14	new	81
44	Carl	14	↑2	27
45	Daniel	14	new	41
46	Leo	14	↓5	94
47	Edwin	13	new	84
48	Herbert	13	new	62
49	Michael	13	new	33
50	Arnold	12	↓5	>100

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