Popular baby names in Vermont, 1938

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1938 were Mary for girls (105 babies) and Robert for boys (232). Social Security records list 4,827 babies born in Vermont in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1938

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

Girls

Claire: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jeannette: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Pauline: 35 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Beatrice: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Theresa: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marion: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jacqueline: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elaine: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sylvia: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 18 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Maurice: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Philip: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bernard: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Bruce: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Norman: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Frederick: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stanley: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roger: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	105	–	1
2	Shirley	88	↑1	5
3	Patricia	84	↓1	3
4	Barbara	83	–	2
5	Nancy	83	↑1	7
6	Betty	68	↑4	4
7	Joan	56	–	10
8	Joyce	53	↑1	11
9	Beverly	51	↓4	18
10	Sandra	49	↑1	14
11	Jean	48	↓3	27
12	Margaret	41	↑1	9
13	Dorothy	39	↑4	8
14	Elizabeth	39	↓2	17
15	Carol	37	↑1	6
16	Pauline	35	↑4	97
17	Helen	33	↑6	13
18	Elaine	32	↑4	42
19	Janice	30	↓5	24
20	Lorraine	29	↑15	93
21	Jane	27	↑17	44
22	Judith	27	↑4	12
23	Sylvia	27	↑20	56
24	Janet	26	↓9	16
25	Marilyn	26	↓7	19
26	Carolyn	25	↑10	15
27	Jacqueline	25	↑22	69
28	Phyllis	24	↓9	28
29	Theresa	24	↓5	92
30	Alice	23	↑16	29
31	Ann	23	↓10	32
32	Sally	23	new	54
33	Marjorie	21	↑8	53
34	Marlene	21	↓6	51
35	Martha	20	↑15	26
36	Ruth	20	↓2	21
37	Gloria	19	↓10	36
38	Marion	19	↑2	>100
39	Beatrice	18	new	>100
40	Frances	18	↓8	23
41	Rita	18	↓12	74
42	Rosalie	18	new	66
43	Claire	17	↑1	>100
44	Donna	17	new	20
45	Doris	17	↓6	25
46	Norma	17	↓4	34
47	Jeannette	16	new	>100
48	Lois	16	↓3	33
49	Marie	16	↓18	37
50	Virginia	16	↓20	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	232	–	1
2	Richard	125	–	5
3	John	123	–	3
4	James	100	↑1	2
5	William	94	↓1	4
6	David	87	↑1	8
7	Donald	75	↓1	7
8	Ronald	69	↑2	10
9	Edward	58	↑4	13
10	Charles	55	↓2	6
11	Raymond	55	↑1	20
12	Paul	50	↓3	15
13	Thomas	50	↑3	9
14	Kenneth	46	↑6	14
15	George	44	↓4	11
16	Norman	41	↑2	43
17	Joseph	38	–	12
18	Roger	38	↓4	31
19	Gerald	35	↑21	19
20	Philip	31	↑8	64
21	Wayne	30	–	40
22	Bruce	27	↑13	66
23	Michael	27	new	21
24	Arthur	25	↓9	32
25	Lawrence	25	↑1	36
26	Bernard	24	↑7	75
27	Howard	24	new	42
28	Harold	23	↓6	23
29	Stanley	23	–	59
30	Peter	22	↑9	48
31	Ernest	21	↑6	55
32	Frank	21	↑6	18
33	Frederick	21	↓9	71
34	Gary	21	–	22
35	Carl	19	↓5	29
36	Douglas	19	↑7	60
37	Francis	19	↓18	51
38	Larry	19	↓7	16
39	Leonard	19	new	57
40	Henry	18	↑9	30
41	Reginald	18	new	>100
42	Albert	17	↓17	37
43	Gordon	17	↓16	78
44	Ralph	16	↓3	35
45	Eugene	15	↑3	33
46	Maurice	15	↓14	>100
47	Walter	14	new	26
48	Fred	13	new	38
49	Harry	13	new	44
50	Roland	13	new	>100

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