Popular baby names in Vermont, 1941

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1941 were Patricia for girls (133 babies) and Robert for boys (200). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,142 babies born in Vermont in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1941

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: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lorraine: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Pauline: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gail: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maureen: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cynthia: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anita: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Joanne: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacqueline: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 22 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Roland: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bernard: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gordon: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Norman: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Raymond: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roger: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wayne: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Patricia	133	↑1	3
2	Mary	111	↓1	1
3	Barbara	107	–	2
4	Sandra	97	–	9
5	Nancy	83	↑1	8
6	Betty	60	↑14	7
7	Linda	60	↑5	5
8	Carol	56	↑1	4
9	Judith	56	↓2	6
10	Shirley	51	↓5	10
11	Joan	47	–	17
12	Joyce	45	↓4	13
13	Beverly	40	↑3	29
14	Jean	37	–	32
15	Marilyn	37	↑2	30
16	Elizabeth	36	↓6	21
17	Carolyn	33	↑14	11
18	Janet	33	↑1	18
19	Margaret	33	↓4	12
20	Susan	32	↑10	27
21	Gloria	30	↑6	26
22	Donna	28	↑10	20
23	Dorothy	28	↓5	14
24	Gail	28	↑20	68
25	Joanne	28	↑13	54
26	Lorraine	26	↑2	93
27	Frances	25	new	31
28	Helen	25	↑6	24
29	Marie	25	↓4	42
30	Brenda	24	new	41
31	Janice	24	↓18	22
32	Virginia	24	↑1	23
33	Sally	23	↑3	61
34	Jane	22	↓13	46
35	Judy	21	new	16
36	Phyllis	21	↑3	35
37	Ruth	21	↓15	28
38	Carole	20	new	48
39	Jacqueline	20	↑6	73
40	Pauline	20	↓5	>100
41	Ann	18	↓15	37
42	Alice	17	↓5	34
43	Anita	17	new	91
44	Elaine	17	↓20	44
45	Kathleen	17	↓2	36
46	Norma	17	↑3	47
47	Priscilla	16	new	>100
48	Sylvia	16	↓8	65
49	Catherine	15	new	51
50	Claire	15	↓9	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	200	↑1	2
2	Richard	154	↓1	5
3	John	136	–	3
4	James	115	↑1	1
5	David	109	↓1	7
6	William	91	–	4
7	Donald	76	↑1	10
8	Ronald	72	↓1	9
9	Raymond	63	↑9	22
10	Thomas	62	↑3	8
11	George	61	↑4	13
12	Paul	55	↓1	18
13	Charles	53	↓4	6
14	Edward	53	↑2	17
15	Roger	48	↓3	25
16	Joseph	41	↓2	12
17	Michael	41	↑4	16
18	Larry	37	↑7	11
19	Peter	36	↑3	44
20	Wayne	36	↓1	37
21	Gary	31	↑5	19
22	Harold	31	↑1	24
23	Stephen	31	↑6	41
24	Kenneth	30	↓14	15
25	Lawrence	30	↑14	34
26	Norman	30	↑1	49
27	Albert	27	↓3	40
28	Bernard	26	↑10	87
29	Francis	24	↓12	60
30	Howard	24	new	47
31	Walter	24	new	26
32	Gordon	22	↑13	92
33	Philip	22	↑4	52
34	Reginald	22	↑7	>100
35	Frank	21	↓3	21
36	Douglas	20	–	53
37	Ralph	20	↓9	38
38	Bruce	19	↓8	51
39	Arthur	18	↓19	33
40	Frederick	18	↑8	69
41	Stanley	18	↓8	57
42	Dennis	17	new	23
43	Ernest	17	new	61
44	Gerald	17	↓9	20
45	Henry	17	↓11	28
46	Leonard	15	new	54
47	Roland	15	↓5	>100
48	Alan	14	↓5	84
49	Carl	14	new	29
50	Eugene	14	↓19	42

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