Popular baby names in Vermont, 1944

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1944 were Linda for girls (123 babies) and Robert for boys (205). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,140 babies born in Vermont in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1944

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

Girls

Pauline: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sheila: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sally: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Theresa: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elaine: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gail: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anne: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jean: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jane: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 17 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Maurice: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Francis: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernard: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bruce: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alan: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norman: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Douglas: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Linda	123	↑3	3
2	Mary	118	↓1	1
3	Patricia	113	↓1	4
4	Nancy	95	↑2	7
5	Sandra	90	↓2	6
6	Carol	83	↑1	5
7	Barbara	72	↓2	2
8	Judith	71	–	9
9	Donna	60	–	17
10	Susan	54	↑4	13
11	Joyce	46	–	18
12	Joan	42	↑1	22
13	Margaret	40	↑8	14
14	Jean	37	↑4	37
15	Shirley	36	↓5	15
16	Betty	35	↓1	10
17	Elizabeth	35	–	23
18	Janet	33	↑2	21
19	Jane	32	↑14	41
20	Carolyn	30	↑4	11
21	Elaine	30	↑6	46
22	Ruth	30	↑7	32
23	Sharon	30	↓11	8
24	Diane	28	↑8	24
25	Judy	28	↑3	12
26	Beverly	27	↓10	35
27	Gloria	27	↓8	25
28	Kathleen	27	↑9	20
29	Martha	27	↑12	29
30	Sally	27	↑8	59
31	Bonnie	26	↑13	34
32	Cheryl	26	new	36
33	Pauline	26	↑9	>100
34	Ann	24	↑1	39
35	Gail	24	↑13	56
36	Virginia	23	↑3	26
37	Marie	22	↓11	48
38	Marilyn	22	↓8	27
39	Janice	21	↓17	28
40	Lorraine	20	↓15	93
41	Frances	19	↑5	33
42	Pamela	19	↓11	44
43	Brenda	18	new	30
44	Carole	17	new	43
45	Dorothy	17	–	19
46	Sheila	17	new	>100
47	Anne	16	new	86
48	Helen	16	new	31
49	Jacqueline	16	↓13	64
50	Rita	16	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	205	–	2
2	David	153	↑3	6
3	Richard	145	↓1	5
4	John	142	↓1	3
5	James	119	↓1	1
6	William	86	–	4
7	Ronald	74	–	10
8	Michael	67	↑4	9
9	Thomas	67	↑4	8
10	Gary	66	↑9	15
11	Donald	60	↓2	11
12	Paul	51	↓4	17
13	Edward	47	↓2	18
14	Charles	46	↓4	7
15	Kenneth	44	↑6	16
16	George	39	↓2	14
17	Raymond	39	↓1	22
18	Joseph	37	↑4	13
19	Wayne	37	↑5	37
20	Roger	34	↓5	23
21	Larry	33	↑5	12
22	Peter	32	↓4	40
23	Douglas	31	↓6	34
24	Bruce	30	↓4	51
25	Francis	24	↓2	71
26	Gerald	24	↑3	24
27	Arthur	23	↓2	29
28	Lawrence	23	–	32
29	Alan	22	↑3	55
30	Stephen	21	↑1	28
31	Albert	20	↑8	44
32	Norman	20	↓5	58
33	Roy	18	↑11	39
34	Stanley	18	↑2	57
35	Anthony	17	new	46
36	Dennis	17	↑9	20
37	Frank	17	↑9	21
38	Harold	17	↓3	27
39	Reginald	17	↑9	>100
40	Bernard	16	↓6	94
41	Daniel	15	↓1	25
42	Ernest	15	↑1	59
43	Eugene	15	new	48
44	Maurice	15	new	>100
45	Russell	15	new	63
46	Alfred	14	new	82
47	Brian	14	new	>100
48	Philip	14	↓15	60
49	Ralph	14	↓7	42
50	Walter	14	↓13	26

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