Popular baby names in Vermont, 1945

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1945 were Linda for girls (129 babies) and Robert for boys (176). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,207 babies born in Vermont in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1945

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: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maureen: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Theresa: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sheila: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Marjorie: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marie: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elaine: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louise: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jean: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donna: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bernard: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Philip: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francis: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Paul: 76 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Roger: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	129	–	2
2	Mary	120	–	1
3	Carol	97	↑3	5
4	Patricia	83	↓1	4
5	Nancy	74	↓1	7
6	Sandra	72	↓1	6
7	Judith	70	↑1	9
8	Barbara	69	↓1	3
9	Donna	61	–	17
10	Susan	58	–	10
11	Betty	42	↑5	11
12	Gloria	42	↑15	23
13	Shirley	40	↑2	14
14	Diane	36	↑10	22
15	Sharon	36	↑8	8
16	Carolyn	34	↑4	12
17	Joan	34	↓5	25
18	Elizabeth	32	↓1	26
19	Margaret	32	↓6	15
20	Jean	31	↓6	38
21	Jane	30	↓2	36
22	Judy	30	↑3	13
23	Cheryl	28	↑9	32
24	Dorothy	27	↑21	21
25	Martha	27	↑4	30
26	Bonnie	26	↑5	35
27	Elaine	26	↓6	44
28	Janet	26	↓10	20
29	Marie	24	↑8	49
30	Beverly	23	↓4	37
31	Brenda	22	↑12	29
32	Pamela	22	↑10	42
33	Ann	21	↑1	39
34	Joyce	21	↓23	18
35	Kathleen	20	↓7	19
36	Karen	19	new	16
37	Marilyn	19	↑1	27
38	Maureen	19	new	>100
39	Pauline	19	↓6	>100
40	Carole	18	↑4	51
41	Frances	18	–	34
42	Sheila	18	↑4	89
43	Virginia	18	↓7	28
44	Ruth	17	↓22	33
45	Theresa	17	new	96
46	Jacqueline	16	↑3	63
47	Janice	16	↓8	24
48	Louise	16	new	78
49	Diana	15	new	43
50	Doris	15	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	176	–	2
2	John	154	↑2	3
3	James	139	↑2	1
4	Richard	135	↓1	5
5	David	130	↓3	6
6	William	116	–	4
7	Michael	78	↑1	9
8	Paul	76	↑4	17
9	Gary	70	↑1	13
10	Charles	67	↑4	7
11	Thomas	67	↓2	8
12	Donald	57	↓1	12
13	Ronald	54	↓6	10
14	George	51	↑2	15
15	Raymond	48	↑2	23
16	Roger	46	↑4	22
17	Edward	44	↓4	18
18	Peter	36	↑4	38
19	Joseph	34	↓1	14
20	Kenneth	34	↓5	16
21	Philip	33	↑27	58
22	Larry	30	↓1	11
23	Bruce	29	↑1	48
24	Douglas	29	↓1	29
25	Stephen	29	↑5	26
26	Dennis	27	↑10	19
27	Daniel	26	↑14	24
28	Harold	26	↑10	28
29	Gerald	24	↓3	25
30	Lawrence	24	↓2	30
31	Wayne	24	↓12	35
32	Arthur	22	↓5	34
33	Francis	22	↓8	76
34	Steven	21	new	43
35	Bernard	20	↑5	98
36	Walter	19	↑14	27
37	Alan	18	↓8	52
38	Harry	18	new	47
39	Norman	18	↓7	65
40	Albert	17	↓9	49
41	Eugene	17	↑2	50
42	Ernest	16	–	60
43	Frank	16	↓6	21
44	Maurice	16	–	>100
45	Ralph	16	↑4	44
46	Carl	15	new	39
47	Reginald	14	↓8	>100
48	Stanley	14	↓14	59
49	Anthony	13	↓14	46
50	Brian	13	↓3	>100

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