Popular baby names in Vermont, 1947

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1947 were Linda for girls (325 babies) and Robert for boys (217). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,647 babies born in Vermont in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1947

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: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marie: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Gail: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sheila: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Theresa: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anne: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deborah: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marcia: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donna: 102 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bernard: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brian: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christopher: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Bruce: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gordon: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raymond: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 79 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alan: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	325	↑1	1
2	Mary	183	↑1	2
3	Patricia	148	↓2	3
4	Susan	128	↑3	8
5	Sandra	111	↓1	5
6	Nancy	106	↓1	7
7	Barbara	103	↑2	4
8	Donna	102	↓2	10
9	Carol	75	↓1	6
10	Judith	75	–	12
11	Kathleen	56	↑8	11
12	Cheryl	49	↑3	24
13	Diane	48	↓1	18
14	Joan	48	–	30
15	Elizabeth	45	↑6	25
16	Pamela	45	↑24	28
17	Judy	44	↑6	14
18	Margaret	44	↓5	16
19	Joyce	43	↓3	20
20	Sharon	43	↓9	9
21	Jane	42	↓3	36
22	Carolyn	41	↑6	15
23	Gail	40	↑7	49
24	Betty	38	↓4	17
25	Marie	38	new	57
26	Marilyn	34	↑16	29
27	Ann	33	↑7	41
28	Jean	33	↓6	40
29	Virginia	33	↓2	34
30	Bonnie	32	↓13	35
31	Brenda	32	↑4	21
32	Shirley	32	↓7	19
33	Gloria	31	–	27
34	Deborah	29	new	62
35	Karen	29	new	13
36	Sheila	28	↑5	73
37	Janet	27	↓13	23
38	Cynthia	26	↑7	33
39	Janice	26	↓10	22
40	Joanne	25	↑8	56
41	Lorraine	24	↓2	84
42	Theresa	24	↓10	85
43	Anne	23	new	95
44	Beverly	23	↓18	31
45	Martha	23	↑4	32
46	Pauline	22	↓15	>100
47	Rita	22	new	60
48	Diana	21	↓10	48
49	Helen	21	↓6	38
50	Kathryn	21	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	217	–	2
2	Richard	194	–	5
3	David	190	↑2	6
4	John	190	–	3
5	William	159	↑1	4
6	James	150	↓3	1
7	Michael	131	–	7
8	Ronald	118	↑1	11
9	Thomas	113	↓1	8
10	Gary	94	–	12
11	Stephen	79	↑12	21
12	Donald	75	–	13
13	Paul	71	–	18
14	Raymond	66	↑2	27
15	Bruce	65	↑6	29
16	Charles	65	↓5	9
17	Edward	64	↓3	19
18	George	63	↓3	16
19	Larry	60	↑1	10
20	Roger	60	↓2	25
21	Joseph	57	↑1	14
22	Douglas	49	↑2	31
23	Peter	46	↓6	36
24	Lawrence	44	↑9	32
25	Dennis	43	↑3	17
26	Gregory	43	↑11	33
27	Kenneth	43	↓8	15
28	Steven	42	↑14	24
29	Wayne	41	↓4	30
30	Alan	40	↓4	45
31	Francis	37	↓1	84
32	Daniel	32	↓1	22
33	Patrick	32	new	53
34	Frank	31	↑9	23
35	Gerald	29	↓8	28
36	Philip	29	↑5	57
37	Walter	27	↑10	34
38	Terry	26	↑2	26
39	Brian	25	↓5	95
40	Norman	23	↓4	81
41	Bernard	22	↓12	100
42	Frederick	22	↓4	78
43	Timothy	22	new	52
44	Arthur	21	↓9	38
45	Dale	21	new	63
46	Harold	21	↓7	35
47	Howard	21	new	62
48	Jerry	21	new	20
49	Russell	21	new	69
50	Carl	19	new	40

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