Popular baby names in Vermont, 1948

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1948 were Linda for girls (276 babies) and Robert for boys (224). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,402 babies born in Vermont in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1948

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: 20 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Pauline: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Suzanne: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gail: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Anne: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sally: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Louise: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Francis: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brian: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norman: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernard: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rodney: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gordon: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Frederick: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Raymond: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	276	–	1
2	Mary	146	–	2
3	Susan	134	↑1	5
4	Sandra	119	↑1	6
5	Patricia	116	↓2	4
6	Nancy	99	–	7
7	Barbara	95	–	3
8	Donna	83	–	11
9	Carol	81	–	8
10	Diane	64	↑3	19
11	Sharon	58	↑9	9
12	Bonnie	51	↑18	34
13	Kathleen	51	↓2	10
14	Margaret	50	↑4	13
15	Deborah	47	↑19	30
16	Judith	47	↓6	15
17	Brenda	45	↑14	17
18	Cynthia	42	↑20	27
19	Elizabeth	41	↓4	26
20	Gail	41	↑3	51
21	Pamela	41	↓5	22
22	Jean	37	↑6	47
23	Suzanne	37	new	66
24	Shirley	36	↑8	20
25	Cheryl	35	↓13	25
26	Gloria	34	↑7	28
27	Jane	33	↓6	39
28	Joan	32	↓14	37
29	Elaine	30	new	53
30	Beverly	29	↑14	31
31	Diana	29	↑17	48
32	Janet	29	↑5	24
33	Judy	29	↓16	16
34	Karen	29	↑1	12
35	Carolyn	28	↓13	14
36	Betty	27	↓12	18
37	Janice	27	↑2	23
38	Ruth	27	new	45
39	Sally	26	new	72
40	Martha	25	↑5	32
41	Ann	24	↓14	44
42	Joyce	24	↓23	21
43	Theresa	24	↓1	63
44	Sheila	23	↓8	71
45	Anne	22	↓2	87
46	Joanne	22	↓6	65
47	Marie	22	↓22	60
48	Marilyn	22	↓22	33
49	Dorothy	21	new	29
50	Helen	21	↓1	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	224	–	2
2	David	205	↑1	5
3	John	199	↑1	3
4	James	177	↑2	1
5	Richard	162	↓3	7
6	Michael	156	↑1	6
7	Gary	121	↑3	12
8	William	114	↓3	4
9	Thomas	105	–	8
10	Ronald	97	↓2	10
11	Donald	96	↑1	14
12	Paul	75	↑1	18
13	Stephen	73	↓2	20
14	George	71	↑4	16
15	Charles	70	↑1	9
16	Raymond	61	↓2	27
17	Edward	60	–	19
18	Bruce	58	↓3	28
19	Roger	56	↑1	24
20	Steven	54	↑8	23
21	Peter	51	↑2	37
22	Dennis	48	↑3	17
23	Douglas	48	↓1	33
24	Daniel	45	↑8	22
25	Joseph	45	↓4	13
26	Larry	44	↓7	11
27	Wayne	44	↑2	34
28	Kenneth	38	↓1	15
29	Timothy	37	↑14	38
30	Francis	35	↑1	80
31	Frank	34	↑3	25
32	Lawrence	33	↓8	31
33	Alan	31	↓3	46
34	Norman	30	↑6	85
35	Walter	30	↑2	35
36	Philip	28	–	54
37	Brian	26	↑2	95
38	Gerald	26	↓3	30
39	Mark	26	new	29
40	Frederick	24	↑2	75
41	Allen	23	new	72
42	Gregory	23	↓16	32
43	Rodney	22	new	92
44	Stanley	22	new	65
45	Ernest	21	new	76
46	Patrick	21	↓13	48
47	Bernard	20	↓6	>100
48	Harold	20	↓2	36
49	Carl	19	↑1	42
50	Roy	19	new	49

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