Popular baby names in Vermont, 1949

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1949 were Linda for girls (262 babies) and Robert for boys (226). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,410 babies born in Vermont in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1949

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: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Anne: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Suzanne: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marie: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dianne: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Charlene: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diane: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marlene: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gordon: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brian: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 117 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bruce: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernard: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ernest: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wayne: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norman: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	262	–	1
2	Mary	173	–	2
3	Susan	156	–	5
4	Patricia	117	↑1	3
5	Nancy	95	↑1	7
6	Diane	85	↑4	19
7	Barbara	83	–	4
8	Sandra	81	↓4	6
9	Donna	79	↓1	12
10	Carol	78	↓1	8
11	Judith	63	↑5	16
12	Kathleen	63	↑1	9
13	Deborah	57	↑2	15
14	Margaret	57	–	14
15	Brenda	53	↑2	13
16	Sharon	51	↓5	10
17	Cheryl	48	↑8	28
18	Bonnie	45	↓6	35
19	Elizabeth	43	–	25
20	Jane	42	↑7	41
21	Joanne	41	↑25	61
22	Pamela	41	↓1	21
23	Joan	39	↑5	36
24	Martha	38	↑16	34
25	Suzanne	37	↓2	62
26	Christine	36	new	30
27	Shirley	36	↓3	18
28	Gail	33	↓8	51
29	Karen	33	↑5	11
30	Janet	32	↑2	23
31	Carolyn	31	↑4	17
32	Ann	30	↑9	44
33	Anne	30	↑12	86
34	Joyce	30	↑8	26
35	Cynthia	29	↓17	27
36	Jean	29	↓14	45
37	Judy	28	↓4	20
38	Marie	28	↑9	67
39	Paula	28	new	55
40	Gloria	26	↓14	29
41	Janice	26	↓4	24
42	Beverly	25	↓12	31
43	Betty	23	↓7	22
44	Lorraine	23	new	>100
45	Sally	23	↓6	77
46	Sheila	23	↓2	76
47	Dianne	22	new	85
48	Elaine	22	↓19	57
49	Helen	22	↑1	46
50	Ellen	21	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	226	–	2
2	David	204	–	6
3	John	178	–	3
4	Michael	170	↑2	5
5	Richard	160	–	7
6	James	152	↓2	1
7	William	136	↑1	4
8	Stephen	117	↑5	19
9	Gary	113	↓2	12
10	Thomas	108	↓1	8
11	Ronald	86	↓1	11
12	Paul	76	–	17
13	Bruce	70	↑5	26
14	George	67	–	18
15	Dennis	63	↑7	16
16	Donald	62	↓5	13
17	Larry	62	↑9	10
18	Charles	56	↓3	9
19	Douglas	56	↑4	29
20	Peter	53	↑1	38
21	Steven	51	↓1	20
22	Edward	50	↓5	21
23	Raymond	50	↓7	30
24	Roger	48	↓5	25
25	Joseph	46	–	14
26	Wayne	46	↑1	35
27	Daniel	43	↓3	22
28	Kenneth	40	–	15
29	Mark	38	↑10	24
30	Alan	37	↑3	45
31	Jeffrey	34	new	48
32	Timothy	33	↓3	34
33	Francis	32	↓3	78
34	Brian	28	↑3	86
35	Stanley	26	↑9	60
36	Gerald	25	↑2	33
37	Lawrence	25	↓5	32
38	Ernest	24	↑7	76
39	Gregory	24	↑3	31
40	Henry	22	new	46
41	Arthur	21	new	44
42	Ralph	21	new	50
43	Philip	20	↓7	55
44	Gordon	19	new	>100
45	Norman	19	↓11	90
46	Christopher	18	new	81
47	Harold	18	↑1	42
48	Louis	18	new	64
49	Russell	18	new	69
50	Alfred	17	new	96

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