Popular baby names in Vermont, 1950

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1950 were Linda for girls (237 babies) and David for boys (212). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,277 babies born in Vermont in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1950

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

Girls

Louise: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arlene: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Jane: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dianne: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marie: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charlene: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lynda: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Martha: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Anne: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Francis: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 58 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brian: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bernard: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norman: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alan: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eric: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Christopher: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kevin: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	237	–	1
2	Mary	155	–	2
3	Susan	142	–	5
4	Patricia	110	–	3
5	Carol	91	↑5	9
6	Nancy	88	↓1	6
7	Sandra	86	↑1	8
8	Barbara	84	↓1	4
9	Donna	83	–	13
10	Diane	80	↓4	16
11	Deborah	79	↑2	7
12	Sharon	63	↑4	11
13	Kathleen	61	↓1	10
14	Brenda	58	↑1	14
15	Judith	54	↓4	21
16	Jane	53	↑4	39
17	Cheryl	50	–	29
18	Karen	50	↑11	12
19	Elizabeth	49	–	24
20	Margaret	45	↓6	15
21	Martha	45	↑3	32
22	Pamela	38	–	17
23	Gail	37	↑5	42
24	Bonnie	33	↓6	33
25	Cynthia	33	↑10	23
26	Joyce	33	↑8	27
27	Judy	32	↑10	25
28	Jean	31	↑8	48
29	Ann	30	↑3	45
30	Marie	30	↑8	72
31	Janet	29	↓1	18
32	Joan	28	↓9	40
33	Shirley	28	↓6	19
34	Christine	25	↓8	28
35	Janice	25	↑6	22
36	Paula	25	↑3	54
37	Virginia	25	new	43
38	Gloria	24	↑2	30
39	Katherine	24	new	58
40	Louise	24	new	>100
41	Carolyn	23	↓10	20
42	Dianne	23	↑5	90
43	Elaine	23	↑5	60
44	Sheila	23	↑2	70
45	Anne	21	↓12	84
46	Beverly	21	↓4	31
47	Suzanne	21	↓22	71
48	Joanne	20	↓27	67
49	Lorraine	20	↓5	>100
50	Marcia	20	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	David	212	↑1	5
2	John	203	↑1	3
3	Robert	192	↓2	2
4	Richard	186	↑1	7
5	Michael	172	↓1	4
6	James	158	–	1
7	William	122	–	6
8	Gary	115	↑1	10
9	Thomas	112	↑1	8
10	Paul	89	↑2	18
11	Stephen	86	↓3	19
12	Ronald	68	↓1	12
13	Charles	63	↑5	9
14	Donald	62	↑2	14
15	Edward	60	↑7	22
16	Peter	58	↑4	37
17	Bruce	56	↓4	26
18	Mark	55	↑11	23
19	Steven	55	↑2	16
20	Dennis	52	↓5	17
21	George	47	↓7	20
22	Douglas	46	↓3	28
23	Larry	46	↓6	11
24	Raymond	45	↓1	31
25	Kenneth	44	↑3	15
26	Wayne	43	–	35
27	Alan	40	↑3	41
28	Daniel	40	↓1	21
29	Lawrence	40	↑8	33
30	Roger	39	↓6	27
31	Joseph	37	↓6	13
32	Gregory	36	↑7	25
33	Francis	35	–	86
34	Timothy	33	↓2	32
35	Patrick	31	new	38
36	Brian	30	↓2	79
37	Arthur	28	↑4	46
38	Gerald	28	↓2	34
39	Christopher	24	↑7	72
40	Dale	24	new	49
41	Kevin	23	new	73
42	Philip	22	↑1	53
43	Albert	20	new	56
44	Frederick	19	new	75
45	Harold	19	↑2	45
46	Jeffrey	19	↓15	43
47	Norman	19	↓2	90
48	Allen	18	new	71
49	Ernest	18	↓11	81
50	Scott	17	new	82

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