Popular baby names in Vermont, 1951

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1951 were Linda for girls (194 babies) and Robert for boys (218). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,419 babies born in Vermont in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1951

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: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Pauline: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Anne: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Michele: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Dianne: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonnie: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gail: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darlene: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marie: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Francis: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Norman: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernard: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brian: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wayne: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rodney: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Christopher: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 102 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	194	–	1
2	Mary	148	–	2
3	Patricia	127	↑1	3
4	Susan	125	↓1	6
5	Deborah	116	↑6	4
6	Donna	89	↑3	12
7	Nancy	78	↓1	7
8	Kathleen	75	↑5	10
9	Sandra	75	↓2	9
10	Diane	70	–	15
11	Barbara	69	↓3	5
12	Carol	67	↓7	11
13	Karen	67	↑5	8
14	Judith	66	↑1	25
15	Pamela	65	↑7	16
16	Sharon	62	↓4	13
17	Brenda	60	↓3	14
18	Bonnie	52	↑6	37
19	Cynthia	51	↑6	20
20	Gail	51	↑3	36
21	Elizabeth	45	↓2	23
22	Cheryl	42	↓5	30
23	Margaret	39	↓3	17
24	Janet	37	↑7	19
25	Christine	36	↑9	24
26	Judy	35	↑1	26
27	Anne	34	↑18	82
28	Paula	33	↑8	51
29	Jane	32	↓13	43
30	Jean	32	↓2	49
31	Joanne	32	↑17	73
32	Ann	31	↓3	46
33	Debra	31	new	18
34	Joyce	28	↓8	28
35	Martha	28	↓14	38
36	Betty	26	new	29
37	Darlene	26	new	79
38	Joan	26	↓6	39
39	Shirley	26	↓6	27
40	Theresa	26	new	64
41	Carolyn	25	–	22
42	Dianne	24	–	90
43	Marie	24	↓13	78
44	Suzanne	23	↑3	83
45	Gloria	22	↓7	31
46	Jacqueline	22	new	56
47	Sally	22	new	77
48	Sheila	22	↓4	69
49	Helen	21	new	54
50	Rebecca	21	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	218	↑2	2
2	David	207	↓1	5
3	Michael	193	↑2	4
4	John	167	↓2	3
5	Richard	155	↓1	7
6	James	147	–	1
7	Gary	131	↑1	10
8	William	122	↓1	6
9	Stephen	102	↑2	19
10	Thomas	89	↓1	8
11	Steven	80	↑8	13
12	Mark	69	↑6	20
13	Donald	68	↑1	15
14	Paul	67	↓4	18
15	Ronald	63	↓3	12
16	Peter	60	–	38
17	Daniel	58	↑11	21
18	Bruce	56	↓1	26
19	Douglas	56	↑3	27
20	Edward	51	↓5	23
21	Joseph	51	↑10	14
22	Timothy	51	↑12	28
23	Charles	50	↓10	9
24	Dennis	46	↓4	17
25	Kenneth	46	–	16
26	Wayne	46	–	37
27	Larry	42	↓4	11
28	George	41	↓7	22
29	Roger	41	↑1	29
30	Francis	36	↑3	85
31	Alan	34	↓4	40
32	Raymond	33	↓8	32
33	Norman	31	↑14	90
34	Jeffrey	30	↑12	35
35	Lawrence	29	↓6	33
36	Patrick	29	↓1	39
37	Brian	28	↓1	75
38	Christopher	27	↑1	61
39	Dale	26	↑1	49
40	Gregory	24	↓8	25
41	Craig	23	new	63
42	Philip	23	–	55
43	Frank	22	new	31
44	Kevin	21	↓3	53
45	Rodney	21	new	84
46	Russell	21	new	73
47	Jerry	20	new	24
48	Bernard	19	new	>100
49	Arthur	17	↓12	44
50	Terry	17	new	30

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