Popular baby names in Vermont, 1952

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1952 were Linda for girls (183 babies) and Michael for boys (226). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,505 babies born in Vermont in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1952

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, 5.2× the national rate
Suzanne: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Louise: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Colleen: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anne: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jean: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darlene: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marie: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sally: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bradley: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brian: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christopher: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bruce: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stephen: 105 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alan: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	183	–	1
2	Mary	154	–	2
3	Susan	148	↑1	5
4	Patricia	119	↓1	3
5	Deborah	117	–	4
6	Donna	89	–	13
7	Nancy	84	–	7
8	Carol	76	↑4	12
9	Diane	73	↑1	16
10	Barbara	68	↑1	6
11	Kathleen	65	↓3	11
12	Pamela	60	↑3	17
13	Debra	59	↑20	9
14	Sandra	59	↓5	10
15	Cynthia	51	↑4	18
16	Elizabeth	49	↑5	22
17	Sharon	49	↓1	14
18	Brenda	47	↓1	15
19	Judith	47	↓5	25
20	Karen	45	↓7	8
21	Margaret	44	↑2	21
22	Bonnie	43	↓4	41
23	Gail	42	↓3	39
24	Cheryl	39	↓2	31
25	Jean	37	↑5	50
26	Christine	36	↓1	20
27	Suzanne	35	↑17	84
28	Ann	34	↑4	45
29	Jane	33	–	42
30	Martha	32	↑5	40
31	Janet	31	↓7	19
32	Joan	31	↑6	37
33	Anne	29	↓6	79
34	Paula	29	↓6	47
35	Sheila	27	↑13	64
36	Theresa	27	↑4	60
37	Darlene	26	–	77
38	Joyce	26	↓4	27
39	Catherine	25	new	34
40	Joanne	25	↓9	78
41	Elaine	24	new	73
42	Judy	24	↓16	26
43	Kathryn	24	new	48
44	Lynn	24	new	71
45	Marie	24	↓2	82
46	Sally	24	↑1	81
47	Shirley	24	↓8	28
48	Colleen	23	new	>100
49	Lorraine	22	new	>100
50	Marilyn	22	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	226	↑2	4
2	David	210	–	5
3	Robert	201	↓2	2
4	John	162	–	3
5	Richard	157	–	7
6	James	135	–	1
7	Gary	132	–	10
8	William	130	–	6
9	Stephen	105	–	21
10	Thomas	104	–	8
11	Steven	75	–	11
12	Donald	72	↑1	13
13	Paul	71	↑1	19
14	Bruce	70	↑4	25
15	Charles	70	↑8	9
16	Ronald	68	↓1	15
17	Mark	67	↓5	17
18	Peter	63	↓2	36
19	Dennis	61	↑5	18
20	Douglas	54	↓1	28
21	Larry	51	↑6	14
22	Timothy	51	–	27
23	Daniel	48	↓6	20
24	Kenneth	45	↑1	16
25	George	43	↑3	22
26	Roger	43	↑3	30
27	Joseph	42	↓6	12
28	Lawrence	42	↑7	35
29	Brian	40	↑8	64
30	Alan	38	↑1	42
31	Edward	38	↓11	23
32	Wayne	37	↓6	38
33	Raymond	34	↓1	33
34	Christopher	32	↑4	57
35	Craig	29	↑6	59
36	Kevin	29	↑8	43
37	Gregory	28	↑3	24
38	Francis	27	↓8	89
39	Gerald	27	new	39
40	Jeffrey	27	↓6	31
41	Bernard	23	↑7	>100
42	Scott	23	new	54
43	Dale	22	↓4	46
44	Harold	21	new	51
45	Patrick	21	↓9	37
46	Philip	21	↓4	60
47	Ralph	21	new	56
48	Arthur	20	↑1	47
49	Allen	19	new	78
50	Andrew	19	new	68

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