Popular baby names in Vermont, 1953

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1953 were Mary for girls (174 babies) and Michael for boys (252). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,463 babies born in Vermont in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1953

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
Marlene: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anne: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elaine: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jean: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jane: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marie: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Constance: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bernard: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Brian: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alan: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Andrew: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stephen: 87 babies, 2× the national rate
Wayne: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	174	↑1	1
2	Linda	172	↓1	2
3	Susan	154	–	5
4	Deborah	101	↑1	3
5	Patricia	101	↓1	4
6	Nancy	94	↑1	8
7	Debra	92	↑6	7
8	Donna	77	↓2	13
9	Barbara	75	↑1	6
10	Pamela	74	↑2	10
11	Diane	70	↓2	17
12	Karen	67	↑8	9
13	Sandra	65	↑1	11
14	Cynthia	64	↑1	12
15	Sharon	64	↑2	15
16	Kathleen	59	↓5	14
17	Brenda	56	↑1	18
18	Carol	52	↓10	16
19	Cheryl	50	↑5	28
20	Elizabeth	48	↓4	21
21	Judith	42	↓2	30
22	Gail	39	↑1	39
23	Jane	38	↑6	43
24	Martha	36	↑6	41
25	Ann	35	↑3	46
26	Bonnie	35	↓4	45
27	Jean	33	↓2	52
28	Margaret	33	↓7	20
29	Janet	31	↑2	19
30	Joan	30	↑2	37
31	Christine	29	↓5	32
32	Anne	27	↑1	80
33	Catherine	27	↑6	35
34	Darlene	27	↑3	75
35	Elaine	26	↑6	77
36	Rebecca	26	new	24
37	Janice	25	new	22
38	Kathy	25	new	23
39	Sheila	24	↓4	60
40	Denise	23	new	31
41	Paula	23	↓7	40
42	Joanne	22	↓2	71
43	Joyce	22	↓5	26
44	Judy	22	↓2	27
45	Marie	21	–	86
46	Marilyn	21	↑4	36
47	Shirley	21	–	29
48	Theresa	21	↓12	50
49	Julie	19	new	74
50	Kathryn	19	↓7	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	252	–	3
2	David	236	–	5
3	Robert	188	–	1
4	James	177	↑2	2
5	John	175	↓1	4
6	Richard	148	↓1	7
7	Gary	140	–	10
8	Thomas	104	↑2	8
9	William	94	↓1	6
10	Paul	88	↑3	16
11	Stephen	87	↓2	21
12	Steven	82	↓1	11
13	Mark	72	↑4	12
14	Daniel	68	↑9	20
15	Donald	67	↓3	14
16	Ronald	66	–	15
17	Edward	63	↑14	23
18	Peter	60	–	38
19	Charles	57	↓4	9
20	Timothy	56	↑2	26
21	Douglas	53	↓1	27
22	Bruce	47	↓8	28
23	Kenneth	44	↑1	17
24	Dennis	43	↓5	19
25	Jeffrey	41	↑15	25
26	George	40	↓1	22
27	Joseph	39	–	13
28	Brian	37	↑1	53
29	Wayne	35	↑3	40
30	Alan	34	–	43
31	Kevin	34	↑5	36
32	Patrick	34	↑13	39
33	Raymond	34	–	34
34	Roger	29	↓8	31
35	Gregory	28	↑2	24
36	Francis	27	↑2	90
37	Dale	26	↑6	48
38	Larry	26	↓17	18
39	Lawrence	26	↓11	37
40	Philip	25	↑6	61
41	Christopher	24	↓7	63
42	Gerald	24	↓3	42
43	Andrew	23	↑7	68
44	Arthur	22	↑4	50
45	Randy	19	new	35
46	Roy	19	new	55
47	Henry	18	new	54
48	Norman	18	new	98
49	Anthony	17	new	32
50	Allen	16	↓1	81

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