Popular baby names in Vermont, 1954

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1954 were Mary for girls (186 babies) and Michael for boys (256). Social Security records list 7,580 babies born in Vermont in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1954

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

Girls

Joanne: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Anne: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dawn: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darlene: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marie: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charlene: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wendy: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gail: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Neil: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Norman: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernard: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brian: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christopher: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Timothy: 75 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Andrew: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stephen: 86 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	186	–	1
2	Susan	155	↑1	5
3	Deborah	138	↑1	3
4	Linda	126	↓2	2
5	Patricia	101	–	4
6	Donna	81	↑2	11
7	Nancy	78	↓1	9
8	Debra	74	↓1	6
9	Karen	66	↑3	8
10	Pamela	66	–	12
11	Sandra	66	↑2	13
12	Barbara	65	↓3	7
13	Kathleen	64	↑3	14
14	Diane	60	↓3	17
15	Sharon	59	–	16
16	Cynthia	58	↓2	10
17	Carol	55	↑1	15
18	Brenda	44	↓1	18
19	Judith	43	↑2	30
20	Gail	42	↑2	37
21	Joanne	40	↑21	78
22	Janet	38	↑7	19
23	Elizabeth	36	↓3	20
24	Judy	36	↑20	29
25	Ann	34	–	44
26	Bonnie	34	–	52
27	Rebecca	34	↑9	26
28	Margaret	31	–	21
29	Anne	30	↑3	80
30	Cheryl	29	↓11	22
31	Jane	29	↓8	49
32	Darlene	28	↑2	76
33	Marie	27	↑12	79
34	Joan	26	↓4	40
35	Lynn	25	new	63
36	Elaine	24	↓1	74
37	Kathy	24	↑1	23
38	Robin	24	new	41
39	Jo	22	new	53
40	Kathryn	22	↑10	51
41	Sally	22	new	84
42	Jean	21	↓15	56
43	Martha	21	↓19	46
44	Shirley	21	↑3	33
45	Wendy	21	new	95
46	Catherine	20	↓13	32
47	Paula	20	↓6	38
48	Sheila	20	↓9	60
49	Christine	19	↓18	43
50	Dawn	19	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	256	–	1
2	David	227	–	5
3	Robert	195	–	2
4	John	174	↑1	4
5	James	152	↓1	3
6	Richard	143	–	7
7	Gary	132	–	9
8	Thomas	113	–	8
9	William	112	–	6
10	Stephen	86	↑1	20
11	Steven	80	↑1	11
12	Timothy	75	↑8	26
13	Mark	74	–	12
14	Paul	73	↓4	16
15	Donald	63	–	14
16	Ronald	59	–	15
17	Kevin	57	↑14	28
18	Bruce	56	↑4	30
19	Daniel	56	↓5	18
20	Brian	53	↑8	48
21	Charles	52	↓2	10
22	Joseph	52	↑5	13
23	Jeffrey	51	↑2	23
24	Peter	51	↓6	37
25	Kenneth	50	↓2	17
26	Edward	46	↓9	22
27	Douglas	45	↓6	29
28	Dennis	41	↓4	21
29	Roger	41	↑5	34
30	Scott	35	new	40
31	George	33	↓5	24
32	Gregory	33	↑3	25
33	Larry	33	↑5	19
34	Wayne	32	↓5	41
35	Christopher	30	↑6	64
36	Raymond	30	↓3	35
37	Alan	29	↓7	43
38	Lawrence	29	↑1	39
39	Craig	27	new	51
40	Norman	24	↑8	99
41	Andrew	23	↑2	70
42	Dale	23	↓5	50
43	Keith	22	new	45
44	Gerald	20	↓2	44
45	Arthur	19	↓1	52
46	Patrick	19	↓14	38
47	Bernard	18	new	>100
48	Francis	18	↓12	94
49	Philip	18	↓9	62
50	Terry	18	new	27

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