Popular baby names in Vermont, 1955

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1955 were Susan for girls (170 babies) and David for boys (260). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,684 babies born in Vermont in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1955

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

Girls

Dale: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Louise: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Anne: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Suzanne: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Andrea: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jane: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bonnie: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gail: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bradley: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norman: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brian: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christopher: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stanley: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Allen: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	170	↑1	5
2	Mary	144	↓1	1
3	Deborah	134	–	2
4	Debra	127	↑4	4
5	Linda	123	↓1	3
6	Patricia	95	↓1	6
7	Nancy	93	–	9
8	Donna	78	↓2	10
9	Diane	77	↑5	14
10	Karen	66	↓1	8
11	Carol	65	↑6	15
12	Cynthia	64	↑4	11
13	Barbara	57	↓1	7
14	Pamela	53	↓4	12
15	Kathleen	47	↓2	17
16	Bonnie	44	↑10	45
17	Jane	44	↑14	50
18	Sharon	43	↓3	16
19	Sandra	42	↓8	13
20	Brenda	40	↓2	18
21	Cheryl	40	↑9	19
22	Elizabeth	40	↑1	21
23	Gail	38	↓3	42
24	Judith	38	↓5	31
25	Denise	35	new	23
26	Janet	34	↓4	20
27	Paula	31	↑20	39
28	Ann	30	↓3	43
29	Kathy	30	↑8	22
30	Lynn	30	↑5	62
31	Rebecca	30	↓4	27
32	Anne	29	↓3	84
33	Suzanne	29	new	86
34	Jean	28	↑8	60
35	Judy	28	↓11	32
36	Darlene	27	↓4	76
37	Joan	27	↓3	46
38	Katherine	27	new	65
39	Martha	27	↑4	53
40	Catherine	26	↑6	28
41	Lisa	26	new	48
42	Janice	25	new	25
43	Beverly	24	new	34
44	Margaret	24	↓16	24
45	Robin	23	↓7	33
46	Sheila	23	↑2	57
47	Kim	22	new	75
48	Sherry	22	new	56
49	Christine	21	–	40
50	Rose	21	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	260	↑1	2
2	Michael	243	↓1	1
3	Robert	170	–	4
4	James	159	↑1	3
5	John	158	↓1	5
6	Richard	138	–	7
7	William	121	↑2	6
8	Thomas	116	–	8
9	Gary	114	↓2	12
10	Mark	104	↑3	9
11	Steven	87	–	10
12	Stephen	85	↓2	21
13	Paul	81	↑1	16
14	Timothy	81	↓2	22
15	Jeffrey	65	↑8	20
16	Ronald	64	–	18
17	Donald	61	↓2	14
18	Peter	59	↑6	35
19	Daniel	58	–	17
20	Brian	54	–	40
21	Bruce	51	↓3	32
22	Joseph	51	–	13
23	Kevin	51	↓6	27
24	Charles	50	↓3	11
25	Gregory	46	↑7	24
26	Douglas	44	↑1	29
27	Edward	42	↓1	25
28	Christopher	41	↑7	49
29	Dennis	41	↓1	23
30	Kenneth	41	↓5	15
31	Raymond	41	↑5	36
32	Scott	35	↓2	38
33	Alan	34	↑4	43
34	Wayne	34	–	44
35	Patrick	32	↑11	41
36	George	31	↓5	26
37	Lawrence	28	↑1	42
38	Larry	26	↓5	19
39	Randy	26	new	30
40	Roger	26	↓11	37
41	Stanley	26	new	64
42	Keith	24	↑1	39
43	Anthony	23	new	31
44	Craig	23	↓5	50
45	Bernard	21	↑2	>100
46	Rodney	21	new	65
47	Allen	20	new	84
48	Gerald	19	↓4	48
49	Norman	19	↓9	>100
50	Arthur	18	↓5	56

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