Popular baby names in Vermont, 1956

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1956 were Susan for girls (139 babies) and Michael for boys (225). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,420 babies born in Vermont in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1956

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: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Louise: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wendy: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joanne: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marie: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Andrea: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ann: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Suzanne: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 85 babies, 4× the national rate
Kim: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christopher: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bruce: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brian: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	139	–	5
2	Mary	123	–	1
3	Deborah	116	–	4
4	Debra	103	–	2
5	Linda	96	–	3
6	Nancy	93	↑1	11
7	Diane	86	↑2	15
8	Donna	83	–	10
9	Patricia	77	↓3	6
10	Kathleen	70	↑5	17
11	Pamela	70	↑3	12
12	Cynthia	66	–	8
13	Karen	63	↓3	7
14	Cheryl	54	↑7	18
15	Barbara	53	↓2	9
16	Sharon	53	↑2	13
17	Sandra	51	↑2	14
18	Bonnie	48	↓2	51
19	Carol	43	↓8	16
20	Elizabeth	43	↑2	22
21	Kathy	41	↑8	20
22	Ann	40	↑6	46
23	Lynn	38	↑7	58
24	Brenda	37	↓4	19
25	Denise	35	–	23
26	Robin	33	↑19	29
27	Cindy	32	new	37
28	Kim	32	↑19	38
29	Judy	31	↑6	35
30	Gail	30	↓7	49
31	Judith	30	↓7	45
32	Margaret	29	↑12	25
33	Wendy	29	new	95
34	Catherine	28	↑6	28
35	Darlene	26	↑1	71
36	Joanne	26	new	99
37	Marie	26	new	96
38	Rebecca	26	↓7	27
39	Theresa	26	new	32
40	Jane	25	↓23	50
41	Paula	25	↓14	47
42	Janet	24	↓16	21
43	Joan	24	↓6	52
44	Suzanne	23	↓11	94
45	Katherine	22	↓7	67
46	Laurie	22	new	76
47	Joyce	21	new	30
48	Rose	19	↑2	64
49	Andrea	18	new	>100
50	Anne	18	↓18	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	225	↑1	1
2	David	208	↓1	4
3	Robert	190	–	3
4	James	170	–	2
5	Richard	151	↑1	7
6	John	149	↓1	5
7	Mark	109	↑3	8
8	Gary	107	↑1	13
9	Steven	103	↑2	10
10	William	89	↓3	6
11	Thomas	86	↓3	9
12	Peter	85	↑6	37
13	Kevin	78	↑10	22
14	Timothy	72	–	19
15	Charles	70	↑9	11
16	Bruce	69	↑5	33
17	Paul	69	↓4	17
18	Stephen	69	↓6	23
19	Brian	66	↑1	32
20	Douglas	58	↑6	29
21	Daniel	57	↓2	18
22	Jeffrey	56	↓7	20
23	Dennis	46	↑6	26
24	Kenneth	46	↑6	16
25	Donald	45	↓8	14
26	Randy	45	↑13	28
27	Edward	42	–	25
28	Ronald	41	↓12	15
29	Christopher	40	↓1	47
30	Scott	39	↑2	34
31	Gregory	38	↓6	24
32	Joseph	38	↓10	12
33	Patrick	37	↑2	40
34	Roger	34	↑6	41
35	George	32	↑1	27
36	Raymond	32	↓5	39
37	Lawrence	28	–	42
38	Wayne	28	↓4	45
39	Randall	25	new	54
40	Craig	24	↑4	51
41	Gerald	23	↑7	49
42	Keith	22	–	36
43	Anthony	20	–	30
44	Terry	20	new	31
45	Alan	19	↓12	44
46	Kim	19	new	>100
47	Rodney	19	↓1	65
48	Roy	19	new	62
49	Frank	18	new	38
50	Francis	17	new	>100

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