Popular baby names in Vermont, 1957

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1957 were Mary for girls (156 babies) and David for boys (230). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,601 babies born in Vermont in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1957

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, 4.5× the national rate
Anne: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Andrea: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jean: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marie: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sally: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jane: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ellen: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lynn: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Norman: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Peter: 77 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernard: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brian: 96 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chris: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wayne: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stephen: 83 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bruce: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	156	↑1	1
2	Susan	150	↓1	2
3	Deborah	119	–	6
4	Debra	91	–	4
5	Karen	85	↑8	5
6	Linda	85	↓1	3
7	Cynthia	84	↑5	7
8	Patricia	70	↑1	8
9	Nancy	67	↓3	11
10	Diane	64	↓3	17
11	Brenda	62	↑13	13
12	Pamela	61	↓1	12
13	Cindy	60	↑14	19
14	Donna	60	↓6	10
15	Kathy	54	↑6	20
16	Kathleen	53	↓6	21
17	Lisa	49	new	26
18	Cheryl	48	↓4	16
19	Carol	47	–	18
20	Sharon	44	↓4	14
21	Joanne	40	↑15	94
22	Barbara	38	↓7	9
23	Jean	35	new	67
24	Anne	34	↑26	86
25	Elizabeth	34	↓5	22
26	Jane	34	↑14	56
27	Julie	34	new	28
28	Robin	34	↓2	30
29	Sandra	34	↓12	15
30	Margaret	33	↑2	29
31	Bonnie	32	↓13	64
32	Laura	32	new	31
33	Janet	31	↑9	23
34	Judith	30	↓3	53
35	Kim	29	↓7	35
36	Lori	29	new	45
37	Lynn	29	↓14	61
38	Debbie	28	new	27
39	Ann	26	↓17	44
40	Denise	26	↓15	25
41	Paula	26	–	49
42	Catherine	25	↓8	37
43	Darlene	25	↓8	57
44	Cathy	24	new	39
45	Ellen	24	new	85
46	Kathryn	24	new	65
47	Kimberly	24	new	42
48	Laurie	24	↓2	73
49	Marie	24	↓12	98
50	Theresa	24	↓11	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	230	↑1	3
2	Michael	214	↓1	1
3	John	158	↑3	5
4	Robert	147	↓1	4
5	Mark	139	↑2	7
6	James	137	↓2	2
7	Richard	124	↓2	8
8	William	114	↑2	6
9	Brian	96	↑10	26
10	Gary	87	↓2	13
11	Kevin	86	↑2	20
12	Stephen	83	↑6	24
13	Steven	82	↓4	10
14	Paul	78	↑3	18
15	Peter	77	↓3	37
16	Thomas	77	↓5	9
17	Jeffrey	69	↑5	21
18	Timothy	66	↓4	19
19	Daniel	62	↑2	16
20	Charles	59	↓5	11
21	Donald	58	↑4	15
22	Bruce	57	↓6	34
23	Edward	51	↑4	25
24	Ronald	51	↑4	17
25	Joseph	49	↑7	12
26	Douglas	47	↓6	30
27	Kenneth	45	↓3	14
28	Scott	44	↑2	32
29	Gregory	43	↑2	23
30	Randy	41	↓4	31
31	Patrick	40	↑2	41
32	Wayne	39	↑6	47
33	Larry	35	new	22
34	Dennis	34	↓11	28
35	Raymond	34	↑1	39
36	Christopher	30	↓7	43
37	George	30	↓2	29
38	Dale	29	new	50
39	Andrew	27	new	56
40	Craig	26	–	55
41	Keith	26	↑1	36
42	Norman	26	new	>100
43	Anthony	24	–	27
44	Alan	23	↑1	48
45	Jay	21	new	88
46	Randall	21	↓7	59
47	Eric	20	new	60
48	Lawrence	20	↓11	46
49	Philip	20	new	68
50	Terry	20	↓6	33

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