Popular baby names in Vermont, 1958

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1958 were Susan for girls (127 babies) and Michael for boys (233). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,564 babies born in Vermont in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1958

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

Girls

Heidi: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laurie: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wendy: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Penny: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marie: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darlene: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joann: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bernard: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norman: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jay: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christopher: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dean: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brian: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bradley: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	127	↑1	2
2	Mary	117	↓1	1
3	Deborah	91	–	7
4	Patricia	76	↑4	5
5	Cynthia	75	↑2	8
6	Diane	72	↑4	18
7	Debra	70	↓3	6
8	Karen	66	↓3	4
9	Linda	66	↓3	3
10	Nancy	63	↓1	12
11	Pamela	59	↑1	11
12	Sandra	58	↑17	15
13	Donna	57	↑1	10
14	Cheryl	53	↑4	13
15	Kathy	53	–	14
16	Carol	51	↑3	20
17	Cindy	51	↓4	25
18	Barbara	50	↑4	9
19	Lori	50	↑17	30
20	Lisa	47	↓3	19
21	Julie	43	↑6	23
22	Laurie	42	↑26	70
23	Kathleen	40	↓7	21
24	Robin	38	↑4	32
25	Theresa	38	↑25	33
26	Darlene	37	↑17	49
27	Judy	37	new	36
28	Brenda	36	↓17	16
29	Sharon	36	↓9	17
30	Debbie	33	↑8	24
31	Tammy	33	new	44
32	Bonnie	32	↓1	63
33	Kim	31	↑2	40
34	Ann	30	↑5	47
35	Elizabeth	30	↓10	22
36	Janet	30	↓3	28
37	Joanne	29	↓16	80
38	Denise	28	↑2	27
39	Jane	28	↓13	61
40	Kimberly	28	↑7	39
41	Martha	27	new	69
42	Wendy	27	new	>100
43	Margaret	26	↓13	31
44	Catherine	25	↓2	38
45	Cathy	25	↓1	34
46	Jean	25	↓23	73
47	Lynn	25	↓10	60
48	Marie	25	↑1	>100
49	Christine	24	new	43
50	Judith	23	↓16	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	233	↑1	1
2	David	213	↓1	2
3	Robert	166	↑1	4
4	James	165	↑2	3
5	John	143	↓2	5
6	Richard	129	↑1	8
7	Mark	124	↓2	7
8	Thomas	123	↑8	9
9	William	101	↓1	6
10	Timothy	87	↑8	13
11	Steven	84	↑2	10
12	Brian	80	↓3	24
13	Stephen	76	↓1	26
14	Kevin	74	↓3	20
15	Paul	74	↓1	15
16	Scott	73	↑12	25
17	Daniel	68	↑2	16
18	Gary	66	↓8	17
19	Jeffrey	65	↓2	21
20	Donald	62	↑1	18
21	Peter	62	↓6	41
22	Ronald	58	↑2	19
23	Douglas	56	↑3	30
24	Christopher	52	↑12	39
25	Bruce	42	↓3	36
26	Joseph	40	↓1	12
27	Kenneth	39	–	14
28	Randy	38	↑2	32
29	Edward	37	↓6	28
30	Charles	36	↓10	11
31	Dennis	35	↑3	29
32	George	34	↑5	31
33	Larry	32	–	22
34	Alan	28	↑10	49
35	Anthony	27	↑8	27
36	Craig	26	↑4	53
37	Keith	26	↑4	37
38	Raymond	26	↓3	43
39	Dale	25	↓1	46
40	Jay	25	↑5	86
41	Lawrence	24	↑7	52
42	Terry	24	↑8	33
43	Randall	23	↑3	62
44	Gregory	22	↓15	23
45	Ricky	21	new	34
46	Danny	20	new	45
47	Dean	20	new	97
48	Eric	20	↓1	50
49	Patrick	20	↓18	42
50	Wayne	20	↓18	48

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