Popular baby names in Vermont, 1959

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1959 were Susan for girls (132 babies) and Michael for boys (210). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,675 babies born in Vermont in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1959

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

Girls

Penny: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Holly: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laurie: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joanne: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sally: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marie: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lynn: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 81 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jay: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brian: 96 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Christopher: 50 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	132	–	2
2	Mary	126	–	1
3	Deborah	89	–	9
4	Donna	87	↑9	5
5	Karen	87	↑3	4
6	Linda	80	↑3	3
7	Patricia	78	↓3	6
8	Diane	68	↓2	19
9	Debra	63	↓2	7
10	Nancy	58	–	14
11	Barbara	56	↑7	11
12	Pamela	55	↓1	12
13	Cindy	53	↑4	25
14	Cynthia	49	↓9	8
15	Julie	48	↑6	26
16	Sandra	48	↓4	13
17	Cheryl	47	↓3	18
18	Kathleen	47	↑5	23
19	Brenda	46	↑9	16
20	Laurie	46	↑2	56
21	Robin	45	↑3	32
22	Tammy	45	↑9	31
23	Carol	44	↓7	22
24	Lisa	44	↓4	10
25	Bonnie	43	↑7	71
26	Kathy	43	↓11	15
27	Lori	43	↓8	27
28	Sharon	42	↑1	17
29	Laura	41	new	30
30	Kim	37	↑3	35
31	Kimberly	34	↑9	33
32	Darlene	33	↓6	66
33	Judy	33	↓6	41
34	Ann	32	–	44
35	Debbie	32	↓5	20
36	Elizabeth	32	↓1	21
37	Joanne	31	–	92
38	Cathy	29	↑7	39
39	Kelly	28	new	74
40	Tina	28	new	53
41	Lynn	27	↑6	63
42	Paula	27	new	51
43	Dawn	26	new	54
44	Penny	26	new	>100
45	Joan	25	new	76
46	Denise	24	↓8	29
47	Jean	24	↓1	77
48	Valerie	23	new	60
49	Anne	22	new	82
50	Judith	22	–	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	210	–	1
2	David	208	–	2
3	Robert	183	–	5
4	James	156	–	3
5	John	151	–	4
6	Mark	136	↑1	6
7	Richard	117	↓1	8
8	Timothy	107	↑2	12
9	William	107	–	7
10	Thomas	102	↓2	9
11	Brian	96	↑1	22
12	Jeffrey	92	↑7	16
13	Steven	82	↓2	10
14	Peter	81	↑7	40
15	Gary	75	↑3	20
16	Paul	71	↓1	17
17	Kevin	70	↓3	14
18	Daniel	67	↓1	18
19	Ronald	60	↑3	21
20	Charles	55	↑10	11
21	Joseph	55	↑5	13
22	Scott	55	↓6	24
23	Stephen	55	↓10	28
24	Christopher	50	–	35
25	Donald	50	↓5	19
26	Edward	45	↑3	27
27	Bruce	43	↓2	38
28	Gregory	41	↑16	23
29	Dale	39	↑10	49
30	Dennis	37	↑1	29
31	Randy	36	↓3	31
32	Douglas	35	↓9	30
33	Ricky	33	↑12	34
34	Craig	31	↑2	44
35	Patrick	30	↑14	43
36	Raymond	30	↑2	45
37	Kenneth	28	↓10	15
38	Eric	26	↑10	46
39	Roger	26	new	47
40	Alan	25	↓6	50
41	George	24	↓9	32
42	Jay	24	↓2	88
43	Andrew	22	new	58
44	Frank	22	new	42
45	Philip	22	new	68
46	Randall	22	↓3	59
47	Francis	21	new	>100
48	Terry	21	↓6	33
49	Keith	20	↓12	39
50	Gerald	19	new	61

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