Popular baby names in Vermont, 1960

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1960 were Susan for girls (131 babies) and Michael for boys (248). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,485 babies born in Vermont in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1960

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

Girls

Louise: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Penny: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laurie: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Holly: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sally: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wendy: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ann: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 75 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Randall: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randy: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dean: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Raymond: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alan: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lawrence: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bruce: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Howard: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	131	–	2
2	Mary	102	–	1
3	Donna	90	↑1	5
4	Karen	88	↑1	4
5	Linda	87	↑1	3
6	Lisa	81	↑18	6
7	Laurie	76	↑13	37
8	Debra	68	↑1	8
9	Deborah	62	↓6	10
10	Patricia	62	↓3	7
11	Diane	61	↓3	22
12	Brenda	57	↑7	13
13	Lori	53	↑14	20
14	Kathleen	52	↑4	27
15	Pamela	52	↓3	14
16	Nancy	51	↓6	15
17	Sandra	50	↓1	11
18	Cynthia	47	↓4	9
19	Cindy	46	↓6	30
20	Barbara	45	↓9	12
21	Kimberly	44	↑10	26
22	Kathy	43	↑4	21
23	Tammy	43	↓1	31
24	Kim	42	↑6	34
25	Robin	40	↓4	33
26	Ann	38	↑8	51
27	Julie	38	↓12	28
28	Carol	37	↓5	23
29	Cheryl	37	↓12	17
30	Elizabeth	36	↑6	18
31	Sharon	36	↓3	16
32	Margaret	34	new	36
33	Penny	33	↑11	>100
34	Wendy	33	new	63
35	Laura	32	↓6	25
36	Bonnie	30	↓11	71
37	Lynn	30	↑4	64
38	Debbie	29	↓3	24
39	Cathy	27	↓1	46
40	Jane	27	new	67
41	Denise	26	↑5	29
42	Jean	25	↑5	86
43	Joanne	25	↓6	99
44	Michelle	25	new	39
45	Judy	24	↓12	48
46	Kelly	24	↓7	52
47	Suzanne	24	new	78
48	Tina	24	↓8	45
49	Anne	23	–	88
50	Joan	23	↓5	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	248	–	2
2	David	200	–	1
3	James	159	↑1	3
4	Robert	152	↓1	5
5	John	150	–	4
6	Mark	119	–	6
7	Richard	108	–	8
8	Timothy	104	–	11
9	Brian	85	↑2	20
10	William	83	↓1	7
11	Kevin	81	↑6	15
12	Thomas	80	↓2	9
13	Jeffrey	77	↓1	14
14	Peter	75	–	42
15	Daniel	71	↑3	17
16	Paul	67	–	18
17	Randy	62	↑14	32
18	Scott	62	↑4	23
19	Stephen	60	↑4	27
20	Steven	59	↓7	10
21	Douglas	48	↑11	30
22	Charles	47	↓2	13
23	Joseph	44	↓2	12
24	Bruce	43	↑3	39
25	Kenneth	43	↑12	16
26	Christopher	42	↓2	29
27	Raymond	41	↑9	46
28	Donald	39	↓3	19
29	Gary	39	↓14	22
30	Ronald	39	↓11	21
31	Edward	38	↓5	26
32	Randall	37	↑14	59
33	Alan	35	↑7	50
34	Dennis	34	↓4	31
35	Gregory	30	↓7	24
36	Patrick	29	↓1	45
37	Dale	28	↓8	54
38	Ricky	28	↓5	38
39	Lawrence	27	new	64
40	Eric	26	↓2	44
41	Matthew	26	new	61
42	George	25	↓1	33
43	Keith	24	↑6	35
44	Terry	24	↑4	34
45	Chris	22	new	63
46	Craig	22	↓12	41
47	Roger	22	↓8	47
48	Todd	21	new	71
49	Andrew	20	↓6	51
50	Anthony	20	new	25

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