Popular baby names in Vermont, 1961

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1961 were Lisa for girls (112 babies) and David for boys (213). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,437 babies born in Vermont in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1961

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

Girls

Laurie: 103 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wendy: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelly: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joanne: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Penny: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anne: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marie: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ann: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jay: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bradley: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brian: 96 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Randy: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Allen: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dean: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bruce: 40 babies, 2× the national rate
Wayne: 25 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	112	↑5	2
2	Laurie	103	↑5	43
3	Mary	97	↓1	1
4	Susan	94	↓3	3
5	Lori	90	↑8	14
6	Linda	73	↓1	4
7	Karen	71	↓3	5
8	Donna	64	↓5	7
9	Deborah	63	–	10
10	Brenda	61	↑2	11
11	Pamela	56	↑4	15
12	Wendy	52	↑22	61
13	Kelly	51	↑33	45
14	Julie	50	↑13	23
15	Sandra	50	↑2	9
16	Patricia	48	↓6	6
17	Robin	48	↑8	27
18	Debra	46	↓10	13
19	Kathy	46	↑3	25
20	Elizabeth	45	↑10	19
21	Barbara	44	↓1	12
22	Carol	44	↑6	24
23	Nancy	44	↓7	16
24	Diane	43	↓13	26
25	Kim	43	↓1	36
26	Sharon	43	↑5	17
27	Tammy	43	↓4	28
28	Cindy	42	↓9	33
29	Kimberly	39	↓8	22
30	Cynthia	38	↓12	8
31	Ann	36	↓5	54
32	Kathleen	36	↓18	29
33	Cheryl	35	↓4	20
34	Lynn	32	↑3	71
35	Sherry	30	new	53
36	Bonnie	29	–	75
37	Denise	29	↑4	30
38	Jennifer	29	new	47
39	Christine	27	new	39
40	Anne	25	↑9	90
41	Jane	25	↓1	72
42	Laura	25	↓7	21
43	Rebecca	25	new	44
44	Margaret	24	↓12	40
45	Michelle	24	↓1	34
46	Suzanne	24	↑1	68
47	Martha	23	new	81
48	Theresa	23	new	35
49	Tina	23	↓1	41
50	Janet	22	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	213	↑1	2
2	Michael	212	↓1	1
3	John	164	↑2	3
4	Robert	163	–	5
5	James	139	↓2	4
6	Mark	137	–	6
7	Richard	108	–	8
8	Jeffrey	104	↑5	11
9	Brian	96	–	20
10	Timothy	94	↓2	15
11	William	87	↓1	7
12	Kevin	84	↓1	14
13	Steven	83	↑7	10
14	Thomas	77	↓2	9
15	Scott	67	↑3	19
16	Daniel	63	↓1	17
17	Joseph	63	↑6	12
18	Paul	61	↓2	18
19	Gary	57	↑10	21
20	Donald	56	↑8	22
21	Peter	55	↓7	42
22	Stephen	54	↓3	27
23	Randy	53	↓6	33
24	Christopher	52	↑2	26
25	Douglas	52	↓4	28
26	Ronald	50	↑4	24
27	Gregory	47	↑8	23
28	Bruce	40	↓4	40
29	Edward	40	↑2	29
30	Charles	38	↓8	13
31	Kenneth	37	↓6	16
32	Raymond	33	↓5	48
33	Dennis	32	↑1	34
34	George	31	↑8	31
35	Todd	31	↑13	46
36	Ricky	30	↑2	44
37	Larry	27	new	30
38	Roger	26	↑9	47
39	Alan	25	↓6	51
40	Jay	25	new	81
41	Keith	25	↑2	35
42	Wayne	25	new	61
43	Craig	24	↑3	43
44	Patrick	24	↓8	39
45	Andrew	23	↑4	52
46	Bradley	23	new	87
47	Anthony	21	↑3	25
48	Matthew	20	↓7	59
49	Allen	19	new	96
50	Dale	19	↓13	58

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