Popular baby names in Vermont, 1962

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1962 were Lisa for girls (128 babies) and David for boys (208). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,241 babies born in Vermont in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1962

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: 90 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Penny: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joanne: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marcia: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wendy: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anne: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Colleen: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sarah: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kelly: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Norman: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Matthew: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brian: 110 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jay: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 124 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Randy: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	128	–	1
2	Laurie	90	–	42
3	Susan	88	↑1	3
4	Lori	81	↑1	11
5	Mary	81	↓2	2
6	Donna	70	↑2	7
7	Linda	69	↓1	5
8	Karen	65	↓1	4
9	Deborah	58	–	9
10	Pamela	53	↑1	13
11	Patricia	52	↑5	6
12	Debra	51	↑6	15
13	Brenda	49	↓3	12
14	Nancy	49	↑9	19
15	Cheryl	46	↑18	24
16	Kelly	46	↓3	38
17	Cynthia	44	↑13	8
18	Robin	44	↓1	25
19	Kathleen	43	↑13	29
20	Sandra	43	↓5	10
21	Tina	42	↑28	33
22	Diane	41	↑2	26
23	Sharon	41	↑3	17
24	Carol	40	↓2	28
25	Julie	39	↓11	22
26	Penny	39	new	92
27	Cindy	38	↑1	34
28	Tammy	38	↓1	23
29	Michelle	37	↑16	31
30	Wendy	37	↓18	64
31	Barbara	35	↓10	14
32	Kathy	34	↓13	27
33	Kimberly	34	↓4	16
34	Laura	34	↑8	21
35	Debbie	33	new	32
36	Elizabeth	33	↓16	20
37	Theresa	31	↑11	40
38	Sheila	30	new	52
39	Denise	29	↓2	30
40	Kim	28	↓15	37
41	Anne	27	↓1	83
42	Cathy	26	new	62
43	Joanne	26	new	>100
44	Lynn	25	↓10	71
45	Jane	24	↓4	73
46	Jennifer	24	↓8	41
47	Christine	22	↓8	39
48	Jacqueline	22	new	44
49	Ann	20	↓18	56
50	Janet	20	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	208	–	2
2	Michael	208	–	1
3	John	165	–	3
4	Robert	144	–	5
5	James	126	–	4
6	Mark	126	–	6
7	Scott	124	↑8	11
8	Brian	110	↑1	20
9	Jeffrey	107	↓1	10
10	Kevin	97	↑2	14
11	Thomas	91	↑3	9
12	Timothy	85	↓2	16
13	Richard	83	↓6	8
14	Steven	79	↓1	12
15	William	74	↓4	7
16	Daniel	65	–	17
17	Peter	63	↑4	43
18	Christopher	61	↑6	26
19	Gary	61	–	22
20	Paul	59	↓2	19
21	Stephen	52	↑1	28
22	Joseph	49	↓5	13
23	Randy	47	–	35
24	Ronald	45	↑2	25
25	Todd	43	↑10	30
26	Donald	42	↓6	23
27	Bruce	39	↑1	41
28	Charles	39	↑2	15
29	Gregory	38	↓2	21
30	Matthew	36	↑18	56
31	Douglas	35	↓6	27
32	Andrew	34	↑13	49
33	Kenneth	34	↓2	18
34	Keith	33	↑7	36
35	Raymond	33	↓3	48
36	Roger	33	↑2	47
37	Craig	31	↑6	51
38	Patrick	29	↑6	40
39	Dennis	27	↓6	37
40	Edward	27	↓11	29
41	Eric	27	new	33
42	Dean	24	new	86
43	Randall	24	new	64
44	Jay	23	↓4	80
45	Dale	22	↑5	62
46	George	21	↓12	32
47	Norman	20	new	>100
48	Marc	18	new	>100
49	Shawn	18	new	>100
50	Terry	18	new	34

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