Popular baby names in Vermont, 1963

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1963 were Lisa for girls (154 babies) and Michael for boys (191). Social Security records list 7,009 babies born in Vermont in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1963

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

Girls

Heather: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Penny: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Laurie: 69 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heidi: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Joanne: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wendy: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelly: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anne: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bonnie: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Gordon: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shawn: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Marc: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Alan: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Arthur: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brian: 95 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Todd: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jay: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Allen: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	154	–	1
2	Mary	84	↑3	2
3	Susan	83	–	3
4	Lori	75	–	8
5	Karen	74	↑3	4
6	Laurie	69	↓4	47
7	Tammy	63	↑21	12
8	Pamela	60	↑2	14
9	Kelly	59	↑7	32
10	Linda	59	↓3	5
11	Deborah	57	↓2	13
12	Patricia	53	↓1	7
13	Donna	49	↓7	6
14	Kimberly	49	↑19	11
15	Brenda	48	↓2	15
16	Tina	44	↑5	35
17	Julie	43	↑8	22
18	Diane	42	↑4	31
19	Robin	42	↓1	25
20	Michelle	40	↑9	26
21	Penny	40	↑5	86
22	Cynthia	37	↓5	10
23	Kathleen	37	↓4	28
24	Nancy	37	↓10	23
25	Wendy	36	↑5	60
26	Debra	35	↓14	21
27	Elizabeth	35	↑9	20
28	Christine	33	↑19	29
29	Jennifer	33	↑17	36
30	Kathy	32	↑2	34
31	Carol	30	↓7	33
32	Barbara	28	↓1	17
33	Sharon	28	↓10	19
34	Cheryl	27	↓19	24
35	Cindy	27	↓8	37
36	Dawn	27	new	52
37	Laura	27	↓3	16
38	Lynn	26	↑6	73
39	Anne	25	↑2	80
40	Sandra	25	↓20	9
41	Bonnie	24	new	83
42	Catherine	24	new	53
43	Paula	23	new	42
44	Suzanne	23	new	65
45	Terri	23	new	58
46	Kim	22	↓6	39
47	Joanne	21	↓4	>100
48	Margaret	21	new	46
49	Sheila	21	↓11	50
50	Heidi	20	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	191	↑1	1
2	David	189	↓1	3
3	John	157	–	2
4	James	141	↑1	4
5	Robert	128	↓1	5
6	Scott	114	↑1	12
7	Mark	112	↓1	6
8	Richard	108	↑5	8
9	Timothy	98	↑3	15
10	Brian	95	↓2	20
11	Thomas	95	–	9
12	Jeffrey	94	↓3	10
13	William	90	↑2	7
14	Kevin	70	↓4	11
15	Steven	67	↓1	14
16	Daniel	64	–	19
17	Todd	56	↑8	30
18	Peter	53	↓1	40
19	Christopher	52	↓1	26
20	Paul	49	–	17
21	Stephen	49	–	29
22	Edward	47	↑18	27
23	Eric	44	↑18	31
24	Joseph	43	↓2	13
25	Donald	41	↑1	25
26	Gary	41	↓7	24
27	Ronald	41	↓3	23
28	Patrick	40	↑10	35
29	Keith	38	↑5	33
30	Randy	38	↓7	37
31	Douglas	37	–	28
32	Gregory	36	↓3	21
33	Kenneth	36	–	18
34	Andrew	33	↓2	42
35	Charles	33	↓7	16
36	Bruce	31	↓9	43
37	Raymond	30	↓2	45
38	Alan	29	new	56
39	George	26	↑7	34
40	Russell	23	new	57
41	Craig	22	↓4	51
42	Anthony	21	new	22
43	Shawn	21	↑6	>100
44	Glenn	20	new	64
45	Randall	20	↓2	65
46	Roger	20	↓10	53
47	Terry	20	↑3	32
48	Arthur	18	new	91
49	Chris	18	new	59
50	Jay	18	↓6	85

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