Popular baby names in Vermont, 1964

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1964 were Lisa for girls (155 babies) and Michael for boys (207). Social Security records list 6,891 babies born in Vermont in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1964

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: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joanne: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Laurie: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Penny: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wendy: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melissa: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michele: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jean: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marc: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawn: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Todd: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Louis: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brian: 95 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stephen: 58 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Matthew: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Roger: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Randall: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	155	–	1
2	Mary	96	–	2
3	Susan	83	–	3
4	Karen	81	↑1	4
5	Lori	66	↓1	15
6	Tammy	59	↑1	10
7	Donna	57	↑6	7
8	Kimberly	55	↑6	6
9	Pamela	53	↓1	11
10	Julie	52	↑7	17
11	Diane	50	↑7	32
12	Laurie	50	↓6	59
13	Brenda	47	↑2	18
14	Patricia	47	↓2	5
15	Kelly	46	↓6	35
16	Linda	46	↓6	8
17	Wendy	46	↑8	55
18	Deborah	45	↓7	12
19	Nancy	41	↑5	26
20	Tina	41	↓4	34
21	Robin	40	↓2	27
22	Michelle	37	↓2	23
23	Melissa	36	new	53
24	Christine	35	↑4	28
25	Lynn	35	↑13	72
26	Cynthia	34	↓4	9
27	Elizabeth	34	–	16
28	Cindy	33	↑7	47
29	Michele	33	new	58
30	Paula	33	↑13	45
31	Laura	31	↑6	14
32	Barbara	30	–	19
33	Jennifer	29	↓4	31
34	Sharon	29	↓1	20
35	Penny	28	↓14	96
36	Sandra	28	↑4	13
37	Margaret	26	↑11	49
38	Carol	25	↓7	36
39	Debra	25	↓13	24
40	Joanne	25	↑7	>100
41	Kathleen	25	↓18	30
42	Sheila	25	↑7	51
43	Kathy	24	↓13	39
44	Catherine	23	↓2	54
45	Ann	22	new	60
46	Denise	22	new	25
47	Debbie	21	new	52
48	Sherry	21	new	50
49	Terri	21	↓4	62
50	Valerie	21	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	207	–	1
2	David	166	–	3
3	John	160	–	2
4	James	152	–	4
5	Robert	142	–	5
6	Mark	117	↑1	6
7	Richard	103	↑1	8
8	Timothy	99	↑1	15
9	Brian	95	↑1	20
10	Jeffrey	86	↑2	10
11	Scott	84	↓5	14
12	William	84	↑1	7
13	Kevin	80	↑1	13
14	Paul	74	↑6	16
15	Thomas	71	↓4	9
16	Christopher	67	↑3	23
17	Peter	67	↑1	39
18	Todd	64	↓1	28
19	Stephen	58	↑2	29
20	Steven	58	↓5	12
21	Daniel	57	↓5	19
22	Douglas	48	↑9	31
23	Joseph	48	↑1	11
24	Patrick	46	↑4	30
25	Gary	41	↑1	26
26	Donald	40	↓1	25
27	Ronald	38	–	24
28	Edward	37	↓6	27
29	Randy	36	↑1	38
30	Matthew	35	new	43
31	Charles	33	↑4	17
32	Andrew	32	↑2	37
33	Eric	29	↓10	32
34	Kenneth	29	↓1	18
35	George	28	↑4	33
36	Keith	28	↓7	34
37	Roger	28	↑9	49
38	Gregory	27	↓6	22
39	Raymond	25	↓2	44
40	Ricky	23	new	54
41	Alan	21	↓3	53
42	Randall	21	↑3	66
43	Shawn	21	–	88
44	Dale	20	new	72
45	Larry	20	new	36
46	Bruce	18	↓10	46
47	Craig	17	↓6	48
48	Jay	17	↑2	84
49	Jon	17	new	79
50	Marc	17	new	>100

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