Popular baby names in Vermont, 1965

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1965 were Lisa for girls (170 babies) and Michael for boys (205). Social Security records list 6,346 babies born in Vermont in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1965

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

Girls

Penny: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lynn: 44 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Heidi: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Heather: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Laurie: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanne: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Tina: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darlene: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sarah: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Suzanne: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Shawn: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Randall: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Todd: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Randy: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dean: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Scott: 100 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Raymond: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	170	–	1
2	Karen	79	↑2	3
3	Mary	73	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	69	↑4	4
5	Susan	66	↓2	5
6	Tina	60	↑14	29
7	Tammy	59	↓1	11
8	Lori	53	↓3	19
9	Kelly	51	↑6	30
10	Pamela	47	↓1	12
11	Patricia	46	↑3	6
12	Julie	45	↓2	14
13	Lynn	44	↑12	80
14	Deborah	43	↑4	13
15	Penny	41	↑20	97
16	Donna	40	↓9	7
17	Jennifer	39	↑16	20
18	Brenda	38	↓5	23
19	Laurie	38	↓7	60
20	Linda	37	↓4	8
21	Christine	36	↑3	21
22	Wendy	36	↓5	39
23	Melissa	35	–	38
24	Cynthia	34	↑2	9
25	Michelle	33	↓3	18
26	Heidi	32	new	>100
27	Denise	31	↑19	28
28	Kathleen	31	↑13	34
29	Barbara	30	↑3	25
30	Rebecca	30	new	41
31	Nancy	29	↓12	32
32	Cindy	28	↓4	53
33	Debra	26	↑6	27
34	Kim	26	new	43
35	Laura	26	↓4	17
36	Robin	26	↓15	33
37	Sharon	26	↓3	22
38	Suzanne	26	new	65
39	Ann	25	↑6	59
40	Elizabeth	25	↓13	16
41	Sandra	25	↓5	15
42	Angela	24	new	10
43	Michele	23	↓14	48
44	Tracy	23	new	36
45	Dawn	22	new	26
46	Theresa	22	new	45
47	Stephanie	21	new	44
48	Amy	20	new	35
49	Cheryl	20	new	31
50	Darlene	20	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	205	–	1
2	Robert	138	↑3	5
3	David	133	↓1	3
4	John	126	↓1	2
5	James	125	↓1	4
6	Kevin	101	↑7	13
7	Mark	101	↓1	7
8	Scott	100	↑3	15
9	Timothy	92	↓1	12
10	Brian	85	↓1	19
11	William	81	↑1	6
12	Christopher	78	↑4	18
13	Richard	78	↓6	8
14	Jeffrey	77	↓4	10
15	Thomas	72	–	9
16	Paul	69	↓2	16
17	Todd	66	↑1	30
18	Steven	65	↑2	14
19	Daniel	63	↑2	17
20	Peter	57	↓3	39
21	Eric	47	↑12	25
22	Joseph	45	↑1	11
23	Patrick	45	↑1	31
24	Douglas	42	↓2	32
25	Edward	41	↑3	29
26	Randy	41	↑3	42
27	Donald	40	↓1	26
28	Charles	39	↑3	20
29	Gregory	38	↑9	23
30	Shawn	36	↑13	69
31	Ronald	35	↓4	24
32	Raymond	33	↑7	45
33	Matthew	32	↓3	36
34	Stephen	32	↓15	28
35	Kenneth	28	↓1	21
36	Andrew	25	↓4	37
37	Gary	25	↓12	27
38	Randall	24	↑4	73
39	Bruce	23	↑7	50
40	George	23	↓5	34
41	Keith	23	↓5	35
42	Craig	19	↑5	46
43	Dean	19	new	88
44	Dennis	19	new	44
45	Roger	17	↓8	49
46	Jonathan	15	new	74
47	Bryan	14	new	63
48	Frank	14	new	43
49	Lawrence	14	new	66
50	Rodney	14	new	33

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