Popular baby names in Vermont, 1966

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1966 were Lisa for girls (155 babies) and Michael for boys (180). Social Security records list 6,110 babies born in Vermont in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1966

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: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Heather: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laurie: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Holly: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wendy: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sarah: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Ann: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Robin: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 69 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Todd: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jason: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shawn: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bradley: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jon: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bruce: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Randy: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	155	–	1
2	Karen	85	–	5
3	Michelle	77	↑22	4
4	Susan	71	↑1	6
5	Kimberly	64	↓1	2
6	Mary	61	↓3	3
7	Tammy	59	–	8
8	Julie	58	↑4	13
9	Wendy	50	↑13	41
10	Tina	46	↓4	23
11	Kelly	44	↓2	26
12	Melissa	43	↑11	22
13	Robin	40	↑23	42
14	Amy	39	↑34	30
15	Pamela	39	↓5	15
16	Jennifer	38	↑1	10
17	Deborah	37	↓3	14
18	Patricia	37	↓7	7
19	Christine	36	↑2	20
20	Laurie	36	↓1	63
21	Donna	34	↓5	12
22	Linda	34	↓2	18
23	Lori	34	↓15	21
24	Nancy	34	↑7	33
25	Penny	34	↓10	>100
26	Kathleen	31	↑2	37
27	Laura	30	↑8	19
28	Michele	30	↑15	36
29	Brenda	29	↓11	25
30	Debra	28	↑3	35
31	Barbara	27	↓2	27
32	Cynthia	27	↓8	11
33	Ann	26	↑6	61
34	Cheryl	26	↑15	34
35	Cindy	26	↓3	56
36	Diane	26	new	45
37	Andrea	25	new	52
38	Denise	24	↓11	32
39	Elizabeth	24	↑1	16
40	Tracy	24	↑4	31
41	Dawn	23	↑4	24
42	Sandra	23	↓1	17
43	Angela	22	↓1	9
44	Stephanie	22	↑3	38
45	Theresa	22	↑1	46
46	Heather	21	new	>100
47	Heidi	21	↓21	87
48	Rebecca	21	↓18	40
49	Beth	20	new	65
50	Sarah	20	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	180	–	1
2	David	150	↑1	2
3	John	125	↑1	4
4	James	117	↑1	3
5	Timothy	103	↑4	11
6	Robert	97	↓4	5
7	Brian	96	↑3	14
8	Scott	93	–	16
9	Christopher	87	↑3	12
10	Mark	85	↓3	7
11	Jeffrey	82	↑3	9
12	Richard	76	↑1	8
13	William	75	↓2	6
14	Thomas	71	↑1	10
15	Paul	70	↑1	18
16	Peter	69	↑4	39
17	Todd	69	–	29
18	Kevin	60	↓12	17
19	Daniel	58	–	19
20	Steven	49	↓2	13
21	Eric	46	–	25
22	Stephen	45	↑12	26
23	Joseph	44	↓1	15
24	Patrick	41	↓1	31
25	Donald	38	↑2	27
26	Gregory	37	↑3	23
27	Edward	35	↓2	30
28	Matthew	32	↑5	34
29	Douglas	31	↓5	33
30	Randy	29	↓4	45
31	Anthony	28	new	22
32	Ronald	28	↓1	24
33	Andrew	27	↑3	36
34	Shawn	25	↓4	54
35	Charles	24	↓7	20
36	Dennis	24	↑8	44
37	Keith	24	↑4	32
38	Bruce	23	↑1	53
39	Kenneth	22	↓4	21
40	Bradley	20	new	68
41	Craig	20	↑1	46
42	Gary	20	↓5	28
43	Wayne	20	new	59
44	Raymond	18	↓12	47
45	George	17	↓5	37
46	Jason	17	new	89
47	Jon	17	new	76
48	Alan	16	new	57
49	Dean	16	↓6	84
50	Jonathan	15	↓4	65

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