Popular baby names in Vermont, 1968

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1968 were Lisa for girls (134 babies) and Michael for boys (192). Social Security records list 5,817 babies born in Vermont in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1968

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: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sarah: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laurie: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lynn: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Heidi: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wendy: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lori: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Heather: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tammy: 80 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jay: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Todd: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roger: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Scott: 103 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bruce: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alan: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shawn: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	134	–	1
2	Melissa	81	↑4	5
3	Jennifer	80	↑9	4
4	Tammy	80	↑3	8
5	Karen	78	↓2	9
6	Michelle	72	↓4	2
7	Kimberly	65	↓3	3
8	Lori	58	↑8	22
9	Susan	54	↓4	10
10	Amy	53	↑3	13
11	Tina	50	↓1	18
12	Wendy	50	↓4	31
13	Julie	48	↑2	16
14	Kelly	45	↓3	12
15	Mary	42	↓6	6
16	Tracy	36	↑28	25
17	Christine	35	↑3	14
18	Elizabeth	33	↑4	17
19	Sarah	32	↑21	78
20	Laura	30	↓3	11
21	Laurie	30	↓2	79
22	Pamela	30	↑10	20
23	Deborah	28	↓9	27
24	Lynn	28	new	85
25	Patricia	28	↑18	15
26	Robin	26	↑1	43
27	Stephanie	26	↓2	23
28	Dawn	25	↓7	21
29	Angela	24	↑4	7
30	Heidi	24	↑6	89
31	Heather	23	↓2	62
32	Kathleen	23	↓2	40
33	Linda	23	↓15	28
34	Paula	22	↑5	45
35	Brenda	21	↓9	34
36	Denise	21	↑12	35
37	Donna	21	↑5	24
38	Michele	21	↓7	29
39	Nancy	21	↓16	39
40	Stacey	21	new	55
41	Ann	20	↑4	54
42	Carol	20	new	49
43	Debra	20	↓5	38
44	Jill	20	new	46
45	Penny	20	↓8	>100
46	Rebecca	20	↓22	33
47	Andrea	19	new	48
48	Diane	19	↓7	51
49	Sandra	19	new	26
50	Theresa	19	↓1	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	192	–	1
2	John	140	↑1	3
3	David	137	↓1	2
4	Robert	125	↑1	5
5	James	111	↑1	4
6	Christopher	108	↓2	9
7	Scott	103	–	14
8	Mark	89	↑3	7
9	Brian	81	↑1	10
10	Jeffrey	76	↓2	11
11	Richard	74	↓2	8
12	Timothy	71	–	13
13	Todd	67	↑5	28
14	William	62	↑1	6
15	Kevin	61	↓1	17
16	Paul	58	↑1	19
17	Thomas	56	↓1	12
18	Eric	55	↑4	22
19	Peter	54	↑2	39
20	Steven	48	↓1	15
21	Matthew	44	↑2	24
22	Daniel	42	↓9	18
23	Joseph	42	↑6	16
24	Patrick	41	↑1	30
25	Edward	39	↑7	31
26	Stephen	38	↓6	27
27	Charles	35	↓3	20
28	Kenneth	35	↑8	23
29	Douglas	33	↓1	33
30	Ronald	31	↑7	25
31	Donald	29	↑2	29
32	Shawn	28	↓1	43
33	Andrew	27	↓6	34
34	Sean	27	↑9	37
35	Craig	26	↑9	41
36	Gary	24	↓10	32
37	Gregory	24	↓3	26
38	Keith	24	↓8	35
39	Anthony	23	↑3	21
40	Roger	21	↑8	55
41	Jason	20	new	47
42	Dean	19	↑3	78
43	George	19	new	36
44	Bruce	18	↓9	61
45	Jay	17	new	88
46	Raymond	17	↑1	50
47	Alan	16	↓6	74
48	Dennis	16	↓10	45
49	Randy	15	↓9	54
50	Wayne	15	new	63

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