State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,202 Vermont births in 1912 across 155 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Vermont more than they say America.

#32Arleneoutside the national top 200
#43Carrolloutside the national top 200
#52Shirley#198 nationally
#59Helenaoutside the national top 200
#61Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#69Cecileoutside the national top 200
#64Wilfred#185 nationally
#75Isabelle#187 nationally
#41Wesley#134 nationally
#40Roland#127 nationally
#79Rita#165 nationally
#43Madeline#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary95US #1
#2Dorothy59US #3
#3Helen57US #2
#4Ruth48US #5
#5Elizabeth42US #8
#6Marion42US #55
#7Margaret37US #4
#8Evelyn34US #13
#9Doris33US #48
#10Alice29US #11
#11Frances26US #9
#12Gladys25US #19
#13Florence24US #12
#14Mildred24US #6
#15Irene22US #22
#16Marjorie20US #56
#17Anna18US #7
#18Blanche18US #75
#19Lillian18US #14
#20Hazel17US #25
#21Thelma17US #26
#22Edna16US #16
#23Eleanor16US #39
#24Katherine16US #53
#25Barbara15US #102
#26Beatrice14US #37
#27Edith14US #31
#28Mabel14US #46
#29Clara13US #34
#30Eva13US #49
#31Laura13US #57
#32Arlene12
#33Bernice12US #51
#34Catherine12US #21
#35Ethel12US #18
#36Gertrude12US #30
#37Pauline12US #38
#38Charlotte11US #91
#39Ellen11US #86
#40Elsie11US #42
#41Grace11US #24
#42Louise11US #17
#43Madeline11US #124
#44Pearl10US #54
#45Rose10US #15
#46Daisy9US #112
#47Hilda9US #104
#48Jennie9US #81
#49Jessie9US #65
#50Marie9US #10
#51Myrtle9US #50
#52Shirley9US #198
#53Alma8US #62
#54Josephine8US #28
#55Leona8US #76
#56Virginia8US #20
#57Ella7US #69
#58Emma7US #35
#59Helena7
#60Ida7US #45
#61Lena7US #72
#62Lois7US #63
#63Marian7US #93
#64Nellie7US #59
#65Stella7US #73
#66Agnes6US #40
#67Anne6US #58
#68Bertha6US #36
#69Cecile6
#70Dora6US #110
#71Emily6US #105
#72Esther6US #33
#73Genevieve6US #92
#74Geraldine6US #122
#75Isabelle6US #187
#76Jean6US #64
#77Julia6US #44
#78Marguerite6US #79
#79Rita6US #165
#80Sarah6US #41
#81Alberta5US #106
#82Bessie5US #43
#83Betty5US #66
#84Jane5US #89
#85Lucille5US #32
#86Maxine5US #134
#87Phyllis5US #140
#88Rachel5US #151
#89Ruby5US #23
#90Viola5US #52
#91Vivian5US #84

Boys

#1William55US #2
#2George49US #6
#3John43US #1
#4Robert39US #4
#5Edward33US #8
#6Charles31US #7
#7Raymond29US #18
#8Richard29US #19
#9Howard25US #25
#10Joseph23US #5
#11Harold20US #13
#12Kenneth20US #33
#13Donald19US #27
#14Frank19US #9
#15Arthur18US #15
#16Paul18US #14
#17Francis17US #35
#18Walter17US #11
#19Ernest16US #32
#20Ralph16US #23
#21James15US #3
#22Harry14US #16
#23Albert12US #17
#24Bernard12US #60
#25Gordon12US #93
#26Henry12US #12
#27Leo12US #49
#28Earl11US #34
#29Fred11US #26
#30Frederick11US #51
#31Lawrence11US #38
#32Thomas11US #10
#33Alfred10US #40
#34Theodore10US #52
#35Clarence9US #21
#36Michael9US #42
#37Stanley9US #43
#38Warren9US #107
#39Clifford8US #62
#40Roland8US #127
#41Wesley8US #134
#42Carl7US #24
#43Carroll7
#44Lester7US #58
#45Louis7US #20
#46Roy7US #31
#47Arnold6US #99
#48David6US #29
#49Elmer6US #47
#50Herbert6US #39
#51Leonard6US #45
#52Leslie6US #108
#53Maurice6US #95
#54Allen5US #103
#55Chester5US #55
#56Clyde5US #65
#57Edwin5US #54
#58Everett5US #96
#59Floyd5US #59
#60Norman5US #61
#61Reginald5
#62Roger5US #138
#63Stephen5US #88
#64Wilfred5US #185

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑50Marjorie#16
↑26Catherine#34
↑25Arlene#32
↑25Bernice#33
↑23Richard#8
↑20Edith#27
↑20Howard#9
↑20Ernest#19

Falling

↓41Esther#72
↓34Marie#50
↓33Marguerite#78
↓29Agnes#66
↓27Lena#61
↓27Julia#77
↓25Sarah#80
↓25David#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.