State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,470 Vermont births in 1913 across 164 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#45Burtonoutside the national top 200
#57Arleneoutside the national top 200
#63Allanoutside the national top 200
#64Avisoutside the national top 200
#65Carrolloutside the national top 200
#73Winstonoutside the national top 200
#77Altaoutside the national top 200
#54Shirley#169 nationally
#88Merleoutside the national top 200
#89Renaoutside the national top 200
#72Wilfred#180 nationally
#68Carolyn#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary80US #1
#2Dorothy66US #3
#3Helen66US #2
#4Ruth47US #5
#5Elizabeth40US #8
#6Margaret39US #4
#7Marion39US #51
#8Doris38US #44
#9Alice35US #11
#10Florence33US #13
#11Evelyn32US #12
#12Mildred32US #6
#13Beatrice24US #37
#14Frances24US #9
#15Hazel24US #27
#16Gladys22US #19
#17Lillian22US #16
#18Eleanor19US #34
#19Bernice18US #45
#20Catherine18US #22
#21Marie18US #10
#22Marjorie18US #48
#23Barbara17US #94
#24Irene17US #21
#25Katherine16US #54
#26Ethel15US #20
#27Josephine15US #24
#28Blanche14US #76
#29Esther14US #32
#30Gertrude14US #33
#31Pauline14US #35
#32Charlotte12US #87
#33Edith12US #29
#34Madeline12US #117
#35Marguerite12US #78
#36Virginia12US #15
#37Anna11US #7
#38Eva11US #50
#39Grace11US #25
#40Julia11US #42
#41Laura11US #62
#42Louise11US #17
#43Clara10US #36
#44Thelma10US #26
#45Bessie9US #47
#46Ellen9US #88
#47Harriet9US #125
#48Lena9US #73
#49Mabel9US #56
#50Marian9US #93
#51Rachel9US #145
#52Rose9US #14
#53Ruby9US #23
#54Shirley9US #169
#55Leona8US #74
#56Agnes7US #41
#57Arlene7
#58Hilda7US #105
#59Jessie7US #61
#60Myrtle7US #53
#61Pearl7US #55
#62Vera7US #68
#63Winifred7US #157
#64Avis6
#65Bertha6US #39
#66Betty6US #67
#67Caroline6US #149
#68Carolyn6US #170
#69Edna6US #18
#70Flora6US #132
#71Kathleen6US #110
#72Loretta6US #118
#73Nina6US #174
#74Phyllis6US #122
#75Sylvia6US #72
#76Viola6US #52
#77Alta5
#78Anne5US #57
#79Dora5US #109
#80Emma5US #38
#81Geneva5US #120
#82Hattie5US #96
#83Irma5US #144
#84Janet5US #162
#85Lois5US #59
#86Lucile5US #128
#87May5US #167
#88Merle5
#89Rena5
#90Sophie5US #113
#91Theresa5US #97

Boys

#1John95US #1
#2Robert61US #4
#3George47US #6
#4William46US #2
#5Charles39US #7
#6Francis37US #30
#7Edward34US #8
#8Joseph33US #5
#9Kenneth30US #33
#10Richard28US #19
#11Arthur26US #17
#12James26US #3
#13Raymond26US #18
#14Harold25US #13
#15Paul25US #14
#16Ralph24US #22
#17Thomas22US #10
#18Harry19US #15
#19Henry19US #12
#20Clarence18US #21
#21Howard18US #26
#22Albert16US #16
#23Donald16US #25
#24Walter16US #11
#25Maurice15US #95
#26Gordon14US #94
#27Lawrence13US #35
#28Alfred12US #42
#29Bernard12US #52
#30Earl12US #31
#31Ernest12US #34
#32Frank12US #9
#33Philip12US #69
#34Leo11US #48
#35Fred10US #27
#36Frederick10US #49
#37Leonard10US #46
#38David9US #29
#39Gerald9US #84
#40Andrew8US #47
#41Daniel8US #54
#42Floyd8US #58
#43Lloyd8US #67
#44Louis8US #20
#45Burton7
#46Clifford7US #68
#47Edwin7US #55
#48Leon7US #81
#49Russell7US #50
#50Stanley7US #41
#51Anthony6US #38
#52Carl6US #23
#53Chester6US #56
#54Elmer6US #45
#55Glenn6US #85
#56Max6US #101
#57Michael6US #40
#58Milton6US #71
#59Norman6US #57
#60Roger6US #138
#61Vernon6US #83
#62Alexander5US #98
#63Allan5
#64Alvin5US #82
#65Carroll5
#66Herbert5US #39
#67Patrick5US #148
#68Ray5US #73
#69Theodore5US #60
#70Victor5US #80
#71Wallace5US #126
#72Wilfred5US #180
#73Winston5

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑43Esther#29
↑43Marguerite#35
↑37Julia#40
↑37Bessie#45
↑37Rachel#51
↑36Ruby#53
↑29Marie#21
↑28Maurice#25

Falling

↓47Edna#69
↓35Theodore#69
↓25Arlene#57
↓23Thelma#44
↓23Lois#85
↓22Emma#80
↓22Carroll#65
↓21Mabel#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.