State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,451 Vermont births in 1914 across 200 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#27Wendelloutside the national top 200
#39Arleneoutside the national top 200
#45Carrolloutside the national top 200
#55Elwinoutside the national top 200
#59Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#65Perleyoutside the national top 200
#74Keithoutside the national top 200
#77Cecileoutside the national top 200
#78Constanceoutside the national top 200
#79Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#80Winstonoutside the national top 200
#69Wilfred#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary106US #1
#2Ruth82US #5
#3Dorothy74US #3
#4Helen72US #2
#5Margaret62US #4
#6Elizabeth52US #8
#7Marion48US #50
#8Doris47US #36
#9Mildred39US #7
#10Alice37US #12
#11Evelyn36US #11
#12Irene32US #22
#13Marjorie32US #45
#14Florence29US #13
#15Lillian27US #16
#16Eva26US #52
#17Eleanor25US #28
#18Anna24US #6
#19Beatrice24US #38
#20Barbara23US #82
#21Frances23US #9
#22Hazel20US #29
#23Thelma19US #26
#24Catherine18US #18
#25Edith18US #31
#26Gertrude18US #32
#27Madeline18US #116
#28Marguerite18US #84
#29Pauline18US #34
#30Esther17US #35
#31Gladys17US #20
#32Louise17US #17
#33Bernice16US #43
#34Grace16US #25
#35Rita16US #87
#36Josephine15US #23
#37Katherine15US #48
#38Pearl15US #56
#39Arlene14
#40Bertha14US #41
#41Hilda14US #103
#42Laura14US #59
#43Marie14US #10
#44Sylvia14US #70
#45Virginia14US #14
#46Edna13US #19
#47Ethel13US #21
#48Ida13US #49
#49Nellie13US #61
#50Agnes12US #44
#51Ann12US #40
#52Beulah12US #96
#53Blanche12US #80
#54Ellen12US #86
#55Flora12US #131
#56Jennie12US #77
#57Leona12US #79
#58Lucille12US #30
#59Rose12US #15
#60Viola12US #57
#61Betty11US #62
#62Clara11US #37
#63Elsie11US #46
#64Lena11US #75
#65Theresa11US #93
#66Winifred11US #161
#67Emily10US #98
#68Jane10US #71
#69Kathleen10US #110
#70Mabel10US #58
#71Bessie9US #55
#72Harriet9US #111
#73Marian9US #90
#74Ruby9US #24
#75Verna9US #125
#76Anne8US #53
#77Cecile8
#78Constance8
#79Genevieve8US #76
#80Geraldine8US #123
#81Jessie8US #64
#82Julia8US #42
#83Muriel8US #133
#84Phyllis8US #113
#85Stella8US #65
#86Veronica8US #176
#87Vivian8US #81
#88Avis7
#89Charlotte7US #88
#90Emma7US #39
#91Loretta7US #122
#92Martha7US #27
#93Myrtle7US #60
#94Rachel7US #151
#95Shirley7US #160
#96Sophie7US #100
#97Velma7US #92
#98Vera7US #68
#99Eunice6US #109
#100Jean6US #54

Boys

#1John96US #1
#2George74US #6
#3Robert60US #4
#4William57US #2
#5Edward47US #8
#6Harold47US #14
#7Joseph47US #5
#8Kenneth44US #30
#9Raymond44US #16
#10Charles43US #7
#11Donald34US #23
#12Richard34US #17
#13Paul32US #13
#14Harry31US #19
#15James30US #3
#16Howard29US #26
#17Albert27US #15
#18Ernest27US #38
#19Francis26US #31
#20Frank26US #9
#21Arthur25US #18
#22Earl24US #33
#23Bernard23US #50
#24Henry23US #12
#25Walter23US #10
#26Lawrence21US #35
#27Wendell20
#28Maurice19US #94
#29Ralph19US #21
#30Clarence18US #22
#31Gordon18US #88
#32Leo18US #47
#33Leonard17US #45
#34Frederick16US #52
#35Gerald16US #81
#36Thomas16US #11
#37Fred15US #28
#38Philip14US #68
#39Stanley13US #39
#40Clifford12US #62
#41Russell12US #49
#42Carl11US #24
#43Daniel11US #55
#44Louis11US #20
#45Carroll10
#46Floyd10US #58
#47Roger10US #126
#48Andrew9US #44
#49Archie9US #145
#50Edwin9US #53
#51Herbert9US #42
#52Leslie9US #103
#53Theodore9US #64
#54Allen8US #105
#55Elwin8
#56Michael8US #40
#57Wayne8US #111
#58Alfred7US #41
#59Laurence7
#60Lloyd7US #66
#61Norman7US #54
#62Arnold6US #97
#63Edmund6US #130
#64Elmer6US #46
#65Perley6
#66Roland6US #121
#67Vernon6US #83
#68Wilbur6US #96
#69Wilfred6US #187
#70Willard6US #92
#71Clifton5US #150
#72David5US #29
#73Everett5US #90
#74Keith5
#75Leon5US #85
#76Leroy5US #60
#77Lewis5US #72
#78Marshall5US #167
#79Reginald5
#80Winston5

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑31Sylvia#44
↑26Theresa#65
↑25Bertha#40
↑23Pearl#38
↑23Edna#46
↑22Eva#16
↑21Thelma#23
↑20Carroll#45

Falling

↓57Charlotte#89
↓43Rachel#94
↓42Julia#82
↓41Shirley#95
↓36Vera#98
↓34David#72
↓33Myrtle#93
↓30Alfred#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.