State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,421 Vermont births in 1915 across 241 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#52Carrolloutside the national top 200
#60Earleoutside the national top 200
#62Stuartoutside the national top 200
#63Wendelloutside the national top 200
#64Arlene#193 nationally
#73Elwinoutside the national top 200
#59Wilfred#181 nationally
#79Carltonoutside the national top 200
#48Clayton#165 nationally
#61Isabelle#178 nationally
#67Nelson#184 nationally
#87Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary120US #1
#2Helen116US #2
#3Dorothy94US #3
#4Ruth84US #5
#5Marion56US #50
#6Alice55US #13
#7Evelyn52US #10
#8Doris48US #34
#9Elizabeth48US #8
#10Margaret46US #4
#11Mildred46US #6
#12Beatrice44US #37
#13Florence44US #14
#14Irene41US #17
#15Marjorie36US #39
#16Thelma36US #30
#17Catherine35US #19
#18Gertrude34US #35
#19Frances33US #9
#20Eleanor31US #28
#21Anna29US #7
#22Barbara29US #83
#23Gladys29US #21
#24Hazel28US #26
#25Marguerite28US #85
#26Lillian27US #15
#27Madeline26US #121
#28Ethel24US #23
#29Laura24US #61
#30Lucille24US #29
#31Esther22US #33
#32Grace21US #27
#33Bernice20US #42
#34Rose20US #16
#35Virginia20US #12
#36Pauline19US #32
#37Charlotte18US #81
#38Edna18US #20
#39Louise18US #18
#40Edith17US #31
#41Ruby17US #24
#42Elsie16US #41
#43Eva16US #55
#44Marie16US #11
#45Phyllis16US #100
#46Agnes15US #45
#47Blanche15US #87
#48Harriet15US #112
#49Jennie15US #73
#50Leona15US #74
#51Lucy15US #79
#52Martha15US #25
#53Rita15US #71
#54Bertha14US #46
#55Eunice14US #109
#56Hilda14US #107
#57Kathleen14US #104
#58Shirley14US #162
#59Viola14US #59
#60Genevieve13US #76
#61Isabelle13US #178
#62Kathryn13US #60
#63Marian13US #86
#64Arlene12US #193
#65Emma12US #40
#66Ida12US #54
#67Katherine12US #49
#68Loretta12US #115
#69Myrtle12US #58
#70Josephine11US #22
#71Lena11US #77
#72Pearl11US #56
#73Sophie11US #97
#74Stella11US #64
#75Julia10US #44
#76Lois10US #47
#77Betty9US #53
#78Dora9US #122
#79Elaine9US #155
#80Emily9US #99
#81Olive9US #123
#82Patricia9US #189
#83Vivian9US #78
#84Alma8US #70
#85Anne8US #52
#86Audrey8US #127
#87Cecile8
#88Ella8US #75
#89Ellen8US #88
#90Flora8US #140
#91Isabel8US #177
#92Jessie8US #66
#93Lorraine8US #141
#94Muriel8US #134
#95Nellie8US #63
#96Velma8US #94
#97Wilma8US #80
#98Anita7US #164
#99Clara7US #38
#100Jane7US #69

Boys

#1John109US #1
#2Robert91US #4
#3George75US #6
#4Charles67US #7
#5William67US #2
#6James57US #3
#7Joseph57US #5
#8Edward52US #8
#9Richard50US #15
#10Francis47US #29
#11Raymond47US #16
#12Harold44US #12
#13Paul42US #13
#14Donald38US #20
#15Henry38US #14
#16Arthur37US #18
#17Kenneth37US #28
#18Howard32US #25
#19Ralph32US #21
#20Frank30US #9
#21Albert27US #17
#22Walter27US #11
#23Gerald26US #78
#24Stanley25US #34
#25Clarence24US #24
#26Lawrence24US #37
#27Bernard23US #48
#28Ernest23US #35
#29Frederick23US #52
#30Louis23US #23
#31Gordon19US #90
#32Harry19US #19
#33Alfred18US #42
#34Herbert18US #40
#35Leo18US #47
#36Norman16US #50
#37Roger16US #124
#38Thomas16US #10
#39Arnold15US #91
#40Carl15US #22
#41Clifford15US #61
#42Fred15US #26
#43Earl13US #33
#44Floyd13US #59
#45Roland13US #118
#46Maurice12US #101
#47Anthony11US #36
#48Clayton11US #165
#49Everett11US #89
#50Russell11US #51
#51Theodore11US #64
#52Carroll10
#53Clyde10US #63
#54David10US #31
#55Eugene10US #41
#56Leonard10US #44
#57Philip10US #69
#58Roy10US #32
#59Wilfred10US #181
#60Earle9
#61Lloyd9US #62
#62Stuart9
#63Wendell9
#64Allen8US #99
#65Archie8US #151
#66Homer8US #98
#67Nelson8US #184
#68Wallace8US #126
#69Willard8US #58
#70Andrew7US #46
#71Clifton7US #144
#72Edwin7US #53
#73Elwin7
#74Lewis7US #70
#75Oscar7US #88
#76Ronald7US #155
#77Wilson7US #154
#78Alvin6US #81
#79Carlton6
#80Chester6US #54
#81Daniel6US #55
#82Elmer6US #45
#83Gilbert6US #100
#84Hugh6US #111
#85Irving6US #107
#86Leon6US #82
#87Martin6US #79
#88Alden5
#89Alton5US #195
#90Erwin5
#91Forrest5US #176
#92Harvey5US #95
#93Hollis5
#94Laurence5
#95Leslie5US #106
#96Merton5
#97Neal5
#98Peter5US #49
#99Reginald5
#100Theron5

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑52Charlotte#37
↑44Eunice#55
↑40Martha#52
↑39Phyllis#45
↑37Shirley#58
↑33Ruby#41
↑28Lucille#30
↑25Rose#34

Falling

↓46Nellie#95
↓43Leslie#95
↓38Daniel#81
↓37Clara#99
↓36Wendell#63
↓35Ellen#89
↓35Flora#90
↓35Laurence#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.