State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,448 Vermont births in 1916 across 235 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#55Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#45Arlene#172 nationally
#76Burtonoutside the national top 200
#77Carrolloutside the national top 200
#81Elwinoutside the national top 200
#44Shirley#160 nationally
#85Wendelloutside the national top 200
#88Erwinoutside the national top 200
#80Isabelle#192 nationally
#90Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#58Wilfred#168 nationally
#91Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary144US #1
#2Ruth89US #5
#3Helen88US #2
#4Dorothy79US #3
#5Elizabeth67US #8
#6Marion62US #47
#7Margaret61US #4
#8Doris58US #32
#9Evelyn50US #11
#10Alice49US #13
#11Florence42US #14
#12Beatrice40US #38
#13Irene40US #17
#14Gertrude34US #35
#15Frances33US #9
#16Marjorie32US #37
#17Mildred32US #6
#18Rita31US #67
#19Catherine30US #20
#20Eleanor29US #27
#21Gladys28US #22
#22Hazel28US #31
#23Eva27US #55
#24Marguerite27US #78
#25Grace26US #26
#26Pauline26US #33
#27Thelma26US #29
#28Anna25US #7
#29Ethel25US #25
#30Lillian24US #16
#31Louise24US #18
#32Barbara23US #74
#33Josephine23US #21
#34Edith22US #28
#35Marie22US #12
#36Madeline20US #131
#37Charlotte19US #80
#38Edna19US #19
#39Elsie19US #48
#40Viola18US #59
#41Emma17US #41
#42Jean17US #45
#43Mabel17US #65
#44Shirley17US #160
#45Arlene16US #172
#46Bertha16US #49
#47Esther16US #34
#48Hilda16US #105
#49Martha16US #24
#50Leona15US #75
#51Virginia15US #10
#52Katherine14US #51
#53Lois14US #43
#54Olive14US #132
#55Sylvia14US #69
#56Bernice13US #42
#57Blanche13US #89
#58Geraldine13US #94
#59Janet13US #142
#60Laura13US #64
#61Muriel13US #134
#62Ruby13US #23
#63Agnes12US #50
#64Kathryn12US #60
#65Nellie12US #61
#66Phyllis12US #95
#67Theresa12US #98
#68Sarah11US #52
#69Stella11US #63
#70Ann10US #40
#71Clara10US #39
#72Eunice10US #110
#73Jessie10US #68
#74Julia10US #46
#75Lucy10US #84
#76Pearl10US #57
#77Rose10US #15
#78Christine9US #121
#79Ellen9US #87
#80Isabelle9US #192
#81Kathleen9US #104
#82Myrtle9US #58
#83Rachel9US #153
#84Vivian9US #77
#85Alma8US #70
#86Anita8US #151
#87Anne8US #53
#88Bessie8US #56
#89Beulah8US #97
#90Beverly8
#91Cecile8
#92Jennie8US #79
#93Lena8US #85
#94Loretta8US #113
#95Lorraine8US #128
#96Lucille8US #30
#97Mae8US #92
#98Vera8US #66
#99Audrey7US #119
#100Ella7US #81

Boys

#1Robert132US #4
#2John104US #1
#3Charles73US #6
#4George68US #7
#5William65US #2
#6Edward59US #8
#7Richard58US #15
#8James57US #3
#9Francis55US #31
#10Joseph51US #5
#11Kenneth49US #27
#12Harold47US #13
#13Raymond47US #16
#14Frank42US #9
#15Arthur39US #18
#16Albert36US #17
#17Howard36US #25
#18Ralph36US #21
#19Donald35US #20
#20Henry33US #14
#21Paul33US #12
#22Bernard27US #49
#23Lawrence27US #38
#24Ernest25US #36
#25Thomas23US #10
#26Louis22US #22
#27Maurice22US #100
#28Walter22US #11
#29Earl19US #32
#30Harry19US #19
#31Stanley19US #34
#32Frederick18US #52
#33Gordon18US #90
#34Carl17US #23
#35David16US #28
#36Leo16US #47
#37Leonard16US #42
#38Edwin15US #53
#39Floyd15US #60
#40Chester14US #54
#41Alfred13US #43
#42Gerald13US #76
#43Herbert13US #40
#44Fred12US #29
#45Leon12US #85
#46Norman12US #48
#47Russell12US #51
#48Clarence11US #24
#49Roger11US #129
#50Roy11US #33
#51Arnold10US #89
#52Hugh10US #96
#53Michael10US #44
#54Ray10US #73
#55Reginald10
#56Samuel10US #41
#57Wayne10US #98
#58Wilfred10US #168
#59Allen9US #101
#60Andrew9US #46
#61Eugene9US #39
#62Everett9US #91
#63Leslie9US #112
#64Lester9US #59
#65Peter9US #50
#66Willard9US #69
#67Alexander8US #99
#68Clayton8US #159
#69Clifton8US #156
#70Daniel8US #55
#71Homer8US #103
#72Lloyd8US #58
#73Philip8US #70
#74Roland8US #118
#75Wesley8US #135
#76Burton7
#77Carroll7
#78Cecil7US #80
#79Clifford7US #61
#80Edgar7US #88
#81Elwin7
#82Melvin7US #57
#83Ronald7US #167
#84Theodore7US #65
#85Wendell7
#86Anthony6US #37
#87Claude6US #93
#88Erwin6
#89Guy6US #144
#90Martin6US #81
#91Nicholas6US #107
#92Warren6US #102
#93Alvin5US #82
#94Douglas5US #151
#95Ellsworth5
#96Elmer5US #45
#97Glenn5US #84
#98Lee5US #83
#99Merrill5
#100Milton5US #72

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑44Reginald#55
↑41Leon#45
↑40Chester#40
↑37Josephine#33
↑35Rita#18
↑34Edwin#38
↑33Muriel#61
↑33Peter#65

Falling

↓66Lucille#96
↓43Rose#77
↓43Jennie#92
↓39Anthony#86
↓38Clifford#79
↓33Theodore#84
↓31Laura#60
↓29Roland#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.