State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,533 Vermont births in 1917 across 248 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#37Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#60Elwinoutside the national top 200
#65Constanceoutside the national top 200
#65Gerardoutside the national top 200
#66Maynardoutside the national top 200
#67Wendelloutside the national top 200
#68Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#72Cecileoutside the national top 200
#41Arlene#167 nationally
#75Allanoutside the national top 200
#79Annetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary126US #1
#2Dorothy98US #3
#3Ruth86US #5
#4Helen84US #2
#5Margaret80US #4
#6Marion69US #45
#7Doris59US #25
#8Alice54US #13
#9Evelyn47US #11
#10Florence45US #14
#11Elizabeth44US #8
#12Marjorie43US #36
#13Mildred43US #6
#14Frances42US #9
#15Irene38US #17
#16Eleanor34US #26
#17Louise33US #19
#18Barbara32US #67
#19Gladys32US #23
#20Rita32US #63
#21Catherine31US #18
#22Lillian31US #15
#23Hazel29US #31
#24Thelma29US #32
#25Anna28US #7
#26Pauline26US #33
#27Bertha25US #51
#28Charlotte25US #76
#29Edith24US #28
#30Marie24US #12
#31Beatrice23US #39
#32Bernice23US #42
#33Grace23US #30
#34Lucille23US #29
#35Marguerite23US #78
#36Shirley23US #123
#37Agnes22US #48
#38Ethel22US #24
#39Virginia22US #10
#40Rose20US #16
#41Arlene19US #167
#42Elsie19US #50
#43Katherine19US #49
#44Madeline19US #127
#45Esther17US #38
#46Gertrude17US #37
#47Hilda16US #112
#48Laura16US #65
#49Leona16US #80
#50Blanche15US #91
#51Edna15US #20
#52Geraldine15US #89
#53Ida15US #56
#54Jane15US #55
#55Phyllis15US #92
#56Jennie14US #81
#57Anita13US #137
#58Clara13US #41
#59Eva12US #54
#60Jean12US #40
#61Mabel12US #68
#62Martha12US #22
#63Pearl12US #57
#64Ruby12US #27
#65Constance11
#66Ellen11US #90
#67Norma11US #108
#68Priscilla11
#69Stella11US #62
#70Theresa11US #97
#71Viola11US #59
#72Cecile10
#73Elaine10US #160
#74Janet10US #136
#75Kathryn10US #60
#76Olive10US #138
#77Velma10US #99
#78Anne9US #53
#79Annette9
#80Betty9US #34
#81Genevieve9US #77
#82Harriet9US #104
#83Lena9US #85
#84Muriel9US #128
#85Rachel9US #157
#86Sophie9US #100
#87Wilma9US #82
#88Alma8US #71
#89Beulah8US #102
#90Emily8US #103
#91Emma8US #46
#92Erma8US #148
#93Eunice8US #111
#94Isabelle8US #190
#95Kathleen8US #101
#96Nellie8US #64
#97Alberta7US #122
#98Annie7US #35
#99Ella7US #83
#100Geneva7US #113

Boys

#1John94US #1
#2Robert94US #4
#3William72US #2
#4George61US #6
#5Charles60US #7
#6James59US #3
#7Harold57US #12
#8Richard55US #14
#9Raymond51US #16
#10Donald50US #20
#11Francis47US #30
#12Edward46US #8
#13Joseph44US #5
#14Arthur41US #17
#15Paul41US #13
#16Kenneth39US #27
#17Frank36US #9
#18Walter32US #11
#19Bernard31US #49
#20Howard31US #26
#21Henry30US #15
#22Albert28US #18
#23Ralph26US #21
#24Frederick25US #51
#25Clarence24US #25
#26Harry23US #19
#27Stanley23US #34
#28Gordon22US #84
#29Lawrence22US #36
#30Roy22US #33
#31Earl21US #32
#32Thomas20US #10
#33Leo19US #47
#34Leonard19US #41
#35Gerald18US #69
#36Maurice18US #101
#37Reginald18
#38Alfred17US #43
#39Eugene16US #39
#40Fred16US #29
#41Leon16US #82
#42Norman16US #46
#43Philip16US #66
#44Roland16US #117
#45Ernest15US #37
#46Everett13US #94
#47Louis13US #23
#48Russell13US #52
#49Floyd12US #62
#50Milton12US #75
#51Elmer11US #45
#52Allen10US #100
#53Anthony10US #38
#54Clifford10US #59
#55Leslie10US #107
#56Lloyd10US #53
#57Wayne10US #96
#58Andrew9US #48
#59Carl9US #24
#60Elwin9
#61Michael9US #44
#62Arnold8US #91
#63Chester8US #56
#64Edwin8US #55
#65Gerard8
#66Maynard8
#67Wendell8
#68Armand7
#69Herbert7US #40
#70Martin7US #77
#71Roger7US #119
#72Vernon7US #71
#73Wilfred7US #164
#74Alexander6US #97
#75Allan6
#76Alton6US #195
#77Daniel6US #54
#78David6US #28
#79Glenn6US #86
#80Guy6US #146
#81Lewis6US #70
#82Loren6
#83Merrill6
#84Oliver6US #127
#85Peter6US #50
#86Carlton5
#87Carroll5
#88Clifton5US #159
#89Clinton5US #182
#90Dean5
#91Douglas5US #138
#92Edgar5US #88
#93Emile5
#94Erwin5
#95Forrest5US #183
#96Harland5
#97Harvey5US #90
#98Horace5US #125
#99Hugh5US #110
#100Irving5US #106

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑62Lucille#34
↑50Milton#50
↑45Elmer#51
↑37Rose#40
↑36Jennie#56
↑33Anthony#53
↑30Philip#43
↑30Roland#44

Falling

↓50Emma#91
↓47Hugh#99
↓43David#78
↓36Eva#59
↓32Gertrude#46
↓31Viola#71
↓31Nellie#96
↓26Edwin#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.