State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,969 Vermont births in 1918 across 260 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#55Wendelloutside the national top 200
#26Arlene#165 nationally
#66Carrolloutside the national top 200
#70Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#71Cecileoutside the national top 200
#72Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#74Isabelleoutside the national top 200
#60Jeannette#185 nationally
#76Allanoutside the national top 200
#78Elwinoutside the national top 200
#75Nelson#190 nationally
#87Burtonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary139US #1
#2Helen91US #2
#3Dorothy77US #3
#4Ruth76US #5
#5Doris68US #19
#6Margaret68US #4
#7Marion68US #45
#8Elizabeth65US #9
#9Alice55US #13
#10Evelyn52US #11
#11Frances46US #8
#12Barbara44US #60
#13Eleanor43US #26
#14Florence39US #14
#15Marjorie39US #34
#16Irene38US #16
#17Mildred37US #6
#18Hazel31US #33
#19Lillian31US #15
#20Thelma30US #32
#21Beatrice29US #40
#22Gladys29US #22
#23Shirley29US #97
#24Josephine28US #24
#25Virginia27US #7
#26Arlene26US #165
#27Katherine26US #50
#28Pauline25US #35
#29Gertrude23US #39
#30Rita23US #58
#31Anna22US #10
#32Catherine22US #20
#33Charlotte22US #78
#34Esther22US #38
#35Marie22US #12
#36Madeline20US #135
#37Marguerite20US #86
#38Phyllis20US #80
#39Edith19US #30
#40Louise19US #18
#41Bernice18US #41
#42Blanche18US #96
#43Edna18US #23
#44Lucille17US #29
#45Eva16US #55
#46Grace16US #31
#47Kathleen16US #99
#48Mabel16US #74
#49Martha16US #25
#50Anne15US #54
#51Bertha15US #51
#52Stella15US #67
#53Theresa15US #101
#54Ethel14US #28
#55Geraldine14US #77
#56Muriel14US #130
#57Ann13US #44
#58Eunice13US #111
#59Harriet13US #106
#60Jeannette13US #185
#61Joyce13US #170
#62Lois13US #42
#63Marian13US #76
#64Olive13US #143
#65Patricia13US #133
#66June12US #66
#67Lorraine12US #69
#68Wilma12US #82
#69Beulah11US #104
#70Beverly11
#71Cecile11
#72Ellen11US #92
#73Elsie11US #49
#74Isabelle11
#75Jean11US #37
#76Leona11US #79
#77Lucy11US #90
#78Rachel11US #148
#79Rose11US #17
#80Viola11US #59
#81Winifred11US #145
#82Alma10US #73
#83Clara10US #43
#84Kathryn10US #63
#85Norma10US #98
#86Pearl10US #56
#87Anita9US #151
#88Genevieve9US #81
#89Ida9US #57
#90Laura9US #64
#91Nellie9US #65
#92Sylvia9US #71
#93Vivian9US #72
#94Agnes8US #47
#95Carolyn8US #167
#96Constance8US #198
#97Dora8US #136
#98Flora8US #150
#99Geneva8US #112
#100Jane8US #53

Boys

#1Robert143US #4
#2John122US #1
#3Charles74US #5
#4James70US #3
#5George68US #6
#6William63US #2
#7Edward59US #8
#8Raymond59US #15
#9Richard57US #12
#10Joseph56US #7
#11Harold52US #13
#12Paul48US #14
#13Kenneth47US #27
#14Donald46US #18
#15Francis44US #30
#16Howard42US #26
#17Arthur39US #17
#18Frank39US #9
#19Henry36US #16
#20Walter36US #11
#21Bernard34US #47
#22Lawrence33US #38
#23Albert32US #19
#24Ralph30US #22
#25Gordon29US #85
#26Earl28US #31
#27Stanley28US #36
#28Clarence25US #23
#29Norman25US #49
#30Alfred24US #42
#31Louis24US #24
#32Ernest23US #37
#33Maurice23US #103
#34Frederick22US #59
#35Herbert21US #40
#36Leo21US #48
#37Thomas21US #10
#38Carl20US #25
#39Leonard20US #41
#40Harry19US #20
#41Philip19US #71
#42Wayne19US #91
#43Gerald17US #72
#44Leon17US #77
#45Roland17US #121
#46Elmer16US #44
#47Fred16US #33
#48Roger16US #116
#49Floyd15US #61
#50Arnold14US #92
#51Lester14US #62
#52Clifford13US #60
#53Vernon13US #66
#54Warren13US #90
#55Wendell13
#56Andrew11US #46
#57Anthony11US #39
#58David11US #28
#59Wallace11US #124
#60Everett10US #93
#61Gilbert10US #105
#62Roy10US #32
#63Samuel10US #43
#64Russell9US #50
#65Theodore9US #64
#66Carroll8
#67Daniel8US #52
#68Douglas8US #115
#69Edmund8US #140
#70Eugene8US #35
#71Glenn8US #84
#72Laurence8
#73Lewis8US #74
#74Lloyd8US #51
#75Nelson8US #190
#76Allan7
#77Edwin7US #55
#78Elwin7
#79Ervin7US #168
#80Martin7US #81
#81Max7US #106
#82Michael7US #45
#83Ray7US #69
#84Ronald7US #176
#85Wilfred7US #179
#86Allen6US #98
#87Burton6
#88Carlton6
#89Chester6US #54
#90Clayton6US #157
#91Clifton6US #152
#92Forrest6US #175
#93Guy6US #144
#94Horace6US #132
#95Hubert6US #114
#96Leroy6US #57
#97Melvin6US #56
#98Merrill6
#99Merton6
#100Peter6US #53

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑48Kathleen#47
↑35Eunice#58
↑34Herbert#35
↑28Anne#50
↑28Muriel#56
↑23Harriet#59
↑23Roger#48
↑23Douglas#68

Falling

↓57Agnes#94
↓46Jane#100
↓42Laura#90
↓39Rose#79
↓36Ida#89
↓34Allen#86
↓32Roy#62
↓31Elsie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.