State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,573 Vermont births in 1919 across 250 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#44Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#53Carrolloutside the national top 200
#55Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#63Cecileoutside the national top 200
#51Wilfred#184 nationally
#68Wendelloutside the national top 200
#69Carltonoutside the national top 200
#75Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#77Avisoutside the national top 200
#82Alton#199 nationally
#73Forrest#185 nationally
#73Jeannette#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary121US #1
#2Ruth89US #5
#3Helen88US #2
#4Dorothy86US #3
#5Margaret69US #4
#6Elizabeth64US #8
#7Evelyn56US #11
#8Marion55US #44
#9Doris53US #18
#10Frances44US #9
#11Alice43US #13
#12Barbara43US #60
#13Irene43US #16
#14Marjorie41US #33
#15Rita39US #54
#16Eleanor38US #30
#17Anna33US #10
#18Florence32US #14
#19Lillian32US #17
#20Mildred30US #6
#21Gertrude27US #39
#22Pauline27US #36
#23Beatrice26US #41
#24Virginia26US #7
#25Hazel25US #32
#26Bertha23US #52
#27Catherine23US #23
#28Lorraine23US #62
#29Lucille23US #27
#30Madeline23US #139
#31Grace22US #34
#32Esther21US #38
#33Marie21US #12
#34Edna20US #22
#35Ethel20US #28
#36Thelma20US #31
#37Edith19US #29
#38Shirley19US #89
#39Marian18US #82
#40Charlotte17US #79
#41Leona17US #90
#42Marguerite17US #96
#43Norma17US #83
#44Beverly16
#45Pearl16US #56
#46Rachel16US #150
#47Bernice15US #42
#48Gladys15US #21
#49Josephine15US #26
#50Laura15US #71
#51Phyllis15US #84
#52Arlene14US #156
#53Blanche14US #97
#54Elsie14US #47
#55Kathleen14US #101
#56Louise14US #20
#57Eva13US #55
#58Harriet13US #113
#59Julia13US #48
#60Mabel13US #78
#61Theresa13US #102
#62Vera13US #65
#63Cecile12
#64Hilda12US #123
#65Jennie12US #93
#66Katherine12US #51
#67Lois12US #40
#68Olive12US #149
#69Rose12US #19
#70Clara11US #43
#71Jane11US #53
#72Jean11US #37
#73Jeannette11US #184
#74Martha11US #25
#75Priscilla11
#76Agnes10US #50
#77Avis10
#78Betty10US #15
#79Eileen10US #103
#80Geraldine10US #68
#81Lena10US #94
#82Nellie10US #69
#83Patricia10US #114
#84Stella10US #70
#85Viola10US #58
#86Alberta9US #120
#87Ella9US #87
#88Ellen9US #92
#89Joyce9US #173
#90Muriel9US #133
#91Anita8US #146
#92Beulah8US #108
#93Geneva8US #107
#94Ida8US #57
#95Jessie8US #75
#96Kathryn8US #66
#97Sophie8US #109
#98Sylvia8US #77
#99Violet8US #74
#100Ann7US #49

Boys

#1Robert136US #4
#2John104US #1
#3William85US #2
#4Raymond74US #14
#5George72US #6
#6Francis55US #34
#7James54US #3
#8Edward53US #8
#9Charles48US #5
#10Harold47US #13
#11Donald46US #17
#12Howard46US #24
#13Joseph46US #7
#14Kenneth45US #26
#15Richard45US #12
#16Paul41US #15
#17Arthur37US #19
#18Walter36US #11
#19Albert32US #18
#20Ralph31US #22
#21Henry30US #16
#22Bernard28US #45
#23Frank28US #9
#24Lawrence28US #38
#25Earl24US #31
#26Harry23US #20
#27Gordon21US #86
#28Gerald20US #70
#29Philip19US #71
#30Stanley19US #37
#31Alfred18US #42
#32Ernest18US #36
#33Maurice18US #108
#34Norman18US #48
#35David17US #27
#36Herbert17US #40
#37Lloyd17US #58
#38Louis17US #28
#39Frederick16US #64
#40Theodore16US #54
#41Roland15US #119
#42Thomas15US #10
#43Leo14US #49
#44Eugene13US #33
#45Leon13US #80
#46Leonard13US #39
#47Roy13US #32
#48Allen12US #101
#49Glenn12US #84
#50Wayne12US #90
#51Wilfred12US #184
#52Arnold11US #94
#53Carroll11
#54Fred11US #30
#55Reginald11
#56Roger11US #124
#57Russell11US #50
#58Carl10US #29
#59Clarence9US #25
#60Clifford9US #60
#61Douglas9US #121
#62Peter9US #57
#63Victor9US #68
#64Warren9US #83
#65Andrew8US #47
#66Everett8US #93
#67Leslie8US #105
#68Wendell8
#69Carlton7
#70Clayton7US #149
#71Clyde7US #67
#72Edmund7US #144
#73Forrest7US #185
#74Guy7US #148
#75Harvey7US #85
#76Irving7US #111
#77Michael7US #46
#78Ronald7US #171
#79Vernon7US #65
#80Vincent7US #72
#81Wallace7US #107
#82Alton6US #199
#83Cecil6US #78
#84Chester6US #53
#85Clifton6US #150
#86Dean6US #181
#87Edgar6US #89
#88Edwin6US #52
#89Elmer6US #44
#90Elwin6
#91Floyd6US #59
#92Gilbert6US #102
#93Herman6US #61
#94Homer6US #104
#95Jack6US #21
#96Laurence6
#97Leland6US #192
#98Lewis6US #74
#99Merrill6
#100Samuel6US #43

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑42Norma#43
↑41Pearl#45
↑40Laura#50
↑39Lorraine#28
↑38Allen#48
↑38Peter#62
↑37Lloyd#37
↑35Leona#41

Falling

↓43Ann#100
↓43Elmer#89
↓42Floyd#91
↓39Katherine#66
↓37Samuel#100
↓34Muriel#90
↓32Stella#84
↓31Clarence#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.