State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,922 Vermont births in 1920 across 253 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#38Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#53Alton#197 nationally
#59Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#60Wendelloutside the national top 200
#62Carrolloutside the national top 200
#65Janiceoutside the national top 200
#72Earleoutside the national top 200
#77Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#80Isabelleoutside the national top 200
#82Neiloutside the national top 200
#29Arlene#145 nationally
#61Wilfred#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary132US #1
#2Dorothy94US #2
#3Ruth90US #5
#4Elizabeth71US #8
#5Helen71US #3
#6Margaret70US #4
#7Barbara68US #47
#8Marion58US #43
#9Mildred55US #6
#10Doris48US #14
#11Frances47US #9
#12Alice45US #15
#13Evelyn42US #12
#14Marjorie42US #24
#15Irene40US #17
#16Rita39US #52
#17Florence37US #16
#18Marie35US #13
#19Eleanor34US #25
#20Shirley33US #56
#21Virginia32US #7
#22Gladys28US #22
#23Beatrice27US #41
#24Catherine26US #21
#25Pauline26US #36
#26Lillian25US #18
#27Phyllis25US #72
#28Hazel24US #34
#29Arlene23US #145
#30Charlotte23US #79
#31Lucille23US #29
#32Madeline22US #138
#33Edith21US #32
#34Louise21US #19
#35Grace20US #37
#36Marguerite20US #93
#37Anna19US #10
#38Beverly19
#39Harriet19US #112
#40Katherine19US #45
#41Leona19US #89
#42Edna18US #27
#43Bernice17US #40
#44Geraldine17US #60
#45Gertrude17US #42
#46Betty16US #11
#47Ethel16US #30
#48Laura16US #63
#49Sylvia16US #85
#50Thelma16US #31
#51Bertha15US #57
#52Jean15US #33
#53Pearl15US #62
#54Rose15US #20
#55Agnes14US #54
#56Anita14US #131
#57Blanche14US #102
#58Esther14US #39
#59June14US #53
#60Lorraine14US #70
#61Norma14US #69
#62Olive14US #151
#63Genevieve13US #86
#64Ida13US #66
#65Janice13
#66Julia13US #55
#67Lena13US #98
#68Lois13US #38
#69Mabel13US #83
#70Vivian13US #64
#71Elsie12US #51
#72Hilda12US #125
#73Jane12US #48
#74Jeannette12US #189
#75Josephine12US #28
#76Kathleen12US #91
#77Priscilla12
#78Theresa12US #108
#79Vera12US #75
#80Isabelle11
#81Joyce11US #153
#82Martha11US #23
#83Carolyn10US #150
#84Elaine10US #107
#85Ella10US #88
#86Patricia10US #104
#87Stella10US #82
#88Viola10US #59
#89Constance9US #165
#90Ellen9US #92
#91Eunice9US #115
#92Eva9US #58
#93Janet9US #124
#94Myrtle9US #68
#95Roberta9US #144
#96Winifred9US #160
#97Christine8US #118
#98Helena8
#99Helene8
#100Jessie8US #84

Boys

#1Robert139US #3
#2John120US #1
#3Charles89US #5
#4William87US #2
#5George82US #6
#6Raymond68US #15
#7Richard68US #10
#8James62US #4
#9Donald58US #16
#10Joseph55US #7
#11Francis52US #34
#12Harold49US #12
#13Kenneth44US #23
#14Edward43US #8
#15Paul40US #14
#16Arthur39US #18
#17Bernard39US #46
#18Stanley34US #40
#19Albert32US #19
#20Earl32US #31
#21Frank32US #9
#22Walter32US #13
#23Howard28US #24
#24Frederick27US #60
#25Gerald27US #64
#26Lawrence27US #36
#27Ralph25US #22
#28Ernest24US #37
#29Harry23US #21
#30Henry23US #17
#31Gordon22US #85
#32Clarence21US #26
#33Philip21US #71
#34Thomas21US #11
#35Norman20US #47
#36Alfred19US #42
#37Leo18US #48
#38Maurice18US #102
#39Roger18US #103
#40Leonard17US #38
#41Louis17US #28
#42Herbert16US #41
#43Leon16US #75
#44Arnold15US #91
#45David15US #25
#46Theodore15US #63
#47Vernon15US #65
#48Warren15US #39
#49Carl14US #27
#50Edwin14US #53
#51Eugene14US #30
#52Roland14US #114
#53Alton12US #197
#54Clifford12US #59
#55Everett12US #95
#56Lester12US #69
#57Andrew11US #49
#58Fred11US #33
#59Reginald11
#60Wendell11
#61Wilfred11US #176
#62Carroll10
#63Daniel10US #52
#64Franklin10US #119
#65Wayne10US #86
#66Chester9US #55
#67Clayton9US #153
#68Lloyd9US #58
#69Russell9US #51
#70Alexander8US #117
#71Clifton8US #157
#72Earle8
#73Peter8US #57
#74Stephen8US #96
#75Allen7US #94
#76Dean7US #180
#77Douglas7US #106
#78Forrest7US #178
#79Glenn7US #80
#80Leslie7US #110
#81Lewis7US #72
#82Neil7
#83Ronald7US #168
#84Roy7US #32
#85Victor7US #81
#86Wallace7US #93
#87Alan6
#88Armand6
#89Clyde6US #68
#90Edmund6US #138
#91Elmer6US #45
#92Elwin6
#93Guy6US #154
#94Harvey6US #87
#95Laurence6
#96Lyle6US #151
#97Malcolm6
#98Martin6US #78
#99Willard6US #88
#100Alden5

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑49Sylvia#49
↑38Edwin#50
↑36Geraldine#44
↑35Anita#56
↑32Betty#46
↑32Vernon#47
↑30Ida#64
↑29Alton#53

Falling

↓37Roy#84
↓35Eva#92
↓32Lorraine#60
↓31Lloyd#68
↓30Glenn#79
↓27Allen#75
↓26Esther#58
↓26Josephine#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.