State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,317 Vermont births in 1921 across 270 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
#60Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#49Wilfred#189 nationally
#69Carrolloutside the national top 200
#70Cecileoutside the national top 200
#74Carltonoutside the national top 200
#62Beverly#186 nationally
#77Clementoutside the national top 200
#78Janiceoutside the national top 200
#83Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#85Burtonoutside the national top 200
#87Priscillaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary154US #1
#2Ruth92US #5
#3Helen83US #3
#4Barbara82US #40
#5Dorothy82US #2
#6Margaret78US #4
#7Marjorie73US #16
#8Elizabeth72US #10
#9Marion69US #43
#10Doris51US #13
#11Shirley50US #44
#12Alice49US #15
#13Evelyn46US #12
#14Rita45US #48
#15Phyllis44US #60
#16Mildred40US #7
#17Florence39US #17
#18Virginia38US #6
#19Irene36US #18
#20Catherine34US #23
#21Anna32US #11
#22Eleanor32US #29
#23Frances32US #9
#24Lucille31US #31
#25Lillian30US #19
#26Pauline30US #37
#27Beatrice29US #41
#28Gertrude28US #46
#29Marie27US #14
#30Thelma26US #30
#31Charlotte25US #79
#32Esther24US #42
#33Gladys24US #24
#34Lorraine24US #61
#35Grace21US #35
#36Patricia21US #84
#37Rose21US #20
#38Geraldine20US #62
#39Norma20US #51
#40Blanche19US #112
#41Ethel19US #32
#42Hazel19US #34
#43Leona19US #92
#44Lois19US #38
#45Edna18US #27
#46Jane18US #47
#47Pearl18US #65
#48Arlene17US #138
#49Bernice17US #39
#50Betty17US #8
#51Laura17US #71
#52Bertha16US #59
#53Jennie16US #99
#54Elaine15US #97
#55Jean15US #25
#56Katherine15US #49
#57Louise15US #22
#58Madeline15US #139
#59Marguerite15US #98
#60Marian15US #69
#61Beulah14US #116
#62Beverly14US #186
#63Constance14US #149
#64Stella14US #86
#65Anita13US #134
#66Ann13US #53
#67Clara13US #45
#68Joyce13US #137
#69Martha13US #21
#70Cecile12
#71Claire12US #182
#72Eva12US #63
#73Carolyn11US #146
#74Edith11US #33
#75Ellen11US #95
#76Elsie11US #55
#77Eunice11US #120
#78Janice11
#79Rachel11US #152
#80Ruby11US #26
#81Veronica11US #194
#82Eileen10US #100
#83Jeannette10US #191
#84June10US #50
#85Kathleen10US #83
#86Muriel10US #119
#87Priscilla10
#88Sylvia10US #88
#89Viola10US #66
#90Winifred10US #163
#91Agnes9US #56
#92Josephine9US #28
#93Lena9US #104
#94Loretta9US #122
#95Natalie9
#96Theresa9US #107
#97Violet9US #81
#98Vivian9US #68
#99Yvonne9
#100Audrey8US #82

Boys

#1Robert146US #2
#2John122US #1
#3William103US #3
#4George75US #6
#5Charles69US #5
#6Richard69US #10
#7Raymond66US #16
#8James63US #4
#9Donald62US #13
#10Edward61US #8
#11Francis61US #35
#12Joseph58US #7
#13Harold52US #12
#14Kenneth47US #22
#15Paul43US #14
#16Arthur40US #19
#17Gordon37US #84
#18Bernard34US #45
#19Ernest33US #38
#20Walter33US #15
#21Frank32US #9
#22Henry31US #17
#23Stanley31US #41
#24Albert30US #20
#25Howard29US #27
#26Norman28US #46
#27Ralph28US #23
#28Frederick27US #61
#29Roger26US #99
#30Harry25US #21
#31Warren23US #24
#32Leo22US #50
#33Philip22US #72
#34Lawrence21US #37
#35Maurice21US #101
#36Russell21US #52
#37Clifford20US #62
#38Gerald19US #60
#39David18US #25
#40Thomas18US #11
#41Alfred17US #43
#42Edwin17US #54
#43Leonard17US #39
#44Arnold16US #91
#45Earl16US #31
#46Louis16US #29
#47Roland16US #107
#48Wallace15US #88
#49Wilfred15US #189
#50Carl14US #30
#51Clarence14US #28
#52Eugene14US #26
#53Leon14US #74
#54Theodore14US #65
#55Wendell13
#56Fred12US #33
#57Roy12US #32
#58Everett11US #95
#59Floyd11US #63
#60Reginald11
#61Willard11US #89
#62Leslie10US #106
#63Martin10US #78
#64Victor10US #83
#65Wayne10US #81
#66Wesley10US #127
#67Anthony9US #40
#68Benjamin9US #82
#69Carroll9
#70Herbert9US #42
#71Lewis9US #71
#72Lloyd9US #58
#73Vernon9US #68
#74Carlton8
#75Chester8US #56
#76Clayton8US #158
#77Clement8
#78Clifton8US #160
#79Clinton8US #169
#80Lyle8US #150
#81Peter8US #57
#82Ray8US #67
#83Rodney8
#84Allen7US #94
#85Burton7
#86Cecil7US #79
#87Clyde7US #69
#88Elmer7US #48
#89Jack7US #18
#90Laurence7
#91Lester7US #66
#92Melvin7US #53
#93Merrill7
#94Rudolph7US #157
#95Stephen7US #97
#96Armand6
#97Bruce6US #146
#98Douglas6US #111
#99Earle6
#100Harvey6US #87

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑50Patricia#36
↑38Wallace#48
↑38Willard#61
↑35Martin#63
↑33Russell#36
↑30Elaine#54
↑27Jane#46
↑27Roy#57

Falling

↓41Edith#74
↓39Sylvia#88
↓36Agnes#91
↓35Lester#91
↓28Vivian#98
↓28Herbert#70
↓27Earle#99
↓26Madeline#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.