State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,106 Vermont births in 1922 across 267 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#39Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#46Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#55Wendelloutside the national top 200
#56Armandoutside the national top 200
#70Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#68Jeannette#197 nationally
#74Germaineoutside the national top 200
#74Erwinoutside the national top 200
#75Gerardoutside the national top 200
#77Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#47Beverly#163 nationally
#90Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary129US #1
#2Dorothy92US #2
#3Helen89US #3
#4Margaret80US #4
#5Barbara70US #40
#6Ruth68US #5
#7Elizabeth65US #9
#8Marion59US #42
#9Shirley53US #39
#10Doris52US #11
#11Marjorie47US #16
#12Frances44US #10
#13Eleanor42US #28
#14Pauline41US #36
#15Virginia40US #7
#16Florence37US #18
#17Lillian37US #19
#18Alice36US #15
#19Irene36US #17
#20Rita36US #52
#21Evelyn35US #13
#22Thelma30US #31
#23Charlotte29US #76
#24Mildred29US #8
#25Anna27US #12
#26Norma27US #46
#27Phyllis26US #53
#28Arlene24US #133
#29Lorraine24US #56
#30Marie24US #14
#31Betty23US #6
#32Jean23US #20
#33Lucille23US #33
#34Pearl23US #71
#35Beatrice21US #43
#36Bernice21US #41
#37Kathleen21US #80
#38Gertrude20US #48
#39Priscilla20
#40Theresa20US #109
#41Blanche19US #115
#42Gladys19US #25
#43Catherine18US #24
#44Edith18US #34
#45Madeline18US #143
#46Eva17US #64
#47Beverly16US #163
#48Esther16US #44
#49Geraldine16US #58
#50Marilyn16US #145
#51Elaine15US #102
#52Katherine15US #54
#53Leona15US #101
#54Marguerite15US #106
#55Ellen14US #95
#56Josephine14US #27
#57Laura14US #68
#58Martha14US #21
#59Patricia14US #69
#60Rose14US #23
#61Ethel13US #32
#62Grace13US #38
#63Hazel13US #37
#64June13US #45
#65Ruby13US #26
#66Edna12US #29
#67Genevieve12US #98
#68Jeannette12US #197
#69Jennie12US #105
#70Lois12US #35
#71Agnes11US #62
#72Claire11US #167
#73Clara11US #47
#74Germaine11
#75Gloria11US #61
#76Ida11US #65
#77Joyce11US #126
#78Lucy11US #93
#79Mae11US #111
#80Elsie10US #59
#81Hilda10US #131
#82Janet10US #129
#83Marian10US #67
#84Muriel10US #112
#85Nellie10US #83
#86Anita9US #141
#87Ann9US #49
#88Bertha9US #63
#89Beulah9US #124
#90Cecile9
#91Constance9US #149
#92Helena9
#93Mabel9US #99
#94Myrtle9US #75
#95Alma8US #84
#96Annette8
#97Carolyn8US #144
#98Eileen8US #96
#99Emma8US #50
#100Fern8US #182

Boys

#1Robert189US #2
#2John96US #1
#3William91US #3
#4Richard85US #9
#5George84US #6
#6Charles70US #5
#7Donald68US #12
#8Edward63US #8
#9James60US #4
#10Joseph57US #7
#11Francis55US #34
#12Raymond55US #16
#13Harold51US #13
#14Kenneth47US #21
#15Walter44US #15
#16Paul43US #14
#17Arthur39US #19
#18Bernard36US #46
#19Ralph35US #23
#20Albert33US #20
#21Lawrence32US #36
#22Frank29US #10
#23Frederick27US #60
#24Howard26US #26
#25Maurice26US #103
#26Gerald25US #58
#27Thomas25US #11
#28Henry24US #17
#29Roger24US #96
#30Wayne24US #78
#31Earl22US #31
#32Leo22US #51
#33Leonard22US #38
#34Stanley22US #41
#35Arnold21US #94
#36Gordon20US #76
#37Norman20US #44
#38Herbert19US #40
#39Roland19US #115
#40Ernest18US #37
#41Clifford17US #63
#42Alfred16US #42
#43Carl15US #30
#44Elmer15US #54
#45Louis15US #27
#46Reginald14
#47Russell14US #49
#48Clyde13US #67
#49Daniel13US #47
#50Douglas13US #106
#51Vernon13US #68
#52Chester12US #64
#53Clarence12US #29
#54Harry12US #22
#55Wendell12
#56Armand11
#57Everett11US #98
#58Floyd11US #61
#59Guy11US #141
#60Allen10US #95
#61Fred10US #33
#62Theodore10US #62
#63Victor10US #86
#64Warren10US #45
#65Clayton9US #160
#66Homer9US #108
#67Leon9US #77
#68Lewis9US #75
#69Michael9US #48
#70Nelson9
#71Oscar9US #92
#72Roy9US #32
#73Andrew8US #53
#74Erwin8
#75Gerard8
#76Harvey8US #88
#77Laurence8
#78Lester8US #69
#79Milton8US #74
#80Peter8US #57
#81Philip8US #70
#82Wallace8US #87
#83Wilfred8US #191
#84Alexander7US #125
#85David7US #24
#86Edwin7US #52
#87Leroy7US #55
#88Lloyd7US #59
#89Marshall7US #171
#90Ronald7US #147
#91Stephen7US #101
#92Vincent7US #71
#93Alan6
#94Allan6
#95Archie6US #150
#96Cecil6US #85
#97Eugene6US #25
#98Franklin6US #126
#99Leslie6US #114
#100Malcolm6

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑56Theresa#40
↑48Kathleen#37
↑48Priscilla#39
↑48Douglas#50
↑44Elmer#44
↑40Armand#56
↑39Clyde#48
↑36Josephine#56

Falling

↓48Philip#81
↓46David#85
↓45Eugene#97
↓44Edwin#86
↓37Leslie#99
↓36Bertha#88
↓34Wallace#82
↓34Wilfred#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.