State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,964 Vermont births in 1923 across 256 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#33Wendelloutside the national top 200
#42Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#54Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#58Carroll#196 nationally
#64Carltonoutside the national top 200
#67Marceloutside the national top 200
#61Jeannette#194 nationally
#69Mertonoutside the national top 200
#70Nelson#195 nationally
#78Armandoutside the national top 200
#81Merrilloutside the national top 200
#86Yvonneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary119US #1
#2Barbara81US #33
#3Dorothy78US #2
#4Ruth78US #6
#5Marion70US #44
#6Helen69US #3
#7Margaret63US #4
#8Shirley57US #26
#9Elizabeth56US #9
#10Alice43US #15
#11Mildred42US #8
#12Doris41US #11
#13Irene40US #17
#14Marjorie40US #16
#15Virginia40US #7
#16Lillian38US #20
#17Rita38US #50
#18Pauline37US #37
#19Lorraine35US #57
#20Eleanor34US #28
#21Evelyn34US #12
#22Phyllis33US #45
#23Jean32US #19
#24Catherine31US #24
#25Florence30US #18
#26Frances30US #10
#27Betty29US #5
#28Norma27US #41
#29Marie24US #14
#30Grace23US #39
#31Anna22US #13
#32Geraldine22US #58
#33Gladys21US #29
#34Katherine21US #60
#35Lucille21US #35
#36Arlene20US #127
#37Bernice20US #43
#38Joyce20US #104
#39June20US #42
#40Madeline20US #143
#41Charlotte19US #77
#42Gertrude19US #59
#43Edith18US #36
#44Jane18US #55
#45Beverly17US #144
#46Elaine17US #87
#47Elsie17US #61
#48Kathleen16US #70
#49Marguerite16US #115
#50Theresa16US #105
#51Beatrice15US #46
#52Esther15US #47
#53Hazel15US #40
#54Priscilla15
#55Eva14US #66
#56Pearl14US #78
#57Thelma14US #31
#58Anita13US #138
#59Constance13US #150
#60Harriet13US #122
#61Jeannette13US #194
#62Josephine13US #30
#63Patricia13US #56
#64Rose13US #23
#65Gloria12US #48
#66Ida12US #68
#67Leona12US #100
#68Louise12US #22
#69Rachel12US #160
#70Viola12US #79
#71Blanche11US #119
#72Ethel11US #38
#73Flora11US #161
#74Hilda11US #140
#75Jennie11US #107
#76Lois11US #27
#77Martha11US #21
#78Myrtle11US #84
#79Olive11US #179
#80Genevieve10US #97
#81Julia10US #62
#82Loretta10US #124
#83Nellie10US #88
#84Velma10US #116
#85Vivian10US #69
#86Yvonne10
#87Agnes9US #63
#88Alberta9US #135
#89Beulah9US #129
#90Carolyn9US #132
#91Cecile9
#92Claire9US #167
#93Edna9US #32
#94Eunice9US #125
#95Janet9US #121
#96Marilyn9US #118
#97Stella9US #96
#98Anne8US #71
#99Clara8US #49
#100Emily8US #128

Boys

#1Robert170US #2
#2John124US #1
#3William92US #3
#4Charles89US #5
#5Richard80US #9
#6George76US #6
#7Donald68US #10
#8James63US #4
#9Joseph56US #7
#10Raymond55US #15
#11Edward53US #8
#12Kenneth45US #21
#13Francis44US #34
#14Paul43US #14
#15Howard42US #26
#16Frank39US #11
#17Arthur38US #19
#18Harold38US #13
#19Henry38US #18
#20Ralph32US #23
#21Bernard31US #46
#22Albert30US #20
#23Walter29US #16
#24Lawrence27US #36
#25Roger27US #95
#26Carl24US #28
#27Earl23US #31
#28Frederick22US #60
#29Leo22US #49
#30Maurice22US #101
#31Norman22US #44
#32Warren21US #43
#33Wendell21
#34Harry20US #22
#35Leonard20US #37
#36Louis20US #27
#37Gordon19US #76
#38Philip19US #70
#39Alfred17US #42
#40David17US #24
#41Ernest17US #38
#42Reginald17
#43Thomas17US #12
#44Clarence16US #29
#45Stanley16US #41
#46Arnold14US #93
#47Everett14US #99
#48Gerald14US #54
#49Lloyd14US #59
#50Roland14US #104
#51Theodore14US #62
#52Edwin13US #56
#53Fred13US #33
#54Hugh13US #123
#55Russell13US #52
#56Wayne13US #75
#57Allen12US #97
#58Carroll12US #196
#59Eugene12US #25
#60Elmer11US #57
#61Leon10US #77
#62Andrew9US #53
#63Calvin9US #82
#64Carlton9
#65Chester9US #63
#66Glenn9US #84
#67Marcel9
#68Melvin9US #48
#69Merton9
#70Nelson9US #195
#71Ronald9US #142
#72Anthony8US #39
#73Clifford8US #65
#74Douglas8US #108
#75Floyd8US #64
#76Herbert8US #40
#77Leroy8US #55
#78Armand7
#79Clayton7US #158
#80Gilbert7US #102
#81Merrill7
#82Milton7US #81
#83Peter7US #58
#84Roy7US #32
#85Wallace7US #69
#86Alan6
#87Alton6US #200
#88Clifton6US #166
#89Clinton6US #168
#90Clyde6US #68
#91Dale6US #90
#92Daniel6US #47
#93Franklin6US #132
#94Gerard6
#95Homer6US #113
#96Leslie6US #112
#97Lester6US #71
#98Malcolm6
#99Ross6
#100Sidney6US #115

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑45David#40
↑43Philip#38
↑39Joyce#38
↑39Lloyd#49
↑38Eugene#59
↑34Edwin#52
↑33Elsie#47
↑32Grace#30

Falling

↓46Marilyn#96
↓43Daniel#92
↓42Clyde#90
↓38Herbert#76
↓35Thelma#57
↓32Clifford#73
↓30Blanche#71
↓29Homer#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.