State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,139 Vermont births in 1924 across 255 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#40Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#49Winstonoutside the national top 200
#52Armandoutside the national top 200
#71Wendelloutside the national top 200
#72Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#76Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#77Cecileoutside the national top 200
#72Wilfred#194 nationally
#81Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#32Madeline#150 nationally
#71Janice#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary124US #1
#2Dorothy92US #2
#3Barbara80US #28
#4Ruth78US #6
#5Helen67US #3
#6Margaret64US #5
#7Shirley64US #19
#8Elizabeth55US #11
#9Pauline54US #38
#10Marjorie52US #17
#11Marion51US #46
#12Doris46US #9
#13Evelyn44US #12
#14Phyllis44US #44
#15Rita38US #49
#16Virginia38US #7
#17Beatrice37US #50
#18Betty37US #4
#19Mildred37US #8
#20Alice36US #15
#21Florence36US #20
#22Eleanor34US #29
#23Norma34US #40
#24Joyce32US #83
#25Irene29US #18
#26Marie28US #14
#27Catherine27US #27
#28Patricia27US #35
#29Gladys26US #30
#30Katherine26US #59
#31Thelma26US #33
#32Madeline25US #150
#33Jean24US #16
#34Lorraine24US #52
#35Anna23US #13
#36Beverly23US #121
#37Hazel23US #42
#38Lucille23US #37
#39Edith22US #36
#40Frances22US #10
#41Bernice21US #47
#42Charlotte21US #80
#43Marguerite20US #125
#44Gertrude19US #60
#45Grace19US #43
#46June19US #45
#47Arlene18US #122
#48Esther18US #51
#49Lois18US #22
#50Lillian17US #23
#51Anita15US #142
#52Blanche15US #137
#53Jane15US #53
#54Louise15US #24
#55Martha15US #21
#56Rose15US #25
#57Theresa15US #96
#58Edna14US #31
#59Geraldine14US #58
#60Gloria14US #41
#61Muriel14US #126
#62Constance13US #154
#63Genevieve13US #107
#64Jeanne13US #90
#65Kathryn13US #81
#66Leona13US #103
#67Bertha12US #65
#68Elaine12US #73
#69Elsie12US #61
#70Hilda12US #141
#71Janice12US #187
#72Priscilla12
#73Clara11US #56
#74Marilyn11US #101
#75Sylvia11US #104
#76Alma10US #87
#77Cecile10
#78Christine10US #115
#79Ethel10US #39
#80Harriet10US #128
#81Janet10US #118
#82Jeannette10
#83Pearl10US #78
#84Rachel10US #157
#85Agnes9US #63
#86Beulah9US #138
#87Caroline9US #175
#88Claire9US #160
#89Ellen9US #99
#90Eunice9US #130
#91Kathleen9US #76
#92Laura9US #72
#93Natalie9
#94Viola9US #82
#95Carolyn8US #127
#96Emily8US #136
#97Ida8US #70
#98Marian8US #64
#99Vivian8US #71
#100Yvonne8

Boys

#1Robert151US #1
#2John125US #2
#3William99US #3
#4Richard80US #8
#5George76US #6
#6Charles74US #5
#7Raymond68US #15
#8Edward67US #9
#9Donald63US #10
#10James62US #4
#11Paul57US #14
#12Francis56US #34
#13Joseph51US #7
#14Harold48US #13
#15Kenneth48US #19
#16Bernard44US #46
#17Arthur38US #20
#18Lawrence38US #36
#19Walter37US #16
#20Howard33US #26
#21Ralph32US #23
#22Albert31US #21
#23Stanley30US #40
#24Gordon29US #75
#25Frank28US #12
#26Henry28US #18
#27Norman26US #42
#28Eugene25US #25
#29Earl24US #33
#30Frederick24US #62
#31Herbert24US #41
#32Roger23US #93
#33Gerald20US #49
#34Thomas20US #11
#35Leonard19US #38
#36Louis19US #28
#37Philip19US #71
#38Ernest18US #37
#39Harry17US #22
#40Reginald17
#41Theodore17US #65
#42Wayne17US #74
#43Alfred16US #43
#44Ronald16US #130
#45Warren16US #58
#46Calvin15US #44
#47Carl15US #27
#48Clayton15US #153
#49Winston15
#50Arnold14US #95
#51Russell14US #52
#52Armand13
#53Leo13US #51
#54Elmer12US #57
#55Fred12US #32
#56Lewis12US #77
#57Clarence11US #29
#58Edwin11US #55
#59Guy11US #151
#60Maurice11US #102
#61Roy11US #31
#62Wallace11US #87
#63Andrew10US #56
#64Clifford10US #64
#65Everett10US #104
#66Leon10US #76
#67Leslie10US #107
#68Peter10US #59
#69Roland10US #98
#70Samuel10US #45
#71Wendell10
#72Wilfred10US #194
#73Bruce9US #133
#74Chester9US #67
#75Lloyd9US #61
#76Malcolm9
#77Nelson9US #188
#78Rudolph9US #138
#79Vernon9US #68
#80Victor9US #90
#81Gerard8
#82Martin8US #82
#83Allen7US #94
#84Clifton7US #172
#85Daniel7US #47
#86Floyd7US #66
#87Harvey7US #88
#88Hugh7US #116
#89Lester7US #72
#90Marcel7
#91Merrill7
#92Vincent7US #78
#93Alan6
#94Anthony6US #39
#95David6US #24
#96Dean6US #144
#97Douglas6US #105
#98Earle6
#99Edmund6US #148
#100Elwin6

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑45Herbert#31
↑35Patricia#28
↑35Edna#58
↑34Beatrice#17
↑31Eugene#28
↑31Clayton#48
↑29Leslie#67
↑27Lois#49

Falling

↓55David#95
↓43Kathleen#91
↓38Wendell#71
↓34Lillian#50
↓34Hugh#88
↓31Ida#97
↓30Maurice#60
↓27Geraldine#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.