State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,098 Vermont births in 1925 across 264 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#28Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#41Wendelloutside the national top 200
#55Armandoutside the national top 200
#53Carroll#189 nationally
#65Merrilloutside the national top 200
#69Cecileoutside the national top 200
#71Lucienoutside the national top 200
#72Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#74Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#76Elwinoutside the national top 200
#80Aldenoutside the national top 200
#85Clementoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary141US #1
#2Barbara83US #22
#3Dorothy73US #2
#4Helen71US #4
#5Elizabeth67US #10
#6Ruth59US #6
#7Marion55US #47
#8Doris53US #8
#9Shirley53US #17
#10Margaret50US #5
#11Pauline50US #38
#12Alice49US #15
#13Virginia43US #7
#14Betty41US #3
#15Marjorie41US #21
#16Irene39US #19
#17Joyce36US #59
#18Lorraine36US #51
#19Evelyn35US #12
#20Patricia35US #28
#21Rita35US #48
#22Norma33US #34
#23Phyllis32US #40
#24Jean31US #14
#25Beverly30US #105
#26Charlotte29US #77
#27Eleanor29US #31
#28Frances29US #11
#29Gloria29US #20
#30Lillian28US #25
#31June25US #39
#32Marie25US #16
#33Beatrice23US #50
#34Anita22US #146
#35Geraldine22US #54
#36Katherine22US #61
#37Lucille22US #41
#38Mildred22US #9
#39Thelma22US #35
#40Theresa22US #80
#41Louise21US #27
#42Arlene20US #120
#43Catherine20US #29
#44Edith20US #42
#45Florence20US #24
#46Elaine19US #73
#47Grace19US #44
#48Vivian19US #76
#49Anna18US #13
#50Marilyn18US #83
#51Bertha17US #74
#52Sylvia17US #106
#53Bernice16US #46
#54Constance16US #152
#55Jane16US #53
#56Janice16US #157
#57Lois16US #18
#58Madeline15US #158
#59Viola15US #84
#60Claire14US #159
#61Esther14US #56
#62Gladys14US #33
#63Joan14US #66
#64Leona14US #108
#65Rose14US #26
#66Harriet13US #131
#67Hazel13US #45
#68Martha13US #23
#69Cecile12
#70Clara12US #55
#71Jacqueline12US #135
#72Kathleen12US #81
#73Maxine12US #79
#74Priscilla12
#75Gertrude11US #70
#76Janet11US #111
#77Jeanne11US #89
#78Marguerite11US #132
#79Carolyn10US #127
#80Elsie10US #63
#81Ethel10US #43
#82Eva10US #71
#83Laura10US #75
#84Myrtle10US #95
#85Agnes9US #69
#86Ann9US #52
#87Blanche9US #138
#88Hilda9US #142
#89Josephine9US #36
#90Loretta9US #122
#91Nancy9US #60
#92Roberta9US #147
#93Edna8US #37
#94Julia8US #65
#95Lena8US #124
#96Mabel8US #118
#97Pearl8US #90
#98Eunice7US #130
#99Genevieve7US #113
#100Ida7US #82

Boys

#1Robert180US #1
#2John104US #2
#3Donald95US #10
#4Richard95US #8
#5William93US #3
#6George78US #6
#7Edward77US #9
#8Raymond71US #15
#9James55US #4
#10Harold53US #14
#11Charles52US #5
#12Joseph49US #7
#13Paul49US #13
#14Francis46US #35
#15Kenneth44US #19
#16Lawrence40US #36
#17Arthur38US #20
#18Bernard35US #48
#19Howard31US #26
#20Gordon30US #72
#21Earl29US #31
#22Henry29US #18
#23Ralph27US #25
#24Thomas27US #11
#25Walter26US #16
#26Frank25US #12
#27Harry25US #23
#28Reginald25
#29Frederick24US #65
#30David23US #22
#31Louis22US #29
#32Albert21US #21
#33Gerald21US #45
#34Ernest20US #37
#35Norman20US #41
#36Roland20US #98
#37Roger19US #90
#38Alfred18US #43
#39Clarence17US #30
#40Leo17US #54
#41Wendell16
#42Leonard15US #38
#43Maurice15US #111
#44Philip15US #75
#45Clifford13US #59
#46Daniel13US #44
#47Fred13US #33
#48Leon13US #76
#49Stanley13US #40
#50Warren13US #66
#51Arnold12US #95
#52Calvin12US #47
#53Carroll12US #189
#54Ronald12US #104
#55Armand11
#56Everett11US #108
#57Herbert11US #42
#58Milton11US #80
#59Roy11US #32
#60Russell11US #53
#61Douglas10US #103
#62Elmer10US #61
#63Eugene10US #24
#64Harvey10US #88
#65Merrill10
#66Stephen10US #122
#67Wayne10US #74
#68Clayton9US #162
#69Edwin9US #57
#70Guy9US #157
#71Lucien9
#72Malcolm9
#73Melvin9US #50
#74Carl8US #28
#75Chester8US #73
#76Elwin8
#77Lester8US #81
#78Wallace8US #92
#79Wilfred8US #188
#80Alden7
#81Allen7US #94
#82Andrew7US #56
#83Cecil7US #87
#84Claude7US #102
#85Clement7
#86Emile7
#87Herman7US #69
#88Lloyd7US #62
#89Michael7US #55
#90Stuart7
#91Theodore7US #63
#92Vernon7US #67
#93Wesley7US #135
#94Alan6US #179
#95Allan6US #193
#96Anthony6US #39
#97Austin6
#98Burton6
#99Clyde6US #68
#100Earle6

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑65David#30
↑51Vivian#48
↑39Daniel#46
↑36Douglas#61
↑35Viola#59
↑33Roland#36
↑31Gloria#29
↑30Wendell#41

Falling

↓50Theodore#91
↓36Genevieve#99
↓35Marguerite#78
↓35Blanche#87
↓35Edna#93
↓35Eugene#63
↓33Gladys#62
↓31Gertrude#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.