State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,917 Vermont births in 1926 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.

#41Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#44Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#48Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#53Carltonoutside the national top 200
#51Carroll#193 nationally
#63Armandoutside the national top 200
#69Thereseoutside the national top 200
#70Gerardoutside the national top 200
#75Wendelloutside the national top 200
#83Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#84Perleyoutside the national top 200
#71Leland#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary113US #1
#2Dorothy81US #2
#3Barbara74US #16
#4Helen63US #4
#5Ruth63US #6
#6Margaret62US #5
#7Shirley59US #14
#8Pauline55US #39
#9Elizabeth53US #11
#10Marion51US #47
#11Doris50US #7
#12Theresa49US #64
#13Marjorie46US #22
#14Lorraine40US #53
#15Betty38US #3
#16Jean36US #12
#17Patricia36US #23
#18Virginia36US #8
#19Florence35US #26
#20Rita34US #50
#21Beverly31US #74
#22Alice30US #17
#23Gloria30US #20
#24June29US #40
#25Phyllis29US #33
#26Evelyn28US #13
#27Irene27US #21
#28Eleanor26US #32
#29Marie25US #18
#30Thelma24US #36
#31Arlene23US #108
#32Joyce23US #44
#33Marilyn23US #65
#34Mildred23US #9
#35Norma23US #29
#36Lillian22US #28
#37Geraldine21US #54
#38Lucille21US #43
#39Frances20US #10
#40Charlotte19US #78
#41Priscilla19
#42Elaine18US #68
#43Gladys18US #35
#44Edna17US #38
#45Gertrude17US #71
#46Lois17US #19
#47Louise17US #27
#48Beatrice16US #58
#49Ethel16US #41
#50Katherine16US #72
#51Leona16US #112
#52Ann15US #55
#53Claire15US #144
#54Edith15US #42
#55Janet15US #110
#56Muriel15US #129
#57Anita14US #150
#58Rachel14US #165
#59Constance13US #146
#60Jane13US #56
#61Josephine13US #37
#62Kathleen13US #83
#63Laura13US #81
#64Myrtle13US #101
#65Pearl13US #96
#66Anna12US #15
#67Catherine12US #31
#68Rose12US #25
#69Therese12
#70Audrey11US #60
#71Bertha11US #76
#72Elsie11US #69
#73Janice11US #159
#74Julia11US #75
#75Stella11US #121
#76Sylvia11US #107
#77Bernice10US #45
#78Esther10US #62
#79Grace10US #46
#80Kathryn10US #87
#81Marian10US #70
#82Alberta9US #143
#83Anne9US #86
#84Blanche9US #147
#85Carolyn9US #114
#86Ellen9US #100
#87Hazel9US #48
#88Jacqueline9US #119
#89Loretta9US #126
#90Martha9US #24
#91Viola9US #97
#92Cecile8
#93Eunice8US #134
#94Harriet8US #133
#95Iris8US #199
#96Joan8US #51
#97Vivian8US #80
#98Wilma8US #67
#99Yvonne8US #192
#100Agnes7US #77

Boys

#1Robert150US #1
#2Richard110US #7
#3John97US #2
#4William92US #4
#5George81US #6
#6Donald76US #9
#7Charles63US #5
#8Raymond62US #15
#9Francis57US #35
#10Edward54US #10
#11Paul52US #13
#12James50US #3
#13Kenneth44US #18
#14Harold42US #14
#15Howard39US #27
#16Joseph37US #8
#17David35US #22
#18Thomas34US #11
#19Arthur32US #20
#20Henry32US #19
#21Leo32US #54
#22Walter32US #17
#23Ralph31US #24
#24Bernard30US #49
#25Gerald30US #41
#26Lawrence30US #36
#27Stanley30US #43
#28Albert29US #21
#29Frederick29US #64
#30Gordon29US #76
#31Roland28US #107
#32Ernest27US #37
#33Norman27US #39
#34Clarence24US #29
#35Wayne23US #68
#36Earl21US #32
#37Floyd21US #53
#38Harry21US #25
#39Leonard20US #38
#40Roger20US #89
#41Alfred19US #45
#42Eugene17US #23
#43Maurice16US #110
#44Reginald16
#45Frank15US #12
#46Edwin14US #55
#47Elmer14US #61
#48Wilfred14
#49Ronald13US #88
#50Russell13US #52
#51Carroll12US #193
#52Louis12US #30
#53Carlton11
#54Douglas11US #103
#55Leon11US #73
#56Wallace11US #95
#57Calvin10US #65
#58Clifford10US #62
#59Daniel10US #46
#60Herbert10US #44
#61Philip10US #70
#62Andrew9US #59
#63Armand9
#64Dean9US #139
#65Gilbert9US #101
#66Lloyd9US #60
#67Roy9US #34
#68Alan8US #174
#69Claude8US #106
#70Gerard8
#71Leland8US #186
#72Lewis8US #82
#73Lyle8US #152
#74Ray8US #57
#75Wendell8
#76Willard8US #100
#77Chester7US #79
#78Clyde7US #67
#79Dale7US #84
#80Everett7US #119
#81Franklin7US #142
#82Leslie7US #126
#83Malcolm7
#84Perley7
#85Phillip7US #154
#86Arnold6US #99
#87Carl6US #26
#88Carleton6
#89Clifton6US #165
#90Duane6US #160
#91Fred6US #31
#92Harvey6US #90
#93Hugh6US #128
#94Jean6
#95Warren6US #71
#96Allen5US #93
#97Alvin5US #72
#98Anthony5US #42
#99Burton5
#100Cedric5

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑49Edna#44
↑34Ann#52
↑33Priscilla#41
↑32Ethel#49
↑32Pearl#65
↑32Wayne#35
↑31Wilfred#48
↑30Gertrude#45

Falling

↓49Vivian#97
↓45Warren#95
↓44Fred#91
↓35Arnold#86
↓34Wendell#75
↓33Joan#96
↓32Grace#79
↓32Viola#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.