State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,008 Vermont births in 1927 across 245 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#44Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#53Gerardoutside the national top 200
#55Cecileoutside the national top 200
#66Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#67Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#75Thereseoutside the national top 200
#76Yvonne#200 nationally
#40Madeline#163 nationally
#72Wilfred#194 nationally
#88Armandoutside the national top 200
#89Georgetteoutside the national top 200
#89Bertoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary115US #1
#2Dorothy87US #2
#3Barbara75US #10
#4Ruth67US #6
#5Helen64US #4
#6Shirley58US #9
#7Pauline57US #42
#8Theresa57US #52
#9Margaret52US #5
#10Joyce51US #35
#11Elizabeth49US #13
#12Patricia46US #18
#13Jean45US #14
#14Beverly44US #57
#15Marion44US #51
#16Virginia44US #8
#17Lorraine43US #44
#18Betty40US #3
#19Doris40US #7
#20Evelyn38US #15
#21Marie36US #20
#22Irene34US #21
#23Eleanor32US #33
#24Phyllis32US #29
#25Alice30US #17
#26Rita28US #54
#27Lucille27US #45
#28June25US #43
#29Beatrice24US #67
#30Frances22US #12
#31Marilyn22US #46
#32Arlene21US #108
#33Catherine21US #31
#34Janet21US #111
#35Marjorie21US #25
#36Norma21US #26
#37Florence20US #28
#38Gloria20US #22
#39Lillian20US #32
#40Madeline20US #163
#41Thelma20US #38
#42Gertrude18US #78
#43Lois18US #19
#44Louise18US #27
#45Mildred18US #11
#46Bernice17US #49
#47Geraldine17US #58
#48Carolyn16US #99
#49Elaine16US #69
#50Jane16US #60
#51Katherine16US #73
#52Kathleen16US #83
#53Anna15US #16
#54Nancy14US #56
#55Cecile13
#56Claire13US #136
#57Ethel13US #47
#58Grace13US #50
#59Hazel13US #53
#60Ann12US #59
#61Charlotte12US #75
#62Constance12US #155
#63Edith12US #48
#64Esther12US #65
#65Janice12US #159
#66Priscilla12
#67Jeannette11
#68Joan11US #41
#69Leona11US #121
#70Marguerite11US #143
#71Bertha10US #80
#72Ellen10US #93
#73Gladys10US #37
#74Rachel10US #169
#75Therese10
#76Yvonne10US #200
#77Audrey9US #62
#78Clara9US #63
#79Jeanette9US #131
#80Lena9US #130
#81Martha9US #24
#82Roberta9US #122
#83Rose9US #23
#84Teresa9US #174
#85Anita8US #148
#86Anne8US #92
#87Christine8US #117
#88Edna8US #40
#89Georgette8
#90Pearl8US #102
#91Ruby8US #30
#92Beulah7US #145
#93Eunice7US #134
#94Ida7US #84
#95Jacqueline7US #115
#96Jeanne7US #85
#97Kathryn7US #90
#98Laura7US #82
#99Marian7US #74
#100Maxine7US #87

Boys

#1Robert202US #1
#2John119US #2
#3Richard113US #6
#4Charles85US #5
#5Donald79US #8
#6William79US #4
#7James78US #3
#8George70US #7
#9Harold66US #14
#10Raymond66US #15
#11Edward57US #10
#12Paul55US #13
#13Bernard48US #50
#14Joseph48US #9
#15Francis38US #36
#16Thomas37US #11
#17Leo34US #55
#18Frank33US #12
#19Arthur32US #22
#20Howard32US #28
#21Kenneth32US #18
#22Gordon31US #74
#23David29US #21
#24Lawrence29US #37
#25Ernest28US #41
#26Gerald28US #38
#27Norman28US #39
#28Ralph28US #24
#29Roland28US #109
#30Earl27US #33
#31Harry27US #25
#32Stanley27US #44
#33Walter25US #17
#34Henry22US #19
#35Eugene21US #20
#36Frederick21US #64
#37Albert20US #23
#38Roger20US #84
#39Leonard19US #40
#40Edwin18US #57
#41Wayne17US #67
#42Clifford16US #65
#43Louis16US #29
#44Reginald16
#45Alfred15US #45
#46Russell15US #54
#47Herbert14US #42
#48Maurice14US #122
#49Ronald14US #63
#50Clarence13US #32
#51Clyde13US #68
#52Everett13US #120
#53Gerard13
#54Leon13US #78
#55Roy13US #34
#56Andrew12US #56
#57Anthony12US #43
#58Arnold12US #97
#59Carl12US #26
#60Douglas12US #104
#61Lloyd12US #58
#62Theodore12US #62
#63Chester11US #85
#64Floyd11US #53
#65Allen10US #95
#66Daniel10US #46
#67Philip10US #75
#68Stephen10US #125
#69Vernon10US #71
#70Clayton9US #163
#71Dean9US #133
#72Wilfred9US #194
#73Clifton8US #164
#74Fred8US #35
#75Jack8US #16
#76Lyle8US #151
#77Melvin8US #48
#78Wallace8US #96
#79Wesley8US #134
#80Elmer7US #61
#81Gilbert7US #99
#82Homer7US #129
#83Hugh7US #131
#84Peter7US #59
#85Phillip7US #152
#86Warren7US #79
#87Willard7US #106
#88Armand6
#89Bert6
#90Carroll6
#91Harvey6US #94
#92Irving6US #155
#93Jean6
#94Leslie6US #126
#95Malcolm6
#96Martin6US #87
#97Neal6
#98Neil6
#99Nelson6
#100Ray6US #60

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑41Anthony#57
↑37Carolyn#48
↑37Cecile#55
↑34Catherine#33
↑31Bernice#46
↑31Allen#65
↑28Hazel#59
↑28Joan#68

Falling

↓44Edna#88
↓39Carroll#90
↓35Laura#98
↓33Elmer#80
↓30Gladys#73
↓28Anita#85
↓27Floyd#64
↓26Ray#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.