State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,070 Vermont births in 1928 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.

#55Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#57Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#58Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#64Clementoutside the national top 200
#65Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#65Marceloutside the national top 200
#67Burtonoutside the national top 200
#69Gerardoutside the national top 200
#70Wendelloutside the national top 200
#71Winstonoutside the national top 200
#76Edmondoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary123US #1
#2Barbara112US #8
#3Theresa66US #49
#4Dorothy65US #3
#5Betty62US #2
#6Beverly62US #46
#7Shirley62US #10
#8Patricia58US #11
#9Elizabeth56US #14
#10Ruth56US #6
#11Margaret52US #5
#12Jean50US #12
#13Doris49US #7
#14Joyce47US #30
#15Marion45US #47
#16Pauline45US #48
#17Phyllis44US #26
#18Lorraine42US #39
#19Virginia42US #9
#20Helen41US #4
#21Marjorie39US #29
#22Gloria35US #25
#23Alice34US #19
#24Rita34US #57
#25Marilyn33US #38
#26Arlene31US #106
#27Eleanor30US #36
#28Irene28US #28
#29Marie27US #21
#30Charlotte25US #72
#31Anna24US #16
#32Beatrice24US #70
#33Catherine24US #33
#34Evelyn24US #17
#35Lois24US #18
#36Frances23US #13
#37Lucille23US #51
#38Jane21US #62
#39Elaine20US #68
#40Florence19US #32
#41Geraldine18US #50
#42June18US #44
#43Madeline18US #167
#44Thelma18US #40
#45Grace17US #52
#46Joan17US #27
#47Lillian17US #35
#48Norma17US #23
#49Audrey16US #60
#50Esther16US #66
#51Janice16US #149
#52Katherine16US #75
#53Louise16US #31
#54Mildred16US #15
#55Nancy16US #43
#56Ann15US #54
#57Bernice15US #53
#58Janet15US #95
#59Jeannette15
#60Kathleen15US #82
#61Claire14US #136
#62Edith13US #56
#63Harriet13US #133
#64Josephine13US #42
#65Priscilla13
#66Elsie12US #73
#67Hazel12US #59
#68Hilda12US #148
#69Jeanne12US #90
#70Marguerite12US #147
#71Martha12US #22
#72Rose12US #24
#73Blanche11US #153
#74Caroline11US #175
#75Gertrude11US #86
#76Laura11US #83
#77Ramona11US #117
#78Anne10US #93
#79Gladys10US #41
#80Jacqueline10US #97
#81Kathryn10US #99
#82Muriel10US #139
#83Sylvia10US #119
#84Wilma10US #69
#85Carolyn9US #91
#86Cecile9
#87Leona9US #122
#88Freda8
#89Julia8US #80
#90Myrtle8US #116
#91Teresa8US #172
#92Veronica8
#93Vivian8US #78
#94Agnes7US #85
#95Bertha7US #81
#96Beulah7US #154
#97Christine7US #120
#98Colleen7US #185
#99Edna7US #45
#100Ethel7US #55

Boys

#1Robert195US #1
#2John133US #2
#3Richard122US #6
#4William79US #4
#5Donald75US #7
#6James73US #3
#7Raymond70US #16
#8George65US #8
#9Edward60US #10
#10Paul57US #13
#11Charles55US #5
#12Joseph55US #9
#13Harold51US #14
#14Francis42US #40
#15Arthur39US #22
#16Kenneth39US #17
#17Ernest36US #43
#18Gordon32US #77
#19Roger32US #71
#20Bernard31US #49
#21Frederick28US #67
#22Howard28US #31
#23Alfred27US #33
#24Henry27US #21
#25Lawrence27US #38
#26Eugene26US #20
#27Ralph26US #24
#28Stanley26US #45
#29Leo25US #61
#30Walter25US #18
#31Albert24US #23
#32David24US #19
#33Norman24US #39
#34Frank23US #12
#35Thomas23US #11
#36Earl22US #37
#37Gerald21US #41
#38Herbert20US #25
#39Maurice20US #119
#40Wayne20US #69
#41Leonard19US #42
#42Roland19US #107
#43Philip17US #73
#44Theodore16US #66
#45Clarence15US #35
#46Douglas15US #102
#47Harry15US #26
#48Roy14US #34
#49Russell14US #55
#50Floyd13US #54
#51Lloyd13US #59
#52Ronald13US #50
#53Carl12US #28
#54Louis12US #32
#55Wilfred12
#56Edwin11US #58
#57Malcolm11
#58Reginald11
#59Daniel10US #47
#60Leon10US #81
#61Wallace10US #104
#62Allen9US #93
#63Arnold9US #98
#64Clement9
#65Marcel9
#66Michael9US #53
#67Burton8
#68Chester8US #88
#69Gerard8
#70Wendell8
#71Winston8
#72Andrew7US #60
#73Anthony7US #44
#74Clifford7US #68
#75Clyde7US #74
#76Edmond7
#77Irving7US #166
#78Keith7US #139
#79Marvin7US #46
#80Patrick7US #132
#81Peter7US #56
#82Warren7US #85
#83Alan6US #157
#84Armand6
#85Cecil6US #97
#86Clayton6US #173
#87Earle6
#88Gilbert6US #96
#89Guy6US #167
#90Hugh6US #129
#91Lester6US #89
#92Melvin6US #48
#93Normand6
#94Vernon6US #70
#95Alden5
#96Bruce5US #112
#97Dale5US #75
#98Edmund5US #163
#99Elwin5
#100Emile5

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑38Malcolm#57
↑31Charlotte#30
↑28Audrey#49
↑27Jeanne#69
↑24Philip#43
↑22Anna#31
↑22Joan#46
↑22Laura#76

Falling

↓43Ethel#100
↓37Carolyn#85
↓33Gertrude#75
↓32Clifford#74
↓31Cecile#86
↓25Vernon#94
↓24Janet#58
↓24Bertha#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.