State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,943 Vermont births in 1929 across 246 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
#57Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#60Cecileoutside the national top 200
#62Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#64Wendelloutside the national top 200
#65Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#68Clementoutside the national top 200
#72Marceloutside the national top 200
#76Thereseoutside the national top 200
#79Percyoutside the national top 200
#81Armandoutside the national top 200
#82Burtonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary141US #1
#2Barbara113US #7
#3Dorothy72US #3
#4Shirley62US #9
#5Betty61US #2
#6Helen55US #4
#7Pauline55US #50
#8Jean54US #12
#9Theresa54US #49
#10Patricia51US #10
#11Elizabeth48US #15
#12Joyce48US #23
#13Beverly42US #39
#14Lorraine42US #42
#15Marion41US #53
#16Margaret38US #5
#17Marjorie38US #30
#18Virginia35US #11
#19Alice33US #21
#20Marie33US #22
#21Eleanor32US #38
#22Rita32US #52
#23Mildred31US #18
#24Phyllis30US #24
#25Ruth30US #8
#26Doris28US #6
#27Elaine28US #67
#28Irene27US #29
#29Marilyn27US #33
#30Lucille26US #57
#31Evelyn24US #19
#32Lillian24US #40
#33Lois24US #17
#34Catherine23US #34
#35June23US #48
#36Claire21US #134
#37Geraldine21US #43
#38Janice21US #136
#39Ramona21US #120
#40Beatrice20US #72
#41Gertrude20US #95
#42Frances19US #16
#43Louise19US #31
#44Esther18US #71
#45Florence18US #35
#46Jane18US #62
#47Charlotte17US #73
#48Rose17US #26
#49Gladys16US #44
#50Grace16US #54
#51Katherine16US #84
#52Marguerite16US #155
#53Norma16US #25
#54Anna15US #20
#55Arlene15US #105
#56Constance15US #159
#57Jeannette15
#58Jeannine15US #172
#59Joan15US #13
#60Cecile14
#61Gloria14US #28
#62Anne13US #91
#63Carolyn13US #77
#64Janet13US #82
#65Priscilla13
#66Thelma13US #41
#67Nancy12US #32
#68Roberta12US #126
#69Ann11US #46
#70Edith11US #59
#71Sylvia11US #119
#72Audrey10US #58
#73Bernice10US #55
#74Josephine10US #45
#75Muriel10US #149
#76Therese10
#77Anita9US #125
#78Blanche9US #162
#79Jeanne9US #92
#80Kathleen9US #89
#81Kathryn9US #104
#82Madeline9US #173
#83Alberta8US #143
#84Annette8
#85Beverley8
#86Edna8US #51
#87Eileen8US #98
#88Ellen8US #97
#89Eunice8US #145
#90Hazel8US #64
#91Laura8US #90
#92Leona8US #122
#93Rachel8US #167
#94Viola8US #109
#95Agnes7US #94
#96Bernadette7
#97Bertha7US #93
#98Elsie7US #78
#99Georgette7
#100Harriet7US #135

Boys

#1Robert188US #1
#2Richard130US #6
#3John122US #3
#4William103US #4
#5Donald98US #7
#6James74US #2
#7Raymond69US #15
#8George60US #8
#9Paul60US #13
#10Edward55US #10
#11Charles50US #5
#12Harold50US #16
#13Joseph49US #9
#14Kenneth43US #18
#15Francis40US #39
#16Bernard34US #52
#17Arthur33US #22
#18Albert32US #24
#19Henry30US #21
#20David28US #17
#21Gerald28US #33
#22Lawrence28US #38
#23Roger28US #64
#24Ernest27US #43
#25Frederick27US #67
#26Roland26US #104
#27Leo25US #60
#28Gordon24US #79
#29Norman24US #40
#30Ralph24US #26
#31Louis23US #32
#32Earl22US #36
#33Frank22US #12
#34Harry22US #27
#35Stanley22US #48
#36Howard21US #31
#37Thomas21US #11
#38Eugene18US #20
#39Carl17US #28
#40Reginald17
#41Walter17US #19
#42Leon16US #81
#43Philip16US #76
#44Clarence15US #37
#45Leonard15US #42
#46Ronald15US #45
#47Theodore15US #65
#48Alfred14US #41
#49Herbert14US #25
#50Wallace14US #106
#51Arnold13US #95
#52Wayne13US #69
#53Maurice12US #125
#54Russell12US #56
#55Daniel11US #47
#56Fred11US #34
#57Douglas10US #97
#58Gilbert10US #91
#59Everett9US #130
#60Lester9US #88
#61Lloyd9US #62
#62Rodney9
#63Roy9US #35
#64Wendell9
#65Allen8US #86
#66Bruce8US #112
#67Clayton8US #166
#68Clement8
#69Edwin8US #66
#70Floyd8US #58
#71Lyle8US #152
#72Marcel8
#73Ray8US #57
#74Willard8US #114
#75Andrew7US #59
#76Carroll7US #192
#77Clifford7US #72
#78Clifton7US #178
#79Percy7
#80Peter7US #55
#81Armand6
#82Burton6
#83Carlton6
#84Chester6US #96
#85Dale6US #73
#86Gerard6
#87Homer6US #141
#88Irving6US #185
#89Karl6
#90Lewis6US #84
#91Marvin6US #46
#92Stuart6
#93Warren6US #92
#94Wesley6US #143
#95Wilfred6
#96Alan5US #146
#97Calvin5US #109
#98Clyde5US #74
#99Dean5US #133
#100Duane5US #137

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑38Ramona#39
↑34Gertrude#41
↑31Mildred#23
↑31Lester#60
↑30Gladys#49
↑30Gilbert#58
↑30Bruce#66
↑26Cecile#60

Falling

↓40Wilfred#95
↓39Gloria#61
↓39Madeline#82
↓37Harriet#100
↓32Elsie#98
↓29Arlene#55
↓25Alfred#48
↓23Anna#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.