State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,095 Vermont births in 1930 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.

#36Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#44Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#61Cecileoutside the national top 200
#63Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#64Winstonoutside the national top 200
#67Marceloutside the national top 200
#51Clifton#184 nationally
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#71Clementoutside the national top 200
#69Jeannette#196 nationally
#78Conradoutside the national top 200
#59Carroll#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary126US #1
#2Barbara90US #6
#3Shirley78US #11
#4Dorothy68US #3
#5Betty66US #2
#6Joyce63US #18
#7Patricia63US #7
#8Beverly56US #34
#9Jean51US #14
#10Ruth49US #10
#11Lorraine48US #46
#12Doris46US #9
#13Elizabeth46US #15
#14Helen43US #4
#15Margaret43US #5
#16Pauline41US #52
#17Theresa40US #50
#18Marion39US #60
#19Phyllis39US #28
#20Joan37US #8
#21Marie36US #26
#22Rita32US #42
#23Virginia31US #12
#24Alice30US #20
#25Evelyn30US #19
#26Marjorie30US #32
#27Marilyn29US #22
#28Frances28US #16
#29Nancy27US #24
#30Arlene26US #103
#31Gloria26US #30
#32Irene25US #33
#33June25US #47
#34Eleanor24US #39
#35Beatrice23US #76
#36Janet23US #53
#37Lois22US #17
#38Norma22US #25
#39Janice21US #126
#40Lucille21US #59
#41Charlotte20US #75
#42Mildred20US #21
#43Lillian19US #44
#44Priscilla18
#45Catherine17US #35
#46Elaine17US #69
#47Jane17US #55
#48Martha17US #27
#49Anita16US #115
#50Ann16US #41
#51Florence16US #38
#52Geraldine16US #43
#53Bernice15US #58
#54Carolyn15US #72
#55Jacqueline15US #74
#56Edith14US #61
#57Grace14US #62
#58Hazel14US #71
#59Madeline14US #173
#60Alberta13US #146
#61Cecile13
#62Kathleen13US #84
#63Marguerite13US #159
#64Ramona13US #149
#65Anne12US #83
#66Claire12US #136
#67Gertrude12US #96
#68Constance11US #147
#69Jeannette11US #196
#70Leona11US #130
#71Louise11US #31
#72Esther10US #77
#73Jeanette10US #106
#74Jeanne10US #92
#75Laura10US #89
#76Rose10US #29
#77Thelma10US #45
#78Agnes9US #102
#79Anna9US #23
#80Audrey9US #63
#81Dolores9US #13
#82Elsie9US #88
#83Josephine9US #49
#84Katherine9US #85
#85Maxine9US #93
#86Pearl9US #121
#87Annette8
#88Clara8US #64
#89Eva8US #86
#90Harriet8US #138
#91Jeannine8
#92Kathryn8US #101
#93Sally8US #98
#94Christine7US #124
#95Ethel7US #65
#96Genevieve7US #143
#97Marian7US #80
#98Stella7US #140
#99Vivian7US #91
#100Aline6

Boys

#1Robert201US #1
#2Richard156US #5
#3John126US #3
#4William88US #4
#5Donald83US #7
#6George73US #8
#7James70US #2
#8Charles65US #6
#9Raymond58US #16
#10Paul56US #12
#11Joseph55US #9
#12Edward53US #10
#13Francis51US #42
#14Kenneth49US #17
#15David44US #15
#16Roger43US #58
#17Arthur38US #23
#18Gordon34US #77
#19Bernard33US #52
#20Ralph33US #25
#21Lawrence32US #36
#22Henry31US #22
#23Albert30US #24
#24Harold30US #18
#25Thomas30US #11
#26Gerald28US #30
#27Ronald28US #37
#28Frank27US #13
#29Walter27US #19
#30Frederick26US #74
#31Howard24US #31
#32Stanley24US #49
#33Ernest23US #43
#34Norman22US #40
#35Harry21US #28
#36Reginald21
#37Roland21US #107
#38Wayne21US #65
#39Alfred19US #46
#40Floyd19US #61
#41Earl18US #38
#42Eugene18US #21
#43Leonard18US #45
#44Leon17US #81
#45Carl16US #26
#46Herbert16US #35
#47Maurice16US #116
#48Philip16US #75
#49Leo14US #63
#50Theodore14US #67
#51Clifton13US #184
#52Everett13US #134
#53Louis13US #34
#54Arnold12US #98
#55Gilbert12US #90
#56Clarence11US #39
#57Lloyd11US #69
#58Neil11US #175
#59Carroll10US #181
#60Chester10US #103
#61Douglas10US #89
#62Lester10US #95
#63Rodney10
#64Winston10
#65Andrew9US #62
#66Bruce9US #109
#67Marcel9
#68Armand8
#69Benjamin8US #115
#70Clayton8US #178
#71Clement8
#72Dean8US #129
#73Edwin8US #66
#74Lee8US #82
#75Peter8US #56
#76Victor8US #100
#77Warren8US #96
#78Conrad7
#79Daniel7US #47
#80Harvey7US #92
#81Phillip7US #144
#82Russell7US #60
#83Stuart7
#84Wesley7US #142
#85Wilfred7
#86Willard7US #117
#87Alton6US #183
#88Carlton6
#89Clifford6US #73
#90Laurence6
#91Lewis6US #87
#92Lionel6
#93Milton6US #93
#94Roy6US #33
#95Stephen6US #138
#96Alan5US #136
#97Allen5US #85
#98Anthony5US #44
#99Burton5
#100Dennis5US #145

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑39Joan#20
↑38Nancy#29
↑32Hazel#58
↑30Gloria#31
↑30Floyd#40
↑28Janet#36
↑28Anita#49
↑27Clifton#51

Falling

↓33Katherine#84
↓33Jeannine#91
↓32Allen#97
↓31Roy#94
↓30Claire#66
↓28Louise#71
↓28Esther#72
↓28Rose#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.