State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,093 Vermont births in 1931 across 248 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#39Wendelloutside the national top 200
#48Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#60Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#60Marceloutside the national top 200
#66Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#69Gerardoutside the national top 200
#72Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#45Clayton#168 nationally
#84Lioneloutside the national top 200
#85Oliveoutside the national top 200
#87Annetteoutside the national top 200
#87Armandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary114US #1
#2Barbara97US #4
#3Betty83US #2
#4Patricia77US #8
#5Joyce71US #15
#6Shirley69US #9
#7Elizabeth68US #16
#8Beverly53US #31
#9Ruth52US #11
#10Theresa52US #59
#11Dorothy51US #3
#12Jean51US #13
#13Margaret46US #7
#14Pauline44US #56
#15Helen42US #6
#16Virginia42US #12
#17Rita39US #48
#18Marion37US #66
#19Joan36US #5
#20Marilyn36US #19
#21Lorraine35US #49
#22Alice34US #21
#23Nancy34US #17
#24Phyllis33US #29
#25Irene32US #37
#26June31US #44
#27Gloria30US #23
#28Marjorie30US #34
#29Marie29US #27
#30Charlotte28US #75
#31Ann26US #35
#32Evelyn26US #24
#33Lucille26US #62
#34Jane25US #50
#35Eleanor24US #40
#36Geraldine23US #38
#37Janice21US #104
#38Norma21US #22
#39Lois20US #20
#40Arlene19US #77
#41Catherine19US #36
#42Claire18US #139
#43Doris18US #10
#44Jacqueline18US #78
#45Rose18US #30
#46Florence17US #43
#47Janet17US #45
#48Lillian17US #47
#49Martha16US #28
#50Constance15US #118
#51Frances15US #18
#52Katherine15US #92
#53Bernice14US #63
#54Carolyn14US #60
#55Elaine14US #72
#56Esther14US #79
#57Gertrude14US #115
#58Mildred14US #26
#59Jeanne13US #98
#60Jeannine13
#61Joanne13US #68
#62Vivian13US #82
#63Audrey12US #64
#64Edith12US #65
#65Muriel12US #172
#66Priscilla12
#67Ramona12US #164
#68Anna11US #25
#69Marlene11US #95
#70Sylvia11US #123
#71Edna10US #52
#72Hazel10US #74
#73Jeannette10US #185
#74Josephine10US #51
#75Loretta10US #96
#76Louise10US #33
#77Maxine10US #101
#78Sally10US #97
#79Anita9US #117
#80Dolores9US #14
#81Eva9US #94
#82Kathleen9US #87
#83Laura9US #89
#84Lucy9US #126
#85Olive9
#86Wilma9US #69
#87Annette8
#88Ellen8US #99
#89Elsie8US #86
#90Genevieve8US #145
#91Marguerite8US #157
#92Thelma8US #53
#93Aline7
#94Anne7US #80
#95Beatrice7US #85
#96Beulah7US #173
#97Carol7US #46
#98Christine7US #125
#99Grace7US #70
#100Rachel7US #161

Boys

#1Robert219US #1
#2Richard151US #5
#3John131US #3
#4Donald103US #7
#5William91US #4
#6James70US #2
#7Raymond63US #17
#8Charles59US #6
#9Paul56US #12
#10George54US #8
#11Edward52US #11
#12Joseph50US #9
#13Francis47US #42
#14Lawrence45US #38
#15Arthur44US #23
#16Kenneth42US #14
#17David41US #13
#18Bernard33US #54
#19Roger33US #53
#20Thomas33US #10
#21Howard32US #34
#22Ralph31US #25
#23Harold29US #18
#24Maurice29US #117
#25Walter29US #20
#26Frank27US #16
#27Gerald25US #26
#28Harry25US #30
#29Norman25US #36
#30Earl24US #40
#31Eugene24US #21
#32Wayne22US #58
#33Gordon20US #76
#34Henry20US #22
#35Leo20US #69
#36Ronald20US #27
#37Frederick18US #73
#38Roland18US #107
#39Wendell18
#40Louis17US #37
#41Stanley17US #49
#42Albert16US #24
#43Alfred16US #50
#44Edwin16US #67
#45Clayton14US #168
#46Lloyd14US #68
#47Philip14US #71
#48Reginald14
#49Carl13US #28
#50Leonard13US #48
#51Milton13US #99
#52Allen12US #79
#53Andrew12US #65
#54Douglas12US #85
#55Marvin12US #45
#56Roy12US #35
#57Alan11US #120
#58Ernest11US #47
#59Leon11US #84
#60Marcel11
#61Duane10US #104
#62Fred10US #33
#63Neil10US #165
#64Bruce9US #101
#65Clarence9US #39
#66Clifford9US #75
#67Everett9US #136
#68Benjamin8US #113
#69Gerard8
#70Gilbert8US #92
#71Melvin8US #51
#72Nelson8
#73Phillip8US #141
#74Rodney8US #187
#75Russell8US #63
#76Theodore8US #70
#77Allan7US #151
#78Arnold7US #98
#79Carroll7US #179
#80Clinton7US #191
#81Dale7US #62
#82Herbert7US #41
#83Leslie7US #139
#84Lionel7
#85Warren7US #100
#86Anthony6US #46
#87Armand6
#88Chester6US #106
#89Clyde6US #77
#90Elmer6US #82
#91Jack6US #15
#92Laurence6
#93Lester6US #96
#94Michael6US #55
#95Normand6
#96Burton5
#97Carlton5
#98Daniel5US #44
#99Edgar5US #122
#100Edmund5US #184

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑45Allen#52
↑42Milton#51
↑39Alan#57
↑38Roy#56
↑37Vivian#62
↑32Katherine#52
↑31Rose#45
↑31Jeannine#60

Falling

↓60Beatrice#95
↓42Grace#99
↓36Herbert#82
↓31Doris#43
↓31Lester#93
↓30Anita#79
↓29Anne#94
↓28Marguerite#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.