State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,817 Vermont births in 1932 across 242 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#48Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#55Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#57Marceloutside the national top 200
#59Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#34Jeannette#175 nationally
#60Clementoutside the national top 200
#68Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#70Cecileoutside the national top 200
#70Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#74Madelineoutside the national top 200
#74Carltonoutside the national top 200
#72Wendell#197 nationally

Girls

#1Mary127US #1
#2Barbara89US #3
#3Joyce70US #12
#4Patricia67US #6
#5Betty64US #2
#6Shirley60US #9
#7Beverly58US #28
#8Pauline56US #59
#9Dorothy55US #4
#10Elizabeth47US #17
#11Jean46US #15
#12Helen44US #8
#13Joan43US #5
#14Marilyn42US #16
#15Doris41US #10
#16Ruth41US #11
#17Janet34US #35
#18Phyllis34US #30
#19Margaret32US #7
#20Virginia32US #14
#21Alice30US #21
#22Lorraine30US #55
#23Theresa30US #60
#24Janice29US #94
#25Marjorie28US #37
#26Gloria27US #25
#27Claire26US #140
#28Jacqueline24US #85
#29Rita24US #53
#30Evelyn23US #23
#31Nancy23US #13
#32Norma23US #22
#33Elaine22US #68
#34Jeannette22US #175
#35June22US #44
#36Marie22US #31
#37Marion22US #73
#38Irene21US #43
#39Anita20US #116
#40Arlene20US #80
#41Eleanor20US #45
#42Jane20US #49
#43Lucille18US #63
#44Charlotte17US #74
#45Lillian17US #48
#46Lois17US #20
#47Ann16US #34
#48Beatrice16US #87
#49Sylvia16US #96
#50Anne15US #81
#51Catherine15US #39
#52Constance15US #99
#53Florence15US #47
#54Frances15US #19
#55Jeannine15
#56Laura15US #88
#57Marlene15US #78
#58Katherine14US #95
#59Mildred14US #26
#60Carol13US #32
#61Sally13US #84
#62Agnes12US #115
#63Geraldine12US #42
#64Grace12US #72
#65Hazel12US #75
#66Joanne12US #62
#67Josephine12US #57
#68Priscilla12
#69Anna11US #24
#70Cecile11
#71Jeanne11US #112
#72Louise11US #36
#73Thelma11US #51
#74Madeline10
#75Martha10US #27
#76Ramona10US #180
#77Vivian10US #90
#78Clara9US #70
#79Dolores9US #18
#80Flora8
#81Gladys8US #54
#82Glenna8
#83Joy8US #147
#84Leona8US #134
#85Marian8US #86
#86Muriel8US #181
#87Rose8US #33
#88Susan8US #158
#89Bernice7US #71
#90Carolyn7US #46
#91Edith7US #69
#92Elsie7US #97
#93Esther7US #82
#94Eva7US #98
#95Loretta7US #89
#96Wilma7US #65
#97Beverley6
#98Caroline6US #174
#99Edna6US #50
#100Emma6US #76

Boys

#1Robert219US #1
#2Richard134US #5
#3John104US #3
#4Donald95US #7
#5William76US #4
#6Paul71US #13
#7James67US #2
#8George61US #8
#9Edward59US #11
#10Charles58US #6
#11Raymond54US #19
#12Harold53US #18
#13Francis46US #43
#14David41US #12
#15Ronald41US #16
#16Albert37US #26
#17Joseph37US #9
#18Kenneth33US #14
#19Roger33US #50
#20Bernard30US #60
#21Norman30US #37
#22Gerald29US #24
#23Lawrence29US #35
#24Ernest26US #47
#25Wayne26US #57
#26Howard25US #36
#27Eugene23US #22
#28Gordon23US #81
#29Stanley23US #52
#30Thomas23US #10
#31Arthur22US #25
#32Henry21US #23
#33Frederick19US #73
#34Ralph19US #27
#35Walter19US #21
#36Earl16US #41
#37Frank16US #15
#38Maurice16US #122
#39Philip16US #70
#40Roland16US #111
#41Lloyd15US #71
#42Louis14US #39
#43Douglas13US #85
#44Harry13US #32
#45Leo13US #74
#46Leon13US #83
#47Peter13US #62
#48Reginald13
#49Alan12US #127
#50Bruce12US #98
#51Herbert12US #44
#52Leonard12US #48
#53Roy12US #38
#54Alfred11US #49
#55Andrew11US #69
#56Carroll11US #173
#57Marcel11
#58Warren11US #102
#59Wilfred11
#60Clement10
#61Duane10US #105
#62Everett10US #140
#63Fred10US #33
#64Jack10US #17
#65Rodney10US #172
#66Theodore10US #67
#67Anthony9US #45
#68Clarence9US #40
#69Clifford9US #84
#70Nelson9
#71Wallace9US #117
#72Wendell9US #197
#73Allen8US #80
#74Carlton8
#75Chester8US #112
#76Clayton8US #175
#77Dean8US #123
#78Edwin8US #72
#79Erwin8
#80Franklin8US #66
#81Michael8US #54
#82Patrick8US #114
#83Russell8US #63
#84Carl7US #28
#85Edgar7US #135
#86Leslie7US #142
#87Neil7US #162
#88Normand7
#89Rene7
#90Vernon7US #78
#91Cecil6US #108
#92Claude6US #126
#93Clifton6US #183
#94Clyde6US #82
#95Dale6US #61
#96Daniel6US #42
#97Floyd6US #68
#98Forrest6
#99Gilbert6US #97
#100Glenn6US #77

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑47Beatrice#48
↑44Anne#50
↑40Anita#39
↑39Jeannette#34
↑37Carol#60
↑35Grace#64
↑34Ernest#24
↑31Herbert#51

Falling

↓42Rose#87
↓37Esther#93
↓36Bernice#89
↓36Carolyn#90
↓35Carl#84
↓34Edwin#78
↓33Wendell#72
↓31Clayton#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.