State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,700 Vermont births in 1934 across 228 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#35Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#47Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#52Winstonoutside the national top 200
#58Armandoutside the national top 200
#67Wendell#199 nationally
#64Jeannette#195 nationally
#71Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#74Madelineoutside the national top 200
#56Cynthia#179 nationally
#80Dawnoutside the national top 200
#38Claire#155 nationally
#84Jeannineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary114US #1
#2Barbara105US #3
#3Patricia74US #6
#4Shirley72US #4
#5Beverly71US #22
#6Betty69US #2
#7Joyce61US #12
#8Janet55US #21
#9Joan53US #7
#10Margaret53US #8
#11Elizabeth52US #18
#12Dorothy50US #5
#13Nancy48US #10
#14Pauline46US #71
#15Helen40US #9
#16Marie39US #34
#17Lorraine34US #56
#18Ruth33US #13
#19Jean32US #16
#20Marilyn31US #17
#21Theresa31US #77
#22Elaine30US #54
#23Virginia29US #15
#24Gloria27US #30
#25Janice27US #68
#26Arlene24US #53
#27Jane24US #48
#28Marion24US #86
#29Ann23US #32
#30Carol23US #14
#31Doris23US #11
#32Norma23US #24
#33Phyllis23US #28
#34Lois22US #20
#35Priscilla22
#36Alice21US #25
#37Irene21US #49
#38Claire20US #155
#39Evelyn20US #29
#40Rita20US #63
#41Sylvia20US #70
#42Eleanor19US #44
#43Marjorie19US #41
#44Frances18US #19
#45Joanne18US #45
#46Carolyn17US #33
#47Constance17US #117
#48June17US #46
#49Louise17US #40
#50Sally17US #62
#51Jacqueline16US #80
#52Marlene16US #57
#53Lucille15US #84
#54Anna14US #31
#55Anne14US #88
#56Cynthia14US #179
#57Florence14US #61
#58Kathleen14US #74
#59Lillian14US #52
#60Martha13US #27
#61Mildred13US #35
#62Audrey12US #69
#63Catherine12US #42
#64Jeannette11US #195
#65Leona11US #140
#66Charlotte10US #72
#67Hazel10US #87
#68Sandra10US #93
#69Beatrice9US #99
#70Ellen9US #95
#71Geraldine9US #43
#72Gertrude9US #135
#73Laura9US #96
#74Madeline9
#75Marguerite9US #188
#76Rachel9US #163
#77Ramona9US #193
#78Agnes8US #120
#79Anita8US #130
#80Dawn8
#81Donna8US #23
#82Elsie8US #107
#83Esther8US #91
#84Jeannine8
#85Maureen8US #171
#86Carmen7
#87Dolores7US #26
#88Edith7US #81
#89Jeanne7US #131
#90Lucy7US #134
#91Roberta7US #104
#92Rose7US #37
#93Alberta6US #167
#94Bernice6US #82
#95Charlene6US #151
#96Clara6US #76
#97Edna6US #55
#98Eileen6US #109
#99Ethel6US #78
#100Gladys6US #66

Boys

#1Robert214US #1
#2Richard171US #5
#3Donald102US #6
#4John99US #3
#5James73US #2
#6William70US #4
#7George62US #8
#8Kenneth59US #15
#9David55US #12
#10Charles52US #7
#11Raymond48US #19
#12Paul45US #14
#13Francis44US #49
#14Thomas39US #9
#15Edward37US #13
#16Ronald37US #11
#17Joseph36US #10
#18Harold34US #18
#19Norman34US #38
#20Lawrence32US #34
#21Maurice32US #132
#22Roger32US #39
#23Walter28US #21
#24Gerald25US #22
#25Arthur24US #29
#26Bernard24US #65
#27Ralph24US #31
#28Stanley23US #58
#29Gordon22US #71
#30Howard21US #37
#31Leo20US #86
#32Wayne20US #48
#33Albert19US #32
#34Douglas19US #72
#35Frederick19US #77
#36Henry19US #27
#37Roland19US #119
#38Bruce17US #78
#39Frank17US #16
#40Carl16US #28
#41Alfred15US #64
#42Ernest15US #51
#43Louis15US #40
#44Arnold14US #105
#45Eugene14US #24
#46Philip14US #69
#47Reginald14
#48Clarence13US #45
#49Edwin13US #80
#50Leon12US #87
#51Rodney12US #160
#52Winston11
#53Andrew10US #76
#54Clifford10US #85
#55Peter10US #61
#56Stephen10US #121
#57Allen9US #88
#58Armand9
#59Carroll9US #164
#60Daniel9US #42
#61Earl9US #41
#62Fred9US #33
#63Harry9US #36
#64Herbert9US #57
#65Larry9US #43
#66Leonard9US #53
#67Wendell9US #199
#68Alan8US #124
#69Anthony8US #52
#70Claude8US #130
#71Laurence8
#72Theodore8US #74
#73Clyde7US #84
#74Jack7US #17
#75Keith7US #125
#76Lewis7US #94
#77Milton7US #115
#78Warren7US #96
#79Calvin6US #128
#80Duane6US #104
#81Elmer6US #108
#82Everett6US #145
#83Floyd6US #73
#84Gilbert6US #106
#85Glenn6US #81
#86Lloyd6US #82
#87Lyle6US #155
#88Neil6US #153
#89Oscar6US #143
#90Phillip6US #113
#91Carlton5
#92Clifton5US #189
#93Clinton5US #194
#94Dale5US #62
#95Gerard5
#96Hugh5US #135
#97Irving5
#98Jerome5US #107
#99Lee5US #79
#100Leslie5US #134

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑40Edwin#49
↑39Cynthia#56
↑38Sally#50
↑37Carl#40
↑35Arlene#26
↑32Rodney#51
↑28Gertrude#72
↑28Anthony#69

Falling

↓42Lloyd#86
↓35Gladys#100
↓34Leonard#66
↓29Rose#92
↓27Anita#79
↓27Dale#94
↓26Everett#82
↓25Charlotte#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.