State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,987 Vermont births in 1935 across 237 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
#28Claire#171 nationally
#60Armandoutside the national top 200
#63Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#66Cecileoutside the national top 200
#66Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#69Edmundoutside the national top 200
#71Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#73Madelineoutside the national top 200
#73Clifton#196 nationally
#83Gerardoutside the national top 200
#70Jeannette#186 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley133US #2
#2Patricia101US #5
#3Mary99US #1
#4Barbara92US #3
#5Beverly74US #20
#6Joyce67US #12
#7Joan66US #7
#8Nancy60US #9
#9Betty54US #4
#10Elizabeth53US #17
#11Ruth53US #15
#12Jean50US #18
#13Dorothy46US #6
#14Janet41US #22
#15Marilyn40US #14
#16Margaret36US #8
#17Janice35US #47
#18Pauline35US #80
#19Helen33US #10
#20Alice31US #25
#21Doris30US #13
#22Lorraine29US #68
#23Phyllis28US #27
#24Jane27US #43
#25Carolyn26US #28
#26Lucille26US #85
#27Marie26US #33
#28Claire25US #171
#29Marjorie25US #46
#30Eleanor24US #48
#31Theresa24US #86
#32Jacqueline23US #79
#33Marlene23US #39
#34Carol22US #11
#35Irene22US #52
#36Rita22US #63
#37Sylvia22US #60
#38Ann21US #30
#39Arlene21US #59
#40Frances21US #19
#41Lois21US #21
#42Sally21US #58
#43Sandra21US #50
#44Virginia21US #16
#45Gloria20US #32
#46Evelyn18US #31
#47Joanne18US #44
#48Martha18US #24
#49Norma18US #29
#50Elaine17US #51
#51Kathleen17US #71
#52Marion17US #88
#53Audrey15US #64
#54Florence15US #74
#55Bernice14US #90
#56Edith14US #87
#57Anita13US #119
#58Geraldine13US #40
#59June13US #55
#60Jeanette12US #104
#61Lillian12US #66
#62Louise12US #45
#63Priscilla12
#64Anne11US #84
#65Catherine11US #42
#66Cecile11
#67Constance11US #125
#68Ellen11US #95
#69Jeanne11US #133
#70Jeannette11US #186
#71Jeannine11
#72Laura11US #101
#73Madeline11
#74Beatrice10US #107
#75Esther10US #94
#76Grace10US #83
#77Katherine10US #103
#78Leona10US #155
#79Rachel10US #164
#80Roberta10US #77
#81Susan10US #126
#82Annette9US #142
#83Cynthia9US #179
#84Donna9US #23
#85Gail9US #127
#86Gladys9US #78
#87Judith9US #54
#88Sheila9US #151
#89Caroline8US #178
#90Claudette8
#91Diane8US #109
#92Dolores8US #26
#93Eunice8US #170
#94Wanda8US #49
#95Carole7US #93
#96Charlotte7US #65
#97Kathryn7US #111
#98Laurette7
#99Maxine7US #120
#100Rose7US #37

Boys

#1Robert194US #1
#2Richard176US #5
#3John116US #3
#4Donald109US #7
#5William104US #4
#6James93US #2
#7Paul62US #14
#8Charles56US #6
#9Ronald54US #12
#10George53US #8
#11Raymond49US #17
#12Kenneth46US #15
#13Edward43US #13
#14David42US #11
#15Arthur39US #29
#16Joseph38US #10
#17Norman31US #38
#18Roger30US #36
#19Thomas30US #9
#20Harold27US #20
#21Lawrence27US #35
#22Francis26US #53
#23Gerald26US #21
#24Walter26US #23
#25Wayne25US #49
#26Philip24US #65
#27Ralph24US #32
#28Bernard22US #67
#29Frank22US #16
#30Gordon21US #70
#31Stanley21US #56
#32Eugene20US #26
#33Howard20US #39
#34Maurice20US #130
#35Frederick19US #73
#36Albert18US #31
#37Clifford18US #88
#38Ernest18US #55
#39Henry18US #27
#40Peter18US #59
#41Leo17US #92
#42Louis17US #42
#43Roland17US #119
#44Leonard16US #54
#45Arnold14US #103
#46Carl14US #28
#47Leon13US #86
#48Reginald13
#49Alfred12US #63
#50Bruce12US #77
#51Clarence12US #48
#52Douglas12US #75
#53Earl12US #46
#54Harry12US #37
#55Russell12US #68
#56Daniel11US #43
#57Fred11US #34
#58Marvin11US #45
#59Roy11US #40
#60Armand10
#61Edwin10US #89
#62Larry10US #33
#63Michael10US #41
#64Alan9US #122
#65Allen9US #83
#66Bradley9
#67Dale9US #61
#68Dennis9US #72
#69Edmund9
#70Floyd9US #76
#71Jack9US #18
#72Theodore9US #79
#73Clifton8US #196
#74Lloyd8US #84
#75Neil8US #167
#76Phillip8US #107
#77Victor8US #116
#78Andrew7US #85
#79Chester7US #121
#80Clyde7US #82
#81Dean7US #120
#82Everett7US #146
#83Gerard7
#84Glenn7US #78
#85Jerome7US #96
#86Lee7US #80
#87Leslie7US #131
#88Morris7US #159
#89Warren7US #97
#90Wesley7US #148
#91Allan6US #150
#92Carroll6US #172
#93Clayton6US #187
#94Gary6US #44
#95Herbert6US #58
#96Laurence6
#97Melvin6US #57
#98Rodney6US #149
#99Stephen6US #113
#100Wendell6US #194

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑39Bernice#55
↑32Edith#56
↑27Lucille#26
↑27Dale#67
↑25Sandra#43
↑22Anita#57
↑22Leonard#44
↑21Carolyn#25

Falling

↓47Rodney#98
↓43Stephen#99
↓33Carroll#92
↓33Wendell#100
↓31Herbert#95
↓30Charlotte#96
↓28Elaine#50
↓28Priscilla#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.