State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,881 Vermont births in 1936 across 226 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#40Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#45Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#57Ramona#197 nationally
#48Claire#176 nationally
#77Margueriteoutside the national top 200
#77Armandoutside the national top 200
#71Clayton#186 nationally
#87Madelineoutside the national top 200
#84Wendell#196 nationally
#89Murieloutside the national top 200
#26Maurice#137 nationally
#41Rodney#152 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley144US #2
#2Mary112US #1
#3Barbara91US #3
#4Patricia77US #5
#5Joan72US #7
#6Beverly63US #17
#7Betty62US #4
#8Joyce61US #12
#9Nancy60US #8
#10Elizabeth50US #18
#11Dorothy49US #6
#12Janet43US #21
#13Jean39US #20
#14Marilyn39US #13
#15Ruth36US #16
#16Janice34US #31
#17Pauline32US #82
#18Phyllis32US #25
#19Carol31US #10
#20Margaret31US #9
#21Doris30US #15
#22Helen30US #11
#23Virginia30US #14
#24Sandra29US #38
#25Alice28US #27
#26Carolyn27US #23
#27Marlene26US #39
#28Irene25US #57
#29Norma24US #29
#30Elaine23US #50
#31Judith23US #43
#32Marion23US #93
#33Ann21US #28
#34Eleanor21US #47
#35Marie21US #33
#36Jacqueline20US #66
#37Lorraine20US #76
#38Rita20US #69
#39Sylvia20US #53
#40Evelyn19US #34
#41Frances19US #19
#42Lucille19US #92
#43Marjorie19US #49
#44Jane18US #42
#45Priscilla18
#46Theresa18US #88
#47Lois17US #26
#48Claire16US #176
#49Roberta16US #64
#50Charlotte15US #61
#51Gloria15US #32
#52Sally15US #59
#53Anita14US #104
#54Arlene14US #54
#55Geraldine14US #41
#56Martha13US #24
#57Ramona13US #197
#58Catherine12US #44
#59Florence12US #80
#60Gail12US #101
#61Laura12US #106
#62Louise12US #46
#63Sheila12US #157
#64Edna11US #71
#65Thelma11US #74
#66Anna10US #36
#67Anne10US #89
#68Beatrice10US #121
#69Constance10US #133
#70Ellen10US #99
#71Gertrude10US #156
#72Jeanne10US #141
#73Joanne10US #48
#74Josephine10US #77
#75Katherine10US #100
#76Lillian10US #79
#77Marguerite10
#78Caroline9US #177
#79Edith9US #87
#80Grace9US #86
#81Kathleen9US #67
#82Mildred9US #40
#83Susan9US #110
#84Bernice8US #95
#85June8US #62
#86Linda8US #97
#87Madeline8
#88Maxine8US #127
#89Muriel8
#90Rachel8US #163
#91Rose8US #37
#92Suzanne8US #151
#93Yvette8
#94Carole7US #73
#95Cecile7
#96Cynthia7US #184
#97Flora7
#98Gladys7US #84
#99Hazel7US #96
#100Joann7US #55

Boys

#1Robert202US #1
#2Richard157US #5
#3John121US #3
#4William98US #4
#5Donald89US #7
#6James84US #2
#7David82US #10
#8George78US #9
#9Charles63US #6
#10Ronald63US #12
#11Paul62US #15
#12Edward55US #13
#13Kenneth54US #14
#14Raymond53US #17
#15Roger47US #35
#16Joseph39US #11
#17Francis36US #50
#18Thomas33US #8
#19Albert31US #34
#20Gerald31US #19
#21Arthur29US #30
#22Harold29US #21
#23Lawrence28US #37
#24Stanley27US #58
#25Norman24US #43
#26Maurice23US #137
#27Bernard22US #68
#28Wayne22US #45
#29Frank20US #16
#30Ralph20US #31
#31Frederick19US #70
#32Philip19US #63
#33Bruce18US #73
#34Howard18US #40
#35Gordon17US #75
#36Walter17US #26
#37Douglas16US #78
#38Ernest16US #55
#39Eugene16US #29
#40Reginald16
#41Rodney16US #152
#42Peter15US #56
#43Allen14US #81
#44Carl14US #27
#45Daniel14US #41
#46Leo14US #94
#47Edwin13US #84
#48Herbert13US #62
#49Michael13US #33
#50Arnold12US #111
#51Clifford12US #90
#52Earl12US #47
#53Everett12US #154
#54Harry12US #39
#55Theodore12US #87
#56Leon11US #82
#57Louis11US #44
#58Phillip11US #102
#59Alan10US #108
#60Alfred10US #60
#61Chester10US #127
#62Henry10US #28
#63Patrick10US #100
#64Roy10US #42
#65Warren10US #95
#66Dale9US #59
#67Dennis9US #74
#68Leonard9US #54
#69Andrew8US #83
#70Anthony8US #48
#71Clayton8US #186
#72Gary8US #38
#73Larry8US #25
#74Roland8US #118
#75Russell8US #69
#76Allan7US #138
#77Armand7
#78Clarence7US #52
#79Gilbert7US #113
#80Glenn7US #80
#81Lee7US #76
#82Leslie7US #128
#83Stephen7US #99
#84Wendell7US #196
#85Edgar6US #143
#86Fred6US #36
#87Jack6US #20
#88Lyle6US #159
#89Melvin6US #53
#90Neil6US #158
#91Roderick6
#92Wilfred6
#93Alvin5US #96
#94Andre5
#95Conrad5
#96Edmund5
#97Elmer5US #121
#98Franklin5US #64
#99Gerard5
#100Harley5

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑57Rodney#41
↑56Judith#31
↑47Herbert#48
↑46Charlotte#50
↑31Roberta#49
↑29Everett#53
↑25Gail#60
↑25Sheila#63

Falling

↓31Roland#74
↓30Kathleen#81
↓29Bernice#84
↓29Cecile#95
↓29Fred#86
↓27Clarence#78
↓27Edmund#96
↓26Joanne#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.