State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,779 Vermont births in 1937 across 233 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#44Wendelloutside the national top 200
#44Claire#191 nationally
#66Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#68Cecileoutside the national top 200
#57Jeannette#189 nationally
#64Nelson#194 nationally
#71Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#75Carltonoutside the national top 200
#76Clementoutside the national top 200
#81Reneoutside the national top 200
#65Carroll#178 nationally
#88Andreoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary104US #1
#2Patricia103US #3
#3Shirley91US #4
#4Barbara83US #2
#5Beverly83US #14
#6Nancy66US #7
#7Joan60US #9
#8Jean44US #23
#9Joyce44US #11
#10Betty42US #5
#11Sandra42US #26
#12Elizabeth41US #17
#13Margaret41US #10
#14Janice40US #25
#15Janet38US #18
#16Carol34US #6
#17Dorothy32US #8
#18Marilyn32US #13
#19Phyllis32US #27
#20Pauline30US #87
#21Ann29US #30
#22Elaine29US #45
#23Helen29US #12
#24Theresa29US #95
#25Joanne28US #51
#26Judith25US #34
#27Gloria24US #32
#28Marlene24US #40
#29Rita24US #69
#30Virginia24US #16
#31Marie23US #35
#32Frances22US #19
#33Louise22US #48
#34Ruth22US #15
#35Lorraine21US #83
#36Carolyn19US #20
#37Eleanor19US #53
#38Jane19US #42
#39Doris18US #22
#40Marion18US #109
#41Marjorie18US #57
#42Norma18US #33
#43Sylvia18US #50
#44Claire17US #191
#45Lois17US #29
#46Alice16US #28
#47Evelyn16US #36
#48Florence16US #81
#49Jacqueline16US #70
#50Martha16US #24
#51Lucille15US #98
#52Catherine14US #47
#53Jeanne14US #149
#54Susan14US #97
#55Arlene13US #60
#56Irene13US #62
#57Jeannette13US #189
#58Anne12US #92
#59Bernice12US #104
#60Carole12US #56
#61Charlotte12US #67
#62Dolores12US #37
#63June12US #71
#64Kathleen12US #61
#65Laura12US #105
#66Priscilla12
#67Anita11US #93
#68Cecile11
#69Gail11US #99
#70Lillian11US #84
#71Rose11US #38
#72Sally11US #59
#73Anna10US #39
#74Ellen10US #102
#75Mildred10US #43
#76Yvonne10US #77
#77Agnes9US #153
#78Geraldine9US #44
#79Katherine9US #103
#80Sheila9US #142
#81Annette8US #115
#82Caroline8US #181
#83Esther8US #116
#84Rachel8US #163
#85Roberta8US #66
#86Beatrice7US #120
#87Bertha7US #121
#88Connie7US #128
#89Elsie7US #125
#90Grace7US #94
#91Harriet7US #154
#92Ida7US #133
#93Jeannine7
#94Linda7US #49
#95Loretta7US #63
#96Maureen7US #155
#97Audrey6US #85
#98Carmen6
#99Christine6US #135
#100Clarice6

Boys

#1Robert210US #1
#2Richard146US #5
#3John118US #3
#4William100US #4
#5James94US #2
#6Donald91US #7
#7David89US #8
#8Charles65US #6
#9Paul61US #15
#10Ronald60US #11
#11George56US #10
#12Raymond52US #19
#13Edward45US #13
#14Roger40US #36
#15Arthur39US #31
#16Thomas39US #9
#17Joseph37US #12
#18Norman35US #43
#19Francis29US #55
#20Kenneth29US #14
#21Wayne29US #44
#22Harold28US #21
#23Leo27US #97
#24Frederick26US #68
#25Albert25US #37
#26Lawrence24US #38
#27Gordon23US #75
#28Philip23US #62
#29Stanley21US #57
#30Carl20US #28
#31Larry20US #16
#32Maurice19US #144
#33Bernard17US #73
#34Gary17US #29
#35Bruce16US #70
#36Earl16US #48
#37Ernest16US #53
#38Frank16US #18
#39Peter16US #52
#40Gerald15US #20
#41Ralph15US #34
#42Dale14US #59
#43Douglas14US #74
#44Wendell14
#45Alfred13US #60
#46Allen13US #76
#47Clarence13US #54
#48Eugene13US #33
#49Henry13US #30
#50Roy13US #40
#51Walter13US #26
#52Andrew12US #79
#53Howard12US #42
#54Leonard12US #58
#55Michael12US #27
#56Rodney12US #151
#57Daniel11US #39
#58Floyd10US #80
#59Fred10US #35
#60Gilbert10US #112
#61Herbert10US #65
#62Leslie10US #131
#63Marvin10US #49
#64Nelson10US #194
#65Carroll9US #178
#66Clifford9US #90
#67Edwin9US #89
#68Jerry9US #17
#69Leon9US #85
#70Lloyd9US #91
#71Reginald9
#72Theodore9US #86
#73Alan8US #103
#74Arnold8US #111
#75Carlton8
#76Clement8
#77Duane8US #115
#78Franklin8US #77
#79Martin8US #87
#80Melvin8US #50
#81Rene8
#82Chester7US #129
#83Harry7US #41
#84Harvey7US #95
#85Neil7US #157
#86Phillip7US #98
#87Alton6US #173
#88Andre6
#89Hugh6US #143
#90Marcel6
#91Roland6US #126
#92Stephen6US #92
#93Vernon6US #96
#94Warren6US #106
#95Anthony5US #47
#96Armand5
#97Bradley5
#98Clayton5US #188
#99Dean5US #127
#100Lester5US #116

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑48Joanne#25
↑42Larry#31
↑40Wendell#44
↑38Gary#34
↑34Carole#60
↑31Clarence#47
↑29Louise#33
↑29Susan#54

Falling

↓36Roberta#85
↓31Reginald#71
↓29Harry#83
↓29Warren#94
↓28Irene#56
↓28Phillip#86
↓27Clayton#98
↓25Anthony#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.