State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,826 Vermont births in 1938 across 235 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#41Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#43Claire#184 nationally
#47Jeannette#186 nationally
#65Stuart#200 nationally
#66Carltonoutside the national top 200
#76Wendelloutside the national top 200
#54Carroll#175 nationally
#83Brendaoutside the national top 200
#85Burtonoutside the national top 200
#73Priscilla#188 nationally
#87Murieloutside the national top 200
#72Nelson#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary105US #1
#2Shirley88US #5
#3Patricia84US #3
#4Barbara83US #2
#5Nancy83US #7
#6Betty68US #4
#7Joan56US #10
#8Joyce53US #11
#9Beverly51US #18
#10Sandra49US #14
#11Jean48US #27
#12Margaret41US #9
#13Dorothy39US #8
#14Elizabeth39US #17
#15Carol37US #6
#16Pauline35US #97
#17Helen33US #13
#18Elaine32US #42
#19Janice30US #24
#20Lorraine29US #93
#21Jane27US #44
#22Judith27US #12
#23Sylvia27US #56
#24Janet26US #16
#25Marilyn26US #19
#26Carolyn25US #15
#27Jacqueline25US #69
#28Phyllis24US #28
#29Theresa24US #92
#30Alice23US #29
#31Ann23US #32
#32Sally23US #54
#33Marjorie21US #53
#34Marlene21US #51
#35Martha20US #26
#36Ruth20US #21
#37Gloria19US #36
#38Marion19US #118
#39Beatrice18US #125
#40Frances18US #23
#41Rita18US #74
#42Rosalie18US #66
#43Claire17US #184
#44Donna17US #20
#45Doris17US #25
#46Norma17US #34
#47Jeannette16US #186
#48Lois16US #33
#49Marie16US #37
#50Virginia16US #22
#51Lucille15US #106
#52Roberta15US #73
#53Susan15US #71
#54Arlene14US #63
#55Eleanor14US #60
#56Geraldine14US #45
#57Jeanne14US #148
#58Rose14US #39
#59Anita13US #99
#60Cynthia13US #160
#61Anne12US #84
#62Charlotte12US #70
#63Florence12US #90
#64Irene12US #72
#65Louise12US #59
#66Ellen11US #89
#67Joanne11US #57
#68June11US #79
#69Linda11US #31
#70Bernice10US #112
#71Catherine10US #48
#72Katherine10US #105
#73Priscilla10US #188
#74Rebecca10US #145
#75Sheila10US #136
#76Constance9US #117
#77Emily9US #164
#78Kathleen9US #58
#79Mildred9US #52
#80Sarah9US #67
#81Annette8US #119
#82Audrey8US #87
#83Brenda8
#84Charlene8US #143
#85Gail8US #77
#86Laura8US #108
#87Muriel8
#88Paula8US #163
#89Rosemary8US #95
#90Thelma8US #86
#91Vivian8US #135
#92Bertha7US #131
#93Carole7US #46
#94Claudette7
#95Deanna7US #115
#96Eileen7US #113
#97Evelyn7US #38
#98Harriet7US #158
#99Leona7US #173
#100Ramona7US #190

Boys

#1Robert232US #1
#2Richard125US #5
#3John123US #3
#4James100US #2
#5William94US #4
#6David87US #8
#7Donald75US #7
#8Ronald69US #10
#9Edward58US #13
#10Charles55US #6
#11Raymond55US #20
#12Paul50US #15
#13Thomas50US #9
#14Kenneth46US #14
#15George44US #11
#16Norman41US #43
#17Joseph38US #12
#18Roger38US #31
#19Gerald35US #19
#20Philip31US #64
#21Wayne30US #40
#22Bruce27US #66
#23Michael27US #21
#24Arthur25US #32
#25Lawrence25US #36
#26Bernard24US #75
#27Howard24US #42
#28Harold23US #23
#29Stanley23US #59
#30Peter22US #48
#31Ernest21US #55
#32Frank21US #18
#33Frederick21US #71
#34Gary21US #22
#35Carl19US #29
#36Douglas19US #60
#37Francis19US #51
#38Larry19US #16
#39Leonard19US #57
#40Henry18US #30
#41Reginald18
#42Albert17US #37
#43Gordon17US #78
#44Ralph16US #35
#45Eugene15US #33
#46Maurice15US #143
#47Walter14US #26
#48Fred13US #38
#49Harry13US #44
#50Roland13US #124
#51Alan12US #91
#52Edwin12US #90
#53Leo12US #104
#54Carroll11US #175
#55Daniel11US #39
#56Herbert11US #68
#57Arnold10US #111
#58Clifford10US #89
#59Dale10US #56
#60Andrew9US #82
#61Anthony9US #46
#62Leon9US #85
#63Marvin9US #53
#64Russell9US #70
#65Stuart9US #200
#66Carlton8
#67Chester8US #136
#68Earl8US #50
#69Floyd8US #96
#70Lee8US #80
#71Louis8US #47
#72Nelson8US #182
#73Rodney8US #133
#74Theodore8US #84
#75Vernon8US #103
#76Wendell8
#77Allen7US #73
#78Jack7US #25
#79Lewis7US #109
#80Melvin7US #54
#81Patrick7US #88
#82Phillip7US #95
#83Alfred6US #69
#84Allan6US #119
#85Burton6
#86Clyde6US #97
#87Dennis6US #49
#88Duane6US #114
#89Everett6US #159
#90Leslie6US #135
#91Timothy6US #167
#92Wilfred6
#93Bradley5
#94Clarence5US #58
#95Edgar5US #157
#96Elwin5
#97Gene5US #65
#98Gerard5
#99Leland5
#100Leroy5US #61

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑47Beatrice#39
↑41Roland#50
↑40Sally#32
↑34Harry#49
↑34Anthony#61
↑33Roberta#52
↑32Michael#23
↑30Reginald#41

Falling

↓50Evelyn#97
↓47Clarence#94
↓42Joanne#67
↓38Alfred#83
↓33Carole#93
↓32Louise#65
↓32Earl#68
↓32Wendell#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.