State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,853 Vermont births in 1939 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.

#40Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#47Claire#189 nationally
#71Wendelloutside the national top 200
#75Armandoutside the national top 200
#52Brian#176 nationally
#34Maurice#157 nationally
#77Clayton#197 nationally
#82Marceloutside the national top 200
#83Beverleyoutside the national top 200
#83Roderickoutside the national top 200
#69Caroline#186 nationally
#48Everett#163 nationally

Girls

#1Mary106US #1
#2Patricia99US #3
#3Barbara98US #2
#4Nancy76US #7
#5Sandra75US #13
#6Beverly61US #25
#7Carol61US #6
#8Joan61US #11
#9Betty56US #4
#10Shirley52US #5
#11Joyce47US #12
#12Judith47US #8
#13Elizabeth44US #18
#14Janet41US #17
#15Jean41US #32
#16Janice38US #24
#17Margaret37US #10
#18Dorothy34US #9
#19Marilyn32US #19
#20Elaine28US #45
#21Carolyn27US #14
#22Helen27US #16
#23Pauline27US #105
#24Ann25US #33
#25Sally25US #52
#26Marie24US #37
#27Alice22US #31
#28Phyllis22US #30
#29Jane21US #46
#30Kathleen20US #48
#31Lois20US #35
#32Martha20US #27
#33Rita20US #78
#34Ruth20US #22
#35Virginia19US #21
#36Donna18US #20
#37Joanne18US #53
#38Lorraine18US #95
#39Priscilla18US #148
#40Susan18US #44
#41Sylvia18US #62
#42Eleanor17US #63
#43Gloria17US #36
#44Marjorie17US #60
#45Norma17US #38
#46Theresa17US #94
#47Claire16US #189
#48Doris16US #29
#49Irene16US #74
#50Jacqueline15US #72
#51Linda15US #15
#52Louise15US #59
#53Arlene14US #69
#54Gail14US #73
#55Charlene13US #139
#56June13US #83
#57Lucille13US #110
#58Marion13US #120
#59Frances12US #26
#60Laura12US #107
#61Rose12US #42
#62Audrey11US #98
#63Jeanne11US #147
#64Lillian11US #99
#65Marlene11US #64
#66Roberta11US #71
#67Suzanne11US #122
#68Carole10US #47
#69Caroline10US #186
#70Evelyn10US #40
#71Maureen10US #146
#72Yvonne10US #90
#73Annette9US #121
#74Charlotte9US #66
#75Cynthia9US #152
#76Dolores9US #58
#77Gladys9US #104
#78Jeanette9US #82
#79Judy9US #28
#80Leona9US #177
#81Loretta9US #65
#82Anna8US #43
#83Beverley8
#84Catherine8US #49
#85Edith8US #102
#86Edna8US #81
#87Florence8US #96
#88Geraldine8US #41
#89Gertrude8US #173
#90Kay8US #76
#91Rachel8US #160
#92Sheila8US #125
#93Vivian8US #128
#94Beatrice7US #136
#95Bertha7US #135
#96Diane7US #51
#97Ellen7US #80
#98Eva7US #129
#99Hazel7US #118
#100Joann7US #57

Boys

#1Robert213US #1
#2Richard153US #5
#3John146US #3
#4William107US #4
#5James100US #2
#6David92US #7
#7Donald64US #8
#8Paul61US #17
#9Ronald61US #10
#10Raymond58US #22
#11Thomas56US #9
#12Roger54US #28
#13Charles52US #6
#14George52US #11
#15Francis40US #53
#16Kenneth38US #13
#17Lawrence37US #36
#18Edward36US #15
#19Wayne33US #39
#20Harold29US #23
#21Joseph29US #12
#22Gerald26US #19
#23Norman26US #44
#24Larry25US #14
#25Peter24US #46
#26Howard23US #47
#27Michael23US #18
#28Walter23US #25
#29Arthur22US #32
#30Bernard20US #76
#31Douglas20US #58
#32Ralph19US #35
#33Gordon18US #82
#34Maurice18US #157
#35Russell18US #73
#36Philip17US #66
#37Albert16US #41
#38Allen16US #72
#39Gary15US #21
#40Reginald15
#41Roland15US #131
#42Stanley15US #57
#43Carl14US #30
#44Eugene14US #37
#45Frank14US #20
#46Louis14US #49
#47Daniel13US #38
#48Everett13US #163
#49Frederick13US #71
#50Leo13US #108
#51Leonard13US #54
#52Brian12US #176
#53Bruce12US #64
#54Earl12US #50
#55Roy12US #42
#56Clifford11US #88
#57Henry11US #31
#58Herbert11US #68
#59Patrick11US #79
#60Rodney11US #122
#61Alfred10US #70
#62Arnold10US #113
#63Clarence10US #60
#64Dale10US #59
#65Duane10US #118
#66Ernest10US #55
#67Theodore10US #90
#68Harry9US #45
#69Stephen9US #65
#70Warren9US #104
#71Wendell9
#72Alan8US #85
#73Neil8US #152
#74Andrew7US #84
#75Armand7
#76Chester7US #133
#77Clayton7US #197
#78Edwin7US #96
#79Fred7US #40
#80Glenn7US #87
#81Leon7US #86
#82Marcel7
#83Roderick7
#84Calvin6US #126
#85Carroll6US #179
#86Gene6US #69
#87Lee6US #78
#88Marvin6US #52
#89Melvin6US #51
#90Phillip6US #92
#91Wallace6US #151
#92Carlton5
#93Clifton5US #194
#94Dean5US #134
#95Delbert5US #174
#96Dennis5US #34
#97Elwin5
#98Jack5US #26
#99Jerry5US #16
#100Jon5US #121

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑48Kathleen#30
↑41Everett#48
↑39Allen#38
↑34Priscilla#39
↑31Gail#54
↑31Clarence#63
↑30Joanne#37
↑29Charlene#55

Falling

↓55Beatrice#94
↓35Ernest#66
↓32Geraldine#88
↓31Marlene#65
↓31Ellen#97
↓31Bruce#53
↓31Fred#79
↓31Carroll#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.