State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,063 Vermont births in 1940 across 230 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
#41Claire#194 nationally
#53Jeannette#182 nationally
#82Andreoutside the national top 200
#84Cecileoutside the national top 200
#85Hildaoutside the national top 200
#90Stewartoutside the national top 200
#72Nelson#182 nationally
#93Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#93Armandoutside the national top 200
#94Carltonoutside the national top 200
#95Cliftonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary123US #1
#2Patricia114US #3
#3Barbara107US #2
#4Sandra85US #10
#5Shirley80US #9
#6Nancy74US #7
#7Judith70US #4
#8Joyce63US #13
#9Carol56US #6
#10Elizabeth51US #20
#11Joan51US #14
#12Linda47US #8
#13Janice43US #22
#14Jean41US #29
#15Margaret40US #11
#16Beverly39US #27
#17Marilyn36US #25
#18Dorothy32US #12
#19Janet32US #19
#20Betty30US #5
#21Jane30US #47
#22Ruth30US #24
#23Martha29US #26
#24Elaine27US #50
#25Marie27US #41
#26Ann26US #35
#27Gloria26US #30
#28Lorraine26US #95
#29Theresa25US #102
#30Susan23US #36
#31Carolyn22US #15
#32Donna22US #23
#33Virginia22US #21
#34Helen21US #18
#35Pauline21US #104
#36Sally21US #61
#37Alice20US #32
#38Joanne20US #54
#39Phyllis20US #33
#40Sylvia20US #62
#41Claire19US #194
#42Doris19US #31
#43Kathleen19US #40
#44Gail18US #65
#45Jacqueline18US #76
#46Louise18US #59
#47Marion18US #120
#48Marjorie18US #64
#49Norma18US #43
#50Anne17US #84
#51Frances17US #28
#52Brenda16US #42
#53Jeannette16US #182
#54Arlene15US #75
#55Lucille15US #113
#56Cynthia14US #133
#57Lois14US #38
#58Suzanne14US #109
#59Audrey13US #99
#60Eleanor13US #68
#61Ellen13US #74
#62Evelyn13US #48
#63Roberta13US #71
#64Sheila13US #130
#65Constance12US #124
#66Anita11US #87
#67Catherine11US #53
#68Charlotte11US #55
#69Deanna11US #136
#70Esther11US #131
#71Florence11US #100
#72Irene11US #73
#73June11US #82
#74Rose11US #44
#75Anna10US #51
#76Annette10US #126
#77Carole10US #49
#78Diane10US #45
#79Jeanne10US #129
#80Judy10US #16
#81Loretta10US #69
#82Maureen10US #135
#83Priscilla10US #127
#84Cecile9
#85Hilda9
#86Lillian9US #97
#87Rita9US #70
#88Christine8US #118
#89Dolores8US #67
#90Geraldine8US #46
#91Harriet8US #157
#92Ethel7US #106
#93Jeannine7
#94Katherine7US #92
#95Kay7US #77
#96Laura7US #108
#97Muriel7
#98Sara7US #122
#99Sharon7US #17
#100Bonnie6US #39

Boys

#1Richard186US #5
#2Robert180US #2
#3John147US #3
#4David108US #7
#5James105US #1
#6William103US #4
#7Ronald70US #10
#8Donald62US #9
#9Charles56US #6
#10Kenneth54US #15
#11Paul51US #17
#12Roger45US #26
#13Thomas45US #8
#14Joseph44US #12
#15George43US #11
#16Edward41US #16
#17Francis39US #61
#18Raymond38US #22
#19Wayne38US #39
#20Arthur33US #33
#21Michael32US #18
#22Peter32US #43
#23Harold31US #23
#24Albert27US #41
#25Larry26US #13
#26Gary24US #19
#27Norman24US #48
#28Ralph24US #37
#29Stephen24US #49
#30Bruce23US #55
#31Eugene23US #38
#32Frank22US #20
#33Stanley22US #59
#34Henry21US #31
#35Gerald19US #21
#36Douglas18US #56
#37Philip18US #60
#38Bernard17US #82
#39Lawrence17US #36
#40Louis17US #50
#41Reginald17
#42Roland17US #141
#43Alan16US #88
#44Daniel16US #34
#45Gordon16US #91
#46Leo16US #112
#47Rodney16US #133
#48Frederick15US #68
#49Patrick15US #74
#50Russell14US #72
#51Allen13US #71
#52Clarence13US #64
#53Theodore13US #90
#54Walter13US #25
#55Carl12US #32
#56Harry12US #47
#57Howard12US #45
#58Leonard12US #54
#59Roy12US #42
#60Herbert11US #75
#61Alfred10US #69
#62Maurice10US #161
#63Dale9US #57
#64Fred9US #40
#65Jerry9US #14
#66Warren9US #110
#67Anthony8US #46
#68Brian8US #163
#69Chester8US #137
#70Ernest8US #58
#71Marvin8US #63
#72Nelson8US #182
#73Wendell8US #114
#74Clifford7US #94
#75Dennis7US #24
#76Gene7US #70
#77Keith7US #125
#78Lee7US #80
#79Leon7US #89
#80Martin7US #85
#81Alvin6US #106
#82Andre6
#83Andrew6US #84
#84Earl6US #52
#85Glenn6US #83
#86Harvey6US #98
#87Lester6US #116
#88Ray6US #77
#89Steven6US #119
#90Stewart6
#91Stuart6US #195
#92Allan5US #115
#93Armand5
#94Carlton5
#95Clifton5
#96Conrad5
#97Curtis5US #97
#98Duane5US #134
#99Edwin5US #96
#100Everett5US #168

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑40Stephen#29
↑39Linda#12
↑36Ellen#61
↑34Jerry#65
↑29Alan#43
↑28Sheila#64
↑23Bruce#30
↑23Henry#34

Falling

↓54Rita#87
↓52Everett#100
↓44Priscilla#83
↓36Laura#96
↓33Duane#98
↓31Howard#57
↓30Earl#84
↓28Maurice#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.