State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,141 Vermont births in 1941 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.

#34Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#50Claire#196 nationally
#78Andreoutside the national top 200
#81Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#69Carroll#188 nationally
#80Jeannette#198 nationally
#84Winstonoutside the national top 200
#87Armandoutside the national top 200
#51Maurice#163 nationally
#89Madelineoutside the national top 200
#89Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#90Margueriteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia133US #3
#2Mary111US #1
#3Barbara107US #2
#4Sandra97US #9
#5Nancy83US #8
#6Betty60US #7
#7Linda60US #5
#8Carol56US #4
#9Judith56US #6
#10Shirley51US #10
#11Joan47US #17
#12Joyce45US #13
#13Beverly40US #29
#14Jean37US #32
#15Marilyn37US #30
#16Elizabeth36US #21
#17Carolyn33US #11
#18Janet33US #18
#19Margaret33US #12
#20Susan32US #27
#21Gloria30US #26
#22Donna28US #20
#23Dorothy28US #14
#24Gail28US #68
#25Joanne28US #54
#26Lorraine26US #93
#27Frances25US #31
#28Helen25US #24
#29Marie25US #42
#30Brenda24US #41
#31Janice24US #22
#32Virginia24US #23
#33Sally23US #61
#34Jane22US #46
#35Judy21US #16
#36Phyllis21US #35
#37Ruth21US #28
#38Carole20US #48
#39Jacqueline20US #73
#40Pauline20US #109
#41Ann18US #37
#42Alice17US #34
#43Anita17US #91
#44Elaine17US #44
#45Kathleen17US #36
#46Norma17US #47
#47Priscilla16US #132
#48Sylvia16US #65
#49Catherine15US #51
#50Claire15US #196
#51Cynthia15US #112
#52Diane15US #40
#53June15US #90
#54Louise15US #62
#55Marjorie15US #71
#56Maureen15US #129
#57Rebecca15US #86
#58Suzanne15US #97
#59Theresa15US #95
#60Anne14US #82
#61Eleanor14US #78
#62Irene14US #74
#63Charlene13US #125
#64Lois13US #43
#65Martha13US #25
#66Roberta13US #72
#67Lucille12US #119
#68Marcia12US #105
#69Anna11US #56
#70Audrey11US #117
#71Bonnie11US #33
#72Ellen11US #67
#73Evelyn11US #50
#74Jeanne11US #126
#75Marlene11US #83
#76Sharon11US #15
#77Sheila11US #110
#78Annette10US #128
#79Doris10US #38
#80Jeannette10US #198
#81Jeannine10
#82Lillian10US #104
#83Grace9US #123
#84Rita9US #63
#85Arlene8US #77
#86Christine8US #101
#87Deanna8US #137
#88Dolores8US #57
#89Madeline8
#90Marguerite8
#91Yvonne8US #120
#92Jeanette7US #98
#93Katherine7US #85
#94Kay7US #70
#95Marion7US #130
#96Peggy7US #39
#97Rachel7US #159
#98Rose7US #49
#99Yvette7
#100Carlene6

Boys

#1Robert200US #2
#2Richard154US #5
#3John136US #3
#4James115US #1
#5David109US #7
#6William91US #4
#7Donald76US #10
#8Ronald72US #9
#9Raymond63US #22
#10Thomas62US #8
#11George61US #13
#12Paul55US #18
#13Charles53US #6
#14Edward53US #17
#15Roger48US #25
#16Joseph41US #12
#17Michael41US #16
#18Larry37US #11
#19Peter36US #44
#20Wayne36US #37
#21Gary31US #19
#22Harold31US #24
#23Stephen31US #41
#24Kenneth30US #15
#25Lawrence30US #34
#26Norman30US #49
#27Albert27US #40
#28Bernard26US #87
#29Francis24US #60
#30Howard24US #47
#31Walter24US #26
#32Gordon22US #92
#33Philip22US #52
#34Reginald22
#35Frank21US #21
#36Douglas20US #53
#37Ralph20US #38
#38Bruce19US #51
#39Arthur18US #33
#40Frederick18US #69
#41Stanley18US #57
#42Dennis17US #23
#43Ernest17US #61
#44Gerald17US #20
#45Henry17US #28
#46Leonard15US #54
#47Roland15US #144
#48Alan14US #84
#49Carl14US #29
#50Eugene14US #42
#51Maurice14US #163
#52Louis13US #50
#53Roy13US #39
#54Clifford12US #94
#55Earl12US #58
#56Fred12US #43
#57Rodney12US #127
#58Jerry11US #14
#59Alfred10US #74
#60Daniel10US #31
#61Edwin10US #97
#62Theodore10US #95
#63Arnold9US #123
#64Dale9US #59
#65Harry9US #48
#66Leo9US #116
#67Leroy9US #67
#68Russell9US #75
#69Carroll8US #188
#70Clarence8US #62
#71Gene8US #72
#72Herbert8US #76
#73Jack8US #32
#74Jon8US #128
#75Lee8US #81
#76Neil8US #161
#77Allan7US #135
#78Andre7
#79Lyle7US #168
#80Mark7US #122
#81Terry7US #64
#82Timothy7US #121
#83Wendell7US #157
#84Winston7
#85Allen6US #73
#86Anthony6US #46
#87Armand6
#88Barry6US #91
#89Bradley6
#90Calvin6US #133
#91Cecil6US #132
#92Don6US #66
#93Everett6US #166
#94Glen6US #139
#95Laurence6
#96Phillip6US #77
#97Ronnie6US #79
#98Stewart6
#99Stuart6US #173
#100Christopher5

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑45Judy#35
↑39Carole#38
↑38Edwin#61
↑36Priscilla#47
↑33Dennis#42
↑29Bonnie#71
↑29Earl#55
↑27Howard#30

Falling

↓48Marion#95
↓42Martha#65
↓37Doris#79
↓34Allen#85
↓31Arlene#85
↓30Theresa#59
↓27Jeannette#80
↓24Rose#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.