State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,375 Vermont births in 1942 across 241 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#66Claytonoutside the national top 200
#68Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#67Claire#199 nationally
#69Armandoutside the national top 200
#37Maurice#166 nationally
#77Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#84Andreoutside the national top 200
#85Deborahoutside the national top 200
#88Gertrudeoutside the national top 200
#85Christopher#195 nationally
#92Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#35Roland#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary128US #1
#2Sandra113US #6
#3Patricia109US #3
#4Nancy84US #8
#5Linda82US #4
#6Judith74US #7
#7Barbara69US #2
#8Carol69US #5
#9Joan65US #18
#10Donna45US #20
#11Gloria42US #31
#12Shirley42US #12
#13Susan41US #21
#14Elizabeth39US #22
#15Betty38US #9
#16Joyce37US #13
#17Ruth36US #33
#18Beverly35US #32
#19Janet33US #19
#20Margaret33US #14
#21Janice32US #25
#22Carolyn31US #10
#23Jean30US #36
#24Virginia30US #23
#25Ann28US #38
#26Dorothy28US #17
#27Lorraine25US #91
#28Brenda23US #40
#29Elaine23US #45
#30Pauline23US #112
#31Theresa23US #98
#32Jane22US #46
#33Marilyn22US #27
#34Martha21US #29
#35Sally21US #56
#36Diane20US #28
#37Marie20US #43
#38Phyllis20US #37
#39Sharon20US #11
#40Carole19US #35
#41Joanne19US #48
#42Kathleen19US #24
#43Jacqueline18US #69
#44Sylvia18US #72
#45Cynthia17US #101
#46Audrey16US #120
#47Bonnie16US #34
#48Helen16US #26
#49Irene16US #80
#50Judy16US #15
#51Marion16US #130
#52Alice15US #39
#53Eleanor15US #87
#54Gail15US #60
#55Lois15US #44
#56Anne14US #76
#57Dianne14US #109
#58Frances14US #30
#59Karen14US #16
#60Louise14US #61
#61Marjorie14US #74
#62Rita14US #55
#63Roberta14US #66
#64June13US #107
#65Arlene12US #83
#66Sheila12US #94
#67Claire11US #199
#68Diana11US #68
#69Dolores11US #63
#70Lucille11US #118
#71Rose11US #50
#72Suzanne11US #103
#73Grace10US #129
#74Jeanne10US #119
#75Joann10US #58
#76Maureen10US #102
#77Anita9US #93
#78Catherine9US #49
#79Norma9US #52
#80Annette8US #134
#81Charlene8US #117
#82Charlotte8US #51
#83Christine8US #96
#84Constance8US #116
#85Deborah8
#86Ellen8US #64
#87Evelyn8US #53
#88Gertrude8
#89Marlene8US #84
#90Pamela8US #106
#91Paula8US #136
#92Ramona8
#93Yvonne8US #131
#94Dale7
#95Doris7US #41
#96Florence7US #110
#97Laura7US #115
#98Priscilla7US #135
#99Rebecca7US #85
#100Sarah7US #67

Boys

#1Robert194US #2
#2Richard149US #5
#3John138US #3
#4David127US #6
#5James117US #1
#6William101US #4
#7Donald90US #10
#8Ronald74US #9
#9Charles73US #7
#10Thomas71US #8
#11Michael65US #13
#12George63US #14
#13Raymond59US #24
#14Douglas55US #23
#15Paul55US #19
#16Edward53US #17
#17Roger49US #25
#18Kenneth46US #15
#19Lawrence39US #30
#20Gary37US #18
#21Bruce36US #50
#22Francis34US #58
#23Joseph34US #11
#24Gerald32US #22
#25Arthur31US #29
#26Larry30US #12
#27Peter30US #39
#28Stephen29US #32
#29Wayne29US #41
#30Norman26US #53
#31Frederick25US #68
#32Albert22US #40
#33Bernard22US #90
#34Philip21US #54
#35Roland21US #143
#36Walter21US #26
#37Maurice20US #166
#38Dennis19US #20
#39Howard18US #49
#40Ralph18US #38
#41Frank17US #21
#42Stanley17US #56
#43Alan16US #81
#44Harold16US #27
#45Henry16US #31
#46Gordon15US #92
#47Daniel14US #28
#48Earl14US #62
#49Eugene14US #45
#50Roy14US #42
#51Ernest13US #61
#52Leslie13US #127
#53Allen12US #71
#54Brian12US #139
#55Carl12US #36
#56Patrick12US #64
#57Rodney12US #121
#58Steven12US #75
#59Theodore12US #91
#60Timothy12US #108
#61Anthony11US #44
#62Leonard11US #57
#63Louis11US #51
#64Melvin11US #60
#65Phillip11US #77
#66Clayton10
#67Gene10US #82
#68Reginald10
#69Armand9
#70Barry9US #79
#71Duane9US #132
#72Herbert9US #83
#73Jack9US #34
#74Leo9US #120
#75Lloyd9US #96
#76Andrew8US #80
#77Bradley8
#78Clarence8US #67
#79Dale8US #63
#80Everett8US #161
#81Harry8US #48
#82Jon8US #125
#83Victor8US #99
#84Andre7
#85Christopher7US #195
#86Claude7US #149
#87Leon7US #93
#88Lewis7US #112
#89Nelson7US #181
#90Russell7US #70
#91Vernon7US #114
#92Carroll6US #200
#93Clifford6US #95
#94Edmond6
#95Fred6US #46
#96Jerry6US #16
#97Martin6US #85
#98Rene6
#99Terry6US #52
#100Wallace6US #157

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑44Marion#51
↑37Sharon#39
↑32Allen#53
↑31Martha#34
↑31Phillip#65
↑28Theresa#31
↑27Rose#71
↑25Anthony#61

Falling

↓51Priscilla#98
↓42Rebecca#99
↓39Clifford#93
↓39Fred#95
↓38Jerry#96
↓34Anita#77
↓34Reginald#68
↓33Norma#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.