State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,543 Vermont births in 1943 across 245 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#48Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#70Claireoutside the national top 200
#76Wendell#199 nationally
#80Carroll#195 nationally
#91Terranceoutside the national top 200
#93Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#97Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#94Madeline#194 nationally
#66Maurice#165 nationally
#71Rachel#170 nationally
#82Morris#181 nationally
#55Priscilla#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary121US #1
#2Patricia109US #3
#3Sandra108US #6
#4Linda102US #4
#5Barbara90US #2
#6Nancy87US #9
#7Carol70US #5
#8Judith57US #7
#9Donna50US #17
#10Shirley50US #12
#11Joyce48US #16
#12Sharon40US #8
#13Joan39US #21
#14Susan39US #18
#15Betty38US #10
#16Beverly35US #32
#17Elizabeth35US #23
#18Jean35US #36
#19Gloria34US #30
#20Janet34US #20
#21Margaret34US #14
#22Janice31US #26
#23Alice29US #38
#24Carolyn29US #11
#25Lorraine28US #94
#26Marie28US #45
#27Elaine27US #46
#28Judy27US #13
#29Ruth27US #33
#30Marilyn26US #27
#31Pamela26US #54
#32Diane25US #24
#33Jane25US #44
#34Theresa25US #100
#35Ann24US #37
#36Jacqueline24US #65
#37Kathleen24US #22
#38Sally24US #57
#39Virginia24US #25
#40Joanne23US #49
#41Martha21US #29
#42Pauline21US #112
#43Sylvia21US #77
#44Bonnie19US #34
#45Dorothy19US #19
#46Frances19US #31
#47Phyllis19US #39
#48Gail18US #55
#49Karen18US #15
#50Lucille18US #125
#51Rose18US #50
#52Carole17US #42
#53Brenda16US #35
#54Catherine16US #48
#55Priscilla16US #146
#56Helen15US #28
#57June15US #111
#58Sheila14US #92
#59Anita13US #98
#60Cynthia13US #101
#61Doris13US #40
#62Louise13US #70
#63Marion13US #129
#64Florence12US #124
#65Lois12US #43
#66Rita12US #52
#67Anne11US #80
#68Charlotte11US #47
#69Cheryl11US #102
#70Claire11
#71Rachel11US #170
#72Audrey10US #140
#73Jeanne10US #113
#74Marlene10US #104
#75Suzanne10US #86
#76Anna9US #64
#77Eleanor9US #107
#78Lillian9US #116
#79Marjorie9US #79
#80Norma9US #58
#81Roberta9US #66
#82Arlene8US #90
#83Constance8US #109
#84Ellen8US #67
#85Geraldine8US #51
#86Katherine8US #78
#87Beatrice7US #152
#88Darlene7US #73
#89Deanna7US #160
#90Diana7US #62
#91Dianne7US #88
#92Esther7US #151
#93Jeanette7US #110
#94Madeline7US #194
#95Marcia7US #96
#96Maureen7US #105
#97Rebecca7US #87
#98Rosemary7US #97
#99Alma6US #174
#100Charlene6US #121

Boys

#1Robert219US #2
#2Richard158US #5
#3John147US #3
#4James135US #1
#5David115US #6
#6William97US #4
#7Ronald83US #9
#8Paul72US #19
#9Donald70US #11
#10Charles65US #7
#11Edward56US #18
#12Michael56US #10
#13Thomas55US #8
#14George54US #14
#15Roger50US #24
#16Raymond49US #22
#17Douglas44US #28
#18Peter41US #39
#19Gary39US #16
#20Bruce38US #51
#21Kenneth38US #15
#22Joseph37US #13
#23Francis36US #64
#24Wayne36US #41
#25Arthur35US #30
#26Larry35US #12
#27Norman31US #56
#28Lawrence28US #32
#29Gerald27US #23
#30Henry27US #31
#31Stephen27US #29
#32Alan26US #67
#33Philip24US #57
#34Bernard23US #92
#35Harold23US #27
#36Stanley23US #54
#37Walter23US #26
#38Howard22US #48
#39Albert21US #43
#40Daniel21US #25
#41Gordon21US #98
#42Ralph21US #40
#43Ernest20US #61
#44Roy20US #38
#45Dennis19US #20
#46Frank15US #21
#47Frederick15US #70
#48Reginald15
#49Rodney15US #118
#50Allen14US #76
#51Earl14US #60
#52Eugene14US #47
#53Leon14US #103
#54Russell14US #73
#55Alfred13US #78
#56Mark13US #101
#57Carl12US #33
#58Harry12US #50
#59Leonard12US #55
#60Patrick12US #69
#61Roland12US #150
#62Anthony11US #44
#63Barry11US #82
#64Keith11US #108
#65Louis11US #53
#66Maurice11US #165
#67Andrew10US #79
#68Brian10US #120
#69Fred10US #45
#70Jack10US #34
#71Leo10US #133
#72Leslie10US #121
#73Phillip10US #81
#74Steven10US #58
#75Theodore10US #96
#76Wendell10US #199
#77Dean9US #142
#78Jerry9US #17
#79Timothy9US #99
#80Carroll8US #195
#81Floyd8US #112
#82Morris8US #181
#83Terry8US #49
#84Arnold7US #131
#85Calvin7US #126
#86Clarence7US #68
#87Duane7US #138
#88Everett7US #174
#89Lee7US #91
#90Lewis7US #115
#91Terrance7
#92Wesley7US #155
#93Wilfred7
#94Clifford6US #94
#95Dale6US #59
#96Gilbert6US #123
#97Malcolm6
#98Ray6US #84
#99Ronnie6US #71
#100Victor6US #97

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑59Pamela#31
↑43Priscilla#55
↑36Russell#54
↑34Doris#61
↑34Leon#53
↑32Florence#64
↑29Alice#23
↑27Sharon#12

Falling

↓34Dianne#91
↓29Maurice#66
↓26Audrey#72
↓26Roland#61
↓25Brenda#53
↓24Eleanor#77
↓22Diana#90
↓20Maureen#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.