State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,207 Vermont births in 1945 across 243 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#47Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#62Claireoutside the national top 200
#44Maurice#177 nationally
#69Claytonoutside the national top 200
#71Gerardoutside the national top 200
#72Guy#195 nationally
#87Marceloutside the national top 200
#89Albertaoutside the national top 200
#89Reneoutside the national top 200
#91Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#51Roland#158 nationally
#93Bernadette#196 nationally

Girls

#1Linda129US #2
#2Mary120US #1
#3Carol97US #5
#4Patricia83US #4
#5Nancy74US #7
#6Sandra72US #6
#7Judith70US #9
#8Barbara69US #3
#9Donna61US #17
#10Susan58US #10
#11Betty42US #11
#12Gloria42US #23
#13Shirley40US #14
#14Diane36US #22
#15Sharon36US #8
#16Carolyn34US #12
#17Joan34US #25
#18Elizabeth32US #26
#19Margaret32US #15
#20Jean31US #38
#21Jane30US #36
#22Judy30US #13
#23Cheryl28US #32
#24Dorothy27US #21
#25Martha27US #30
#26Bonnie26US #35
#27Elaine26US #44
#28Janet26US #20
#29Marie24US #49
#30Beverly23US #37
#31Brenda22US #29
#32Pamela22US #42
#33Ann21US #39
#34Joyce21US #18
#35Kathleen20US #19
#36Karen19US #16
#37Marilyn19US #27
#38Maureen19US #105
#39Pauline19US #125
#40Carole18US #51
#41Frances18US #34
#42Sheila18US #89
#43Virginia18US #28
#44Ruth17US #33
#45Theresa17US #96
#46Jacqueline16US #63
#47Janice16US #24
#48Louise16US #78
#49Diana15US #43
#50Doris15US #46
#51Gail15US #52
#52Lois15US #48
#53Marjorie15US #94
#54Sally15US #64
#55Charlotte14US #55
#56Cynthia14US #90
#57Helen14US #31
#58Phyllis14US #40
#59Rose14US #54
#60Joanne13US #53
#61Anne12US #81
#62Claire12
#63Kathryn12US #65
#64Rita12US #59
#65Sylvia12US #83
#66Alice11US #41
#67Annette11US #149
#68Charlene11US #114
#69Darlene11US #71
#70Katherine11US #82
#71Marion11US #145
#72Paula11US #67
#73Roberta11US #75
#74Anna10US #73
#75Jeanne10US #98
#76Priscilla10US #166
#77Rachel10US #174
#78Irene9US #97
#79Lynda9US #111
#80Marlene9US #110
#81Catherine8US #50
#82Constance8US #109
#83Laura8US #77
#84Lillian8US #124
#85Lucille8US #129
#86Norma8US #74
#87Rebecca8US #85
#88Rosemary8US #79
#89Alberta7
#90Anita7US #100
#91Arlene7US #99
#92Audrey7US #143
#93Bernadette7US #196
#94Christine7US #62
#95Dianne7US #72
#96Eleanor7US #130
#97Ellen7US #61
#98Jeannette7
#99Marsha7US #113
#100Veronica7US #195

Boys

#1Robert176US #2
#2John154US #3
#3James139US #1
#4Richard135US #5
#5David130US #6
#6William116US #4
#7Michael78US #9
#8Paul76US #17
#9Gary70US #13
#10Charles67US #7
#11Thomas67US #8
#12Donald57US #12
#13Ronald54US #10
#14George51US #15
#15Raymond48US #23
#16Roger46US #22
#17Edward44US #18
#18Peter36US #38
#19Joseph34US #14
#20Kenneth34US #16
#21Philip33US #58
#22Larry30US #11
#23Bruce29US #48
#24Douglas29US #29
#25Stephen29US #26
#26Dennis27US #19
#27Daniel26US #24
#28Harold26US #28
#29Gerald24US #25
#30Lawrence24US #30
#31Wayne24US #35
#32Arthur22US #34
#33Francis22US #76
#34Steven21US #43
#35Bernard20US #98
#36Walter19US #27
#37Alan18US #52
#38Harry18US #47
#39Norman18US #65
#40Albert17US #49
#41Eugene17US #50
#42Ernest16US #60
#43Frank16US #21
#44Maurice16US #177
#45Ralph16US #44
#46Carl15US #39
#47Reginald14
#48Stanley14US #59
#49Anthony13US #46
#50Brian13US #113
#51Roland13US #158
#52Allen12US #74
#53Dale12US #61
#54Henry11US #37
#55Duane10US #138
#56Dwight10US #126
#57Frederick10US #77
#58Gordon10US #109
#59Leo10US #139
#60Phillip10US #85
#61Rodney10US #105
#62Roy10US #40
#63Russell10US #64
#64Gene9US #100
#65Glenn9US #93
#66Howard9US #54
#67Mark9US #72
#68Clarence8US #82
#69Clayton8
#70Earl8US #71
#71Gerard8
#72Guy8US #195
#73Herbert8US #94
#74Jerry8US #20
#75Keith8US #108
#76Leonard8US #57
#77Theodore8US #101
#78Alfred7US #88
#79Andrew7US #86
#80Arnold7US #147
#81Curtis7US #97
#82Eric7US #153
#83Jay7US #125
#84Lee7US #87
#85Leon7US #111
#86Louis7US #55
#87Marcel7
#88Marvin7US #80
#89Rene7
#90Timothy7US #70
#91Bradley6
#92Chester6US #144
#93Clifford6US #99
#94Danny6US #56
#95Edwin6US #117
#96Floyd6US #114
#97Fred6US #51
#98Gregory6US #96
#99Jack6US #32
#100Jeffrey6US #91

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑58Karen#36
↑41Duane#55
↑34Harry#38
↑29Rose#59
↑27Maureen#38
↑27Philip#21
↑23Annette#67
↑22Diana#49

Falling

↓35Dianne#95
↓32Alfred#78
↓32Louis#86
↓29Roy#62
↓28Leon#85
↓27Anita#90
↓24Sally#54
↓23Joyce#34

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.