State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,498 Vermont births in 1946 across 258 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#52Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#44Maurice#176 nationally
#69Claireoutside the national top 200
#84Armandoutside the national top 200
#86Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#54Roland#166 nationally
#80Everett#191 nationally
#91Colleenoutside the national top 200
#88Gerard#197 nationally
#92Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#31Pauline#133 nationally
#97Rachel#196 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia158US #3
#2Linda147US #2
#3Mary132US #1
#4Sandra119US #6
#5Nancy100US #7
#6Donna93US #13
#7Susan91US #8
#8Carol89US #5
#9Barbara81US #4
#10Judith80US #10
#11Sharon63US #9
#12Diane53US #19
#13Margaret45US #17
#14Joan42US #28
#15Cheryl40US #27
#16Joyce38US #20
#17Bonnie37US #33
#18Jane37US #35
#19Kathleen37US #16
#20Betty36US #14
#21Elizabeth36US #25
#22Jean35US #37
#23Judy35US #11
#24Janet34US #21
#25Shirley31US #18
#26Beverly30US #30
#27Virginia30US #31
#28Carolyn29US #12
#29Janice29US #22
#30Gail28US #49
#31Pauline27US #133
#32Theresa27US #96
#33Gloria26US #26
#34Ann25US #40
#35Brenda25US #24
#36Ruth25US #38
#37Suzanne25US #52
#38Diana24US #42
#39Lorraine24US #93
#40Pamela24US #34
#41Sheila24US #70
#42Marilyn23US #29
#43Helen22US #36
#44Sally22US #67
#45Cynthia21US #46
#46Dorothy21US #23
#47Elaine21US #47
#48Joanne21US #57
#49Martha20US #32
#50Sylvia20US #82
#51Christine19US #50
#52Frances19US #39
#53Marie19US #54
#54Alice18US #44
#55Carole17US #72
#56Irene17US #102
#57Jeanne17US #83
#58Rita17US #56
#59Rose17US #60
#60Dianne16US #76
#61Phyllis16US #41
#62Rebecca16US #68
#63Catherine15US #48
#64Charlene15US #107
#65Karen15US #15
#66Marcia15US #89
#67Norma15US #77
#68Paula15US #69
#69Claire14
#70Doris14US #51
#71Deborah13US #119
#72Anne12US #81
#73Darlene12US #71
#74Ellen12US #58
#75Kathryn12US #63
#76Maureen12US #95
#77Marlene11US #112
#78Sherry11US #73
#79Charlotte10US #64
#80Evelyn10US #65
#81Lucille10US #137
#82Marion10US #155
#83Annette9US #142
#84Audrey9US #149
#85Jacqueline9US #62
#86Louise9US #91
#87Marsha9US #98
#88Paulette9US #117
#89Roberta9US #86
#90Andrea8US #125
#91Colleen8
#92Denise8US #169
#93Florence8US #146
#94Jeanette8US #121
#95Katherine8US #78
#96Lynne8US #153
#97Rachel8US #196
#98Rosemary8US #74
#99Sue8US #61
#100Yvonne8US #118

Boys

#1Robert240US #2
#2Richard209US #5
#3James179US #1
#4John165US #3
#5David151US #6
#6William128US #4
#7Michael96US #7
#8Thomas96US #8
#9Ronald93US #10
#10Gary90US #12
#11Charles69US #9
#12Donald67US #13
#13Paul65US #18
#14Edward59US #19
#15George58US #16
#16Raymond57US #25
#17Peter54US #38
#18Roger54US #23
#19Kenneth46US #15
#20Larry45US #11
#21Bruce44US #32
#22Joseph42US #14
#23Stephen37US #24
#24Douglas35US #34
#25Wayne35US #29
#26Alan32US #49
#27Gerald32US #27
#28Dennis30US #17
#29Bernard29US #102
#30Francis28US #80
#31Daniel27US #21
#32Albert26US #52
#33Lawrence26US #31
#34Brian24US #103
#35Arthur23US #36
#36Norman23US #76
#37Gregory22US #56
#38Frederick21US #75
#39Harold21US #33
#40Terry21US #26
#41Philip20US #61
#42Steven20US #28
#43Frank19US #22
#44Maurice19US #176
#45Ernest17US #71
#46Henry16US #41
#47Walter16US #30
#48Gordon15US #111
#49Ralph15US #48
#50Allen14US #74
#51Patrick14US #59
#52Reginald14
#53Rodney14US #93
#54Roland14US #166
#55Russell14US #66
#56Stanley14US #65
#57Louis13US #63
#58Mark13US #58
#59Allan12US #124
#60Anthony12US #44
#61Barry12US #68
#62Jeffrey12US #78
#63Leonard12US #67
#64Dale11US #62
#65Howard11US #55
#66Jon11US #117
#67Roy11US #43
#68Timothy11US #60
#69Warren11US #105
#70Craig10US #108
#71Duane10US #142
#72Harry10US #50
#73Carl9US #39
#74Eugene9US #57
#75Fred9US #51
#76Glenn9US #81
#77Melvin9US #86
#78Christopher8US #150
#79Earl8US #82
#80Everett8US #191
#81Jerry8US #20
#82Randall8US #123
#83Alfred7US #94
#84Armand7
#85Arnold7US #153
#86Bradley7
#87Edwin7US #112
#88Gerard7US #197
#89Lee7US #91
#90Leo7US #147
#91Martin7US #92
#92Nelson7
#93Scott7US #155
#94Theodore7US #101
#95Clifford6US #100
#96Herbert6US #97
#97Jack6US #35
#98Jay6US #115
#99Leon6US #113
#100Lewis6US #118

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑61Gregory#37
↑43Christine#51
↑38Jeffrey#62
↑35Dianne#60
↑29Louis#57
↑25Rebecca#62
↑23Ellen#74
↑22Irene#56

Falling

↓39Jacqueline#85
↓38Maureen#76
↓38Louise#86
↓34Harry#72
↓33Eugene#74
↓31Leo#90
↓29Karen#65
↓27Carl#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.