State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,647 Vermont births in 1947 across 282 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#69Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#73Terranceoutside the national top 200
#75Danaoutside the national top 200
#77Claireoutside the national top 200
#82Betsyoutside the national top 200
#83Wendelloutside the national top 200
#65Maurice#181 nationally
#89Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#93Claytonoutside the national top 200
#100Everettoutside the national top 200
#91Bonita#189 nationally
#70Roland#166 nationally

Girls

#1Linda325US #1
#2Mary183US #2
#3Patricia148US #3
#4Susan128US #8
#5Sandra111US #5
#6Nancy106US #7
#7Barbara103US #4
#8Donna102US #10
#9Carol75US #6
#10Judith75US #12
#11Kathleen56US #11
#12Cheryl49US #24
#13Diane48US #18
#14Joan48US #30
#15Elizabeth45US #25
#16Pamela45US #28
#17Judy44US #14
#18Margaret44US #16
#19Joyce43US #20
#20Sharon43US #9
#21Jane42US #36
#22Carolyn41US #15
#23Gail40US #49
#24Betty38US #17
#25Marie38US #57
#26Marilyn34US #29
#27Ann33US #41
#28Jean33US #40
#29Virginia33US #34
#30Bonnie32US #35
#31Brenda32US #21
#32Shirley32US #19
#33Gloria31US #27
#34Deborah29US #62
#35Karen29US #13
#36Sheila28US #73
#37Janet27US #23
#38Cynthia26US #33
#39Janice26US #22
#40Joanne25US #56
#41Lorraine24US #84
#42Theresa24US #85
#43Anne23US #95
#44Beverly23US #31
#45Martha23US #32
#46Pauline22US #137
#47Rita22US #60
#48Diana21US #48
#49Helen21US #38
#50Kathryn21US #55
#51Sally21US #70
#52Christine20US #45
#53Marcia20US #81
#54Paula19US #54
#55Ruth18US #44
#56Suzanne18US #53
#57Dianne17US #83
#58Dorothy17US #26
#59Elaine17US #50
#60Jacqueline17US #59
#61Alice16US #47
#62Jeanne16US #86
#63Louise16US #99
#64Lynda16US #77
#65Rose16US #65
#66Catherine15US #46
#67Katherine15US #76
#68Rebecca15US #52
#69Constance14US #100
#70Frances14US #39
#71Norma14US #82
#72Phyllis14US #37
#73Darlene13US #71
#74Lynn13US #75
#75Maureen13US #98
#76Charlene12US #105
#77Claire12
#78Ellen12US #61
#79Jo12US #51
#80Marion12US #160
#81Michele12US #148
#82Betsy11
#83Carole11US #102
#84Leslie11US #132
#85Marjorie11US #106
#86Marlene11US #114
#87Roberta11US #90
#88Anna10US #92
#89Bernadette10
#90Bernice10US #172
#91Bonita10US #189
#92Evelyn10US #72
#93Lois10US #63
#94Peggy10US #42
#95Priscilla10US #151
#96Sue10US #69
#97Andrea9US #126
#98Anita9US #94
#99Eileen9US #91
#100Lucille9US #147

Boys

#1Robert217US #2
#2Richard194US #5
#3David190US #6
#4John190US #3
#5William159US #4
#6James150US #1
#7Michael131US #7
#8Ronald118US #11
#9Thomas113US #8
#10Gary94US #12
#11Stephen79US #21
#12Donald75US #13
#13Paul71US #18
#14Raymond66US #27
#15Bruce65US #29
#16Charles65US #9
#17Edward64US #19
#18George63US #16
#19Larry60US #10
#20Roger60US #25
#21Joseph57US #14
#22Douglas49US #31
#23Peter46US #36
#24Lawrence44US #32
#25Dennis43US #17
#26Gregory43US #33
#27Kenneth43US #15
#28Steven42US #24
#29Wayne41US #30
#30Alan40US #45
#31Francis37US #84
#32Daniel32US #22
#33Patrick32US #53
#34Frank31US #23
#35Gerald29US #28
#36Philip29US #57
#37Walter27US #34
#38Terry26US #26
#39Brian25US #95
#40Norman23US #81
#41Bernard22US #100
#42Frederick22US #78
#43Timothy22US #52
#44Arthur21US #38
#45Dale21US #63
#46Harold21US #35
#47Howard21US #62
#48Jerry21US #20
#49Russell21US #69
#50Carl19US #40
#51Craig19US #93
#52Glenn19US #70
#53Ralph19US #50
#54Allen18US #73
#55Ernest18US #75
#56Mark17US #47
#57Henry16US #46
#58Stanley16US #67
#59Christopher15US #127
#60Gordon15US #111
#61Rodney15US #94
#62Roy15US #48
#63Fred14US #56
#64Leslie14US #124
#65Maurice14US #181
#66Andrew13US #82
#67Keith13US #91
#68Leo13US #147
#69Reginald13
#70Roland13US #166
#71Barry12US #68
#72Duane12US #135
#73Terrance12
#74Albert11US #55
#75Dana11
#76Harry11US #54
#77Jeffrey11US #66
#78Leonard11US #71
#79Theodore11US #102
#80Allan10US #132
#81Eugene10US #59
#82Neil10US #162
#83Wendell10
#84Danny9US #39
#85Eric9US #122
#86Gene9US #103
#87Jack9US #37
#88Jay9US #119
#89Louis9US #64
#90Alfred8US #96
#91Anthony8US #41
#92Clarence8US #88
#93Clayton8
#94Edwin8US #114
#95Guy8US #180
#96Leon8US #117
#97Phillip8US #74
#98Curtis7US #99
#99Earl7US #83
#100Everett7

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑37Deborah#34
↑33Jerry#48
↑30Karen#35
↑29Anne#43
↑28Marie#25
↑28Katherine#67
↑25Kathryn#50
↑25Jacqueline#60

Falling

↓42Albert#74
↓32Louis#89
↓31Anthony#91
↓28Carole#83
↓21Maurice#65
↓21Allan#80
↓20Earl#99
↓20Everett#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.