State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,402 Vermont births in 1948 across 278 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#51Claireoutside the national top 200
#52Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#68Carrolloutside the national top 200
#69Dana#196 nationally
#82Gerardoutside the national top 200
#85Brentoutside the national top 200
#80Candace#190 nationally
#88Maurice#198 nationally
#91Denisoutside the national top 200
#87Rachel#195 nationally
#94Everettoutside the national top 200
#96Carleneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda276US #1
#2Mary146US #2
#3Susan134US #5
#4Sandra119US #6
#5Patricia116US #4
#6Nancy99US #7
#7Barbara95US #3
#8Donna83US #11
#9Carol81US #8
#10Diane64US #19
#11Sharon58US #9
#12Bonnie51US #34
#13Kathleen51US #10
#14Margaret50US #13
#15Deborah47US #30
#16Judith47US #15
#17Brenda45US #17
#18Cynthia42US #27
#19Elizabeth41US #26
#20Gail41US #51
#21Pamela41US #22
#22Jean37US #47
#23Suzanne37US #66
#24Shirley36US #20
#25Cheryl35US #25
#26Gloria34US #28
#27Jane33US #39
#28Joan32US #37
#29Elaine30US #53
#30Beverly29US #31
#31Diana29US #48
#32Janet29US #24
#33Judy29US #16
#34Karen29US #12
#35Carolyn28US #14
#36Betty27US #18
#37Janice27US #23
#38Ruth27US #45
#39Sally26US #72
#40Martha25US #32
#41Ann24US #44
#42Joyce24US #21
#43Theresa24US #63
#44Sheila23US #71
#45Anne22US #87
#46Joanne22US #65
#47Marie22US #60
#48Marilyn22US #33
#49Dorothy21US #29
#50Helen21US #40
#51Claire20
#52Marcia20US #79
#53Paula20US #52
#54Christine19US #35
#55Frances19US #42
#56Lorraine19US #96
#57Priscilla19US #156
#58Jacqueline18US #58
#59Louise18US #99
#60Catherine17US #41
#61Rebecca17US #50
#62Laura16US #73
#63Rita16US #59
#64Joann15US #94
#65Lois15US #70
#66Pauline15US #145
#67Connie14US #43
#68Dianne14US #86
#69Rose14US #62
#70Eileen13US #91
#71Katherine13US #68
#72Lynda13US #84
#73Maureen13US #88
#74Virginia13US #36
#75Charlene12US #105
#76Constance12US #93
#77Darlene12US #77
#78Rosemary12US #90
#79Sheryl12US #144
#80Candace11US #190
#81June11US #127
#82Phyllis11US #46
#83Sylvia11US #100
#84Andrea10US #128
#85Ellen10US #67
#86Lillian10US #136
#87Rachel10US #195
#88Wanda10US #57
#89Doris9US #64
#90Jeanne9US #95
#91Jill9US #150
#92Lucille9US #154
#93Michele9US #159
#94Sherry9US #61
#95Arlene8US #125
#96Carlene8
#97Claudette8
#98Evelyn8US #74
#99Geraldine8US #83
#100Leslie8US #131

Boys

#1Robert224US #2
#2David205US #5
#3John199US #3
#4James177US #1
#5Richard162US #7
#6Michael156US #6
#7Gary121US #12
#8William114US #4
#9Thomas105US #8
#10Ronald97US #10
#11Donald96US #14
#12Paul75US #18
#13Stephen73US #20
#14George71US #16
#15Charles70US #9
#16Raymond61US #27
#17Edward60US #19
#18Bruce58US #28
#19Roger56US #24
#20Steven54US #23
#21Peter51US #37
#22Dennis48US #17
#23Douglas48US #33
#24Daniel45US #22
#25Joseph45US #13
#26Larry44US #11
#27Wayne44US #34
#28Kenneth38US #15
#29Timothy37US #38
#30Francis35US #80
#31Frank34US #25
#32Lawrence33US #31
#33Alan31US #46
#34Norman30US #85
#35Walter30US #35
#36Philip28US #54
#37Brian26US #95
#38Gerald26US #30
#39Mark26US #29
#40Frederick24US #75
#41Allen23US #72
#42Gregory23US #32
#43Rodney22US #92
#44Stanley22US #65
#45Ernest21US #76
#46Patrick21US #48
#47Bernard20US #107
#48Harold20US #36
#49Carl19US #42
#50Roy19US #49
#51Arthur18US #44
#52Reginald18
#53Russell18US #67
#54Gordon16US #112
#55Henry16US #45
#56Howard16US #63
#57Jeffrey16US #58
#58Ralph16US #51
#59Louis15US #64
#60Barry14US #74
#61Keith14US #89
#62Leo14US #151
#63Phillip14US #69
#64Terry14US #26
#65Andrew13US #77
#66Kevin13US #127
#67Albert12US #55
#68Carroll12
#69Dana12US #196
#70Dean12US #143
#71Eugene12US #61
#72Victor12US #115
#73Anthony11US #41
#74Harry11US #57
#75Jerry11US #21
#76Randall11US #98
#77Ray11US #100
#78Roland11US #170
#79Allan10US #132
#80Christopher10US #102
#81Dale10US #56
#82Gerard10
#83Jack10US #43
#84Leonard10US #71
#85Brent9
#86Clifford9US #105
#87Duane9US #140
#88Maurice9US #198
#89Alfred8US #96
#90Arnold8US #154
#91Denis8
#92Edwin8US #116
#93Eric8US #114
#94Everett8
#95Fred8US #66
#96Jon8US #128
#97Marcel8
#98Theodore8US #104
#99Andre7
#100Craig7US #82

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑38Priscilla#57
↑34Phillip#63
↑33Suzanne#23
↑30Elaine#29
↑30Louis#59
↑29Eileen#70
↑28Lois#65
↑26Claire#51

Falling

↓49Craig#100
↓45Virginia#74
↓36Dale#81
↓32Fred#95
↓28Jeanne#90
↓27Jerry#75
↓26Terry#64
↓23Joyce#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.