State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,419 Vermont births in 1951 across 277 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#64Claireoutside the national top 200
#54Roland#184 nationally
#52Pauline#180 nationally
#83Daleoutside the national top 200
#79Maurice#195 nationally
#88Armandoutside the national top 200
#89Racheloutside the national top 200
#85Lucille#194 nationally
#94Bryanoutside the national top 200
#95Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#70Reginald#174 nationally
#98Denisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda194US #1
#2Mary148US #2
#3Patricia127US #3
#4Susan125US #6
#5Deborah116US #4
#6Donna89US #12
#7Nancy78US #7
#8Kathleen75US #10
#9Sandra75US #9
#10Diane70US #15
#11Barbara69US #5
#12Carol67US #11
#13Karen67US #8
#14Judith66US #25
#15Pamela65US #16
#16Sharon62US #13
#17Brenda60US #14
#18Bonnie52US #37
#19Cynthia51US #20
#20Gail51US #36
#21Elizabeth45US #23
#22Cheryl42US #30
#23Margaret39US #17
#24Janet37US #19
#25Christine36US #24
#26Judy35US #26
#27Anne34US #82
#28Paula33US #51
#29Jane32US #43
#30Jean32US #49
#31Joanne32US #73
#32Ann31US #46
#33Debra31US #18
#34Joyce28US #28
#35Martha28US #38
#36Betty26US #29
#37Darlene26US #79
#38Joan26US #39
#39Shirley26US #27
#40Theresa26US #64
#41Carolyn25US #22
#42Dianne24US #90
#43Marie24US #78
#44Suzanne23US #83
#45Gloria22US #31
#46Jacqueline22US #56
#47Sally22US #77
#48Sheila22US #69
#49Helen21US #54
#50Rebecca21US #32
#51Elaine20US #66
#52Pauline20US #180
#53Dorothy19US #42
#54Janice19US #21
#55Ruth19US #53
#56Catherine18US #34
#57Lynn18US #72
#58Kathryn17US #45
#59Laura17US #60
#60Marcia17US #74
#61Michele17US #125
#62Katherine16US #55
#63Beverly15US #33
#64Claire15
#65Denise15US #48
#66Kathy15US #35
#67Sarah15US #91
#68Sherry15US #70
#69Ellen14US #68
#70Lorraine14US #102
#71Peggy14US #40
#72Valerie14US #100
#73Virginia14US #47
#74Marilyn13US #41
#75Rose13US #65
#76Diana12US #50
#77Eileen12US #95
#78Louise12US #117
#79Marlene12US #118
#80Paulette12US #148
#81Alice11US #62
#82Anita11US #96
#83Dale11
#84Jo11US #67
#85Lucille11US #194
#86Maureen11US #93
#87Phyllis11US #57
#88Priscilla11US #181
#89Rachel11
#90Victoria11US #81
#91Andrea10US #136
#92Charlene10US #103
#93Jeanne10US #98
#94Joann10US #104
#95Marjorie10US #128
#96Marsha10US #76
#97Sylvia10US #97
#98Anna9US #94
#99Jennifer9US #119
#100Jill9US #130

Boys

#1Robert218US #2
#2David207US #5
#3Michael193US #4
#4John167US #3
#5Richard155US #7
#6James147US #1
#7Gary131US #10
#8William122US #6
#9Stephen102US #19
#10Thomas89US #8
#11Steven80US #13
#12Mark69US #20
#13Donald68US #15
#14Paul67US #18
#15Ronald63US #12
#16Peter60US #38
#17Daniel58US #21
#18Bruce56US #26
#19Douglas56US #27
#20Edward51US #23
#21Joseph51US #14
#22Timothy51US #28
#23Charles50US #9
#24Dennis46US #17
#25Kenneth46US #16
#26Wayne46US #37
#27Larry42US #11
#28George41US #22
#29Roger41US #29
#30Francis36US #85
#31Alan34US #40
#32Raymond33US #32
#33Norman31US #90
#34Jeffrey30US #35
#35Lawrence29US #33
#36Patrick29US #39
#37Brian28US #75
#38Christopher27US #61
#39Dale26US #49
#40Gregory24US #25
#41Craig23US #63
#42Philip23US #55
#43Frank22US #31
#44Kevin21US #53
#45Rodney21US #84
#46Russell21US #73
#47Jerry20US #24
#48Bernard19US #107
#49Arthur17US #44
#50Terry17US #30
#51Walter17US #42
#52Frederick16US #78
#53Keith16US #59
#54Roland16US #184
#55Scott16US #68
#56Ernest14US #83
#57Glenn14US #58
#58Harold14US #46
#59Roy14US #52
#60Allen13US #72
#61Anthony13US #34
#62Barry13US #71
#63Edwin13US #119
#64Henry13US #47
#65Randall13US #66
#66Albert12US #60
#67Dean12US #105
#68Duane12US #130
#69Howard12US #74
#70Reginald12US #174
#71Stanley12US #54
#72Alfred11US #100
#73Allan11US #137
#74Andrew11US #69
#75Gerald11US #36
#76Jonathan11US #147
#77Leonard11US #80
#78Lynn11US #155
#79Maurice11US #195
#80Theodore11US #99
#81Carl10US #43
#82Clifford10US #101
#83Eugene10US #65
#84Gordon10US #108
#85Harry10US #70
#86Leo10US #156
#87Ralph10US #51
#88Armand9
#89Bradley9US #146
#90Dana9US #185
#91Eric9US #93
#92Jack9US #48
#93Leslie9US #124
#94Bryan8
#95Clifton8
#96Danny8US #41
#97Darrell8US #109
#98Denis8
#99Herbert8US #112
#100Lee8US #92

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑46Craig#41
↑40Pauline#52
↑37Debra#33
↑34Helen#49
↑32Glenn#57
↑30Howard#69
↑29Dorothy#53
↑27Walter#51

Falling

↓39Charlene#92
↓38Louise#78
↓38Eric#91
↓37Virginia#73
↓37Gerald#75
↓37Danny#96
↓30Ralph#87
↓27Maureen#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.