State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,505 Vermont births in 1952 across 283 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#60Pauline#186 nationally
#70Dana#183 nationally
#91Marceloutside the national top 200
#94Denisoutside the national top 200
#87Maurice#191 nationally
#97Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#100Brentoutside the national top 200
#93Stuart#190 nationally
#95Priscilla#192 nationally
#100Monica#197 nationally
#98Roland#187 nationally
#56Bradley#141 nationally

Girls

#1Linda183US #1
#2Mary154US #2
#3Susan148US #5
#4Patricia119US #3
#5Deborah117US #4
#6Donna89US #13
#7Nancy84US #7
#8Carol76US #12
#9Diane73US #16
#10Barbara68US #6
#11Kathleen65US #11
#12Pamela60US #17
#13Debra59US #9
#14Sandra59US #10
#15Cynthia51US #18
#16Elizabeth49US #22
#17Sharon49US #14
#18Brenda47US #15
#19Judith47US #25
#20Karen45US #8
#21Margaret44US #21
#22Bonnie43US #41
#23Gail42US #39
#24Cheryl39US #31
#25Jean37US #50
#26Christine36US #20
#27Suzanne35US #84
#28Ann34US #45
#29Jane33US #42
#30Martha32US #40
#31Janet31US #19
#32Joan31US #37
#33Anne29US #79
#34Paula29US #47
#35Sheila27US #64
#36Theresa27US #60
#37Darlene26US #77
#38Joyce26US #27
#39Catherine25US #34
#40Joanne25US #78
#41Elaine24US #73
#42Judy24US #26
#43Kathryn24US #48
#44Lynn24US #71
#45Marie24US #82
#46Sally24US #81
#47Shirley24US #28
#48Colleen23US #108
#49Lorraine22US #109
#50Marilyn22US #38
#51Carolyn20US #24
#52Louise20US #122
#53Diana18US #51
#54Rebecca18US #30
#55Janice17US #23
#56Katherine17US #59
#57Kathy17US #29
#58Ruth17US #57
#59Gloria16US #36
#60Pauline16US #186
#61Alice15US #69
#62Jeanne15US #98
#63Sherry15US #68
#64Beverly14US #35
#65Denise14US #33
#66Eileen14US #100
#67Jo14US #55
#68Laura14US #53
#69Maureen14US #94
#70Sylvia14US #99
#71Betty13US #32
#72Helen13US #63
#73Leslie13US #104
#74Rhonda13US #95
#75Rose13US #62
#76Wendy13US #105
#77Andrea12US #132
#78Connie12US #44
#79Dianne12US #96
#80Dorothy12US #46
#81Jacqueline12US #58
#82Jennifer12US #107
#83Jill12US #118
#84Marcia12US #80
#85Michelle12US #124
#86Norma12US #112
#87Valerie12US #87
#88Virginia12US #49
#89Charlene11US #106
#90Constance11US #92
#91Dawn11US #166
#92Ellen11US #70
#93Laurie11US #115
#94Marlene11US #117
#95Priscilla11US #192
#96Anna10US #101
#97Annette10US #156
#98Evelyn10US #90
#99Marsha10US #75
#100Monica10US #197

Boys

#1Michael226US #4
#2David210US #5
#3Robert201US #2
#4John162US #3
#5Richard157US #7
#6James135US #1
#7Gary132US #10
#8William130US #6
#9Stephen105US #21
#10Thomas104US #8
#11Steven75US #11
#12Donald72US #13
#13Paul71US #19
#14Bruce70US #25
#15Charles70US #9
#16Ronald68US #15
#17Mark67US #17
#18Peter63US #36
#19Dennis61US #18
#20Douglas54US #28
#21Larry51US #14
#22Timothy51US #27
#23Daniel48US #20
#24Kenneth45US #16
#25George43US #22
#26Roger43US #30
#27Joseph42US #12
#28Lawrence42US #35
#29Brian40US #64
#30Alan38US #42
#31Edward38US #23
#32Wayne37US #38
#33Raymond34US #33
#34Christopher32US #57
#35Craig29US #59
#36Kevin29US #43
#37Gregory28US #24
#38Francis27US #89
#39Gerald27US #39
#40Jeffrey27US #31
#41Bernard23US #111
#42Scott23US #54
#43Dale22US #46
#44Harold21US #51
#45Patrick21US #37
#46Philip21US #60
#47Ralph21US #56
#48Arthur20US #47
#49Allen19US #78
#50Andrew19US #68
#51Frank19US #32
#52Carl18US #45
#53Norman18US #96
#54Stanley18US #58
#55Keith17US #49
#56Bradley16US #141
#57Frederick16US #76
#58Terry16US #29
#59Ernest15US #87
#60Howard15US #73
#61Duane14US #131
#62Glenn14US #61
#63Randall14US #63
#64Walter14US #44
#65Anthony13US #34
#66Barry13US #69
#67Rodney13US #84
#68Albert12US #66
#69Eric12US #88
#70Dana11US #183
#71Eugene11US #71
#72Gordon11US #110
#73Jerry11US #26
#74Lee11US #92
#75Louis11US #79
#76Theodore11US #100
#77Clifford10US #99
#78Harry10US #75
#79Herbert10US #115
#80Martin10US #80
#81Dean9US #103
#82Earl9US #98
#83Edwin9US #118
#84Leon9US #124
#85Leonard9US #83
#86Marc9US #153
#87Maurice9US #191
#88Roy9US #55
#89Henry8US #50
#90Leo8US #171
#91Marcel8
#92Randy8US #41
#93Stuart8US #190
#94Denis7
#95Gene7US #138
#96Jack7US #52
#97Nelson7
#98Roland7US #187
#99Allan6US #146
#100Brent6

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑40Ralph#47
↑36Gerald#39
↑33Bradley#56
↑31Jeanne#62
↑29Carl#52
↑27Sylvia#70
↑26Louise#52
↑26Lee#74

Falling

↓44Roland#98
↓37Dianne#79
↓35Betty#71
↓35Jacqueline#81
↓29Roy#88
↓27Dorothy#80
↓26Jerry#73
↓26Allan#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.