State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,580 Vermont births in 1954 across 299 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#77Paulineoutside the national top 200
#80Arnold#196 nationally
#78Roland#193 nationally
#87Andreoutside the national top 200
#88Brentoutside the national top 200
#91Doreenoutside the national top 200
#58Dana#165 nationally
#97Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#99Daleoutside the national top 200
#54Neil#147 nationally
#85Stuart#178 nationally
#83Holly#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary186US #1
#2Susan155US #5
#3Deborah138US #3
#4Linda126US #2
#5Patricia101US #4
#6Donna81US #11
#7Nancy78US #9
#8Debra74US #6
#9Karen66US #8
#10Pamela66US #12
#11Sandra66US #13
#12Barbara65US #7
#13Kathleen64US #14
#14Diane60US #17
#15Sharon59US #16
#16Cynthia58US #10
#17Carol55US #15
#18Brenda44US #18
#19Judith43US #30
#20Gail42US #37
#21Joanne40US #78
#22Janet38US #19
#23Elizabeth36US #20
#24Judy36US #29
#25Ann34US #44
#26Bonnie34US #52
#27Rebecca34US #26
#28Margaret31US #21
#29Anne30US #80
#30Cheryl29US #22
#31Jane29US #49
#32Darlene28US #76
#33Marie27US #79
#34Joan26US #40
#35Lynn25US #63
#36Elaine24US #74
#37Kathy24US #23
#38Robin24US #41
#39Jo22US #53
#40Kathryn22US #51
#41Sally22US #84
#42Jean21US #56
#43Martha21US #46
#44Shirley21US #33
#45Wendy21US #95
#46Catherine20US #32
#47Paula20US #38
#48Sheila20US #60
#49Christine19US #43
#50Dawn19US #124
#51Denise19US #24
#52Dorothy19US #55
#53Katherine19US #64
#54Marilyn19US #35
#55Jacqueline18US #68
#56Sherry18US #62
#57Suzanne18US #82
#58Janice17US #25
#59Joyce17US #28
#60Julie17US #70
#61Laura17US #45
#62Lorraine17US #120
#63Teresa17US #34
#64Valerie17US #87
#65Cathy16US #59
#66Charlene16US #126
#67Helen16US #72
#68Ruth16US #66
#69Terry16US #88
#70Cindy15US #91
#71Diana15US #57
#72Dianne15US #116
#73Rose15US #54
#74Carolyn14US #27
#75Irene14US #140
#76Louise14US #138
#77Pauline14
#78Peggy14US #48
#79Laurie13US #98
#80Marlene13US #141
#81Theresa13US #47
#82Beverly12US #31
#83Holly12US #166
#84Lisa12US #73
#85Lois12US #110
#86Lori12US #121
#87Marcia12US #90
#88Maureen12US #97
#89Betty11US #36
#90Constance11US #111
#91Doreen11
#92Eileen11US #115
#93Sarah11US #103
#94Vicki11US #50
#95Alice10US #81
#96Audrey10US #149
#97Bonita10
#98Connie10US #39
#99Dale10
#100Gloria10US #42

Boys

#1Michael256US #1
#2David227US #5
#3Robert195US #2
#4John174US #4
#5James152US #3
#6Richard143US #7
#7Gary132US #9
#8Thomas113US #8
#9William112US #6
#10Stephen86US #20
#11Steven80US #11
#12Timothy75US #26
#13Mark74US #12
#14Paul73US #16
#15Donald63US #14
#16Ronald59US #15
#17Kevin57US #28
#18Bruce56US #30
#19Daniel56US #18
#20Brian53US #48
#21Charles52US #10
#22Joseph52US #13
#23Jeffrey51US #23
#24Peter51US #37
#25Kenneth50US #17
#26Edward46US #22
#27Douglas45US #29
#28Dennis41US #21
#29Roger41US #34
#30Scott35US #40
#31George33US #24
#32Gregory33US #25
#33Larry33US #19
#34Wayne32US #41
#35Christopher30US #64
#36Raymond30US #35
#37Alan29US #43
#38Lawrence29US #39
#39Craig27US #51
#40Norman24US #99
#41Andrew23US #70
#42Dale23US #50
#43Keith22US #45
#44Gerald20US #44
#45Arthur19US #52
#46Patrick19US #38
#47Bernard18US #123
#48Francis18US #94
#49Philip18US #62
#50Terry18US #27
#51Allen17US #82
#52Russell17US #69
#53Louis16US #81
#54Neil16US #147
#55Anthony15US #32
#56Randall15US #55
#57Rodney15US #66
#58Dana14US #165
#59Eric14US #89
#60Frank14US #36
#61Henry14US #59
#62Howard14US #80
#63Jerry14US #31
#64Martin14US #79
#65Stanley14US #58
#66Walter14US #49
#67Ernest13US #87
#68Frederick13US #83
#69Ricky13US #46
#70Bradley12US #106
#71Eugene12US #77
#72Jeffery12US #90
#73Jon12US #111
#74Kim12US #109
#75Albert11US #73
#76Barry11US #68
#77Carl11US #47
#78Roland11US #193
#79Allan10US #149
#80Arnold10US #196
#81Jack10US #57
#82Lee10US #96
#83Ralph10US #61
#84Reginald10US #158
#85Stuart10US #178
#86Theodore10US #115
#87Andre9
#88Brent9
#89Glen9US #131
#90Gordon9US #122
#91Guy9US #143
#92Marc9US #133
#93Matthew9US #124
#94Randy9US #33
#95Roy9US #56
#96Dean8US #110
#97Duane8US #136
#98Garry8US #138
#99Glenn8US #63
#100Harold8US #60

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑54Robin#38
↑44Russell#52
↑43Scott#30
↑41Louis#53
↑39Wendy#45
↑31Teresa#63
↑29Craig#39
↑28Lynn#35

Falling

↓49Randy#94
↓49Roy#95
↓41Dean#96
↓38Gloria#100
↓33Theresa#81
↓31Betty#89
↓30Constance#90
↓23Beverly#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.