State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,683 Vermont births in 1955 across 303 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#71Daleoutside the national top 200
#82Denisoutside the national top 200
#85Rolandoutside the national top 200
#88Paulineoutside the national top 200
#89Candaceoutside the national top 200
#97Brent#193 nationally
#96Stuart#189 nationally
#59Louise#148 nationally
#89Dana#176 nationally
#45Bernard#127 nationally
#70Andrea#139 nationally
#95Neil#159 nationally

Girls

#1Susan170US #5
#2Mary144US #1
#3Deborah134US #2
#4Debra127US #4
#5Linda123US #3
#6Patricia95US #6
#7Nancy93US #9
#8Donna78US #10
#9Diane77US #14
#10Karen66US #8
#11Carol65US #15
#12Cynthia64US #11
#13Barbara57US #7
#14Pamela53US #12
#15Kathleen47US #17
#16Bonnie44US #45
#17Jane44US #50
#18Sharon43US #16
#19Sandra42US #13
#20Brenda40US #18
#21Cheryl40US #19
#22Elizabeth40US #21
#23Gail38US #42
#24Judith38US #31
#25Denise35US #23
#26Janet34US #20
#27Paula31US #39
#28Ann30US #43
#29Kathy30US #22
#30Lynn30US #62
#31Rebecca30US #27
#32Anne29US #84
#33Suzanne29US #86
#34Jean28US #60
#35Judy28US #32
#36Darlene27US #76
#37Joan27US #46
#38Katherine27US #65
#39Martha27US #53
#40Catherine26US #28
#41Lisa26US #48
#42Janice25US #25
#43Beverly24US #34
#44Margaret24US #24
#45Robin23US #33
#46Sheila23US #57
#47Kim22US #75
#48Sherry22US #56
#49Christine21US #40
#50Rose21US #54
#51Valerie21US #80
#52Wendy20US #90
#53Joanne19US #88
#54Joyce19US #29
#55Julie19US #67
#56Laura19US #41
#57Debbie18US #63
#58Ellen18US #81
#59Louise18US #148
#60Marcia18US #98
#61Betty17US #36
#62Laurie17US #91
#63Vicki17US #52
#64Colleen16US #110
#65Dawn16US #103
#66Marie16US #92
#67Sally16US #95
#68Theresa16US #38
#69Wanda16US #61
#70Andrea15US #139
#71Dale15
#72Elaine15US #77
#73Lori14US #89
#74Anna13US #105
#75Cathy13US #44
#76Dianne13US #121
#77Jacqueline13US #73
#78Jill13US #102
#79Michele13US #93
#80Peggy13US #51
#81Shirley13US #37
#82Carolyn12US #30
#83Jeanne12US #115
#84Jennifer12US #104
#85Kimberly12US #111
#86Helen11US #78
#87Joann11US #136
#88Pauline11
#89Candace10
#90Diana10US #55
#91Holly10US #144
#92Kathryn10US #59
#93Marilyn10US #49
#94Melanie10US #141
#95Sheryl10US #125
#96Sue10US #116
#97Vanessa10US #140
#98Vickie10US #68
#99Alice9US #87
#100Charlene9US #130

Boys

#1David260US #2
#2Michael243US #1
#3Robert170US #4
#4James159US #3
#5John158US #5
#6Richard138US #7
#7William121US #6
#8Thomas116US #8
#9Gary114US #12
#10Mark104US #9
#11Steven87US #10
#12Stephen85US #21
#13Paul81US #16
#14Timothy81US #22
#15Jeffrey65US #20
#16Ronald63US #18
#17Donald61US #14
#18Peter59US #35
#19Daniel58US #17
#20Brian54US #40
#21Bruce51US #32
#22Joseph51US #13
#23Kevin51US #27
#24Charles50US #11
#25Gregory46US #24
#26Douglas44US #29
#27Edward42US #25
#28Christopher41US #49
#29Dennis41US #23
#30Kenneth41US #15
#31Raymond41US #36
#32Scott35US #38
#33Alan34US #43
#34Wayne34US #44
#35Patrick32US #41
#36George31US #26
#37Lawrence28US #42
#38Larry26US #19
#39Randy26US #30
#40Roger26US #37
#41Stanley26US #64
#42Keith24US #39
#43Anthony23US #31
#44Craig23US #50
#45Bernard21US #127
#46Rodney21US #65
#47Allen20US #84
#48Gerald19US #48
#49Norman19US #102
#50Arthur18US #56
#51Bradley18US #107
#52Frank18US #34
#53Terry18US #28
#54Francis17US #100
#55Philip17US #62
#56Randall17US #53
#57Andrew16US #66
#58Carl16US #47
#59Dale15US #52
#60Frederick15US #86
#61Glenn15US #59
#62Ralph15US #67
#63Albert14US #76
#64Eric14US #85
#65Harold14US #63
#66Roy14US #58
#67Howard13US #83
#68Lee13US #96
#69Martin13US #77
#70Walter13US #51
#71Clifford12US #118
#72Ernest12US #90
#73Gordon12US #128
#74Jay12US #103
#75Ricky12US #46
#76Duane11US #135
#77Henry11US #61
#78Jerry11US #33
#79Leonard11US #88
#80Louis11US #82
#81Barry10US #70
#82Denis10
#83Edwin10US #124
#84Matthew10US #105
#85Roland10
#86Dean9US #111
#87Steve9US #72
#88Alfred8US #119
#89Dana8US #176
#90Danny8US #45
#91Earl8US #106
#92Jeffery8US #73
#93Joel8US #121
#94Jonathan8US #116
#95Neil8US #159
#96Stuart8US #189
#97Brent7US #193
#98Fred7US #97
#99Gene7US #152
#100Jon7US #115

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑55Randy#39
↑43Lisa#41
↑39Beverly#43
↑38Glenn#61
↑35Harold#65
↑31Vicki#63
↑29Roy#66
↑28Betty#61

Falling

↓52Kathryn#92
↓41Neil#95
↓39Marilyn#93
↓37Shirley#81
↓36Elaine#72
↓34Charlene#100
↓33Marie#66
↓32Joanne#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.