State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,601 Vermont births in 1957 across 305 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#81Claireoutside the national top 200
#81Arnoldoutside the national top 200
#88Denisoutside the national top 200
#79Dana#186 nationally
#96Paulineoutside the national top 200
#95Melody#182 nationally
#56Bernard#137 nationally
#85Louise#166 nationally
#42Norman#118 nationally
#66Gordon#140 nationally
#83Holly#157 nationally
#21Joanne#94 nationally

Girls

#1Mary156US #1
#2Susan150US #2
#3Deborah119US #6
#4Debra91US #4
#5Karen85US #5
#6Linda85US #3
#7Cynthia84US #7
#8Patricia70US #8
#9Nancy67US #11
#10Diane64US #17
#11Brenda62US #13
#12Pamela61US #12
#13Cindy60US #19
#14Donna60US #10
#15Kathy54US #20
#16Kathleen53US #21
#17Lisa49US #26
#18Cheryl48US #16
#19Carol47US #18
#20Sharon44US #14
#21Joanne40US #94
#22Barbara38US #9
#23Jean35US #67
#24Anne34US #86
#25Elizabeth34US #22
#26Jane34US #56
#27Julie34US #28
#28Robin34US #30
#29Sandra34US #15
#30Margaret33US #29
#31Bonnie32US #64
#32Laura32US #31
#33Janet31US #23
#34Judith30US #53
#35Kim29US #35
#36Lori29US #45
#37Lynn29US #61
#38Debbie28US #27
#39Ann26US #44
#40Denise26US #25
#41Paula26US #49
#42Catherine25US #37
#43Darlene25US #57
#44Cathy24US #39
#45Ellen24US #85
#46Kathryn24US #65
#47Kimberly24US #42
#48Laurie24US #73
#49Marie24US #98
#50Theresa24US #36
#51Sheila23US #58
#52Tina23US #80
#53Sherry22US #55
#54Judy21US #38
#55Katherine21US #72
#56Martha20US #63
#57Rebecca20US #34
#58Rose20US #69
#59Joyce19US #40
#60Gail18US #54
#61Sally18US #115
#62Wendy18US #101
#63Andrea17US #130
#64Maureen17US #103
#65Christine16US #41
#66Carolyn15US #33
#67Joan15US #60
#68Teresa15US #24
#69Diana14US #43
#70Lorraine14US #129
#71Michele14US #99
#72Michelle14US #79
#73Sue14US #104
#74Suzanne14US #102
#75Valerie14US #76
#76Marcia13US #126
#77Penny13US #138
#78Janice12US #32
#79Jennifer12US #87
#80Rita12US #78
#81Claire11
#82Colleen11US #118
#83Holly11US #157
#84Lois11US #145
#85Louise11US #166
#86Melanie11US #152
#87Melinda11US #146
#88Rhonda11US #52
#89Vicki11US #51
#90Wanda11US #59
#91Alice10US #106
#92Dawn10US #93
#93Elaine10US #96
#94Joann10US #137
#95Melody10US #182
#96Pauline10
#97Ruth10US #84
#98Sarah10US #116
#99Tammy10US #107
#100Terri10US #68

Boys

#1David230US #3
#2Michael214US #1
#3John158US #5
#4Robert147US #4
#5Mark139US #7
#6James137US #2
#7Richard124US #8
#8William114US #6
#9Brian96US #26
#10Gary87US #13
#11Kevin86US #20
#12Stephen83US #24
#13Steven82US #10
#14Paul78US #18
#15Peter77US #37
#16Thomas77US #9
#17Jeffrey69US #21
#18Timothy66US #19
#19Daniel62US #16
#20Charles59US #11
#21Donald58US #15
#22Bruce57US #34
#23Edward51US #25
#24Ronald51US #17
#25Joseph49US #12
#26Douglas47US #30
#27Kenneth45US #14
#28Scott44US #32
#29Gregory43US #23
#30Randy41US #31
#31Patrick40US #41
#32Wayne39US #47
#33Larry35US #22
#34Dennis34US #28
#35Raymond34US #39
#36Christopher30US #43
#37George30US #29
#38Dale29US #50
#39Andrew27US #56
#40Craig26US #55
#41Keith26US #36
#42Norman26US #118
#43Anthony24US #27
#44Alan23US #48
#45Jay21US #88
#46Randall21US #59
#47Eric20US #60
#48Lawrence20US #46
#49Philip20US #68
#50Terry20US #33
#51Frank18US #38
#52Matthew18US #83
#53Roger18US #42
#54Chris17US #120
#55Ricky17US #40
#56Bernard16US #137
#57Walter16US #58
#58Bradley15US #107
#59Carl15US #49
#60Gerald15US #51
#61Dean14US #93
#62Francis14US #128
#63Howard14US #89
#64Russell14US #54
#65Arthur13US #66
#66Gordon13US #140
#67Ralph13US #76
#68Rodney13US #70
#69Steve13US #44
#70Allen12US #91
#71Barry12US #72
#72Ernest12US #101
#73Martin12US #69
#74Bryan11US #115
#75Harold11US #74
#76Leonard11US #94
#77Marc11US #139
#78Micheal11US #85
#79Dana10US #186
#80Albert9US #84
#81Arnold9
#82Danny9US #45
#83Jeff9US #96
#84Jonathan9US #124
#85Roy9US #65
#86Theodore9US #132
#87Alfred8US #131
#88Denis8
#89Edwin8US #134
#90Glenn8US #62
#91Guy8US #149
#92Harry8US #100
#93Henry8US #75
#94Joel8US #104
#95Jon8US #110
#96Karl8US #146
#97Kim8US #162
#98Lee8US #105
#99Leslie8US #156
#100Mitchell8US #125

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑47Andrew#39
↑42Walter#57
↑38Julie#27
↑37Lori#36
↑36Lisa#17
↑35Jean#23
↑35Laura#32
↑29Steve#69

Falling

↓51Kim#97
↓37Roy#85
↓35Dawn#92
↓30Gail#60
↓30Suzanne#74
↓29Wendy#62
↓27Pauline#96
↓25Judy#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.