State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,563 Vermont births in 1958 across 314 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#52Dana#184 nationally
#77Andreoutside the national top 200
#82Shawnoutside the national top 200
#70Heidi#187 nationally
#91Kimberleyoutside the national top 200
#96Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#94Shelley#197 nationally
#91Robin#193 nationally
#51Bernard#143 nationally
#77Holly#168 nationally
#66Gordon#152 nationally
#98Rosemary#171 nationally

Girls

#1Susan127US #2
#2Mary117US #1
#3Deborah91US #7
#4Patricia76US #5
#5Cynthia75US #8
#6Diane72US #18
#7Debra70US #6
#8Karen66US #4
#9Linda66US #3
#10Nancy63US #12
#11Pamela59US #11
#12Sandra58US #15
#13Donna57US #10
#14Cheryl53US #13
#15Kathy53US #14
#16Carol51US #20
#17Cindy51US #25
#18Barbara50US #9
#19Lori50US #30
#20Lisa47US #19
#21Julie43US #23
#22Laurie42US #70
#23Kathleen40US #21
#24Robin38US #32
#25Theresa38US #33
#26Darlene37US #49
#27Judy37US #36
#28Brenda36US #16
#29Sharon36US #17
#30Debbie33US #24
#31Tammy33US #44
#32Bonnie32US #63
#33Kim31US #40
#34Ann30US #47
#35Elizabeth30US #22
#36Janet30US #28
#37Joanne29US #80
#38Denise28US #27
#39Jane28US #61
#40Kimberly28US #39
#41Martha27US #69
#42Wendy27US #107
#43Margaret26US #31
#44Catherine25US #38
#45Cathy25US #34
#46Jean25US #73
#47Lynn25US #60
#48Marie25US #106
#49Christine24US #43
#50Judith23US #62
#51Laura23US #29
#52Anne22US #87
#53Gail21US #72
#54Michelle21US #56
#55Betty20US #54
#56Penny20US #124
#57Rebecca20US #41
#58Sherry20US #67
#59Dawn19US #84
#60Kelly19US #108
#61Terry19US #89
#62Tina19US #71
#63Diana18US #45
#64Paula18US #53
#65Peggy18US #42
#66Valerie18US #64
#67Joann16US #122
#68Suzanne16US #104
#69Ellen15US #93
#70Heidi15US #187
#71Jennifer15US #81
#72Joan15US #68
#73Kathryn15US #58
#74Sue15US #102
#75Charlene14US #138
#76Elaine14US #101
#77Holly14US #168
#78Rose14US #78
#79Vicki14US #57
#80Joyce13US #46
#81Maureen13US #110
#82Melissa13US #130
#83Michele13US #92
#84Sally13US #112
#85Shirley13US #52
#86Wanda13US #66
#87Colleen12US #116
#88Dianne12US #143
#89Jo12US #91
#90Katherine12US #74
#91Kimberley12
#92Leslie12US #79
#93Rhonda12US #48
#94Shelley12US #197
#95Annette11US #76
#96Carolyn11US #37
#97Dorothy11US #86
#98Rosemary11US #171
#99Ruth11US #90
#100Sarah11US #117

Boys

#1Michael232US #1
#2David213US #2
#3Robert166US #4
#4James165US #3
#5John143US #5
#6Richard129US #8
#7Mark124US #7
#8Thomas123US #9
#9William101US #6
#10Timothy87US #13
#11Steven84US #10
#12Brian80US #24
#13Stephen76US #26
#14Kevin74US #20
#15Paul74US #15
#16Scott73US #25
#17Daniel68US #16
#18Gary66US #17
#19Jeffrey65US #21
#20Donald62US #18
#21Peter62US #41
#22Ronald58US #19
#23Douglas56US #30
#24Christopher52US #39
#25Bruce42US #36
#26Joseph40US #12
#27Kenneth39US #14
#28Randy38US #32
#29Edward37US #28
#30Charles36US #11
#31Dennis35US #29
#32George34US #31
#33Larry32US #22
#34Alan28US #49
#35Anthony27US #27
#36Craig26US #53
#37Keith26US #37
#38Raymond26US #43
#39Dale25US #46
#40Jay25US #86
#41Lawrence24US #52
#42Terry24US #33
#43Randall23US #62
#44Gregory22US #23
#45Ricky21US #34
#46Danny20US #45
#47Dean20US #97
#48Eric20US #50
#49Patrick20US #42
#50Wayne20US #48
#51Bernard18US #143
#52Dana18US #184
#53Matthew17US #60
#54Philip17US #67
#55Roger17US #47
#56Arthur16US #72
#57Norman16US #125
#58Allen15US #92
#59Bradley15US #108
#60Frank15US #38
#61Andrew14US #55
#62Martin14US #71
#63Ralph14US #78
#64Steve14US #44
#65Francis13US #135
#66Gordon13US #152
#67Louis12US #94
#68Rodney12US #65
#69Stanley12US #88
#70Todd12US #116
#71Carl11US #51
#72Henry11US #83
#73Howard11US #95
#74Jeffery11US #59
#75Lee11US #114
#76Micheal11US #91
#77Andre10
#78Bryan10US #101
#79Fred10US #115
#80Gerald10US #58
#81Russell10US #54
#82Shawn10
#83Theodore10US #140
#84Walter10US #63
#85Albert9US #89
#86Glenn9US #76
#87Guy9US #156
#88Harry9US #111
#89Jon9US #117
#90Mike9US #40
#91Robin9US #193
#92Chris8US #93
#93Ernest8US #113
#94Leonard8US #102
#95Leslie8US #161
#96Maurice8
#97Barry7US #79
#98Eugene7US #103
#99Frederick7US #110
#100Harold7US #84

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑68Tammy#31
↑36Danny#46
↑33Dawn#59
↑27Judy#27
↑27Joann#67
↑27Dana#52
↑26Laurie#22
↑25Theresa#25

Falling

↓38Chris#92
↓35Katherine#90
↓30Carolyn#96
↓28Anne#52
↓27Kathryn#73
↓27Walter#84
↓26Barry#97
↓25Harold#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.