State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,674 Vermont births in 1959 across 317 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#68Leooutside the national top 200
#73Rolandoutside the national top 200
#99Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#80Leon#176 nationally
#73Holly#168 nationally
#100Gayle#195 nationally
#47Francis#136 nationally
#74Shawn#161 nationally
#96Louise#183 nationally
#86Stuart#168 nationally
#44Penny#122 nationally
#76Brett#154 nationally

Girls

#1Susan132US #2
#2Mary126US #1
#3Deborah89US #9
#4Donna87US #5
#5Karen87US #4
#6Linda80US #3
#7Patricia78US #6
#8Diane68US #19
#9Debra63US #7
#10Nancy58US #14
#11Barbara56US #11
#12Pamela55US #12
#13Cindy53US #25
#14Cynthia49US #8
#15Julie48US #26
#16Sandra48US #13
#17Cheryl47US #18
#18Kathleen47US #23
#19Brenda46US #16
#20Laurie46US #56
#21Robin45US #32
#22Tammy45US #31
#23Carol44US #22
#24Lisa44US #10
#25Bonnie43US #71
#26Kathy43US #15
#27Lori43US #27
#28Sharon42US #17
#29Laura41US #30
#30Kim37US #35
#31Kimberly34US #33
#32Darlene33US #66
#33Judy33US #41
#34Ann32US #44
#35Debbie32US #20
#36Elizabeth32US #21
#37Joanne31US #92
#38Cathy29US #39
#39Kelly28US #74
#40Tina28US #53
#41Lynn27US #63
#42Paula27US #51
#43Dawn26US #54
#44Penny26US #122
#45Joan25US #76
#46Denise24US #29
#47Jean24US #77
#48Valerie23US #60
#49Anne22US #82
#50Judith22US #70
#51Katherine22US #79
#52Wendy22US #83
#53Marie21US #104
#54Theresa21US #34
#55Catherine20US #40
#56Sheila20US #52
#57Gail19US #75
#58Jane19US #67
#59Janet19US #28
#60Sally19US #114
#61Teresa19US #24
#62Ellen18US #91
#63Kathryn18US #69
#64Peggy18US #57
#65Christine17US #43
#66Colleen17US #110
#67Martha17US #72
#68Rebecca17US #38
#69Diana16US #49
#70Margaret16US #36
#71Michelle16US #47
#72Rose16US #88
#73Holly15US #168
#74Janice15US #37
#75Sue15US #107
#76Wanda15US #65
#77Terri14US #46
#78Terry14US #95
#79Andrea13US #123
#80Betty13US #59
#81Helen13US #108
#82Jill13US #86
#83Lorraine13US #137
#84Maureen13US #106
#85Melanie13US #149
#86Michele13US #89
#87Patty13US #140
#88Shirley13US #61
#89Amy12US #85
#90Joyce12US #50
#91Sarah12US #119
#92Suzanne12US #96
#93Beth11US #80
#94Elaine11US #105
#95Jennifer11US #78
#96Louise11US #183
#97Rhonda11US #45
#98Virginia11US #93
#99Carolyn10US #42
#100Gayle10US #195

Boys

#1Michael210US #1
#2David208US #2
#3Robert183US #5
#4James156US #3
#5John151US #4
#6Mark136US #6
#7Richard117US #8
#8Timothy107US #12
#9William107US #7
#10Thomas102US #9
#11Brian96US #22
#12Jeffrey92US #16
#13Peter81US #40
#14Steven81US #10
#15Gary75US #20
#16Paul71US #17
#17Kevin70US #14
#18Daniel67US #18
#19Ronald60US #21
#20Charles55US #11
#21Joseph55US #13
#22Scott55US #24
#23Stephen55US #28
#24Christopher50US #35
#25Donald50US #19
#26Edward45US #27
#27Bruce43US #38
#28Gregory41US #23
#29Dale39US #49
#30Dennis37US #29
#31Randy36US #31
#32Douglas35US #30
#33Ricky33US #34
#34Craig31US #44
#35Patrick30US #43
#36Raymond30US #45
#37Kenneth28US #15
#38Eric26US #46
#39Roger26US #47
#40Alan25US #50
#41George24US #32
#42Jay24US #88
#43Andrew22US #58
#44Frank22US #42
#45Philip22US #68
#46Randall22US #59
#47Francis21US #136
#48Terry21US #33
#49Keith20US #39
#50Gerald19US #61
#51Larry19US #25
#52Wayne19US #51
#53Anthony17US #26
#54Arthur16US #76
#55Matthew16US #63
#56Mike16US #37
#57Rodney16US #67
#58Steve16US #41
#59Barry15US #73
#60Bradley15US #103
#61Jeffery15US #55
#62Lawrence15US #62
#63Norman15US #131
#64Todd15US #99
#65Chris14US #72
#66Harold14US #87
#67Jonathan14US #124
#68Leo14
#69Danny13US #48
#70Dean13US #95
#71Eugene12US #106
#72Ralph12US #84
#73Roland12
#74Shawn12US #161
#75Allen11US #97
#76Brett11US #154
#77Carl11US #54
#78Glenn11US #80
#79Jerry11US #36
#80Leon11US #176
#81Walter11US #66
#82Jeff10US #52
#83Reginald10US #144
#84Fred9US #112
#85Martin9US #79
#86Stuart9US #168
#87Alfred8US #138
#88Bernard8US #152
#89Clifford8US #139
#90Ernest8US #118
#91Glen8US #134
#92Greg8US #91
#93Joel8US #116
#94Kirk8US #145
#95Kurt8US #129
#96Leonard8US #109
#97Louis8US #100
#98Marc8US #140
#99Maurice8
#100Micheal8US #96

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑39Katherine#51
↑38Barry#59
↑34Mike#56
↑34Harold#66
↑30Gerald#50
↑27Joan#45
↑27Chris#65
↑27Eugene#71

Falling

↓37Bernard#88
↓30Louis#97
↓29Theresa#54
↓27Margaret#70
↓26Martha#67
↓25Betty#80
↓24Suzanne#92
↓24Jennifer#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.