State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,486 Vermont births in 1960 across 315 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#65Louise#199 nationally
#72Rolandoutside the national top 200
#73Allan#197 nationally
#67Dana#187 nationally
#92Arnoldoutside the national top 200
#98Candaceoutside the national top 200
#76Heidi#170 nationally
#57Francis#145 nationally
#77Holly#161 nationally
#33Penny#113 nationally
#89Carmen#167 nationally
#90Stuart#161 nationally

Girls

#1Susan131US #2
#2Mary102US #1
#3Donna90US #5
#4Karen88US #4
#5Linda87US #3
#6Lisa81US #6
#7Laurie76US #37
#8Debra68US #8
#9Deborah62US #10
#10Patricia62US #7
#11Diane61US #22
#12Brenda57US #13
#13Lori53US #20
#14Kathleen52US #27
#15Pamela52US #14
#16Nancy51US #15
#17Sandra50US #11
#18Cynthia47US #9
#19Cindy46US #30
#20Barbara45US #12
#21Kimberly44US #26
#22Kathy43US #21
#23Tammy43US #31
#24Kim42US #34
#25Robin40US #33
#26Ann38US #51
#27Julie38US #28
#28Carol37US #23
#29Cheryl37US #17
#30Elizabeth36US #18
#31Sharon36US #16
#32Margaret34US #36
#33Penny33US #113
#34Wendy33US #63
#35Laura32US #25
#36Bonnie30US #71
#37Lynn30US #64
#38Debbie29US #24
#39Cathy27US #46
#40Jane27US #67
#41Denise26US #29
#42Jean25US #86
#43Joanne25US #99
#44Michelle25US #39
#45Judy24US #48
#46Kelly24US #52
#47Suzanne24US #78
#48Tina24US #45
#49Anne23US #88
#50Joan23US #80
#51Paula23US #55
#52Theresa23US #35
#53Dawn22US #57
#54Judith22US #74
#55Christine21US #40
#56Martha21US #83
#57Sally21US #123
#58Catherine20US #42
#59Sheila20US #56
#60Terry20US #101
#61Katherine19US #81
#62Marie19US #103
#63Tracy19US #84
#64Amy18US #77
#65Louise18US #199
#66Sherry18US #54
#67Darlene17US #75
#68Jennifer17US #61
#69Jill17US #76
#70Valerie17US #65
#71Janet16US #32
#72Rebecca16US #38
#73Sarah16US #116
#74Terri16US #49
#75Gail15US #90
#76Heidi15US #170
#77Holly15US #161
#78Michele15US #89
#79Wanda15US #66
#80Betty14US #68
#81Rose14US #98
#82Carolyn13US #43
#83Ellen13US #94
#84Joyce13US #58
#85Lorraine13US #135
#86Annette12US #62
#87Jeanne12US #129
#88Teresa12US #19
#89Carmen11US #167
#90Colleen11US #107
#91Connie11US #47
#92Jacqueline11US #85
#93Melanie11US #125
#94Melissa11US #109
#95Vicki11US #73
#96Andrea10US #115
#97Angela10US #50
#98Candace10
#99Diana10US #53
#100Kathryn10US #82

Boys

#1Michael248US #2
#2David200US #1
#3James159US #3
#4Robert152US #5
#5John150US #4
#6Mark120US #6
#7Richard108US #8
#8Timothy104US #11
#9Brian85US #20
#10William83US #7
#11Kevin81US #15
#12Thomas80US #9
#13Jeffrey76US #14
#14Peter75US #42
#15Daniel71US #17
#16Paul67US #18
#17Randy62US #32
#18Scott62US #23
#19Stephen60US #27
#20Steven59US #10
#21Douglas48US #30
#22Charles47US #13
#23Joseph44US #12
#24Bruce43US #39
#25Kenneth43US #16
#26Christopher42US #29
#27Raymond41US #46
#28Donald39US #19
#29Gary39US #22
#30Ronald39US #21
#31Edward38US #26
#32Randall37US #59
#33Alan35US #50
#34Dennis34US #31
#35Gregory30US #24
#36Patrick29US #45
#37Dale28US #54
#38Ricky28US #38
#39Lawrence27US #64
#40Eric26US #44
#41Matthew26US #61
#42George25US #33
#43Keith24US #35
#44Terry24US #34
#45Chris22US #63
#46Craig22US #41
#47Roger22US #47
#48Todd21US #71
#49Andrew20US #51
#50Anthony20US #25
#51Dean20US #94
#52Wayne20US #58
#53Larry19US #28
#54Bradley18US #90
#55Philip18US #76
#56Allen17US #99
#57Francis16US #145
#58Howard15US #108
#59Russell15US #56
#60Danny14US #48
#61Gerald14US #62
#62Jay14US #78
#63Rodney14US #68
#64Steve14US #43
#65Mike13US #36
#66Norman13US #132
#67Dana12US #187
#68Ernest12US #120
#69Frederick12US #114
#70Jon12US #97
#71Carl11US #53
#72Roland11
#73Allan10US #197
#74Barry10US #72
#75Duane10US #127
#76Glenn10US #74
#77Harold10US #92
#78Henry10US #84
#79Jeffery10US #55
#80Karl10US #135
#81Marc10US #136
#82Martin10US #77
#83Ralph10US #89
#84Walter10US #70
#85Arthur9US #82
#86Eugene9US #109
#87Fred9US #117
#88Jonathan9US #118
#89Kelly9US #128
#90Stuart9US #161
#91Tom9US #86
#92Arnold8
#93Bernard8US #152
#94Brent8US #154
#95Joel8US #110
#96Kirk8US #142
#97Micheal8US #105
#98Reginald8US #144
#99Theodore8US #149
#100Albert7US #93

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑45Suzanne#47
↑38Margaret#32
↑31Louise#65
↑27Michelle#44
↑27Jennifer#68
↑25Amy#64
↑23Lawrence#39
↑22Ernest#68

Falling

↓37Kathryn#100
↓35Darlene#67
↓31Arthur#85
↓30Diana#99
↓27Teresa#88
↓24Colleen#90
↓22Valerie#70
↓21Ellen#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.