State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,435 Vermont births in 1961 across 309 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#84Louiseoutside the national top 200
#74Dana#180 nationally
#97Caroleoutside the national top 200
#54Bernard#156 nationally
#66Guy#162 nationally
#82Sean#177 nationally
#61Francis#148 nationally
#73Shawn#143 nationally
#69Marc#133 nationally
#78Shari#142 nationally
#100Holly#161 nationally
#81Joann#137 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa112US #2
#2Laurie103US #43
#3Mary97US #1
#4Susan94US #3
#5Lori90US #14
#6Linda73US #4
#7Karen71US #5
#8Donna64US #7
#9Deborah63US #10
#10Brenda61US #11
#11Pamela56US #15
#12Wendy52US #61
#13Kelly51US #45
#14Julie50US #23
#15Sandra50US #9
#16Patricia48US #6
#17Robin48US #27
#18Debra46US #13
#19Kathy46US #25
#20Elizabeth45US #19
#21Barbara44US #12
#22Carol44US #24
#23Nancy44US #16
#24Diane43US #26
#25Kim43US #36
#26Sharon43US #17
#27Tammy43US #28
#28Cindy42US #33
#29Kimberly39US #22
#30Cynthia38US #8
#31Ann36US #54
#32Kathleen36US #29
#33Cheryl35US #20
#34Lynn32US #71
#35Sherry30US #53
#36Bonnie29US #75
#37Denise29US #30
#38Jennifer29US #47
#39Christine27US #39
#40Anne25US #90
#41Jane25US #72
#42Laura25US #21
#43Rebecca25US #44
#44Margaret24US #40
#45Michelle24US #34
#46Suzanne24US #68
#47Martha23US #81
#48Theresa23US #35
#49Tina23US #41
#50Janet22US #32
#51Joanne22US #102
#52Penny22US #101
#53Dawn21US #49
#54Cathy20US #55
#55Darlene20US #80
#56Debbie20US #31
#57Jacqueline20US #37
#58Marie20US #109
#59Sheila20US #59
#60Carolyn19US #42
#61Terri19US #51
#62Catherine18US #48
#63Judith17US #83
#64Maureen17US #104
#65Paula17US #60
#66Valerie17US #67
#67Amy16US #69
#68Angela16US #38
#69Anita16US #91
#70Jill16US #74
#71Betty15US #87
#72Connie15US #50
#73Diana15US #56
#74Teresa15US #18
#75Andrea13US #110
#76Beth13US #65
#77Judy13US #58
#78Shari13US #142
#79Annette12US #73
#80Jean12US #92
#81Joann12US #137
#82Katherine12US #86
#83Kathryn12US #93
#84Louise12
#85Melissa12US #95
#86Michele12US #63
#87Rhonda12US #46
#88Sally12US #133
#89Elaine11US #118
#90Jeanne11US #138
#91Maria11US #57
#92Peggy11US #88
#93Sarah11US #113
#94Shirley11US #85
#95Vicki11US #76
#96Anna10US #100
#97Carole10
#98Ellen10US #97
#99Gail10US #94
#100Holly10US #161

Boys

#1David213US #2
#2Michael211US #1
#3John164US #3
#4Robert163US #5
#5James139US #4
#6Mark137US #6
#7Richard108US #8
#8Jeffrey105US #11
#9Brian96US #20
#10Timothy94US #15
#11William88US #7
#12Kevin84US #14
#13Steven83US #10
#14Thomas77US #9
#15Scott67US #19
#16Daniel63US #17
#17Joseph63US #12
#18Paul61US #18
#19Gary57US #21
#20Donald56US #22
#21Peter55US #42
#22Stephen54US #27
#23Randy53US #33
#24Christopher52US #26
#25Douglas52US #28
#26Ronald50US #24
#27Gregory47US #23
#28Bruce40US #40
#29Edward40US #29
#30Charles38US #13
#31Kenneth37US #16
#32Raymond33US #48
#33Dennis32US #34
#34George31US #31
#35Todd31US #46
#36Ricky30US #44
#37Larry27US #30
#38Roger26US #47
#39Jay25US #81
#40Keith25US #35
#41Wayne25US #61
#42Alan24US #51
#43Craig24US #43
#44Patrick24US #39
#45Andrew23US #52
#46Bradley23US #87
#47Anthony21US #25
#48Matthew20US #59
#49Allen19US #96
#50Dale19US #58
#51Dean19US #84
#52Mike17US #36
#53Randall17US #63
#54Bernard16US #156
#55Lawrence16US #67
#56Walter16US #74
#57Arthur15US #85
#58Carl15US #56
#59Chris15US #57
#60Danny14US #54
#61Francis14US #148
#62Glenn13US #64
#63Rodney13US #72
#64Eric12US #38
#65Frank12US #41
#66Guy12US #162
#67Jeffery12US #50
#68Louis12US #105
#69Marc12US #133
#70Jon11US #93
#71Martin11US #73
#72Russell11US #55
#73Shawn11US #143
#74Dana10US #180
#75Frederick10US #117
#76Harold10US #94
#77Henry10US #92
#78Jeff10US #49
#79Jonathan10US #112
#80Philip10US #79
#81Phillip10US #69
#82Sean10US #177
#83Terry10US #32
#84Albert9US #97
#85Barry9US #66
#86Bill9US #104
#87Brent9US #137
#88Duane9US #132
#89Gerald9US #62
#90Harry9US #131
#91Jerry9US #37
#92Leonard9US #114
#93Norman9US #134
#94Steve9US #45
#95Clifford8US #149
#96Dwayne8US #111
#97Edwin8US #145
#98Ernest8US #123
#99Lee8US #122
#100Micheal8US #103

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑39Bernard#54
↑35Jacqueline#57
↑33Kelly#13
↑31Sherry#35
↑30Jennifer#38
↑29Rebecca#43
↑29Angela#68
↑28Walter#56

Falling

↓39Terry#83
↓38Jean#80
↓32Judy#77
↓31Sally#88
↓30Steve#94
↓30Ernest#98
↓28Gerald#89
↓27Norman#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.