State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,468 Vermont births in 1972 across 279 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#62Darcyoutside the national top 200
#67Sethoutside the national top 200
#68Trevoroutside the national top 200
#74Danaoutside the national top 200
#75Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#79Betsyoutside the national top 200
#59Vicki#177 nationally
#84Ethanoutside the national top 200
#88Tyleroutside the national top 200
#89Peggyoutside the national top 200
#95Gretchenoutside the national top 200
#98Joanneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer139US #1
#2Melissa67US #7
#3Amy66US #5
#4Tammy65US #11
#5Lisa60US #3
#6Heather59US #9
#7Nicole59US #10
#8Michelle57US #2
#9Kimberly52US #4
#10Rebecca50US #14
#11Sarah48US #49
#12Angela44US #6
#13Christine42US #16
#14Karen42US #21
#15Kelly40US #23
#16Dawn37US #20
#17Julie36US #12
#18Elizabeth35US #15
#19Tracy35US #19
#20Susan34US #24
#21Stephanie33US #8
#22Heidi32US #64
#23Lori32US #28
#24Mary31US #13
#25Tina29US #18
#26Wendy26US #29
#27Jessica25US #46
#28Shannon25US #22
#29Pamela24US #34
#30Sara22US #101
#31Katherine21US #69
#32Christina20US #26
#33Stacey20US #41
#34Stacy20US #33
#35Laura18US #17
#36Brenda17US #44
#37Diane17US #105
#38Holly17US #71
#39Kathleen17US #57
#40Andrea15US #30
#41April15US #48
#42Michele15US #36
#43Allison13US #115
#44Carol13US #109
#45Crystal13US #59
#46Kristin13US #67
#47Leslie13US #75
#48Lynn13US #135
#49Paula13US #72
#50Tonya13US #37
#51Ann12US #91
#52Erin12US #93
#53Jodi12US #97
#54Laurie12US #98
#55Renee12US #77
#56Sandra12US #31
#57Tanya12US #54
#58Valerie12US #100
#59Vicki12US #177
#60Beth11US #113
#61Carrie11US #53
#62Darcy11
#63Denise11US #35
#64Donna11US #45
#65Nancy11US #63
#66Patricia11US #27
#67Tracey11US #88
#68Bonnie10US #157
#69Cheryl10US #56
#70Cindy10US #80
#71Cynthia10US #25
#72Debra10US #66
#73Kathy10US #108
#74Katina10US #117
#75Kelley10
#76Victoria10US #99
#77Amanda9US #76
#78Angel9US #145
#79Betsy9
#80Colleen9US #123
#81Emily9US #131
#82Erica9US #87
#83Linda9US #51
#84Marie9US #167
#85Melanie9US #42
#86Melinda9US #81
#87Monica9US #47
#88Nichole9US #146
#89Peggy9
#90Robin9US #55
#91Suzanne9US #92
#92Becky8US #165
#93Deborah8US #43
#94Erika8US #138
#95Gretchen8
#96Jill8US #62
#97Joanna8US #198
#98Joanne8
#99Kathryn8US #103
#100Krista8US #142

Boys

#1Jason132US #7
#2Christopher129US #2
#3Michael121US #1
#4David97US #4
#5John91US #5
#6Scott91US #11
#7James86US #3
#8Matthew76US #10
#9Robert71US #6
#10Brian65US #8
#11Jeffrey65US #17
#12Daniel64US #15
#13Eric62US #16
#14Kevin60US #13
#15Mark53US #18
#16Richard52US #14
#17Shawn48US #28
#18Chad47US #25
#19William47US #9
#20Timothy46US #21
#21Joseph45US #12
#22Donald41US #36
#23Thomas41US #20
#24Andrew40US #30
#25Aaron38US #40
#26Paul37US #24
#27Stephen35US #29
#28Charles34US #23
#29Gregory33US #26
#30Todd33US #31
#31Peter32US #48
#32Edward28US #34
#33Jonathan27US #37
#34Jeremy26US #42
#35Joshua26US #59
#36Gary25US #41
#37Steven25US #19
#38Justin24US #60
#39Keith24US #38
#40Ronald24US #32
#41Travis24US #57
#42Craig22US #46
#43Sean22US #33
#44Adam20US #51
#45Ryan20US #39
#46Nathan18US #79
#47Patrick18US #35
#48George17US #44
#49Jamie17US #72
#50Corey16US #95
#51Anthony15US #22
#52Erik15US #86
#53Shane15US #55
#54Troy15US #49
#55Benjamin14US #64
#56Brett14US #80
#57Dennis14US #52
#58Kenneth14US #27
#59Raymond14US #54
#60Douglas13US #43
#61Lawrence13US #101
#62Wayne13US #103
#63Joel12US #78
#64Roger12US #76
#65Derek11US #67
#66Russell11US #69
#67Seth11
#68Trevor11
#69Arthur10US #119
#70Bradley10US #61
#71Jesse10US #88
#72Samuel10US #66
#73Alexander9US #129
#74Dana9
#75Dean9US #156
#76Frederick9US #116
#77Gabriel9US #139
#78Jay9US #115
#79Philip9US #104
#80Randy9US #70
#81Rodney9US #65
#82Albert8US #112
#83Allen8US #123
#84Ethan8
#85Frank8US #56
#86Kyle8US #113
#87Marc8US #83
#88Tyler8
#89Brent7US #77
#90Carl7US #85
#91Curtis7US #92
#92Gerald7US #102
#93Heath7US #190
#94Ralph7US #159
#95Alan6US #110
#96Barry6US #148
#97Bryan6US #45
#98Dale6US #131
#99Geoffrey6
#100Greg6US #173

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑49Joshua#35
↑44Crystal#45
↑34Carol#44
↑34Wayne#62
↑30Corey#50
↑29Justin#38
↑28Sandra#56
↑27Katherine#31

Falling

↓59Deborah#93
↓58Jill#96
↓34Kathy#73
↓32Donna#64
↓31Marc#87
↓30Carrie#61
↓30Randy#80
↓25Nancy#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.