State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,088 Vermont births in 1977 across 251 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#67Autumnoutside the national top 200
#69Joanneoutside the national top 200
#71Ethanoutside the national top 200
#74Brendanoutside the national top 200
#50Bethany#176 nationally
#76Betsyoutside the national top 200
#76Danaoutside the national top 200
#78Hannahoutside the national top 200
#82Lynnoutside the national top 200
#86Abigailoutside the national top 200
#88Tobyoutside the national top 200
#79Luke#190 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer144US #1
#2Sarah108US #11
#3Jessica99US #4
#4Amy82US #3
#5Melissa77US #2
#6Heather64US #5
#7Rebecca46US #17
#8Sara46US #27
#9Julie44US #22
#10Amanda39US #9
#11Angela38US #6
#12Lisa38US #12
#13Karen37US #32
#14Elizabeth36US #13
#15Erin36US #23
#16Jamie35US #18
#17Emily34US #37
#18Nicole34US #15
#19Kelly32US #10
#20Michelle31US #7
#21Christina30US #16
#22Shannon29US #19
#23Stephanie29US #14
#24Kimberly27US #8
#25Rachel26US #26
#26Megan25US #54
#27Danielle22US #31
#28Mary22US #21
#29Tammy21US #55
#30Tara21US #35
#31Andrea20US #24
#32Crystal20US #25
#33Carrie19US #28
#34Holly18US #52
#35Laura18US #20
#36Amber17US #33
#37Christine17US #30
#38Heidi17US #81
#39Allison16US #66
#40Molly16US #141
#41Jaime15US #46
#42Katherine15US #44
#43Samantha15US #85
#44Dawn14US #43
#45Erica14US #38
#46Erika14US #103
#47Tanya14US #67
#48Anna13US #74
#49Beth13US #97
#50Bethany13US #176
#51Kathleen13US #80
#52Susan13US #45
#53April12US #29
#54Lori12US #57
#55Tonya12US #64
#56Jill11US #41
#57Kristy11US #68
#58Stacey11US #56
#59Tina11US #58
#60Wendy11US #49
#61Alicia10US #60
#62Courtney10US #76
#63Margaret10US #111
#64Misty10US #40
#65Renee10US #87
#66Tracy10US #50
#67Autumn9
#68Brandy9US #51
#69Joanne9
#70Kathryn9US #70
#71Krista9US #155
#72Kristin9US #82
#73Lindsay9US #110
#74Melanie9US #53
#75Anne8US #123
#76Betsy8
#77Christie8US #156
#78Hannah8
#79Kara8US #120
#80Kristen8US #72
#81Leslie8US #65
#82Lynn8
#83Mandy8US #94
#84Stacy8US #42
#85Tiffany8US #34
#86Abigail7
#87Aimee7US #127
#88Deborah7US #109
#89Katie7US #115
#90Kristina7US #83
#91Laurie7US #153
#92Leah7US #112
#93Linda7US #99
#94Maria7US #36
#95Natalie7US #69
#96Patricia7US #47
#97Alison6US #122
#98Ashley6US #106
#99Brandie6
#100Brenda6US #91

Boys

#1Jason140US #2
#2Michael132US #1
#3Christopher106US #3
#4Matthew102US #9
#5David81US #4
#6James80US #5
#7Jeremy73US #15
#8Brian68US #8
#9Joshua62US #14
#10Eric60US #17
#11Robert60US #6
#12Daniel56US #11
#13John49US #7
#14Joseph47US #10
#15Kevin47US #13
#16Jeffrey45US #19
#17Nathan45US #36
#18William44US #12
#19Benjamin42US #29
#20Chad41US #34
#21Travis41US #44
#22Adam40US #33
#23Andrew38US #24
#24Timothy38US #18
#25Shawn37US #37
#26Jonathan35US #28
#27Justin35US #30
#28Scott35US #27
#29Mark34US #25
#30Thomas32US #22
#31Richard30US #20
#32Aaron29US #32
#33Seth29US #118
#34Charles28US #26
#35Todd27US #50
#36Anthony26US #21
#37Ryan26US #16
#38Stephen26US #38
#39Steven26US #23
#40Peter24US #55
#41Paul23US #31
#42Patrick21US #40
#43Sean21US #43
#44Jeremiah20US #69
#45Corey19US #52
#46Craig18US #64
#47Gregory17US #35
#48Jacob17US #56
#49Keith16US #48
#50Brent15US #85
#51Donald15US #46
#52Gary15US #58
#53Jamie15US #82
#54Shane15US #61
#55Cory14US #67
#56Douglas14US #59
#57Kyle14US #79
#58Bradley13US #49
#59Edward13US #47
#60Jesse13US #54
#61Kenneth13US #39
#62Bryan12US #42
#63George11US #57
#64Ian11US #119
#65Jared11US #76
#66Nicholas11US #51
#67Randy11US #86
#68Ronald11US #53
#69Trevor11US #168
#70Tyler11US #165
#71Ethan10
#72Raymond10US #65
#73Zachary10US #95
#74Brendan9
#75Casey9US #102
#76Dana9
#77Dustin9US #81
#78Joel9US #73
#79Luke9US #190
#80Nathaniel9US #107
#81Samuel9US #60
#82Dennis8US #68
#83Derek8US #84
#84Frederick8US #152
#85Jay8US #130
#86Lance8US #139
#87Russell8US #89
#88Toby8
#89Wayne8US #138
#90Bruce7US #148
#91Marc7US #101
#92Philip7US #90
#93Shannon7US #120
#94Wesley7US #66
#95Albert6US #137
#96Erik6US #94
#97Francis6
#98Gabriel6US #87
#99Joey6US #195
#100Kristopher6US #113

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑39Cory#55
↑34Courtney#62
↑33Brent#50
↑32Tammy#29
↑32Anna#48
↑25Renee#65
↑24Allison#39
↑23Rachel#25

Falling

↓38Laurie#91
↓35Alison#97
↓30Samuel#81
↓26Tracy#66
↓26Kathryn#70
↓24Jaime#41
↓23Patricia#96
↓22April#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.