State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,542 Vermont births in 1979 across 271 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#60Abigailoutside the national top 200
#62Hannahoutside the national top 200
#67Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#74Colinoutside the national top 200
#80Ethanoutside the national top 200
#82Lynnoutside the national top 200
#86Grahamoutside the national top 200
#89Morganoutside the national top 200
#91Faithoutside the national top 200
#100Devonoutside the national top 200
#96Harold#195 nationally
#99Angie#196 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer150US #1
#2Jessica107US #4
#3Sarah102US #6
#4Melissa88US #2
#5Amanda72US #3
#6Heather60US #7
#7Amy57US #5
#8Rebecca52US #17
#9Nicole51US #9
#10Erin48US #21
#11Emily43US #34
#12Elizabeth41US #11
#13Kelly39US #16
#14Jamie37US #19
#15Crystal36US #18
#16Michelle34US #10
#17Angela33US #8
#18Sara31US #30
#19Katherine29US #36
#20Kimberly29US #12
#21Laura29US #20
#22Lisa27US #13
#23Mary27US #24
#24Shannon27US #25
#25Stephanie25US #15
#26Megan23US #31
#27Holly22US #48
#28Christina21US #14
#29Christine21US #35
#30Rachel21US #27
#31Carrie20US #41
#32Heidi20US #83
#33Amber19US #22
#34Katie19US #63
#35Meghan19US #121
#36Andrea18US #26
#37Courtney18US #71
#38Danielle18US #33
#39Karen18US #46
#40Samantha18US #66
#41Julie17US #29
#42Anna16US #59
#43Kathleen16US #84
#44Nichole16US #103
#45Erica15US #32
#46Kristy15US #56
#47Allison14US #70
#48Dawn14US #57
#49Jaime14US #97
#50Kristina14US #74
#51Anne13US #115
#52Kathryn13US #50
#53Susan13US #51
#54Tiffany13US #28
#55Kristen12US #62
#56Lauren12US #45
#57Lindsay12US #88
#58Stacy12US #43
#59Tanya12US #93
#60Abigail11
#61Bethany11US #135
#62Hannah11
#63Katrina11US #99
#64Renee11US #101
#65Tara11US #38
#66Tina11US #58
#67Alyssa10
#68April10US #23
#69Beth10US #118
#70Molly10US #139
#71Victoria10US #119
#72Wendy10US #64
#73Alicia9US #47
#74Alison9US #102
#75Brooke9US #85
#76Carolyn9US #138
#77Casey9US #144
#78Catherine9US #78
#79Erika9US #91
#80Leah9US #98
#81Lindsey9US #113
#82Lynn9
#83Maria9US #37
#84Melanie9US #53
#85Mindy9US #81
#86Misty9US #42
#87Theresa9US #100
#88Bonnie8US #171
#89Bridget8US #161
#90Colleen8US #133
#91Faith8
#92Jill8US #52
#93Jodi8US #140
#94Julia8US #122
#95Kristie8US #188
#96Kristin8US #73
#97Tammy8US #79
#98Tracy8US #49
#99Angie7US #196
#100Devon7

Boys

#1Christopher128US #2
#2Jason123US #3
#3Michael119US #1
#4Matthew100US #6
#5David83US #4
#6Joshua79US #9
#7Daniel76US #12
#8Jeremy73US #16
#9Adam68US #23
#10John68US #7
#11James67US #5
#12Eric61US #17
#13Nicholas61US #15
#14Andrew60US #20
#15Justin60US #22
#16Joseph59US #11
#17Robert58US #8
#18Ryan52US #14
#19Brian51US #10
#20Benjamin50US #33
#21Timothy44US #18
#22Travis44US #36
#23Jonathan43US #31
#24Scott43US #29
#25William42US #13
#26Jeffrey40US #24
#27Thomas40US #26
#28Nathan39US #37
#29Chad38US #38
#30Aaron36US #32
#31Richard36US #25
#32Jesse35US #50
#33Mark35US #30
#34Shawn34US #43
#35Kevin33US #19
#36Patrick33US #39
#37Charles29US #28
#38Stephen28US #40
#39Peter27US #53
#40Seth25US #101
#41Anthony23US #21
#42Kyle23US #56
#43Gregory22US #42
#44Jacob22US #45
#45Jared22US #65
#46Paul22US #34
#47Sean21US #49
#48Edward20US #48
#49Steven20US #27
#50Keith18US #52
#51Corey17US #63
#52Donald17US #51
#53Jamie17US #88
#54Lucas17US #108
#55Kenneth16US #41
#56Philip16US #83
#57Bradley15US #47
#58Luke15US #110
#59Shane15US #67
#60Zachary15US #74
#61Joel14US #71
#62Marc14US #119
#63Craig13US #77
#64Ian13US #107
#65Jeremiah13US #81
#66Shaun13US #64
#67Todd13US #60
#68Douglas11US #58
#69Nathaniel10US #95
#70Samuel10US #55
#71Tyler10US #131
#72Alexander9US #94
#73Bryan9US #46
#74Colin9
#75Derek9US #72
#76Erik9US #66
#77Raymond9US #70
#78Casey8US #93
#79Dustin8US #62
#80Ethan8
#81Roger8US #132
#82Trevor8US #153
#83Gabriel7US #90
#84Gary7US #59
#85George7US #57
#86Graham7
#87Jay7US #126
#88Jon7US #118
#89Morgan7
#90Phillip7US #68
#91Alan6US #116
#92Brandon6US #35
#93Brett6US #98
#94Derrick6US #80
#95Frederick6US #158
#96Harold6US #195
#97Kristopher6US #114
#98Ronald6US #54
#99Tony6US #104
#100Allen5US #139

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑54Nichole#44
↑43Allison#47
↑40Anne#51
↑34Marc#62
↑32Philip#56
↑30Jeremiah#65
↑29Tanya#59
↑28Luke#58

Falling

↓51Tammy#97
↓49Jill#92
↓47Kristin#96
↓42Tracy#98
↓33April#68
↓29Tyler#71
↓28Todd#67
↓26Catherine#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.