State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,889 Vermont births in 1980 across 270 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#48Hannahoutside the national top 200
#51Kate#197 nationally
#62Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#69Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#75Ethanoutside the national top 200
#78Lynnoutside the national top 200
#85Caleboutside the national top 200
#86Amieoutside the national top 200
#87Jessieoutside the national top 200
#87Noahoutside the national top 200
#88Joleneoutside the national top 200
#89Rolandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica135US #3
#2Jennifer132US #1
#3Sarah95US #5
#4Amanda85US #2
#5Heather78US #6
#6Melissa72US #4
#7Amy57US #8
#8Rebecca53US #17
#9Elizabeth48US #9
#10Erin47US #20
#11Nicole43US #7
#12Megan41US #30
#13Sara40US #27
#14Stephanie37US #13
#15Amber36US #22
#16Michelle34US #10
#17Angela33US #12
#18Emily32US #31
#19Heidi32US #79
#20Mary32US #25
#21Kelly31US #19
#22Crystal30US #18
#23Katie30US #44
#24Rachel30US #23
#25Carrie29US #46
#26Laura29US #21
#27Christina28US #15
#28Danielle28US #33
#29Karen28US #54
#30Kimberly28US #11
#31Jamie26US #24
#32Lisa25US #16
#33Kathryn24US #50
#34Tara24US #43
#35Katherine23US #35
#36Kristin23US #37
#37Shannon23US #29
#38Erica20US #34
#39Lindsay20US #71
#40Jaime18US #116
#41Tracy18US #56
#42Meghan17US #114
#43Samantha17US #58
#44Brooke16US #57
#45Courtney16US #48
#46Kristen16US #39
#47Allison15US #59
#48Hannah15
#49Julie15US #32
#50Dawn14US #67
#51Kate14US #197
#52April13US #26
#53Erika13US #87
#54Jill13US #66
#55Julia13US #98
#56Kathleen13US #82
#57Kristina13US #73
#58Nichole13US #102
#59Stacey13US #74
#60Alicia12US #47
#61Ashley12US #40
#62Caitlin12
#63Catherine12US #77
#64Holly12US #52
#65Alison11US #101
#66Andrea11US #28
#67Anna11US #55
#68Christine11US #41
#69Hillary11
#70Margaret11US #105
#71Marie11US #145
#72Melanie11US #60
#73Abigail10US #176
#74Beth10US #106
#75Jenny10US #117
#76Krista10US #121
#77Leah10US #84
#78Lynn10
#79Molly10US #133
#80Renee10US #107
#81Tiffany10US #14
#82Tonya10US #97
#83Bethany9US #124
#84Casey9US #135
#85Laurie9US #195
#86Amie8
#87Jessie8
#88Jolene8
#89Kara8US #127
#90Kendra8US #154
#91Leslie8US #61
#92Liza8
#93Lori8US #76
#94Maria8US #36
#95Miranda8US #128
#96Monica8US #45
#97Tanya8US #88
#98Vanessa8US #69
#99Alyssa7
#100Anne7US #112

Boys

#1Michael133US #1
#2Matthew132US #6
#3Christopher127US #2
#4Jason116US #3
#5Joshua109US #7
#6David90US #4
#7James85US #5
#8Daniel81US #11
#9Justin76US #13
#10Adam74US #22
#11Jeremy72US #18
#12John69US #8
#13Andrew65US #19
#14William63US #14
#15Brian61US #12
#16Nicholas60US #17
#17Benjamin59US #32
#18Robert57US #9
#19Eric53US #16
#20Joseph51US #10
#21Nathan51US #36
#22Ryan51US #15
#23Travis49US #37
#24Kevin47US #23
#25Jonathan45US #21
#26Jesse44US #45
#27Thomas42US #25
#28Timothy41US #20
#29Chad40US #39
#30Mark36US #30
#31Aaron35US #34
#32Patrick35US #38
#33Jeffrey33US #27
#34Paul32US #35
#35Peter32US #55
#36Gregory29US #42
#37Kyle29US #57
#38Scott27US #33
#39Lucas26US #98
#40Keith23US #56
#41Sean23US #48
#42Anthony22US #24
#43Shawn22US #47
#44Steven22US #28
#45Todd22US #75
#46Jacob21US #43
#47Jared21US #61
#48Charles20US #29
#49Corey20US #68
#50Ian20US #104
#51Jeremiah20US #76
#52Richard20US #26
#53Bradley19US #51
#54Tyler19US #114
#55Edward18US #52
#56Luke18US #97
#57Stephen17US #40
#58Craig16US #73
#59Erik16US #64
#60Seth16US #99
#61Nathaniel15US #86
#62Philip15US #82
#63Trevor15US #155
#64Gabriel14US #85
#65Zachary14US #72
#66Bryan13US #49
#67Casey13US #93
#68Derek13US #50
#69Evan12US #159
#70George12US #60
#71Samuel12US #54
#72Kenneth11US #41
#73Brandon10US #31
#74Douglas10US #62
#75Ethan10
#76Shane10US #69
#77Brett9US #96
#78Donald9US #53
#79Lance9US #152
#80Dustin8US #44
#81Gary8US #63
#82Joel8US #67
#83Randy8US #87
#84Alexander7US #91
#85Caleb7
#86Dennis7US #80
#87Noah7
#88Raymond7US #66
#89Roland7
#90Ronald7US #58
#91Russell7US #92
#92Troy7US #106
#93Christian6US #118
#94Cory6US #83
#95Curtis6US #89
#96Dana6
#97Dylan6
#98Geoffrey6US #200
#99Heath6
#100Ira6

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑60Kristin#36
↑57Tracy#41
↑39Julia#55
↑38Jill#54
↑31Tara#34
↑31Brooke#44
↑26Erika#53
↑22Todd#45

Falling

↓49Anne#100
↓39Christine#68
↓38Tanya#97
↓37Holly#64
↓32Alyssa#99
↓30Andrea#66
↓27Tiffany#81
↓26Donald#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.