State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,849 Vermont births in 1981 across 260 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#52Ethanoutside the national top 200
#56Jessieoutside the national top 200
#63Colinoutside the national top 200
#58Kate#192 nationally
#66Hannah#190 nationally
#78Geoffrey#198 nationally
#84Laurieoutside the national top 200
#48Morgan#162 nationally
#62Caleb#175 nationally
#92Joeyoutside the national top 200
#94Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#95Caraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica144US #2
#2Jennifer133US #1
#3Sarah112US #4
#4Amanda101US #3
#5Heather77US #10
#6Melissa76US #5
#7Rebecca70US #12
#8Amy61US #6
#9Erin57US #19
#10Nicole51US #7
#11Emily49US #29
#12Sara48US #26
#13Elizabeth45US #9
#14Crystal41US #16
#15Amber38US #20
#16Michelle37US #11
#17Jamie36US #28
#18Megan35US #33
#19Kristin34US #31
#20April32US #25
#21Danielle29US #30
#22Christina27US #17
#23Lisa27US #18
#24Stephanie27US #8
#25Laura26US #21
#26Rachel26US #22
#27Katie25US #44
#28Heidi24US #84
#29Kimberly24US #13
#30Kristen24US #38
#31Mary23US #27
#32Angela22US #15
#33Katherine20US #39
#34Andrea19US #24
#35Kathryn19US #48
#36Kelly19US #23
#37Tiffany19US #14
#38Holly18US #63
#39Jaime18US #124
#40Tara18US #45
#41Anna17US #54
#42Courtney17US #43
#43Karen17US #64
#44Lindsey17US #58
#45Meghan17US #116
#46Ashley16US #34
#47Leah16US #81
#48Morgan16US #162
#49Shannon16US #32
#50Allison15US #57
#51Christine15US #42
#52Erica15US #36
#53Samantha15US #51
#54Abigail14US #156
#55Dawn14US #79
#56Jessie14
#57Julie14US #37
#58Kate14US #192
#59Brandy13US #41
#60Nichole13US #109
#61Tracy13US #77
#62Carrie12US #55
#63Casey12US #122
#64Kathleen12US #82
#65Lindsay12US #47
#66Hannah11US #190
#67Kristina11US #72
#68Margaret11US #107
#69Susan11US #71
#70Catherine10US #73
#71Denise10US #96
#72Jill10US #78
#73Julia10US #88
#74Meredith10US #140
#75Miranda10US #128
#76Stacey10US #83
#77Alison9US #113
#78Anne9US #105
#79Beth9US #125
#80Brandi9US #50
#81Bridget9US #150
#82Kara9US #121
#83Katrina9US #95
#84Laurie9
#85Molly9US #135
#86Tammy9US #117
#87Brooke8US #52
#88Kendra8US #152
#89Krystal8US #131
#90Patricia8US #53
#91Renee8US #98
#92Aimee7US #182
#93Barbara7US #119
#94Caitlin7
#95Cara7
#96Erika7US #93
#97Johanna7
#98Krista7US #153
#99Lauren7US #35
#100Melinda7US #108

Boys

#1Michael143US #1
#2Christopher125US #2
#3Joshua121US #6
#4Matthew105US #3
#5Jason98US #4
#6Justin82US #12
#7Daniel77US #10
#8David74US #5
#9James71US #7
#10Adam70US #20
#11Joseph69US #11
#12Ryan68US #13
#13Eric67US #17
#14Jeremy64US #22
#15Benjamin63US #32
#16Jeffrey58US #29
#17Nathan58US #36
#18Andrew57US #18
#19John54US #8
#20Nicholas54US #21
#21Brian53US #14
#22Travis53US #40
#23Jesse50US #37
#24Timothy50US #24
#25Robert49US #9
#26Thomas42US #26
#27Kevin40US #25
#28Scott40US #34
#29Aaron39US #30
#30Jonathan39US #16
#31William36US #15
#32Seth33US #95
#33Patrick31US #38
#34Chad29US #47
#35Richard29US #27
#36Jared28US #57
#37Peter28US #55
#38Tyler28US #96
#39Steven27US #28
#40Anthony25US #23
#41Charles25US #31
#42Shawn25US #49
#43Jacob24US #43
#44Stephen24US #39
#45Sean22US #44
#46Keith20US #58
#47Kyle19US #52
#48Bradley18US #50
#49Gregory18US #46
#50Mark18US #33
#51Corey17US #69
#52Ethan17
#53Paul17US #35
#54Derek16US #53
#55Edward16US #51
#56Kenneth16US #41
#57Lee16US #123
#58Nathaniel16US #80
#59Alexander14US #70
#60Shane14US #81
#61Zachary14US #63
#62Caleb13US #175
#63Colin13
#64George13US #61
#65Ian13US #101
#66Lucas13US #89
#67Todd13US #74
#68Casey12US #85
#69Erik12US #76
#70Raymond12US #68
#71Bruce11US #164
#72Cory11US #90
#73Jamie11US #118
#74Marc11US #134
#75Brent10US #88
#76Craig10US #72
#77Donald10US #56
#78Geoffrey10US #198
#79Trevor10US #155
#80Troy10US #114
#81Dennis9US #83
#82Dustin9US #42
#83Evan9US #139
#84Gabriel9US #87
#85Isaac9US #150
#86Jeremiah9US #77
#87Joel9US #65
#88Luke9US #100
#89Samuel9US #54
#90Gary8US #62
#91Henry8US #126
#92Joey8
#93Philip8US #84
#94Wayne8US #156
#95Brad7US #143
#96Brandon7US #19
#97Bryan7US #48
#98Douglas7US #64
#99Frederick7US #170
#100Jordan7US #102

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑44Tiffany#37
↑32April#20
↑32Andrea#34
↑31Jessie#56
↑30Leah#47
↑28Seth#32
↑26Holly#38
↑26Anna#41

Falling

↓43Brooke#87
↓43Erika#96
↓37Carrie#62
↓35Jeremiah#86
↓32Caitlin#94
↓32Luke#88
↓31Philip#93
↓31Bryan#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.