State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,035 Vermont births in 1986 across 275 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#36Emmaoutside the national top 200
#75Ethanoutside the national top 200
#57Kaitlin#182 nationally
#61Kate#186 nationally
#76Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#82Allysonoutside the national top 200
#89Geoffrey#199 nationally
#91Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#94Bethoutside the national top 200
#81Brendan#185 nationally
#97Elioutside the national top 200
#99Gordonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley124US #2
#2Jessica108US #1
#3Amanda90US #3
#4Sarah79US #5
#5Jennifer77US #4
#6Nicole69US #7
#7Danielle62US #16
#8Heather61US #9
#9Elizabeth58US #10
#10Megan52US #11
#11Amber50US #13
#12Emily49US #24
#13Stephanie47US #6
#14Samantha46US #21
#15Brittany45US #8
#16Melissa35US #12
#17Kimberly34US #18
#18Laura34US #20
#19Rachel34US #15
#20Amy33US #22
#21Michelle32US #23
#22Hannah31US #82
#23Caitlin29US #69
#24Courtney29US #35
#25Erin29US #30
#26Katherine29US #28
#27Lauren29US #14
#28Rebecca29US #26
#29Crystal28US #25
#30Jamie28US #34
#31Jenna28US #55
#32Sara27US #27
#33Lindsay26US #46
#34Meghan25US #71
#35Katie23US #38
#36Emma21
#37Kelly21US #29
#38Lindsey21US #39
#39Angela20US #33
#40Christina20US #19
#41Allison19US #42
#42Chelsea19US #73
#43Mary19US #37
#44Erica18US #31
#45Kristen18US #41
#46Lisa18US #40
#47Morgan17US #113
#48Whitney17US #32
#49Alison16US #96
#50Anna16US #51
#51Katelyn16US #149
#52Kayla16US #64
#53Krystal16US #61
#54Tara16US #56
#55Carrie15US #109
#56Jacqueline15US #57
#57Kaitlin15US #182
#58Shannon15US #44
#59Alicia14US #45
#60Holly14US #63
#61Kate14US #186
#62Kathryn14US #48
#63Tiffany14US #17
#64Bethany13US #91
#65Cassandra13US #60
#66Christine13US #47
#67Margaret13US #90
#68Molly13US #110
#69Casey12US #80
#70Karen12US #100
#71Katrina12US #99
#72Abigail11US #143
#73Victoria11US #54
#74Alyssa10US #85
#75April10US #53
#76Kaitlyn10
#77Kathleen10US #68
#78Krista10US #93
#79Kristina10US #62
#80Renee10US #127
#81Stacey10US #94
#82Allyson9
#83Andrea9US #36
#84Julia9US #88
#85Mallory9US #83
#86Melinda9US #147
#87Nichole9US #105
#88Susan9US #118
#89Alexandra8US #72
#90Felicia8US #89
#91Hillary8
#92Kari8US #170
#93Kelsey8US #112
#94Beth7
#95Caroline7US #157
#96Jillian7US #107
#97Julie7US #58
#98Kara7US #102
#99Leah7US #78
#100Meagan7US #123

Boys

#1Matthew138US #3
#2Michael129US #1
#3Christopher118US #2
#4Joshua107US #4
#5Daniel97US #6
#6Kyle83US #23
#7Andrew80US #8
#8Ryan76US #11
#9Adam74US #24
#10Nicholas74US #17
#11James73US #7
#12David67US #5
#13Justin67US #14
#14John65US #10
#15Robert63US #9
#16Tyler60US #40
#17Jason59US #18
#18William58US #15
#19Benjamin50US #30
#20Joseph50US #12
#21Eric49US #22
#22Timothy48US #27
#23Nathan45US #43
#24Jeremy44US #28
#25Travis43US #49
#26Brian41US #20
#27Jonathan41US #16
#28Thomas38US #26
#29Jeffrey37US #32
#30Mark37US #35
#31Sean36US #37
#32Peter34US #60
#33Anthony33US #19
#34Patrick33US #39
#35Kevin31US #21
#36Aaron29US #33
#37Brandon29US #13
#38Dustin29US #42
#39Jesse29US #48
#40Steven29US #25
#41Gregory28US #46
#42Samuel27US #52
#43Stephen27US #36
#44Zachary27US #38
#45Richard25US #29
#46Scott25US #44
#47Corey24US #62
#48Evan24US #81
#49Alexander23US #41
#50Paul23US #45
#51Shawn23US #55
#52Lucas21US #126
#53Chad20US #59
#54Jacob19US #31
#55Jordan18US #53
#56Trevor18US #98
#57Charles17US #34
#58Dylan17US #149
#59Seth17US #97
#60Bryan16US #47
#61Shane16US #67
#62Craig15US #80
#63Nathaniel15US #78
#64Cody14US #56
#65Alex13US #64
#66Keith13US #66
#67Bradley12US #54
#68Brett12US #69
#69Casey12US #83
#70Colin12US #158
#71Derek12US #57
#72Douglas12US #82
#73Jared12US #58
#74Kenneth12US #50
#75Ethan11
#76Ian11US #85
#77Phillip11US #70
#78Brent10US #94
#79Jeremiah10US #118
#80Joel10US #72
#81Brendan9US #185
#82Caleb9US #131
#83Jamie9US #182
#84Luke9US #106
#85Ronald9US #75
#86Todd9US #110
#87Donald8US #71
#88Edward8US #61
#89Geoffrey8US #199
#90Isaac8US #155
#91Philip8US #86
#92Roger8US #167
#93Austin7US #90
#94Cory7US #68
#95Dennis7US #104
#96Devin7US #113
#97Eli7
#98George7US #74
#99Gordon7
#100Lance7US #134

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑46Morgan#47
↑35Evan#48
↑30Tara#54
↑24Carrie#55
↑18Kelly#37
↑18Jacqueline#56
↑18Samuel#42
↑18Nathaniel#63

Falling

↓54Andrea#83
↓32Alexandra#89
↓32Jillian#96
↓32Julie#97
↓32Ian#76
↓30Edward#88
↓28Shannon#58
↓28April#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.