State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,967 Vermont births in 1987 across 265 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#48Emma#175 nationally
#82Elizaoutside the national top 200
#83Jessieoutside the national top 200
#91Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#93Colbyoutside the national top 200
#94Collinoutside the national top 200
#98Josiahoutside the national top 200
#96Geoffrey#198 nationally
#62Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#92Kate#191 nationally
#100Levi#193 nationally
#37Katelyn#127 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley124US #2
#2Amanda112US #3
#3Jessica86US #1
#4Sarah82US #5
#5Emily74US #19
#6Samantha67US #11
#7Nicole66US #8
#8Danielle61US #14
#9Elizabeth61US #10
#10Jennifer61US #4
#11Megan48US #12
#12Heather47US #9
#13Melissa38US #13
#14Chelsea35US #47
#15Sara35US #29
#16Brittany34US #7
#17Erin34US #34
#18Katherine34US #28
#19Amber33US #15
#20Michelle32US #21
#21Allison31US #44
#22Kayla30US #27
#23Amy29US #24
#24Laura29US #22
#25Stephanie29US #6
#26Hannah28US #66
#27Katie28US #38
#28Rachel28US #17
#29Crystal26US #26
#30Kristen26US #42
#31Rebecca25US #25
#32Lauren24US #16
#33Jamie23US #39
#34Lindsay23US #49
#35Lindsey23US #41
#36Meghan22US #78
#37Katelyn21US #127
#38Kelly21US #30
#39Shannon21US #45
#40Courtney20US #33
#41Erica20US #31
#42Caitlin19US #63
#43Christina19US #20
#44Kimberly19US #23
#45Angela18US #35
#46Anna18US #52
#47Bethany18US #87
#48Emma18US #175
#49Kristina18US #62
#50Whitney18US #32
#51Julie17US #65
#52Lisa17US #40
#53Abigail16US #138
#54Margaret16US #90
#55Jenna15US #57
#56Kelsey15US #67
#57Alexandra14US #59
#58Alyssa14US #60
#59Casey14US #81
#60Kathryn14US #51
#61Molly14US #97
#62Kaitlyn13US #163
#63Tiffany13US #18
#64Andrea12US #36
#65Cassandra12US #68
#66Catherine12US #74
#67Kathleen12US #72
#68Tanya12US #156
#69Alicia11US #46
#70Jillian11US #99
#71Kristin11US #55
#72Mallory11US #91
#73Morgan11US #95
#74Nichole11US #111
#75Erika10US #75
#76Julia10US #86
#77Kaitlin10US #141
#78Krystal10US #70
#79Alison9US #100
#80Brianna9US #122
#81Christine9US #48
#82Eliza9
#83Jessie9
#84Mary9US #37
#85Tara9US #69
#86Victoria9US #50
#87Brandi8US #88
#88Brittney8US #61
#89Holly8US #71
#90Kara8US #104
#91Kasey8
#92Kate8US #191
#93Leah8US #82
#94Melinda8US #143
#95Anne7US #147
#96Bridget7US #180
#97Jacqueline7US #54
#98Justine7US #176
#99Kendra7US #77
#100Krista7US #108

Boys

#1Christopher135US #2
#2Matthew126US #3
#3Michael124US #1
#4Joshua118US #4
#5Ryan109US #13
#6Andrew107US #6
#7Justin92US #9
#8Kyle91US #22
#9Daniel81US #7
#10Nicholas67US #16
#11Benjamin62US #28
#12David62US #5
#13Tyler61US #39
#14Robert60US #10
#15Adam58US #27
#16William53US #15
#17Thomas51US #24
#18Timothy51US #26
#19John50US #11
#20Jason49US #23
#21James48US #8
#22Nathan47US #45
#23Joseph46US #12
#24Jeffrey44US #32
#25Kevin42US #19
#26Travis42US #42
#27Eric40US #21
#28Shawn40US #59
#29Brian39US #20
#30Zachary38US #33
#31Jesse37US #55
#32Alexander35US #37
#33Scott35US #43
#34Anthony34US #17
#35Jeremy34US #29
#36Jacob30US #31
#37Sean30US #40
#38Jonathan29US #18
#39Patrick29US #41
#40Chad28US #63
#41Corey28US #57
#42Samuel28US #50
#43Steven27US #25
#44Richard26US #30
#45Evan25US #83
#46Alex24US #60
#47Gregory24US #47
#48Ian24US #81
#49Peter24US #64
#50Mark23US #36
#51Shane23US #65
#52Charles21US #35
#53Jordan21US #52
#54Paul21US #46
#55Aaron18US #34
#56Bradley18US #56
#57Seth18US #89
#58Brandon17US #14
#59Dustin17US #44
#60Taylor17US #117
#61Bryan16US #51
#62Cory15US #62
#63Dylan15US #141
#64Edward15US #61
#65Stephen15US #38
#66Brendan14US #156
#67Cody14US #49
#68Todd14US #120
#69Trevor14US #93
#70Colin13US #134
#71Philip13US #84
#72Jared11US #58
#73Joel11US #75
#74Keith11US #69
#75Kenneth11US #53
#76Lucas11US #121
#77Caleb10US #115
#78Devin10US #99
#79Erik10US #94
#80Nathaniel10US #78
#81Cameron9US #96
#82Craig9US #88
#83Curtis9US #100
#84Casey8US #80
#85Derek8US #54
#86Brett7US #71
#87Isaac7US #151
#88Jamie7US #178
#89Logan7US #144
#90Luke7US #111
#91Mitchell7US #101
#92Christian6US #90
#93Colby6
#94Collin6
#95Darren6US #170
#96Geoffrey6US #198
#97Jeremiah6US #130
#98Josiah6
#99Lee6US #154
#100Levi6US #193

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑46Julie#51
↑37Kelsey#56
↑32Alexandra#57
↑32Cory#62
↑30Kayla#22
↑30Kristina#49
↑28Chelsea#14
↑28Ian#48

Falling

↓41Mary#84
↓41Jacqueline#97
↓31Tara#85
↓31Kate#92
↓30Alison#79
↓29Holly#89
↓27Kimberly#44
↓26Morgan#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.