State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,168 Vermont births in 1989 across 286 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#73Hillaryoutside the national top 200
#80Colbyoutside the national top 200
#82Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#63Heidi#181 nationally
#84Noahoutside the national top 200
#89Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#92Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#92Connoroutside the national top 200
#97Maxwelloutside the national top 200
#46Emma#149 nationally
#99Elizaoutside the national top 200
#80Claire#171 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda97US #4
#2Sarah92US #5
#3Ashley90US #2
#4Jessica88US #1
#5Samantha85US #6
#6Brittany71US #3
#7Emily58US #13
#8Elizabeth56US #10
#9Danielle55US #17
#10Jennifer54US #7
#11Megan53US #11
#12Chelsea51US #27
#13Kayla50US #20
#14Nicole50US #12
#15Heather47US #15
#16Hannah43US #42
#17Rebecca40US #24
#18Stephanie39US #8
#19Amber37US #14
#20Lauren36US #9
#21Kelsey32US #31
#22Courtney29US #21
#23Melissa28US #19
#24Michelle28US #22
#25Tiffany28US #16
#26Katherine26US #26
#27Allison25US #46
#28Anna25US #51
#29Lindsay25US #63
#30Rachel25US #18
#31Sara25US #29
#32Alexandra24US #43
#33Erica23US #34
#34Kathryn23US #58
#35Kristen23US #36
#36Alyssa21US #33
#37Laura21US #25
#38Caitlin20US #49
#39Cassandra20US #54
#40Erin20US #40
#41Amy19US #35
#42Margaret19US #97
#43Shannon19US #61
#44Alicia18US #53
#45Christina18US #23
#46Emma17US #149
#47Morgan17US #69
#48Jamie16US #52
#49Katie16US #45
#50Victoria16US #44
#51Andrea15US #39
#52Katelyn15US #76
#53Kathleen15US #90
#54Kelly15US #37
#55Leah15US #83
#56Lindsey15US #48
#57Tara15US #70
#58Abigail14US #94
#59Casey14US #103
#60Crystal14US #32
#61Kristin14US #60
#62Whitney14US #57
#63Heidi13US #181
#64Jillian13US #106
#65Kylie13US #151
#66Mary13US #38
#67Meghan13US #80
#68Molly13US #93
#69Nichole12US #136
#70Olivia12US #122
#71Brittney11US #41
#72Brooke11US #74
#73Hillary11
#74Kaitlyn11US #95
#75Kristina11US #65
#76Lisa11US #55
#77Melanie11US #88
#78Sierra11US #155
#79Christine10US #59
#80Claire10US #171
#81Grace10US #150
#82Hilary10
#83Julia10US #96
#84Kaitlin10US #100
#85Kimberly10US #28
#86Rachael10US #109
#87Alison9US #119
#88Caroline9US #113
#89Jaime9
#90Jordan9US #72
#91Melinda9US #175
#92Amelia8
#93Angela8US #47
#94April8US #66
#95Bethany8US #102
#96Brandi8US #98
#97Catherine8US #67
#98Chelsey8US #140
#99Eliza8
#100Erika8US #73

Boys

#1Michael137US #1
#2Joshua131US #4
#3Christopher122US #2
#4Matthew97US #3
#5Kyle89US #20
#6Tyler88US #30
#7Justin86US #8
#8Nicholas85US #14
#9Ryan83US #13
#10John72US #12
#11Andrew69US #7
#12Benjamin66US #29
#13David64US #5
#14Daniel59US #6
#15James55US #9
#16Zachary55US #25
#17Adam53US #27
#18William53US #15
#19Robert52US #10
#20Joseph49US #11
#21Brian47US #24
#22Alexander46US #32
#23Eric45US #21
#24Nathan44US #43
#25Timothy44US #28
#26Thomas43US #23
#27Patrick42US #38
#28Samuel37US #47
#29Jacob34US #26
#30Jonathan34US #17
#31Travis33US #41
#32Corey31US #55
#33Evan31US #69
#34Jason31US #35
#35Jeffrey31US #37
#36Brandon30US #18
#37Bradley28US #58
#38Dylan28US #115
#39Sean28US #39
#40Jesse27US #50
#41Jordan27US #44
#42Aaron25US #31
#43Anthony24US #16
#44Ian24US #68
#45Scott24US #51
#46Alex23US #60
#47Jeremy23US #34
#48Peter23US #66
#49Richard23US #33
#50Seth23US #94
#51Dustin22US #48
#52Steven22US #22
#53Trevor22US #83
#54Charles21US #36
#55Derek21US #54
#56Paul21US #49
#57Cody20US #45
#58Gregory20US #52
#59Kevin20US #19
#60Mark20US #42
#61Philip20US #101
#62Craig19US #105
#63Jared19US #57
#64Keith19US #70
#65Lucas19US #114
#66Shane19US #71
#67Stephen19US #40
#68Ethan18US #87
#69Edward16US #62
#70Kenneth16US #53
#71Bryan15US #56
#72Casey15US #90
#73Shawn15US #65
#74Brendan14US #145
#75Luke14US #121
#76Caleb13US #91
#77Cameron13US #64
#78Chad13US #74
#79Brett11US #81
#80Colby11
#81Colin11US #126
#82Curtis11US #111
#83Mathew11US #143
#84Noah11
#85Taylor11US #72
#86Spencer10US #107
#87Alan9US #120
#88Cory9US #61
#89Devin9US #96
#90Brent8US #118
#91Bryant8US #176
#92Connor8
#93Erik8US #95
#94Garrett8US #102
#95Isaac8US #137
#96Max8US #185
#97Maxwell8
#98Wesley8US #98
#99Allen7US #130
#100Austin7US #59

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑38Leah#55
↑38Craig#62
↑35Erica#33
↑33Allison#27
↑29Evan#33
↑27Brittney#71
↑24Ethan#68
↑23Victoria#50

Falling

↓49Catherine#97
↓45Kimberly#85
↓38Erika#100
↓38Kevin#59
↓29Chad#78
↓28Angela#93
↓28Stephen#67
↓22Katie#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.