State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,466 Vermont births in 1996 across 274 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#60Colbyoutside the national top 200
#64Liam#184 nationally
#82Elioutside the national top 200
#87Sophieoutside the national top 200
#91Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#94Deannaoutside the national top 200
#95Tuckeroutside the national top 200
#52Troy#155 nationally
#98Isabelleoutside the national top 200
#98Carteroutside the national top 200
#75Natasha#170 nationally
#79Alison#166 nationally

Girls

#1Emily59US #1
#2Samantha55US #5
#3Hannah50US #7
#4Taylor44US #6
#5Ashley43US #3
#6Sarah43US #4
#7Elizabeth37US #10
#8Megan36US #12
#9Olivia34US #34
#10Jessica32US #2
#11Morgan30US #25
#12Kayla28US #11
#13Rachel28US #9
#14Amanda26US #13
#15Brittany25US #14
#16Abigail24US #32
#17Brianna24US #17
#18Danielle24US #29
#19Nicole24US #22
#20Kelsey23US #36
#21Alexandra22US #26
#22Amber22US #27
#23Chelsea22US #55
#24Courtney22US #21
#25Haley22US #30
#26Mariah22US #63
#27Emma21US #53
#28Rebecca21US #24
#29Alyssa20US #23
#30Alexis19US #8
#31Julia19US #48
#32Paige19US #65
#33Anna18US #33
#34Brooke18US #45
#35Madison18US #15
#36Shelby18US #35
#37Katherine17US #31
#38Lauren17US #16
#39Meghan17US #113
#40Erin16US #51
#41Heather16US #71
#42Jennifer16US #19
#43Gabrielle15US #54
#44Mary15US #44
#45Molly15US #99
#46Sydney15US #39
#47Jenna14US #83
#48Kristen14US #70
#49Allison13US #38
#50Katie13US #81
#51Caitlin12US #84
#52Katelyn12US #64
#53Lindsey12US #86
#54Margaret12US #105
#55Michaela12US #102
#56Bethany11US #117
#57Grace11US #94
#58Jordan11US #49
#59Laura11US #66
#60Mackenzie11US #75
#61Miranda11US #76
#62Sierra11US #62
#63Victoria11US #18
#64Catherine10US #95
#65Cheyenne10US #68
#66Kelly10US #73
#67Makayla10US #129
#68Michelle10US #47
#69Natalie10US #46
#70Breanna9US #74
#71Cassandra9US #89
#72Madeline9US #67
#73Marissa9US #59
#74Mikayla9US #143
#75Natasha9US #170
#76Sabrina9US #58
#77Tiffany9US #52
#78Alicia8US #91
#79Alison8US #166
#80Carly8US #126
#81Jade8US #145
#82Jasmine8US #28
#83Kaitlyn8US #40
#84Kylie8US #111
#85Rachael8US #128
#86Savannah8US #43
#87Sophie8
#88Autumn7US #104
#89Caitlyn7US #138
#90Caroline7US #78
#91Charlotte7
#92Chloe7US #112
#93Christina7US #57
#94Deanna7
#95Erika7US #106
#96Faith7US #149
#97Hailey7US #93
#98Isabelle7
#99Jamie7US #96
#100Kaylee7US #110

Boys

#1Nicholas79US #6
#2Jacob75US #3
#3Matthew66US #2
#4Tyler66US #7
#5Brandon60US #8
#6Christopher60US #4
#7Joshua59US #5
#8Ryan59US #16
#9Michael56US #1
#10Dylan53US #33
#11Kyle53US #25
#12Joseph50US #12
#13Daniel44US #11
#14William44US #18
#15Benjamin42US #29
#16Cody42US #31
#17Samuel42US #30
#18Alexander41US #22
#19Zachary40US #14
#20Andrew38US #10
#21Austin37US #9
#22David37US #13
#23Justin37US #20
#24Nathan36US #37
#25John35US #15
#26Robert35US #23
#27Logan32US #42
#28Connor29US #54
#29Thomas29US #28
#30Adam28US #39
#31Jordan28US #27
#32James27US #17
#33Eric24US #35
#34Jonathan24US #21
#35Timothy24US #40
#36Brian21US #36
#37Ethan21US #62
#38Hunter21US #47
#39Caleb20US #48
#40Dakota20US #58
#41Peter20US #95
#42Cole19US #106
#43Trevor19US #63
#44Dustin18US #79
#45Aaron17US #34
#46Bradley17US #83
#47Devin17US #60
#48Evan17US #65
#49Kevin17US #26
#50Lucas16US #93
#51Patrick16US #44
#52Troy16US #155
#53Ian15US #70
#54Nathaniel15US #69
#55Charles14US #43
#56Jeremy14US #56
#57Noah14US #50
#58Tristan14US #68
#59Cameron13US #49
#60Colby13
#61Corey13US #94
#62Isaac13US #86
#63Jack13US #89
#64Liam13US #184
#65Luke13US #75
#66Spencer13US #109
#67Steven13US #38
#68Travis13US #73
#69Alex12US #53
#70Anthony12US #19
#71Erik12US #122
#72Jason12US #41
#73Jesse12US #51
#74Sean11US #46
#75Shane11US #112
#76Christian10US #24
#77Jared10US #64
#78Jeffrey10US #72
#79Colin9US #126
#80Derek9US #101
#81Edward9US #96
#82Eli9
#83Kenneth9US #77
#84Riley9US #146
#85Scott9US #108
#86Seth9US #103
#87Gabriel8US #61
#88Jackson8US #136
#89Jake8US #114
#90Mark8US #55
#91Richard8US #45
#92Stephen8US #59
#93Tanner8US #90
#94Taylor8US #82
#95Tucker8
#96Brett7US #110
#97Calvin7US #183
#98Carter7
#99Dillon7US #121
#100Dominic7US #135

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑47Julia#31
↑32Cole#42
↑31Mary#44
↑31Luke#65
↑30Erin#40
↑30Tristan#58
↑29Trevor#43
↑28Gabrielle#43

Falling

↓45Richard#91
↓41Tanner#93
↓39Marissa#73
↓39Taylor#94
↓34Scott#85
↓33Alex#69
↓32Victoria#63
↓32Kaitlyn#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.