State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,272 Vermont births in 1997 across 277 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

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

#63Isabelleoutside the national top 200
#67Colbyoutside the national top 200
#79Naomi#196 nationally
#85Lillianoutside the national top 200
#54Liam#162 nationally
#98Averyoutside the national top 200
#58Lydia#160 nationally
#99Brandenoutside the national top 200
#53Rachael#154 nationally
#100Sadieoutside the national top 200
#99Natasha#189 nationally
#82Keith#169 nationally

Girls

#1Emily61US #1
#2Samantha45US #6
#3Taylor45US #7
#4Hannah42US #5
#5Sarah41US #4
#6Abigail34US #26
#7Elizabeth33US #9
#8Olivia33US #27
#9Ashley31US #3
#10Megan31US #11
#11Jessica28US #2
#12Brooke27US #45
#13Nicole27US #21
#14Rachel27US #13
#15Courtney26US #28
#16Kayla25US #12
#17Morgan25US #22
#18Anna24US #33
#19Emma23US #36
#20Alexis22US #8
#21Sierra22US #56
#22Katherine21US #32
#23Alyssa19US #15
#24Amber19US #29
#25Brittany19US #20
#26Danielle19US #34
#27Rebecca19US #25
#28Shelby19US #43
#29Brianna18US #17
#30Erin18US #52
#31Haley18US #31
#32Katelyn18US #63
#33Kaitlyn17US #41
#34Molly17US #98
#35Julia16US #37
#36Madison16US #10
#37Mariah16US #67
#38Michaela16US #100
#39Victoria16US #19
#40Amanda15US #16
#41Jenna15US #76
#42Lauren15US #14
#43Makayla15US #102
#44Mikayla15US #112
#45Paige15US #64
#46Stephanie15US #23
#47Alexandra14US #30
#48Allison13US #39
#49Grace13US #69
#50Jordan13US #40
#51Mackenzie13US #71
#52Chelsea12US #73
#53Rachael12US #154
#54Zoe12US #135
#55Gabrielle11US #51
#56Kathryn11US #86
#57Kelsey11US #57
#58Lydia11US #160
#59Margaret11US #110
#60Bailey10US #65
#61Caroline10US #75
#62Hailey10US #80
#63Isabelle10
#64Jasmine10US #24
#65Jennifer10US #18
#66Kaitlin10US #119
#67Kristen10US #82
#68Laura10US #66
#69Meghan10US #113
#70Savannah10US #47
#71Shannon10US #85
#72Casey9US #146
#73Catherine9US #96
#74Claire9US #108
#75Katie9US #87
#76Kimberly9US #49
#77Kylie9US #116
#78Lindsey9US #95
#79Naomi9US #196
#80Sabrina9US #53
#81Sara9US #50
#82Cheyenne8US #68
#83Isabel8US #141
#84Kara8US #161
#85Lillian8
#86Maria8US #38
#87Mia8US #128
#88Michelle8US #55
#89Natalie8US #48
#90Sydney8US #35
#91Autumn7US #91
#92Carly7US #137
#93Erica7US #84
#94Jade7US #129
#95Jillian7US #166
#96Kaylee7US #107
#97Leah7US #104
#98Maya7US #182
#99Natasha7US #189
#100Sadie7

Boys

#1Jacob81US #2
#2Nicholas69US #6
#3Ryan67US #16
#4Tyler61US #10
#5Matthew60US #3
#6Joshua56US #5
#7Kyle55US #24
#8Michael52US #1
#9Brandon50US #8
#10Dylan49US #30
#11Andrew44US #7
#12Zachary44US #13
#13Christopher41US #4
#14Cody40US #36
#15Alexander38US #22
#16Benjamin38US #29
#17Austin36US #9
#18John35US #15
#19Joseph34US #12
#20Samuel32US #27
#21William32US #19
#22Hunter31US #44
#23James31US #17
#24Evan29US #61
#25Daniel28US #11
#26Justin28US #20
#27Ethan27US #46
#28Noah27US #38
#29David26US #14
#30Jordan24US #26
#31Caleb23US #47
#32Jonathan23US #21
#33Nathan23US #34
#34Connor22US #52
#35Dakota22US #66
#36Robert22US #23
#37Cameron21US #45
#38Sean20US #48
#39Eric19US #35
#40Ian19US #70
#41Adam18US #39
#42Logan18US #42
#43Nathaniel18US #65
#44Thomas18US #31
#45Peter17US #102
#46Brian16US #37
#47Christian16US #25
#48Anthony15US #18
#49Cole15US #72
#50Dustin15US #88
#51Jared15US #56
#52Jason15US #41
#53Jeremy15US #64
#54Liam15US #162
#55Luke15US #78
#56Patrick15US #50
#57Timothy15US #43
#58Bradley14US #94
#59Devin14US #59
#60Jesse14US #63
#61Lucas14US #98
#62Tanner13US #82
#63Travis13US #81
#64Trevor13US #62
#65Aaron12US #33
#66Alec12US #123
#67Colby12
#68Colin12US #125
#69Shane12US #114
#70Brendan11US #107
#71Charles11US #49
#72Derek11US #106
#73Gabriel11US #57
#74Gregory11US #103
#75Kevin11US #28
#76Richard11US #51
#77Steven11US #40
#78Alex10US #55
#79Devon10US #119
#80Jake10US #101
#81Jeffrey10US #84
#82Keith10US #169
#83Shawn10US #109
#84Stephen10US #68
#85Taylor10US #87
#86Collin9US #122
#87Henry9US #139
#88Isaiah9US #60
#89Jack9US #76
#90Riley9US #135
#91Scott9US #113
#92Spencer9US #104
#93Wyatt9US #137
#94Corey8US #110
#95Erik8US #134
#96Garrett8US #85
#97Maxwell8US #148
#98Avery7
#99Branden7
#100Chad7US #174

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑50Kaitlyn#33
↑41Sierra#21
↑36Sean#38
↑35Hailey#62
↑35Isabelle#63
↑32Rachael#53
↑31Tanner#62
↑30Mikayla#44

Falling

↓44Sydney#90
↓37Kelsey#57
↓33Corey#94
↓30Meghan#69
↓29Chelsea#52
↓26Amanda#40
↓26Alexandra#47
↓26Kevin#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.