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Names of Vermont

576,192 births across 1,474 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Vermont more than Cecile.

Most concentrated in Vermont

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Cecile 277 12.6×
Armand 226 12.1×
Marcel 194 7.5×
Clement 79 5.6×
Wilfred 222 5.6×
Merrill 76 5.5×
Wilder 55 4.6×
Roland 720 4.5×
Carroll 253 4.5×
Earle 46 4.2×
Wendell 335 4.0×
Bernard 1,301 4.0×
Gordon 1,008 4.0×
Pauline 1,348 4.0×
Francis 1,924 3.8×
Colby 345 3.8×
Burton 103 3.8×
Marion 1,420 3.7×
Normand 30 3.7×
Juniper 128 3.6×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary7,663
2Elizabeth4,497
3Patricia3,894
4Barbara3,869
5Linda3,504
6Susan3,372
7Jennifer3,200
8Margaret2,861
9Sarah2,811
10Nancy2,711
11Jessica2,421
12Dorothy2,381
13Lisa2,242
14Ruth2,199
15Emily2,186

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1Robert11,728
2John10,152
3Michael9,133
4David8,532
5James8,416
6Richard7,738
7William7,583
8Thomas4,896
9Christopher4,807
10Joseph4,470
11Charles4,320
12Paul4,147
13Donald3,953
14Matthew3,852
15Daniel3,813

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.