Popular baby names in Vermont, 1970

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (137 babies) and Michael for boys (179). Social Security records list 6,467 babies born in Vermont in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Vermont that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Sarah: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Vicki: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Penny: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jessica: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lynn: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katherine: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurie: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Carrie: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heather: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Nathan: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Todd: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jay: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Scott: 118 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Adam: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brent: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	137	↑1	1
2	Amy	85	↑1	5
3	Michelle	85	↑3	4
4	Lisa	77	↓3	2
5	Melissa	71	↓1	7
6	Heather	66	↑5	19
7	Kimberly	65	–	3
8	Tammy	61	–	8
9	Karen	54	↓4	12
10	Kelly	51	↑5	20
11	Dawn	46	↑12	16
12	Julie	46	↓2	11
13	Sarah	44	↑6	65
14	Susan	44	↓5	15
15	Tina	44	↑2	21
16	Elizabeth	38	↑2	18
17	Rebecca	38	↑5	29
18	Angela	37	↑17	6
19	Laura	37	↓7	13
20	Tracy	37	↑4	10
21	Christine	36	↓8	14
22	Mary	35	↓6	9
23	Nicole	33	↑22	30
24	Kathleen	31	↑5	45
25	Lori	30	↓11	23
26	Pamela	30	↓5	26
27	Stacey	29	↑4	48
28	Katherine	27	new	67
29	Wendy	27	↓3	28
30	Shannon	25	new	22
31	Carrie	24	new	73
32	Deborah	24	↑7	33
33	Andrea	23	↑15	43
34	Heidi	23	↓7	81
35	Michele	23	↓7	31
36	Sandra	23	new	27
37	Jessica	22	new	98
38	Laurie	22	↓5	88
39	Stephanie	22	↓19	17
40	Robin	21	↓15	51
41	Brenda	20	↓3	40
42	Debra	20	new	47
43	Rhonda	20	new	46
44	Vicki	20	new	>100
45	Barbara	19	↓8	41
46	Cynthia	19	new	25
47	April	18	new	82
48	Christina	18	new	35
49	Donna	18	↓9	32
50	Kathy	18	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	179	–	1
2	John	156	↑1	4
3	Christopher	136	↓1	6
4	Scott	118	–	12
5	David	116	↑1	3
6	James	111	↓1	2
7	Robert	110	–	5
8	Jeffrey	102	↑1	11
9	Mark	95	↓1	9
10	Jason	79	↑13	13
11	William	72	↓1	7
12	Matthew	71	↑3	24
13	Eric	70	↑1	18
14	Kevin	68	↑3	14
15	Daniel	67	↑1	19
16	Timothy	67	↑5	20
17	Brian	66	↓6	8
18	Paul	65	–	23
19	Todd	65	↑3	28
20	Thomas	64	↓7	17
21	Richard	59	↓9	10
22	Joseph	55	↑3	16
23	Shawn	54	↑1	34
24	Stephen	50	↑5	27
25	Steven	50	↓6	15
26	Andrew	37	–	32
27	Gregory	37	↑3	26
28	Peter	37	↓8	44
29	Sean	36	↑10	37
30	Patrick	34	↓3	33
31	Chad	30	new	51
32	Keith	30	↑15	38
33	Edward	28	–	31
34	Jonathan	27	↑4	42
35	Kenneth	27	↑10	25
36	Anthony	26	–	22
37	Charles	25	↓9	21
38	Douglas	23	↓4	36
39	Aaron	22	new	52
40	Craig	22	↓8	39
41	Gary	22	↓4	35
42	George	22	↓2	40
43	Bradley	21	↑3	47
44	Ronald	20	↓9	29
45	Nathan	19	new	>100
46	Randy	19	new	59
47	Raymond	19	↓4	49
48	Adam	18	new	72
49	Brent	18	new	74
50	Roger	18	new	61

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