Popular baby names in Vermont, 1971

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (155 babies) and Michael for boys (149). Social Security records list 6,112 babies born in Vermont in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1971

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

Girls

Heidi: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sarah: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alison: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sara: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heather: 81 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stacey: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Kathy: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tammy: 81 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurie: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Todd: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawn: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Travis: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Scott: 119 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Andrew: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jeremy: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Adam: 22 babies, 2× the national rate
Shane: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	155	–	1
2	Heather	81	↑4	12
3	Lisa	81	↑1	3
4	Tammy	81	↑4	8
5	Amy	78	↓3	5
6	Melissa	77	↓1	7
7	Michelle	69	↓4	2
8	Kimberly	64	↓1	4
9	Julie	52	↑3	10
10	Karen	47	↓1	15
11	Kelly	46	↓1	22
12	Christine	44	↑9	18
13	Mary	44	↑9	9
14	Rebecca	43	↑3	23
15	Sarah	43	↓2	58
16	Angela	42	↑2	6
17	Lori	41	↑8	25
18	Susan	41	↓4	17
19	Heidi	39	↑15	77
20	Tracy	39	–	13
21	Stacey	38	↑6	41
22	Tina	35	↓7	20
23	Wendy	33	↑6	29
24	Laura	30	↓5	16
25	Nicole	28	↓2	27
26	Stephanie	28	↑13	11
27	Elizabeth	27	↓11	19
28	Kathleen	27	↓4	53
29	Jessica	24	↑8	64
30	Shannon	23	–	21
31	Carrie	20	–	55
32	Donna	20	↑17	38
33	Dawn	19	↓22	14
34	Deborah	19	↓2	33
35	Sara	19	new	>100
36	Ann	18	new	78
37	Christina	18	↑11	30
38	Jill	18	new	59
39	Kathy	18	↑11	91
40	Nancy	18	new	52
41	Pamela	18	↓15	28
42	Paula	18	new	63
43	Jodi	17	new	94
44	Laurie	17	↓6	96
45	Lynn	17	new	>100
46	Patricia	17	new	26
47	Stacy	17	new	32
48	Tonya	17	new	45
49	Alison	16	new	>100
50	Catherine	16	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	149	–	1
2	Christopher	148	↑1	6
3	Scott	119	↑1	10
4	Jason	113	↑6	8
5	David	111	–	3
6	Robert	104	↑1	5
7	John	100	↓5	4
8	Brian	95	↑9	9
9	James	95	↓3	2
10	Matthew	77	↑2	19
11	Mark	75	↓2	13
12	Jeffrey	72	↓4	12
13	Todd	69	↑6	30
14	Eric	67	↓1	18
15	Timothy	66	↑1	21
16	Shawn	64	↑7	28
17	William	61	↓6	7
18	Richard	60	↑3	11
19	Kevin	56	↓5	14
20	Daniel	50	↓5	20
21	Joseph	48	↑1	15
22	Paul	45	↓4	24
23	Andrew	43	↑3	33
24	Steven	43	↑1	16
25	Peter	42	↑3	47
26	Thomas	41	↓6	17
27	Patrick	39	↑3	35
28	Chad	35	↑3	29
29	Charles	35	↑8	22
30	Edward	35	↑3	32
31	Gregory	33	↓4	26
32	Stephen	33	↓8	27
33	Jeremy	29	new	45
34	Keith	29	↓2	37
35	Donald	27	new	34
36	Jonathan	27	↓2	40
37	Ronald	25	↑7	31
38	Travis	24	new	61
39	Adam	22	↑9	57
40	Anthony	22	↓4	23
41	Craig	22	↓1	43
42	Kenneth	22	↓7	25
43	Sean	22	↓14	36
44	Aaron	19	↓5	41
45	Shane	19	new	60
46	Bradley	17	↓3	58
47	Raymond	17	–	52
48	Douglas	16	↓10	39
49	Derek	15	new	63
50	Randy	15	↓4	67

← Vermont 1970 Vermont: all years · US 1971 Vermont 1972 →