Popular baby names in Vermont, 1972

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (139 babies) and Jason for boys (132). Jason ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,468 babies born in Vermont in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1972

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: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sara: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Diane: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tammy: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katherine: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jessica: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Holly: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nicole: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rebecca: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Corey: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joshua: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nathan: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Aaron: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Justin: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Travis: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamie: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donald: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erik: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	139	–	1
2	Melissa	67	↑4	7
3	Amy	66	↑2	5
4	Tammy	65	–	11
5	Lisa	60	↓2	3
6	Heather	59	↓4	9
7	Nicole	59	↑18	10
8	Michelle	57	↓1	2
9	Kimberly	52	↓1	4
10	Rebecca	50	↑4	14
11	Sarah	48	↑4	49
12	Angela	44	↑4	6
13	Christine	42	↓1	16
14	Karen	42	↓4	21
15	Kelly	40	↓4	23
16	Dawn	37	↑17	20
17	Julie	36	↓8	12
18	Elizabeth	35	↑9	15
19	Tracy	35	↑1	19
20	Susan	34	↓2	24
21	Stephanie	33	↑5	8
22	Heidi	32	↓3	64
23	Lori	32	↓6	28
24	Mary	31	↓11	13
25	Tina	29	↓3	18
26	Wendy	26	↓3	29
27	Jessica	25	↑2	46
28	Shannon	25	↑2	22
29	Pamela	24	↑12	34
30	Sara	22	↑5	>100
31	Katherine	21	new	69
32	Christina	20	↑5	26
33	Stacey	20	↓12	41
34	Stacy	20	↑13	33
35	Laura	18	↓11	17
36	Brenda	17	new	44
37	Diane	17	new	>100
38	Holly	17	new	71
39	Kathleen	17	↓11	57
40	Andrea	15	new	30
41	April	15	new	48
42	Michele	15	new	36
43	Allison	13	new	>100
44	Carol	13	new	>100
45	Crystal	13	new	59
46	Kristin	13	new	67
47	Leslie	13	new	75
48	Lynn	13	↓3	>100
49	Paula	13	↓7	72
50	Tonya	13	↓2	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jason	132	↑3	7
2	Christopher	129	–	2
3	Michael	121	↓2	1
4	David	97	↑1	4
5	John	91	↑2	5
6	Scott	91	↓3	11
7	James	86	↑2	3
8	Matthew	76	↑2	10
9	Robert	71	↓3	6
10	Brian	65	↓2	8
11	Jeffrey	65	↑1	17
12	Daniel	64	↑8	15
13	Eric	62	↑1	16
14	Kevin	60	↑5	13
15	Mark	53	↓4	18
16	Richard	52	↑2	14
17	Shawn	48	↓1	28
18	Chad	47	↑10	25
19	William	47	↓2	9
20	Timothy	46	↓5	21
21	Joseph	45	–	12
22	Donald	41	↑13	36
23	Thomas	41	↑3	20
24	Andrew	40	↓1	30
25	Aaron	38	↑19	40
26	Paul	37	↓4	24
27	Stephen	35	↑5	29
28	Charles	34	↑1	23
29	Gregory	33	↑2	26
30	Todd	33	↓17	31
31	Peter	32	↓6	48
32	Edward	28	↓2	34
33	Jonathan	27	↑3	37
34	Jeremy	26	↓1	42
35	Joshua	26	new	59
36	Gary	25	new	41
37	Steven	25	↓13	19
38	Justin	24	new	60
39	Keith	24	↓5	38
40	Ronald	24	↓3	32
41	Travis	24	↓3	57
42	Craig	22	↓1	46
43	Sean	22	–	33
44	Adam	20	↓5	51
45	Ryan	20	new	39
46	Nathan	18	new	79
47	Patrick	18	↓20	35
48	George	17	new	44
49	Jamie	17	new	72
50	Corey	16	new	95

← Vermont 1971 Vermont: all years · US 1972 Vermont 1973 →