Popular baby names in Vermont, 1973

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (141 babies) and Jason for boys (139). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,933 babies born in Vermont in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1973

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

Girls

Sara: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Heidi: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jessica: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sarah: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kathryn: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Holly: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stacey: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rebecca: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Heather: 75 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Amy: 99 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Nathan: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawn: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raymond: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carl: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Travis: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeremy: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Derek: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marc: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	141	–	1
2	Amy	99	↑1	2
3	Heather	75	↑3	8
4	Michelle	75	↑4	3
5	Rebecca	59	↑5	10
6	Melissa	53	↓4	6
7	Julie	42	↑10	12
8	Jessica	41	↑19	34
9	Tammy	41	↓5	15
10	Lisa	40	↓5	5
11	Sarah	40	–	35
12	Christine	39	↑1	17
13	Karen	35	↑1	23
14	Nicole	35	↓7	11
15	Stephanie	35	↑6	9
16	Heidi	31	↑6	65
17	Kimberly	30	↓8	4
18	Angela	29	↓6	7
19	Stacey	27	↑14	41
20	Sara	26	↑10	89
21	Elizabeth	24	↓3	13
22	Laura	24	↑13	19
23	Holly	23	↑15	54
24	Tina	23	↑1	24
25	Andrea	22	↑15	30
26	Dawn	22	↓10	21
27	Wendy	22	↓1	29
28	Carrie	21	new	46
29	Kelly	21	↓14	18
30	Michele	19	↑12	44
31	Susan	19	↓11	25
32	Mary	18	↓8	14
33	Tracy	18	↓14	20
34	Crystal	17	↑11	48
35	Stacy	17	↓1	32
36	Christina	16	↓4	16
37	Robin	16	new	60
38	Tanya	16	new	50
39	Danielle	15	new	49
40	Denise	15	new	38
41	Donna	15	new	55
42	Kathryn	15	new	>100
43	Tara	15	new	37
44	Tonya	15	↑6	36
45	Laurie	14	new	>100
46	April	13	↓5	33
47	Erin	13	new	79
48	Kathleen	13	↓9	68
49	Lynn	13	↓1	>100
50	Pamela	13	↓21	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	139	–	3
2	Christopher	128	–	2
3	Michael	111	–	1
4	David	93	–	5
5	Robert	79	↑4	7
6	James	73	↑1	4
7	Scott	73	↓1	18
8	John	72	↓3	6
9	Brian	70	↑1	8
10	Matthew	65	↓2	10
11	Jeffrey	57	–	17
12	Shawn	56	↑5	27
13	Eric	55	–	13
14	Daniel	54	↓2	11
15	Kevin	52	↓1	14
16	Timothy	45	↑4	22
17	Jeremy	43	↑17	33
18	Todd	42	↑12	35
19	Joseph	41	↑2	12
20	Richard	41	↓4	16
21	Jonathan	40	↑12	31
22	Mark	40	↓7	15
23	Aaron	39	↑2	34
24	Chad	39	↓6	25
25	Steven	38	↑12	20
26	William	37	↓7	9
27	Peter	33	↑4	52
28	Andrew	30	↓4	29
29	Nathan	29	↑17	63
30	Joshua	28	↑5	42
31	Keith	28	↑8	41
32	Thomas	28	↓9	19
33	Travis	28	↑8	53
34	Paul	26	↓8	24
35	Charles	24	↓7	23
36	Gregory	24	↓7	26
37	Raymond	24	new	60
38	Justin	22	–	51
39	Sean	22	↑4	36
40	Patrick	21	↑7	37
41	Stephen	21	↓14	32
42	Anthony	19	new	21
43	Douglas	19	new	47
44	Adam	18	–	45
45	Derek	18	new	69
46	Donald	16	↓24	38
47	Carl	15	new	90
48	Marc	15	new	81
49	Shane	15	new	54
50	Bradley	14	new	62

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