Popular baby names in Vermont, 1974

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (155 babies) and Jason for boys (161). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,855 babies born in Vermont in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1974

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: 72 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jessica: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sara: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Erin: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Danielle: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Holly: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Heather: 91 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stacey: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Emily: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karen: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Nathan: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamie: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Todd: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Justin: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeremy: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Aaron: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	155	–	1
2	Amy	102	–	2
3	Heather	91	–	4
4	Melissa	73	↑2	7
5	Sarah	72	↑6	20
6	Jessica	53	↑2	17
7	Rebecca	48	↓2	10
8	Michelle	47	↓4	3
9	Stephanie	39	↑6	9
10	Lisa	38	–	8
11	Kimberly	35	↑6	6
12	Angela	33	↑6	5
13	Christine	32	↓1	19
14	Karen	31	↓1	26
15	Nicole	31	↓1	11
16	Danielle	29	↑23	40
17	Kelly	28	↑12	15
18	Erin	26	↑29	47
19	Dawn	25	↑7	22
20	Susan	25	↑11	27
21	Tina	25	↑3	25
22	Elizabeth	22	↓1	12
23	Sara	22	↓3	61
24	Stacey	22	↓5	48
25	Holly	21	↓2	56
26	Tammy	21	↓17	24
27	Tara	21	↑16	39
28	Tracy	21	↑5	23
29	Mary	20	↑3	13
30	Christina	19	↑6	16
31	Tanya	19	↑7	46
32	Carrie	18	↓4	42
33	Julie	18	↓26	14
34	Michele	18	↓4	50
35	Heidi	17	↓19	60
36	Jill	17	new	58
37	Laura	17	↓15	21
38	Lori	17	new	30
39	Shannon	17	new	18
40	April	16	↑6	28
41	Emily	16	new	69
42	Wendy	16	↓15	32
43	Rachel	15	new	36
44	Kathryn	14	↓2	98
45	Kristen	14	new	45
46	Pamela	14	↑4	54
47	Erica	13	new	74
48	Katherine	13	new	62
49	Kathleen	13	↓1	76
50	Amanda	12	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	161	–	2
2	Michael	125	↑1	1
3	Christopher	100	↓1	3
4	Matthew	96	↑6	9
5	John	80	↑3	6
6	David	73	↓2	4
7	Robert	71	↓2	7
8	Eric	67	↑5	13
9	James	62	↓3	5
10	Jeremy	57	↑7	24
11	Scott	57	↓4	18
12	Daniel	55	↑2	11
13	Richard	55	↑7	17
14	Brian	53	↓5	8
15	William	49	↑11	10
16	Kevin	45	↓1	14
17	Mark	44	↑5	16
18	Aaron	41	↑5	32
19	Jeffrey	41	↓8	15
20	Joshua	41	↑10	29
21	Timothy	37	↓5	22
22	Andrew	35	↑6	28
23	Todd	34	↓5	39
24	Chad	33	–	26
25	Justin	33	↑13	43
26	Nathan	33	↑3	52
27	Shawn	33	↓15	30
28	Gregory	30	↑8	31
29	Thomas	30	↑3	20
30	Jonathan	29	↓9	33
31	Peter	28	↓4	50
32	Charles	27	↑3	23
33	Patrick	27	↑7	38
34	Adam	26	↑10	36
35	Paul	26	↓1	27
36	Ryan	25	new	25
37	Steven	24	↓12	19
38	Stephen	22	↑3	35
39	Joseph	21	↓20	12
40	Seth	21	new	>100
41	Travis	21	↓8	54
42	Benjamin	20	new	46
43	Craig	19	new	57
44	Donald	19	↑2	41
45	Jamie	19	new	68
46	Keith	19	↓15	44
47	Raymond	19	↓10	62
48	Shane	19	↑1	56
49	Anthony	17	↓7	21
50	Kenneth	17	new	34

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