Popular baby names in Vermont, 1977

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (144 babies) and Jason for boys (140). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,087 babies born in Vermont in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1977

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

Girls

Molly: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sarah: 108 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sara: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karen: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emily: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Megan: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Samantha: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Julie: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jessica: 99 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 29 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Travis: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jeremiah: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathan: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Todd: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brent: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Craig: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	144	–	1
2	Sarah	108	↑2	11
3	Jessica	99	↓1	4
4	Amy	82	↑1	3
5	Melissa	77	↑1	2
6	Heather	64	↓3	5
7	Rebecca	46	–	17
8	Sara	46	↑7	27
9	Julie	44	↑9	22
10	Amanda	39	↓2	9
11	Angela	38	↓2	6
12	Lisa	38	↓2	12
13	Karen	37	↑13	32
14	Elizabeth	36	↓3	13
15	Erin	36	↑6	23
16	Jamie	35	↑18	18
17	Emily	34	↑3	37
18	Nicole	34	↑1	15
19	Kelly	32	↑8	10
20	Michelle	31	↓8	7
21	Christina	30	↓7	16
22	Shannon	29	–	19
23	Stephanie	29	↑7	14
24	Kimberly	27	↓11	8
25	Rachel	26	↑23	26
26	Megan	25	↓1	54
27	Danielle	22	↓4	31
28	Mary	22	–	21
29	Tammy	21	new	55
30	Tara	21	↑2	35
31	Andrea	20	↑12	24
32	Crystal	20	↑6	25
33	Carrie	19	↓17	28
34	Holly	18	↑2	52
35	Laura	18	↓6	20
36	Amber	17	↑6	33
37	Christine	17	–	30
38	Heidi	17	↓5	81
39	Allison	16	new	66
40	Molly	16	new	>100
41	Jaime	15	↓24	46
42	Katherine	15	↓18	44
43	Samantha	15	↑6	85
44	Dawn	14	↓9	43
45	Erica	14	new	38
46	Erika	14	new	>100
47	Tanya	14	↑3	67
48	Anna	13	new	74
49	Beth	13	new	97
50	Bethany	13	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	140	–	2
2	Michael	132	–	1
3	Christopher	106	–	3
4	Matthew	102	–	9
5	David	80	↑1	4
6	James	80	↑4	5
7	Jeremy	73	↑6	15
8	Brian	68	↑4	8
9	Joshua	62	↓1	14
10	Eric	60	↓3	17
11	Robert	60	–	6
12	Daniel	56	↑2	11
13	John	49	↓8	7
14	Joseph	47	↑9	10
15	Kevin	47	↑11	13
16	Jeffrey	45	↑3	19
17	Nathan	45	↑8	36
18	William	44	↑14	12
19	Benjamin	42	↓3	29
20	Chad	41	↑8	34
21	Travis	41	↓3	44
22	Adam	40	–	33
23	Andrew	38	↑11	24
24	Timothy	38	↓9	18
25	Shawn	37	↓4	37
26	Jonathan	35	↑1	28
27	Justin	35	↓7	30
28	Scott	35	↓19	27
29	Mark	34	↓5	25
30	Thomas	32	↑3	22
31	Richard	30	↓2	20
32	Aaron	29	↓15	32
33	Seth	29	↑7	>100
34	Charles	28	↑12	26
35	Todd	27	↑6	50
36	Anthony	26	↑9	21
37	Ryan	26	↓7	16
38	Stephen	26	–	38
39	Steven	26	↓8	23
40	Peter	24	↓3	55
41	Paul	23	↓5	31
42	Patrick	21	new	40
43	Sean	21	↓1	43
44	Jeremiah	20	new	69
45	Corey	19	new	52
46	Craig	18	new	64
47	Gregory	17	↓12	35
48	Jacob	17	–	56
49	Keith	16	–	48
50	Brent	15	new	85

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