Popular baby names in Vermont, 1978

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (143 babies) and Christopher for boys (118). Christopher ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,273 babies born in Vermont in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1978

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: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Sara: 52 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sarah: 107 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaime: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emily: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jessica: 108 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Megan: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rebecca: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Trevor: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Seth: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jesse: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathan: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Benjamin: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Travis: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kyle: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	143	–	1
2	Jessica	108	↑1	3
3	Sarah	107	↓1	8
4	Melissa	94	↑1	2
5	Heather	74	↑1	5
6	Amy	70	↓2	4
7	Rebecca	52	–	17
8	Sara	52	–	28
9	Amanda	50	↑1	6
10	Elizabeth	49	↑4	14
11	Nicole	49	↑7	10
12	Michelle	46	↑8	9
13	Lisa	40	↓1	11
14	Kelly	36	↑5	12
15	Angela	35	↓4	7
16	Stephanie	34	↑7	16
17	Emily	33	–	33
18	Crystal	32	↑14	18
19	Erin	30	↓4	21
20	Laura	28	↑15	19
21	Christina	27	–	15
22	Danielle	25	↑5	31
23	Jamie	24	↓7	20
24	Megan	24	↑2	41
25	Christine	23	↑12	29
26	Heidi	23	↑12	83
27	Shannon	23	↓5	22
28	Jaime	20	↑13	70
29	Julie	20	↓20	26
30	Karen	20	↓17	39
31	Katherine	20	↑11	38
32	Kimberly	20	↓8	13
33	Mary	20	↓5	24
34	Andrea	19	↓3	23
35	April	19	new	27
36	Carrie	19	↓3	35
37	Erica	18	↑8	34
38	Katie	18	new	90
39	Kristy	18	new	51
40	Rachel	18	↓15	25
41	Kathryn	17	new	57
42	Holly	16	↓8	55
43	Jill	15	new	46
44	Stacey	14	new	53
45	Kathleen	13	new	79
46	Tammy	13	↓17	67
47	Tara	13	↓17	40
48	Kate	12	new	>100
49	Kristin	12	new	78
50	Samantha	12	↓7	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Christopher	118	↑2	3
2	Jason	118	↓1	2
3	Michael	113	↓1	1
4	Matthew	103	–	6
5	Joshua	82	↑4	12
6	Daniel	75	↑6	11
7	David	71	↓2	4
8	Robert	70	↑3	8
9	James	63	↓3	5
10	Jeremy	56	↓3	18
11	Timothy	56	↑13	17
12	Benjamin	54	↑7	34
13	Nathan	54	↑4	36
14	Adam	53	↑8	29
15	Andrew	53	↑8	22
16	Eric	53	↓6	16
17	John	52	↓4	7
18	Joseph	50	↓4	10
19	Ryan	48	↑18	14
20	Brian	47	↓12	9
21	Nicholas	46	new	25
22	Justin	45	↑5	28
23	Kevin	45	↓8	15
24	Jonathan	44	↑2	31
25	William	44	↓7	13
26	Jesse	42	new	51
27	Richard	38	↑4	21
28	Scott	37	–	30
29	Jeffrey	35	↓13	19
30	Shawn	35	↓5	39
31	Peter	34	↑9	54
32	Thomas	34	↓2	23
33	Aaron	33	↓1	32
34	Travis	32	↓13	46
35	Paul	28	↑6	33
36	Chad	27	↓16	35
37	Sean	25	↑6	45
38	Seth	25	↓5	>100
39	Todd	23	↓4	56
40	Mark	22	↓11	26
41	Kyle	21	new	63
42	Tyler	21	new	>100
43	Charles	20	↓9	27
44	Corey	20	↑1	61
45	Steven	19	↓6	24
46	Anthony	18	↓10	20
47	Donald	17	new	48
48	Jared	17	new	72
49	Stephen	17	↓11	37
50	Craig	16	↓4	66

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