Popular baby names in Vermont, 1979

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (150 babies) and Christopher for boys (128). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,540 babies born in Vermont in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1979

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

Girls

Meghan: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nichole: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emily: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sarah: 102 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kathleen: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Erin: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katie: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Courtney: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lucas: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luke: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jesse: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamie: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jared: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Philip: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shawn: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kyle: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	150	–	1
2	Jessica	107	–	4
3	Sarah	102	–	6
4	Melissa	88	–	2
5	Amanda	72	↑4	3
6	Heather	60	↓1	7
7	Amy	57	↓1	5
8	Rebecca	52	↓1	17
9	Nicole	51	↑2	9
10	Erin	48	↑9	21
11	Emily	43	↑6	34
12	Elizabeth	41	↓2	11
13	Kelly	39	↑1	16
14	Jamie	37	↑9	19
15	Crystal	36	↑3	18
16	Michelle	34	↓4	10
17	Angela	33	↓2	8
18	Sara	31	↓10	30
19	Katherine	29	↑12	36
20	Laura	29	–	20
21	Kimberly	28	↑11	12
22	Lisa	27	↓9	13
23	Mary	27	↑10	24
24	Shannon	27	↑3	25
25	Stephanie	25	↓9	15
26	Megan	23	↓2	31
27	Holly	22	↑15	48
28	Christina	21	↓7	14
29	Christine	21	↓4	35
30	Rachel	21	↑10	27
31	Carrie	20	↑5	41
32	Heidi	20	↓6	83
33	Amber	19	new	22
34	Katie	19	↑4	63
35	Meghan	19	new	>100
36	Andrea	18	↓2	26
37	Courtney	18	new	71
38	Danielle	18	↓16	33
39	Karen	18	↓9	46
40	Samantha	18	↑10	66
41	Julie	17	↓12	29
42	Anna	16	new	59
43	Kathleen	16	↑2	84
44	Nichole	16	new	>100
45	Erica	15	↓8	32
46	Kristy	15	↓7	56
47	Allison	14	new	70
48	Dawn	14	new	57
49	Jaime	14	↓21	97
50	Kristina	14	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Christopher	128	–	2
2	Jason	123	–	3
3	Michael	119	–	1
4	Matthew	100	–	6
5	David	83	↑2	4
6	Joshua	79	↓1	9
7	Daniel	76	↓1	12
8	Jeremy	73	↑2	16
9	Adam	68	↑5	23
10	John	68	↑7	7
11	James	67	↓2	5
12	Eric	61	↑4	17
13	Nicholas	61	↑8	15
14	Andrew	60	↑1	20
15	Justin	60	↑7	22
16	Joseph	59	↑2	11
17	Robert	58	↓9	8
18	Ryan	52	↑1	14
19	Brian	51	↑1	10
20	Benjamin	50	↓8	33
21	Timothy	44	↓10	18
22	Travis	44	↑12	36
23	Jonathan	43	↑1	31
24	Scott	43	↑4	29
25	William	42	–	13
26	Jeffrey	40	↑3	24
27	Thomas	40	↑5	26
28	Nathan	39	↓15	37
29	Chad	38	↑7	38
30	Aaron	36	↑3	32
31	Richard	36	↓4	25
32	Jesse	35	↓6	50
33	Mark	35	↑7	30
34	Shawn	34	↓4	43
35	Kevin	33	↓12	19
36	Patrick	33	new	39
37	Charles	29	↑6	28
38	Stephen	28	↑11	40
39	Peter	27	↓8	53
40	Seth	25	↓2	>100
41	Anthony	23	↑5	21
42	Kyle	23	↓1	56
43	Gregory	22	new	42
44	Jacob	22	new	45
45	Jared	22	↑3	65
46	Paul	22	↓11	34
47	Sean	21	↓10	49
48	Edward	20	new	48
49	Steven	20	↓4	27
50	Keith	18	new	52

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