Popular baby names in Vermont, 1980

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1980 were Jessica for girls (135 babies) and Michael for boys (133). Jessica ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,889 babies born in Vermont in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1980

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

Girls

Hannah: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Heidi: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Jaime: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Meghan: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Karen: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carrie: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katie: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lindsay: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Megan: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kathryn: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Trevor: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lucas: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyler: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Ian: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luke: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Jesse: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Seth: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kyle: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jessica	135	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	132	↓1	1
3	Sarah	95	–	5
4	Amanda	85	↑1	2
5	Heather	78	↑1	6
6	Melissa	72	↓2	4
7	Amy	57	–	8
8	Rebecca	53	–	17
9	Elizabeth	48	↑3	9
10	Erin	47	–	20
11	Nicole	43	↓2	7
12	Megan	41	↑14	30
13	Sara	40	↑5	27
14	Stephanie	37	↑11	13
15	Amber	36	↑18	22
16	Michelle	34	–	10
17	Angela	33	–	12
18	Emily	32	↓7	31
19	Heidi	32	↑13	79
20	Mary	32	↑3	25
21	Kelly	31	↓8	19
22	Crystal	30	↓7	18
23	Katie	30	↑11	44
24	Rachel	30	↑6	23
25	Carrie	29	↑6	46
26	Laura	29	↓6	21
27	Christina	28	↑1	15
28	Danielle	28	↑10	33
29	Karen	28	↑10	54
30	Kimberly	28	↓9	11
31	Jamie	26	↓17	24
32	Lisa	25	↓10	16
33	Kathryn	24	new	50
34	Tara	24	new	43
35	Katherine	23	↓16	35
36	Kristin	23	new	37
37	Shannon	23	↓13	29
38	Erica	20	↑7	34
39	Lindsay	20	new	71
40	Jaime	18	↑9	>100
41	Tracy	18	new	56
42	Meghan	17	↓7	>100
43	Samantha	17	↓3	58
44	Brooke	16	new	57
45	Courtney	16	↓8	48
46	Kristen	16	new	39
47	Allison	15	–	59
48	Hannah	15	new	>100
49	Julie	15	↓8	32
50	Dawn	14	↓2	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	133	↑2	1
2	Matthew	132	↑2	6
3	Christopher	127	↓2	2
4	Jason	116	↓2	3
5	Joshua	109	↑1	7
6	David	90	↓1	4
7	James	85	↑4	5
8	Daniel	81	↓1	11
9	Justin	76	↑6	13
10	Adam	74	↓1	22
11	Jeremy	72	↓3	18
12	John	69	↓2	8
13	Andrew	65	↑1	19
14	William	63	↑11	14
15	Brian	61	↑4	12
16	Nicholas	60	↓3	17
17	Benjamin	59	↑3	32
18	Robert	57	↓1	9
19	Eric	53	↓7	16
20	Joseph	51	↓4	10
21	Nathan	51	↑7	36
22	Ryan	51	↓4	15
23	Travis	49	↓1	37
24	Kevin	47	↑11	23
25	Jonathan	45	↓2	21
26	Jesse	44	↑6	45
27	Thomas	42	–	25
28	Timothy	41	↓7	20
29	Chad	40	–	39
30	Mark	36	↑3	30
31	Aaron	35	↓1	34
32	Patrick	35	↑4	38
33	Jeffrey	33	↓7	27
34	Paul	32	↑12	35
35	Peter	32	↑4	55
36	Gregory	29	↑7	42
37	Kyle	29	↑5	57
38	Scott	27	↓14	33
39	Lucas	26	new	98
40	Keith	23	↑10	56
41	Sean	23	↑6	48
42	Anthony	22	↓1	24
43	Shawn	22	↓9	47
44	Steven	22	↑5	28
45	Todd	22	new	75
46	Jacob	21	↓2	43
47	Jared	21	↓2	61
48	Charles	20	↓11	29
49	Corey	20	new	68
50	Ian	20	new	>100

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