Popular baby names in Vermont, 1981

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1981 were Jessica for girls (144 babies) and Michael for boys (143). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,848 babies born in Vermont in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1981

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

Girls

Morgan: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jaime: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Heidi: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Meghan: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emily: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heather: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sara: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leah: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rebecca: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erin: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Ethan: 17 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Seth: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tyler: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Lee: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Nathan: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Travis: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jesse: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jared: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Benjamin: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jessica	144	–	2
2	Jennifer	133	–	1
3	Sarah	112	–	4
4	Amanda	101	–	3
5	Heather	77	–	10
6	Melissa	76	–	5
7	Rebecca	70	↑1	12
8	Amy	61	↓1	6
9	Erin	57	↑1	19
10	Nicole	51	↑1	7
11	Emily	49	↑7	29
12	Sara	48	↑1	26
13	Elizabeth	45	↓4	9
14	Crystal	41	↑8	16
15	Amber	38	–	20
16	Michelle	37	–	11
17	Jamie	36	↑14	28
18	Megan	35	↓6	33
19	Kristin	34	↑17	31
20	April	32	new	25
21	Danielle	29	↑7	30
22	Christina	27	↑5	17
23	Lisa	27	↑9	18
24	Stephanie	27	↓10	8
25	Laura	26	↑1	21
26	Rachel	26	↓2	22
27	Katie	25	↓4	44
28	Heidi	24	↓9	84
29	Kimberly	24	↑1	13
30	Kristen	24	↑16	38
31	Mary	23	↓11	27
32	Angela	22	↓15	15
33	Katherine	20	↑2	39
34	Andrea	19	new	24
35	Kathryn	19	↓2	48
36	Kelly	19	↓15	23
37	Tiffany	19	new	14
38	Holly	18	new	63
39	Jaime	18	↑1	>100
40	Tara	18	↓6	45
41	Anna	17	new	54
42	Courtney	17	↑3	43
43	Karen	17	↓14	64
44	Lindsey	17	new	58
45	Meghan	17	↓3	>100
46	Ashley	16	new	34
47	Leah	16	new	81
48	Morgan	16	new	>100
49	Shannon	16	↓12	32
50	Allison	15	↓3	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	143	–	1
2	Christopher	125	↑1	2
3	Joshua	121	↑2	6
4	Matthew	105	↓2	3
5	Jason	98	↓1	4
6	Justin	82	↑3	12
7	Daniel	77	↑1	10
8	David	74	↓2	5
9	James	71	↓2	7
10	Adam	70	–	20
11	Joseph	69	↑9	11
12	Ryan	68	↑10	13
13	Eric	67	↑6	17
14	Jeremy	64	↓3	22
15	Benjamin	63	↑2	32
16	Jeffrey	58	↑17	29
17	Nathan	58	↑4	36
18	Andrew	56	↓5	18
19	John	54	↓7	8
20	Nicholas	54	↓4	21
21	Brian	53	↓6	14
22	Travis	53	↑1	40
23	Jesse	50	↑3	37
24	Timothy	50	↑4	24
25	Robert	49	↓7	9
26	Thomas	42	↑1	26
27	Kevin	40	↓3	25
28	Scott	40	↑10	34
29	Aaron	39	↑2	30
30	Jonathan	39	↓5	16
31	William	36	↓17	15
32	Seth	33	new	95
33	Patrick	31	↓1	38
34	Chad	29	↓5	47
35	Richard	29	new	27
36	Jared	28	↑11	57
37	Peter	28	↓2	55
38	Tyler	28	new	96
39	Steven	27	↑5	28
40	Anthony	25	↑2	23
41	Charles	25	↑7	31
42	Shawn	25	↑1	49
43	Jacob	24	↑3	43
44	Stephen	24	new	39
45	Sean	22	↓4	44
46	Keith	20	↓6	58
47	Kyle	19	↓10	52
48	Bradley	18	new	50
49	Gregory	18	↓13	46
50	Mark	18	↓20	33

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