Popular baby names in Vermont, 1982

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1982 were Jessica for girls (154 babies) and Christopher for boys (159). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,982 babies born in Vermont in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1982

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: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Abigail: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Morgan: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Casey: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Molly: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Erin: 70 babies, 3× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Katie: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emily: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lucas: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Luke: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Travis: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathan: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Benjamin: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jessica	154	–	2
2	Jennifer	131	–	1
3	Sarah	106	–	4
4	Amanda	105	–	3
5	Melissa	75	↑1	5
6	Erin	70	↑3	20
7	Heather	62	↓2	12
8	Elizabeth	58	↑5	8
9	Emily	58	↑2	24
10	Nicole	58	–	6
11	Amy	57	↓3	10
12	Michelle	42	↑4	11
13	Laura	39	↑12	22
14	Sara	39	↓2	28
15	Katherine	37	↑18	36
16	Stephanie	35	↑8	7
17	Ashley	34	↑29	17
18	Crystal	34	↓4	9
19	Kelly	34	↑17	25
20	Rebecca	34	↓13	15
21	Rachel	33	↑5	21
22	Amber	32	↓7	18
23	Christina	32	↓1	19
24	Katie	32	↑3	45
25	Kimberly	28	↑4	14
26	Danielle	27	↓5	31
27	Megan	26	↓9	34
28	Angela	25	↑4	16
29	Kristen	25	↑1	33
30	Samantha	25	new	44
31	Shannon	25	↑18	38
32	April	24	↓12	32
33	Andrea	23	↑1	27
34	Lindsey	22	↑10	40
35	Lisa	22	↓12	23
36	Meghan	22	↑9	>100
37	Hannah	21	new	>100
38	Jamie	21	↓21	29
39	Allison	19	↑11	58
40	Courtney	19	↑2	43
41	Julie	19	new	41
42	Lauren	19	new	26
43	Abigail	18	new	>100
44	Carrie	18	new	57
45	Casey	18	new	>100
46	Erica	18	new	35
47	Kristin	18	↓28	37
48	Anna	17	↓7	56
49	Holly	17	↓11	61
50	Kathryn	17	↓15	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	159	↑1	2
2	Michael	139	↓1	1
3	Matthew	117	↑1	3
4	Jason	107	↑1	4
5	Joshua	104	↓2	7
6	Justin	87	–	12
7	David	82	↑1	5
8	James	78	↑1	6
9	Adam	68	↑1	19
10	John	67	↑9	8
11	Nicholas	65	↑9	22
12	Ryan	65	–	13
13	Daniel	64	↓6	10
14	Joseph	61	↓3	11
15	Benjamin	60	–	33
16	Eric	57	↓3	20
17	Andrew	56	↑1	17
18	Travis	54	↑4	39
19	Nathan	53	↓2	36
20	Robert	52	↑5	9
21	Jonathan	51	↑9	16
22	Jeffrey	49	↓6	29
23	Brian	46	↓2	14
24	William	46	↑7	15
25	Scott	44	↑3	34
26	Timothy	43	↓2	24
27	Jeremy	42	↓13	28
28	Aaron	38	↑1	30
29	Jesse	38	↓6	43
30	Tyler	38	↑8	66
31	Richard	36	↑4	27
32	Thomas	36	↓6	23
33	Patrick	34	–	37
34	Shawn	32	↑8	52
35	Charles	29	↑6	31
36	Sean	29	↑9	44
37	Kevin	27	↓10	25
38	Mark	27	↑12	32
39	Peter	27	↓2	57
40	Jacob	26	↑3	41
41	Chad	24	↓7	48
42	Kyle	24	↑5	47
43	Paul	24	new	35
44	Anthony	22	↓4	21
45	Derek	22	new	50
46	Zachary	22	new	55
47	Gregory	21	↑2	40
48	Jared	21	↓12	54
49	Lucas	21	new	>100
50	Stephen	21	↓6	38

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