Popular baby names in Vermont, 1983

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1983 were Jessica for girls (143 babies) and Christopher for boys (173). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,021 babies born in Vermont in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1983

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: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Heidi: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Chelsea: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bethany: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meghan: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Emily: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kayla: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heather: 90 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Erin: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Colin: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tyler: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Evan: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawn: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Todd: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Seth: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corey: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathan: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ian: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jordan: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jessica	143	–	2
2	Amanda	110	↑2	3
3	Jennifer	105	↓1	1
4	Ashley	99	↑13	4
5	Sarah	96	↓2	5
6	Heather	90	↑1	9
7	Elizabeth	64	↑1	10
8	Erin	59	↓2	18
9	Melissa	58	↓4	6
10	Nicole	58	–	7
11	Emily	56	↓2	25
12	Rebecca	50	↑8	19
13	Amy	49	↓2	12
14	Danielle	34	↑12	29
15	Stephanie	34	↑1	8
16	Michelle	33	↓4	13
17	Laura	32	↓4	23
18	Jamie	30	↑20	28
19	Samantha	30	↑11	40
20	Angela	29	↑8	22
21	Crystal	29	↓3	11
22	Katherine	29	↓7	34
23	Megan	29	↑4	21
24	Rachel	29	↓3	20
25	Heidi	26	new	95
26	Kelly	26	↓7	26
27	Lisa	26	↑8	27
28	Sara	26	↓14	31
29	Hannah	25	↑8	>100
30	Lindsay	25	new	36
31	Shannon	24	–	38
32	Kimberly	23	↓7	15
33	Holly	22	↑16	48
34	Erica	21	↑12	33
35	Amber	20	↓13	17
36	Anna	19	↑12	55
37	Lauren	19	↑5	24
38	Meghan	19	↓2	75
39	April	18	↓7	39
40	Christina	18	↓17	16
41	Kristin	18	↑6	42
42	Mary	18	new	32
43	Tara	18	new	51
44	Caitlin	17	new	>100
45	Katie	17	↓21	45
46	Kristen	17	↓17	37
47	Tiffany	17	new	14
48	Bethany	16	new	99
49	Chelsea	16	new	>100
50	Kayla	16	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	173	–	2
2	Matthew	137	↑1	3
3	Michael	131	↓1	1
4	Joshua	97	↑1	5
5	Justin	95	↑1	12
6	Jason	90	↓2	7
7	Daniel	82	↑6	8
8	Ryan	76	↑4	13
9	Nicholas	73	↑2	21
10	Andrew	71	↑7	15
11	Adam	67	↓2	18
12	Robert	65	↑8	10
13	Joseph	64	↑1	11
14	John	63	↓4	9
15	David	62	↓8	4
16	Eric	59	–	20
17	William	59	↑7	16
18	James	58	↓10	6
19	Benjamin	57	↓4	32
20	Nathan	51	↓1	40
21	Kyle	49	↑21	34
22	Timothy	48	↑4	26
23	Brian	46	–	14
24	Aaron	44	↑4	29
25	Jonathan	42	↓4	19
26	Tyler	41	↑4	57
27	Thomas	40	↑5	24
28	Jeremy	39	↓1	30
29	Patrick	39	↑4	37
30	Scott	38	↓5	38
31	Shawn	36	↑3	53
32	Travis	36	↓14	41
33	Kevin	34	↑4	25
34	Stephen	33	↑16	35
35	Steven	32	new	23
36	Jeffrey	31	↓14	28
37	Jesse	31	↓8	46
38	Sean	30	↓2	44
39	Paul	28	↑4	39
40	Charles	27	↓5	33
41	Gregory	27	↑6	42
42	Mark	27	↓4	31
43	Jacob	26	↓3	36
44	Richard	25	↓13	27
45	Anthony	22	↓1	22
46	Corey	21	new	74
47	Bradley	20	new	52
48	Evan	20	new	93
49	Peter	20	↓10	59
50	Chad	19	↓9	49

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