Popular baby names in Vermont, 1984

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (124 babies) and Christopher for boys (144). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,035 babies born in Vermont in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1984

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, 6.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Molly: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emily: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katie: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meghan: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Samantha: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Danielle: 64 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Anna: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Colin: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ian: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyler: 63 babies, 4× the national rate
Evan: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jesse: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Douglas: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Peter: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kyle: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Travis: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	124	↑2	1
2	Ashley	118	↑2	3
3	Jessica	111	↓2	2
4	Amanda	98	↓2	4
5	Sarah	87	–	5
6	Heather	75	–	9
7	Emily	65	↑4	24
8	Danielle	64	↑6	16
9	Elizabeth	57	↓2	10
10	Nicole	57	–	7
11	Amber	53	↑24	18
12	Rebecca	49	–	23
13	Megan	48	↑10	11
14	Amy	46	↓1	13
15	Erin	46	↓7	25
16	Stephanie	44	↓1	6
17	Laura	42	–	19
18	Rachel	42	↑6	15
19	Crystal	36	↑2	12
20	Christina	34	↑20	20
21	Katie	34	↑24	44
22	Samantha	34	↓3	39
23	Melissa	32	↓14	8
24	Chelsea	29	↑25	84
25	Michelle	27	↓9	17
26	Hannah	25	↑3	>100
27	Kimberly	25	↑5	22
28	Lauren	25	↑9	21
29	Katherine	23	↓7	30
30	Lindsay	23	–	36
31	Kathryn	22	new	48
32	Kristen	22	↑14	38
33	Alicia	21	new	40
34	Angela	21	↓14	26
35	Christine	21	new	43
36	Kelly	21	↓10	27
37	Lisa	21	↓10	29
38	Tiffany	21	↑9	14
39	Anna	20	↓3	57
40	Jenna	20	new	54
41	Meghan	20	↓3	65
42	Andrea	19	new	28
43	Lindsey	19	new	35
44	Sara	19	↓16	32
45	Courtney	18	new	46
46	Holly	18	↓13	53
47	Mary	18	↓5	33
48	Shannon	18	↓17	37
49	Jamie	17	↓31	31
50	Molly	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	144	–	2
2	Matthew	135	–	3
3	Joshua	122	↑1	4
4	Michael	122	↓1	1
5	Ryan	94	↑3	12
6	Justin	91	↓1	13
7	Adam	81	↑4	18
8	David	77	↑7	5
9	Andrew	75	↑1	14
10	James	68	↑8	7
11	Jason	68	↓5	11
12	John	64	↑2	8
13	Tyler	63	↑13	47
14	Eric	62	↑2	22
15	Daniel	61	↓8	6
16	Nicholas	60	↓7	20
17	Benjamin	56	↑2	30
18	Kyle	50	↑3	34
19	Robert	50	↓7	9
20	Brian	47	↑3	17
21	Joseph	47	↓8	10
22	Jesse	44	↑15	50
23	William	43	↓6	16
24	Jonathan	42	↑1	19
25	Timothy	41	↓3	26
26	Travis	41	↑6	42
27	Kevin	40	↑6	24
28	Nathan	40	↓8	38
29	Thomas	39	↓2	25
30	Jeffrey	38	↑6	28
31	Jeremy	37	↓3	31
32	Patrick	36	↓3	36
33	Anthony	35	↑12	21
34	Mark	32	↑8	32
35	Charles	30	↑5	33
36	Richard	30	↑8	27
37	Steven	30	↓2	23
38	Chad	28	↑12	51
39	Ian	28	new	78
40	Zachary	26	new	45
41	Scott	25	↓11	39
42	Jacob	24	↑1	37
43	Bradley	23	↑4	53
44	Peter	23	↑5	60
45	Aaron	22	↓21	29
46	Sean	22	↓8	43
47	Douglas	21	new	71
48	Paul	21	↓9	40
49	Shawn	21	↓18	56
50	Evan	20	↓2	98

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