Popular baby names in Vermont, 1985

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1985 were Ashley for girls (126 babies) and Matthew for boys (133). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,044 babies born in Vermont in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1985

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, 6.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Molly: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Courtney: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emily: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katie: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Danielle: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sarah: 93 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Colin: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Seth: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ian: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jesse: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kyle: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Travis: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	126	↑1	2
2	Jessica	124	↑1	1
3	Amanda	102	↑1	4
4	Sarah	93	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	82	↓4	3
6	Heather	73	–	8
7	Danielle	62	↑1	18
8	Nicole	60	↑2	7
9	Emily	58	↓2	24
10	Elizabeth	56	↓1	9
11	Melissa	49	↑12	11
12	Laura	45	↑5	14
13	Amy	44	↑1	20
14	Stephanie	44	↑2	6
15	Megan	40	↓2	10
16	Erin	36	↓1	26
17	Rebecca	35	↓5	25
18	Courtney	34	↑27	43
19	Crystal	34	–	21
20	Katherine	33	↑9	32
21	Katie	33	–	39
22	Kimberly	33	↑5	19
23	Michelle	31	↑2	22
24	Samantha	30	↓2	29
25	Sara	30	↑19	30
26	Amber	28	↓15	16
27	Christina	27	↓7	12
28	Rachel	27	↓10	13
29	Andrea	26	↑13	33
30	Shannon	26	↑18	41
31	Brittany	25	new	17
32	Caitlin	25	new	77
33	Hannah	25	↓7	>100
34	Jamie	25	↑15	27
35	Lauren	25	↓7	15
36	Allison	24	new	46
37	Lindsay	24	↓7	40
38	Chelsea	22	↓14	75
39	Jenna	22	↑1	50
40	Meghan	22	↑1	63
41	Erica	21	new	34
42	Lindsey	21	↑1	37
43	Mary	20	↑4	35
44	Anna	19	↓5	54
45	Kristin	19	new	49
46	Angela	18	↓12	31
47	April	18	new	47
48	Christine	18	↓13	44
49	Lisa	18	↓12	36
50	Tiffany	17	↓12	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Matthew	133	↑1	3
2	Michael	131	↑2	1
3	Christopher	128	↓2	2
4	Ryan	102	↑1	12
5	Daniel	95	↑10	5
6	Joshua	95	↓3	4
7	Andrew	93	↑2	11
8	Justin	76	↓2	15
9	Jason	73	↑2	14
10	James	72	–	7
11	Kyle	71	↑7	27
12	Adam	70	↓5	22
13	Eric	69	↑1	21
14	David	67	↓6	6
15	Tyler	62	↓2	43
16	John	60	↓4	9
17	Robert	55	↑2	8
18	Joseph	52	↑3	10
19	William	52	↑4	16
20	Benjamin	50	↓3	31
21	Timothy	49	↑4	26
22	Jesse	48	–	51
23	Nicholas	48	↓7	19
24	Thomas	46	↑5	25
25	Jonathan	44	↓1	17
26	Nathan	42	↑2	40
27	Brian	40	↓7	18
28	Kevin	40	↓1	23
29	Travis	40	↓3	46
30	Patrick	39	↑2	37
31	Richard	38	↑5	28
32	Dustin	36	new	41
33	Jeremy	35	↓2	30
34	Steven	34	↑3	24
35	Zachary	34	↑5	39
36	Anthony	31	↓3	20
37	Shawn	30	↑12	55
38	Jeffrey	28	↓8	29
39	Gregory	27	new	45
40	Mark	27	↓6	32
41	Aaron	26	↑4	33
42	Jacob	26	–	35
43	Stephen	26	new	36
44	Ian	25	↓5	78
45	Paul	25	↑3	42
46	Sean	25	–	38
47	Alexander	24	new	50
48	Peter	24	↓4	60
49	Scott	24	↓8	44
50	Seth	22	new	>100

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