Popular baby names in Vermont, 1986

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1986 were Ashley for girls (124 babies) and Matthew for boys (138). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,035 babies born in Vermont in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1986

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

Girls

Emma: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Kaitlin: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Hannah: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Katelyn: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Caitlin: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Morgan: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Meghan: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carrie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alison: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jenna: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lucas: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dylan: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Evan: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trevor: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Seth: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nathan: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kyle: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	124	–	2
2	Jessica	108	–	1
3	Amanda	90	–	3
4	Sarah	79	–	5
5	Jennifer	77	–	4
6	Nicole	69	↑2	7
7	Danielle	62	–	16
8	Heather	61	↓2	9
9	Elizabeth	58	↑1	10
10	Megan	52	↑5	11
11	Amber	50	↑15	13
12	Emily	49	↓3	24
13	Stephanie	47	↑1	6
14	Samantha	46	↑10	21
15	Brittany	45	↑16	8
16	Melissa	35	↓5	12
17	Kimberly	34	↑5	18
18	Laura	34	↓6	20
19	Rachel	34	↑9	15
20	Amy	33	↓7	22
21	Michelle	32	↑2	23
22	Hannah	31	↑11	82
23	Caitlin	29	↑9	69
24	Courtney	29	↓6	35
25	Erin	29	↓9	30
26	Katherine	29	↓6	28
27	Lauren	29	↑8	14
28	Rebecca	29	↓11	26
29	Crystal	28	↓10	25
30	Jamie	28	↑4	34
31	Jenna	28	↑8	55
32	Sara	27	↓7	27
33	Lindsay	26	↑4	46
34	Meghan	25	↑6	71
35	Katie	23	↓14	38
36	Emma	21	new	>100
37	Kelly	21	new	29
38	Lindsey	21	↑4	39
39	Angela	20	↑7	33
40	Christina	20	↓13	19
41	Allison	19	↓5	42
42	Chelsea	19	↓4	73
43	Mary	19	–	37
44	Erica	18	↓3	31
45	Kristen	18	new	41
46	Lisa	18	↑3	40
47	Morgan	17	new	>100
48	Whitney	17	new	32
49	Alison	16	new	96
50	Anna	16	↓6	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Matthew	138	–	3
2	Michael	129	–	1
3	Christopher	118	–	2
4	Joshua	107	↑2	4
5	Daniel	97	–	6
6	Kyle	83	↑5	23
7	Andrew	80	–	8
8	Ryan	76	↓4	11
9	Adam	74	↑3	24
10	Nicholas	74	↑13	17
11	James	73	↓1	7
12	David	67	↑2	5
13	Justin	67	↓5	14
14	John	65	↑2	10
15	Robert	63	↑2	9
16	Tyler	60	↓1	40
17	Jason	59	↓8	18
18	William	58	↑1	15
19	Benjamin	50	↑1	30
20	Joseph	50	↓2	12
21	Eric	49	↓8	22
22	Timothy	48	↓1	27
23	Nathan	45	↑3	43
24	Jeremy	44	↑9	28
25	Travis	43	↑4	49
26	Brian	41	↑1	20
27	Jonathan	41	↓2	16
28	Thomas	38	↓4	26
29	Jeffrey	37	↑9	32
30	Mark	37	↑10	35
31	Sean	36	↑15	37
32	Peter	34	↑16	60
33	Anthony	33	↑3	19
34	Patrick	33	↓4	39
35	Kevin	31	↓7	21
36	Aaron	29	↑5	33
37	Brandon	29	new	13
38	Dustin	29	↓6	42
39	Jesse	29	↓17	48
40	Steven	29	↓6	25
41	Gregory	28	↓2	46
42	Samuel	27	new	52
43	Stephen	27	–	36
44	Zachary	27	↓9	38
45	Richard	25	↓14	29
46	Scott	25	↑3	44
47	Corey	24	new	62
48	Evan	24	new	81
49	Alexander	23	↓2	41
50	Paul	23	↓5	45

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