Popular baby names in Vermont, 1987

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1987 were Ashley for girls (124 babies) and Christopher for boys (135). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,967 babies born in Vermont in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1987

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: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Katelyn: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Abigail: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Hannah: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bethany: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chelsea: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Emily: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Margaret: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Allison: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dylan: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Taylor: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Shawn: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Evan: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ian: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Seth: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tyler: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Chad: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nathan: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kyle: 91 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	124	–	2
2	Amanda	112	↑1	3
3	Jessica	86	↓1	1
4	Sarah	82	–	5
5	Emily	74	↑7	19
6	Samantha	67	↑8	11
7	Nicole	66	↓1	8
8	Danielle	61	↓1	14
9	Elizabeth	61	–	10
10	Jennifer	61	↓5	4
11	Megan	48	↓1	12
12	Heather	47	↓4	9
13	Melissa	38	↑3	13
14	Chelsea	35	↑28	47
15	Sara	35	↑17	29
16	Brittany	34	↓1	7
17	Erin	34	↑8	34
18	Katherine	34	↑8	28
19	Amber	33	↓8	15
20	Michelle	32	↑1	21
21	Allison	31	↑20	44
22	Kayla	30	new	27
23	Amy	29	↓3	24
24	Laura	29	↓6	22
25	Stephanie	29	↓12	6
26	Hannah	28	↓4	66
27	Katie	28	↑8	38
28	Rachel	28	↓9	17
29	Crystal	26	–	26
30	Kristen	26	↑15	42
31	Rebecca	25	↓3	25
32	Lauren	24	↓5	16
33	Jamie	23	↓3	39
34	Lindsay	23	↓1	49
35	Lindsey	23	↑3	41
36	Meghan	22	↓2	78
37	Katelyn	21	new	>100
38	Kelly	21	↓1	30
39	Shannon	21	new	45
40	Courtney	20	↓16	33
41	Erica	20	↑3	31
42	Caitlin	19	↓19	63
43	Christina	19	↓3	20
44	Kimberly	19	↓27	23
45	Angela	18	↓6	35
46	Anna	18	↑4	52
47	Bethany	18	new	87
48	Emma	18	↓12	>100
49	Kristina	18	new	62
50	Whitney	18	↓2	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	135	↑2	2
2	Matthew	126	↓1	3
3	Michael	124	↓1	1
4	Joshua	118	–	4
5	Ryan	109	↑3	13
6	Andrew	107	↑1	6
7	Justin	92	↑6	9
8	Kyle	91	↓2	22
9	Daniel	81	↓4	7
10	Nicholas	67	–	16
11	Benjamin	62	↑8	28
12	David	62	–	5
13	Tyler	61	↑3	39
14	Robert	60	↑1	10
15	Adam	58	↓6	27
16	William	53	↑2	15
17	Thomas	51	↑11	24
18	Timothy	51	↑4	26
19	John	50	↓5	11
20	Jason	49	↓3	23
21	James	48	↓10	8
22	Nathan	47	↑1	45
23	Joseph	46	↓3	12
24	Jeffrey	44	↑5	32
25	Kevin	42	↑10	19
26	Travis	42	↓1	42
27	Eric	40	↓6	21
28	Shawn	40	new	59
29	Brian	39	↓3	20
30	Zachary	38	↑14	33
31	Jesse	37	↑8	55
32	Alexander	35	↑17	37
33	Scott	35	↑13	43
34	Anthony	34	↓1	17
35	Jeremy	34	↓11	29
36	Jacob	30	new	31
37	Sean	30	↓6	40
38	Jonathan	29	↓11	18
39	Patrick	29	↓5	41
40	Chad	28	new	63
41	Corey	28	↑6	57
42	Samuel	28	–	50
43	Steven	27	↓3	25
44	Richard	26	↑1	30
45	Evan	25	↑3	83
46	Alex	24	new	60
47	Gregory	24	↓6	47
48	Ian	24	new	81
49	Peter	24	↓17	64
50	Mark	23	↓20	36

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