Popular baby names in Vermont, 1988

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1988 were Ashley for girls (107 babies) and Michael for boys (138). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,915 babies born in Vermont in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1988

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: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Chelsea: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hannah: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katelyn: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Brooke: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Morgan: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meghan: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emily: 61 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dylan: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Caleb: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Samuel: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Seth: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ian: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kyle: 85 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chad: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Evan: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	107	–	2
2	Amanda	99	–	3
3	Jessica	92	–	1
4	Sarah	79	–	4
5	Elizabeth	68	↑4	10
6	Emily	61	↓1	18
7	Samantha	59	↓1	8
8	Nicole	57	↓1	9
9	Jennifer	55	↑1	5
10	Chelsea	51	↑4	33
11	Amber	48	↑8	15
12	Heather	48	–	14
13	Danielle	47	↓5	17
14	Rebecca	45	↑17	26
15	Megan	44	↓4	12
16	Brittany	43	–	6
17	Melissa	38	↓4	16
18	Kayla	37	↑4	20
19	Lauren	36	↑13	11
20	Rachel	36	↑8	19
21	Tiffany	35	new	13
22	Michelle	33	↓2	21
23	Hannah	32	↑3	61
24	Stephanie	31	↑1	7
25	Erin	30	↓8	37
26	Katherine	27	↓8	27
27	Katie	27	–	40
28	Anna	25	↑18	54
29	Courtney	25	↑11	24
30	Laura	25	↓6	23
31	Kelsey	24	new	64
32	Alicia	23	new	50
33	Amy	23	↓10	29
34	Caitlin	22	↑8	44
35	Cassandra	22	new	59
36	Lindsay	22	↓2	57
37	Kristen	21	↓7	36
38	Alexandra	20	new	49
39	Christina	19	↑4	22
40	Kimberly	19	↑4	25
41	Sara	19	↓26	30
42	Crystal	18	↓13	28
43	Jamie	17	↓10	45
44	Jenna	17	new	66
45	Katelyn	17	↓8	84
46	Lindsey	17	↓11	48
47	Alyssa	16	new	47
48	Catherine	16	new	69
49	Emma	16	↓1	>100
50	Kathryn	16	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	138	↑2	1
2	Christopher	118	↓1	2
3	Matthew	118	↓1	3
4	Joshua	108	–	4
5	Andrew	93	↑1	5
6	Ryan	89	↓1	13
7	Kyle	85	↑1	21
8	Justin	80	↓1	7
9	Nicholas	72	↑1	14
10	Benjamin	67	↑1	30
11	Daniel	67	↓2	8
12	David	59	–	6
13	James	59	↑8	9
14	Robert	53	–	10
15	Adam	52	–	26
16	Samuel	50	↑26	45
17	Tyler	50	↓4	33
18	William	50	↓2	16
19	Jonathan	47	↑19	15
20	Joseph	45	↑3	12
21	Kevin	45	↑4	20
22	Thomas	43	↓5	23
23	Brian	42	↑6	22
24	Eric	42	↑3	19
25	Timothy	42	↓7	25
26	John	41	↓7	11
27	Jason	40	↓7	27
28	Zachary	39	↑2	29
29	Jacob	36	↑7	28
30	Scott	35	↑3	47
31	Alexander	34	↑1	34
32	Nathan	34	↓10	44
33	Steven	34	↑10	24
34	Travis	34	↓8	41
35	Jeremy	33	–	35
36	Anthony	32	↓2	18
37	Aaron	30	new	31
38	Jordan	29	new	52
39	Stephen	27	new	40
40	Charles	26	new	37
41	Cody	26	new	43
42	Corey	26	↓1	56
43	Dustin	26	new	48
44	Jesse	26	↓13	55
45	Patrick	26	↓6	42
46	Richard	25	↓2	32
47	Sean	25	↓10	38
48	Jeffrey	24	↓24	36
49	Chad	22	↓9	65
50	Derek	22	new	53

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