Popular baby names in Vermont, 1989

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1989 were Amanda for girls (97 babies) and Michael for boys (137). Amanda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,168 babies born in Vermont in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1989

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: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Margaret: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hannah: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Lindsay: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Kathleen: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leah: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Morgan: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kathryn: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Katelyn: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dylan: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lucas: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Evan: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Seth: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Philip: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Craig: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trevor: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ian: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ethan: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Amanda	97	↑1	4
2	Sarah	92	↑2	5
3	Ashley	90	↓2	2
4	Jessica	88	↓1	1
5	Samantha	85	↑2	6
6	Brittany	71	↑10	3
7	Emily	58	↓1	13
8	Elizabeth	56	↓3	10
9	Danielle	55	↑4	17
10	Jennifer	54	↓1	7
11	Megan	53	↑4	11
12	Chelsea	51	↓2	27
13	Kayla	50	↑5	20
14	Nicole	50	↓6	12
15	Heather	47	↓3	15
16	Hannah	43	↑7	42
17	Rebecca	40	↓3	24
18	Stephanie	39	↑6	8
19	Amber	37	↓8	14
20	Lauren	36	↓1	9
21	Kelsey	32	↑10	31
22	Courtney	29	↑7	21
23	Melissa	28	↓6	19
24	Michelle	28	↓2	22
25	Tiffany	28	↓4	16
26	Katherine	26	–	26
27	Allison	25	new	46
28	Anna	25	–	51
29	Lindsay	25	↑7	63
30	Rachel	25	↓10	18
31	Sara	25	↑10	29
32	Alexandra	24	↑6	43
33	Erica	23	new	34
34	Kathryn	23	↑16	58
35	Kristen	23	↑2	36
36	Alyssa	21	↑11	33
37	Laura	21	↓7	25
38	Caitlin	20	↓4	49
39	Cassandra	20	↓4	54
40	Erin	20	↓15	40
41	Amy	19	↓8	35
42	Margaret	19	new	97
43	Shannon	19	new	61
44	Alicia	18	↓12	53
45	Christina	18	↓6	23
46	Emma	17	↑3	>100
47	Morgan	17	new	69
48	Jamie	16	↓5	52
49	Katie	16	↓22	45
50	Victoria	16	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	137	–	1
2	Joshua	131	↑2	4
3	Christopher	122	↓1	2
4	Matthew	97	↓1	3
5	Kyle	89	↑2	20
6	Tyler	88	↑11	30
7	Justin	86	↑1	8
8	Nicholas	85	↑1	14
9	Ryan	83	↓3	13
10	John	72	↑16	12
11	Andrew	69	↓6	7
12	Benjamin	66	↓2	29
13	David	64	↓1	5
14	Daniel	59	↓3	6
15	James	55	↓2	9
16	Zachary	55	↑12	25
17	Adam	53	↓2	27
18	William	53	–	15
19	Robert	52	↓5	10
20	Joseph	49	–	11
21	Brian	47	↑2	24
22	Alexander	46	↑9	32
23	Eric	45	↑1	21
24	Nathan	44	↑8	43
25	Timothy	44	–	28
26	Thomas	43	↓4	23
27	Patrick	42	↑18	38
28	Samuel	37	↓12	47
29	Jacob	34	–	26
30	Jonathan	34	↓11	17
31	Travis	33	↑3	41
32	Corey	31	↑10	55
33	Evan	31	new	69
34	Jason	31	↓7	35
35	Jeffrey	31	↑13	37
36	Brandon	30	new	18
37	Bradley	28	new	58
38	Dylan	28	new	>100
39	Sean	28	↑8	39
40	Jesse	27	↑4	50
41	Jordan	27	↓3	44
42	Aaron	25	↓5	31
43	Anthony	24	↓7	16
44	Ian	24	new	68
45	Scott	24	↓15	51
46	Alex	23	new	60
47	Jeremy	23	↓12	34
48	Peter	23	new	66
49	Richard	23	↓3	33
50	Seth	23	new	94

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