Popular baby names in Vermont, 1996

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1996 were Emily for girls (59 babies) and Nicholas for boys (79). Nicholas ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,466 babies born in Vermont in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1996

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

Girls

Meghan: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Molly: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Olivia: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mariah: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paige: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emma: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heather: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelsey: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julia: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Troy: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cole: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dylan: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connor: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lucas: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Logan: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ethan: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dustin: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bradley: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	59	–	1
2	Samantha	55	↑2	5
3	Hannah	50	↑3	7
4	Taylor	44	↑1	6
5	Ashley	43	↓2	3
6	Sarah	43	↓4	4
7	Elizabeth	37	↑1	10
8	Megan	36	↑4	12
9	Olivia	34	↑4	34
10	Jessica	32	↑5	2
11	Morgan	30	↑10	25
12	Kayla	28	↓2	11
13	Rachel	28	↓2	9
14	Amanda	26	–	13
15	Brittany	25	↓8	14
16	Abigail	24	↓7	32
17	Brianna	24	↑6	17
18	Danielle	24	↑9	29
19	Nicole	24	↓1	22
20	Kelsey	23	↑16	36
21	Alexandra	22	↑4	26
22	Amber	22	↑16	27
23	Chelsea	22	↑1	55
24	Courtney	22	↑9	21
25	Haley	22	↑10	30
26	Mariah	22	↑2	63
27	Emma	21	↓10	53
28	Rebecca	21	↓8	24
29	Alyssa	20	↑18	23
30	Alexis	19	↑2	8
31	Julia	19	new	48
32	Paige	19	↑10	65
33	Anna	18	↓7	33
34	Brooke	18	↑9	45
35	Madison	18	↑5	15
36	Shelby	18	↓6	35
37	Katherine	17	↑2	31
38	Lauren	17	↓19	16
39	Meghan	17	new	>100
40	Erin	16	new	51
41	Heather	16	↑3	71
42	Jennifer	16	↓26	19
43	Gabrielle	15	new	54
44	Mary	15	new	44
45	Molly	15	↓4	99
46	Sydney	15	new	39
47	Jenna	14	↑2	83
48	Kristen	14	new	70
49	Allison	13	↓27	38
50	Katie	13	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Nicholas	79	↑2	6
2	Jacob	75	↓1	3
3	Matthew	66	↓1	2
4	Tyler	66	↑5	7
5	Brandon	60	↑3	8
6	Christopher	60	↑4	4
7	Joshua	59	↓3	5
8	Ryan	59	↓1	16
9	Michael	56	↓4	1
10	Dylan	53	↓4	33
11	Kyle	53	↑2	25
12	Joseph	50	↑2	12
13	Daniel	44	↓1	11
14	William	44	↑7	18
15	Benjamin	42	↑13	29
16	Cody	42	↓5	31
17	Samuel	42	–	30
18	Alexander	41	↑1	22
19	Zachary	40	↓1	14
20	Andrew	38	↑4	10
21	Austin	37	↓1	9
22	David	37	↑7	13
23	Justin	37	↓7	20
24	Nathan	36	↑3	37
25	John	35	↓10	15
26	Robert	35	↑4	23
27	Logan	32	↑18	42
28	Connor	29	↑6	54
29	Thomas	29	↓7	28
30	Adam	28	↑2	39
31	Jordan	28	↓8	27
32	James	27	↓6	17
33	Eric	24	↑16	35
34	Jonathan	24	↑6	21
35	Timothy	24	↑7	40
36	Brian	21	↑2	36
37	Ethan	21	↓12	62
38	Hunter	21	↑5	47
39	Caleb	20	↓6	48
40	Dakota	20	↑8	58
41	Peter	20	new	95
42	Cole	19	new	>100
43	Trevor	19	new	63
44	Dustin	18	↓7	79
45	Aaron	17	↓14	34
46	Bradley	17	new	83
47	Devin	17	new	60
48	Evan	17	↓9	65
49	Kevin	17	new	26
50	Lucas	16	new	93

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