Popular baby names in Vermont, 1997

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1997 were Emily for girls (61 babies) and Jacob for boys (81). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,273 babies born in Vermont in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1997

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

Girls

Mikayla: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Molly: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Michaela: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Makayla: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brooke: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sierra: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Abigail: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Olivia: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katelyn: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mariah: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Liam: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Evan: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cody: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Dakota: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Dylan: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hunter: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ian: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kyle: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ethan: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Vermont, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	61	–	1
2	Samantha	45	–	6
3	Taylor	45	↑1	7
4	Hannah	42	↓1	5
5	Sarah	41	↑1	4
6	Abigail	34	↑10	26
7	Elizabeth	33	–	9
8	Olivia	33	↑1	27
9	Ashley	31	↓4	3
10	Megan	31	↓2	11
11	Jessica	28	↓1	2
12	Brooke	27	↑22	45
13	Nicole	27	↑6	21
14	Rachel	27	↓1	13
15	Courtney	26	↑9	28
16	Kayla	25	↓4	12
17	Morgan	25	↓6	22
18	Anna	24	↑15	33
19	Emma	23	↑8	36
20	Alexis	22	↑10	8
21	Sierra	22	new	56
22	Katherine	21	↑15	32
23	Alyssa	19	↑6	15
24	Amber	19	↓2	29
25	Brittany	19	↓10	20
26	Danielle	19	↓8	34
27	Rebecca	19	↑1	25
28	Shelby	19	↑8	43
29	Brianna	18	↓12	17
30	Erin	18	↑10	52
31	Haley	18	↓6	31
32	Katelyn	18	new	63
33	Kaitlyn	17	new	41
34	Molly	17	↑11	98
35	Julia	16	↓4	37
36	Madison	16	↓1	10
37	Mariah	16	↓11	67
38	Michaela	16	new	100
39	Victoria	16	new	19
40	Amanda	15	↓26	16
41	Jenna	15	↑6	76
42	Lauren	15	↓4	14
43	Makayla	15	new	>100
44	Mikayla	15	new	>100
45	Paige	15	↓13	64
46	Stephanie	15	new	23
47	Alexandra	14	↓26	30
48	Allison	13	↑1	39
49	Grace	13	new	69
50	Jordan	13	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	81	↑1	2
2	Nicholas	69	↓1	6
3	Ryan	67	↑5	16
4	Tyler	62	–	10
5	Matthew	60	↓2	3
6	Joshua	56	↑1	5
7	Kyle	55	↑4	24
8	Michael	52	↑1	1
9	Brandon	50	↓4	8
10	Dylan	49	–	30
11	Andrew	44	↑9	7
12	Zachary	44	↑7	13
13	Christopher	41	↓7	4
14	Cody	40	↑2	36
15	Alexander	38	↑3	22
16	Benjamin	38	↓1	29
17	Austin	36	↑4	9
18	John	35	↑7	15
19	Joseph	34	↓7	12
20	Samuel	32	↓3	27
21	William	32	↓7	19
22	Hunter	31	↑16	44
23	James	31	↑9	17
24	Evan	29	↑24	61
25	Daniel	28	↓12	11
26	Justin	28	↓3	20
27	Ethan	27	↑10	46
28	Noah	27	new	38
29	David	26	↓7	14
30	Jordan	24	↑1	26
31	Caleb	23	↑8	47
32	Jonathan	23	↑2	21
33	Nathan	23	↓9	34
34	Connor	22	↓6	52
35	Dakota	22	↑5	66
36	Robert	22	↓10	23
37	Cameron	21	new	45
38	Sean	20	new	48
39	Eric	19	↓6	35
40	Ian	19	new	70
41	Adam	18	↓11	39
42	Logan	18	↓15	42
43	Nathaniel	18	new	65
44	Thomas	18	↓15	31
45	Peter	17	↓4	>100
46	Brian	16	↓10	37
47	Christian	16	new	25
48	Anthony	15	new	18
49	Cole	15	↓7	72
50	Dustin	15	↓6	88

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