The most common names of people born in Vermont

Social Security has recorded about 580,000 births in Vermont since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 380,000 of those people are alive today, and their average age is 48. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Vermont, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Vermont from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Vermont

Most common names of living women born in Vermont
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	3,400	68
2	Jennifer	3,000	49
3	Elizabeth	2,700	48
4	Sarah	2,600	43
5	Susan	2,600	68
6	Linda	2,500	73
7	Jessica	2,300	42
8	Patricia	2,100	73
9	Emily	2,000	33
10	Lisa	2,000	58
11	Karen	1,700	63
12	Heather	1,700	47
13	Amanda	1,700	41
14	Rebecca	1,700	49
15	Nancy	1,600	74
16	Melissa	1,600	50
17	Amy	1,600	50
18	Ashley	1,600	36
19	Barbara	1,500	75
20	Donna	1,500	71
21	Michelle	1,500	51
22	Deborah	1,500	68
23	Sandra	1,400	74
24	Emma	1,300	22
25	Nicole	1,300	42
26	Kimberly	1,300	53
27	Kathleen	1,300	65
28	Samantha	1,300	34
29	Hannah	1,300	29
30	Carol	1,200	74

Men and boys born in Vermont

Most common names of living men born in Vermont
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	7,100	54
2	David	5,700	59
3	John	5,200	58
4	Robert	5,200	62
5	James	5,000	56
6	Christopher	4,300	46
7	William	4,000	52
8	Matthew	3,600	40
9	Richard	3,400	65
10	Thomas	3,200	53
11	Daniel	3,000	48
12	Joseph	2,600	47
13	Joshua	2,500	37
14	Timothy	2,500	54
15	Brian	2,400	55
16	Andrew	2,400	41
17	Mark	2,400	59
18	Jason	2,300	46
19	Ryan	2,200	33
20	Scott	2,100	55
21	Jeffrey	2,100	55
22	Paul	2,000	62
23	Kevin	2,000	54
24	Benjamin	2,000	31
25	Charles	2,000	52
26	Nicholas	1,900	34
27	Peter	1,900	57
28	Jacob	1,900	28
29	Steven	1,900	58
30	Eric	1,900	48

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Vermont, not the national average.

Names more common in Vermont than nationally

Among living people born in Vermont, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Laurie is 3.8× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Vermont than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Laurie	3.8×	760	62
2	Peter	3.5×	1,900	57
3	Joanne	3.1×	580	71
4	Heidi	3.1×	610	53
5	Molly	2.7×	610	31
6	Owen	2.7×	840	16
7	Todd	2.7×	900	56
8	Bruce	2.6×	900	69
9	Seth	2.6×	570	39
10	Gail	2.6×	510	73
11	Anne	2.5×	660	65
12	Chelsea	2.5×	560	35
13	Lynn	2.5×	590	64
14	Bonnie	2.5×	710	69
15	Heather	2.4×	1,700	47

The newest Vermont babies

The most popular names for babies born in Vermont in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Vermont
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	35	30
2	Evelyn	27	34
3	Eleanor	26	30
4	Nora	22	25
5	Sophia	22	16
6	Violet	18	18
7	Ava	17	14
8	Amelia	16	16
9	Aurora	16	14
10	Harper	16	9

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Vermont
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Oliver	35	13
2	Theodore	34	29
3	Henry	27	34
4	Cooper	26	13
5	Hudson	24	9
6	Jack	24	34
7	James	21	54
8	Weston	21	14
9	Bennett	20	13
10	Liam	20	11

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Vermont with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this