Name Legacy

Baby names in Vermont, 1960s

1960–1969 · 66,430 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Vermont across the 1960s, with 1,986 births in the decade. The state recorded 66,430 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Vermont in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Marcel31
Laurie548
Penny289
Peter596
Heather205
Heidi204
Louise73
Kelley101

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,986
#2David1,646
#3John1,446
#4Lisa1,328
#5Robert1,303
#6James1,283
#7Mark1,061
#8Scott963
#9Brian904
#10Richard893
#11Jeffrey880
#12Timothy874
#13Susan797
#14Christopher796
#15William794
#16Kevin762
#17Karen759
#18Thomas750
#19Mary731
#20Paul631
#21Steven618
#22Daniel613
#23Peter596
#24Lori592
#25Tammy572

Other decades in Vermont

All Vermont names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org