Name Legacy

Baby names in Vermont, 1970s

1970–1979 · 53,428 recorded births

Jennifer was the most common name given in Vermont across the 1970s, with 1,432 births in the decade. The state recorded 53,428 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Vermont in the 1970s

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
Ethan70
Seth180
Hannah56
Kate46
Tyler86
Sarah715
Trevor84
Heidi244

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Jennifer1,432
#2Jason1,324
#3Michael1,288
#4Christopher1,218
#5David885
#6Matthew883
#7John827
#8Amy819
#9James763
#10Robert747
#11Heather738
#12Sarah715
#12Scott715
#14Melissa699
#15Jessica642
#16Brian630
#17Eric621
#18Daniel616
#19Jeffrey543
#20Michelle533
#21Timothy490
#22Kevin486
#23Lisa483
#23Rebecca483
#25Jeremy482

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