Name Legacy

Baby names in Vermont, 1990s

1990–1999 · 49,090 recorded births

Joshua was the most common name given in Vermont across the 1990s, with 748 births in the decade. The state recorded 49,090 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Vermont in the 1990s

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
Tucker68
Eliza45
Hillary66
Colby107
Liam82
Molly189
Zebulon7
Meghan162

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Joshua748
#2Nicholas738
#3Jacob735
#4Matthew726
#5Michael724
#6Tyler723
#7Emily693
#7Ryan693
#9Christopher667
#10Ashley601
#11Kyle593
#12Samantha556
#13Taylor540
#14Sarah530
#15Dylan509
#16Andrew505
#17Zachary494
#18Cody487
#19Hannah470
#20Justin463
#21Jessica458
#22Benjamin453
#23Brandon439
#24Jordan436
#25Joseph431

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