The most distinctive Vermont baby names.
In 2025 the most distinctive Vermont names were Phoebe and Ira. Across the whole record it is Essfa and Perley.
| # | Girl | Births | vs national | Boy | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoebe | 12 | 4× | Ira | 6 | 6× |
| 2 | Maeve | 15 | 3× | Sullivan | 10 | 4× |
| 3 | Edith | 6 | 3× | Wilder | 8 | 4× |
| 4 | Eleanor | 26 | 3× | Desmond | 7 | 3× |
| 5 | Nora | 22 | 3× | Finn | 10 | 3× |
| 6 | Juniper | 12 | 3× | Weston | 21 | 3× |
| 7 | Evelyn | 27 | 2× | Cooper | 26 | 3× |
| 8 | Josephine | 15 | 2× | Parker | 15 | 3× |
| 9 | Addison | 12 | 2× | Richard | 9 | 3× |
| 10 | Charlotte | 35 | 2× | Everett | 16 | 2× |
| 11 | Ruby | 13 | 2× | Tucker | 10 | 2× |
| 12 | Piper | 9 | 2× | Harvey | 8 | 2× |
| 13 | Willow | 14 | 2× | Bennett | 20 | 2× |
| 14 | Lucille | 7 | 2× | Sawyer | 12 | 2× |
| 15 | Eloise | 13 | 2× | Arthur | 14 | 2× |
| 16 | Raelynn | 9 | 2× | Theodore | 34 | 2× |
| 17 | Lillian | 12 | 2× | Warren | 8 | 2× |
| 18 | Violet | 18 | 2× | Hudson | 24 | 2× |
| 19 | Ella | 15 | 2× | Grayson | 18 | 2× |
| 20 | Bailey | 7 | 2× | Jack | 24 | 2× |
| 21 | Clara | 11 | 2× | Easton | 12 | 2× |
| 22 | June | 8 | 2× | Oliver | 35 | 2× |
| 23 | Isla | 15 | 2× | Owen | 20 | 2× |
| 24 | Ellie | 15 | 2× | Greyson | 10 | 2× |
| 25 | Harper | 16 | 2× | Beckett | 10 | 2× |
The most distinctive name of each decade.
| Decade | Girl | Births | vs national | Boy | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | Cecile | 63 | 6× | Elwin | 44 | 32× |
| 1920s | Essfa | 6 | 85× | Perley | 12 | 22× |
| 1930s | Yolande | 7 | 30× | Marcel | 52 | 26× |
| 1940s | Claire | 138 | 5× | Marcel | 30 | 19× |
| 1950s | Dale | 86 | 4× | Marcel | 43 | 23× |
| 1960s | Sylvie | 5 | 6× | Marcel | 31 | 10× |
| 1970s | Hannah | 56 | 6× | Ethan | 70 | 6× |
| 1980s | Eliza | 43 | 8× | Ethan | 101 | 4× |
| 1990s | Eliza | 45 | 5× | Zebulon | 7 | 33× |
| 2000s | Willa | 11 | 5× | Rowan | 58 | 7× |
| 2010s | Juniper | 48 | 6× | Wilder | 22 | 6× |
| 2020s | Juniper | 80 | 6× | Otis | 25 | 8× |
| # | Girl | Births | vs national | Boy | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essfa | 6 | 117× | Perley | 23 | 28× |
| 2 | Cecile | 277 | 11× | Elwin | 100 | 26× |
| 3 | Marion | 1,420 | 5× | Armand | 226 | 10× |
| 4 | Lise | 16 | 4× | Merton | 41 | 9× |
| 5 | Yolande | 7 | 4× | Marcel | 194 | 6× |
| 6 | Pauline | 1,348 | 4× | Wilfred | 222 | 5× |
| 7 | Jeannette | 354 | 3× | Merrill | 76 | 4× |
| 8 | Dale | 113 | 3× | Clement | 79 | 4× |
| 9 | Hillary | 157 | 3× | Carroll | 253 | 4× |
| 10 | Marguerite | 416 | 3× | Roland | 720 | 4× |
| 11 | Juniper | 128 | 3× | Dana | 379 | 4× |
| 12 | Laurie | 878 | 3× | Francis | 1,924 | 4× |
| 13 | Lorraine | 1,085 | 3× | Bernard | 1,301 | 4× |
| 14 | Jeannine | 120 | 3× | Gordon | 1,008 | 4× |
| 15 | Blanche | 266 | 2× | Wendell | 335 | 3× |
| 16 | Laurette | 12 | 2× | Colby | 345 | 3× |
| 17 | Heidi | 661 | 2× | Wilder | 55 | 3× |
| 18 | Arlene | 621 | 2× | Maurice | 783 | 3× |
| 19 | Penny | 441 | 2× | Zebulon | 7 | 3× |
| 20 | Maeve | 138 | 2× | Reginald | 636 | 3× |
| 21 | Beverley | 55 | 2× | Fernand | 10 | 3× |
| 22 | Meghan | 426 | 2× | Burton | 103 | 3× |
| 23 | Marjorie | 1,119 | 2× | Earle | 46 | 3× |
| 24 | Priscilla | 516 | 2× | Norman | 1,226 | 3× |
| 25 | Muriel | 215 | 2× | Peter | 2,736 | 3× |
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Multipliers compare each name’s share of Vermont births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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