State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,700 Maine births in 1911 across 232 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maine more than they say America.

#38Arleneoutside the national top 200
#41Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#49Jeanneoutside the national top 200
#52Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#53Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#60Emileoutside the national top 200
#54Alton#194 nationally
#61Lioneloutside the national top 200
#74Julietteoutside the national top 200
#74Mertonoutside the national top 200
#79Carrolloutside the national top 200
#44Clayton#165 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy83US #4
#2Mary83US #1
#3Helen74US #2
#4Ruth69US #5
#5Evelyn59US #16
#6Elizabeth56US #7
#7Margaret52US #3
#8Alice49US #11
#9Mildred46US #8
#10Frances45US #10
#11Florence43US #12
#12Doris42US #56
#13Irene42US #21
#14Gladys41US #18
#15Lillian40US #13
#16Marion40US #58
#17Louise39US #19
#18Eva32US #46
#19Eleanor30US #49
#20Ethel30US #15
#21Gertrude30US #30
#22Pauline30US #38
#23Marjorie29US #59
#24Marie28US #9
#25Beatrice26US #37
#26Hazel26US #25
#27Thelma26US #27
#28Virginia24US #26
#29Anna23US #6
#30Grace23US #23
#31Olive22US #121
#32Josephine21US #29
#33Bertha20US #36
#34Bernice19US #51
#35Edith19US #31
#36Martha19US #28
#37Phyllis19US #155
#38Arlene18
#39Clara18US #33
#40Esther18US #34
#41Marguerite18US #87
#42Annie17US #24
#43Barbara17US #119
#44Edna17US #17
#45Rose17US #14
#46Leona15US #76
#47Catherine14US #20
#48Viola14US #47
#49Jeanne13
#50Myrtle13US #50
#51Vivian13US #80
#52Yvonne13
#53Alma12US #62
#54Blanche12US #75
#55Geraldine12US #134
#56Hilda12US #101
#57Katherine12US #55
#58Madeline12US #133
#59Agnes11US #39
#60Charlotte11US #95
#61Ella11US #63
#62Elsie11US #41
#63Emma11US #35
#64Flora11US #117
#65Lena11US #70
#66Mabel11US #43
#67Pearl11US #48
#68Verna11US #132
#69Beulah10US #79
#70Eunice10US #109
#71Jeannette10US #192
#72Jessie10US #66
#73Julia10US #44
#74Juliette10
#75Kathleen10US #126
#76Lucille10US #32
#77Nellie10US #54
#78Violet10US #83
#79Anne9US #64
#80Celia9US #178
#81Ellen9US #84
#82Ida9US #45
#83Irma9US #137
#84Laura9US #57
#85Marian9US #105
#86Minnie9US #52
#87Vera9US #67
#88Ann8US #53
#89Bessie8US #40
#90Emily8US #103
#91Geneva8US #122
#92Harriet8US #115
#93Jane8US #98
#94Ruby8US #22
#95Sylvia8US #82
#96Ada7US #97
#97Adelaide7
#98Carmen7
#99Christine7US #124
#100Corinne7

Boys

#1John70US #1
#2Joseph58US #6
#3George52US #4
#4Arthur50US #18
#5William49US #2
#6James42US #3
#7Charles38US #7
#8Robert37US #5
#9Albert36US #15
#10Donald34US #36
#11Edward34US #9
#12Ralph31US #24
#13Harold30US #16
#14Harry27US #13
#15Henry26US #11
#16Kenneth26US #40
#17Walter26US #12
#18Paul22US #17
#19Thomas22US #10
#20Lawrence21US #37
#21Raymond21US #19
#22Fred20US #22
#23Frank19US #8
#24Ernest18US #32
#25Norman17US #63
#26Clarence16US #23
#27Louis16US #21
#28Philip16US #69
#29Herbert15US #41
#30Roland15US #147
#31Frederick14US #52
#32Howard14US #28
#33Alfred13US #39
#34Earl13US #34
#35Gerald13US #88
#36Leo13US #51
#37Stanley13US #44
#38Lewis12US #66
#39Elmer11US #48
#40Leon11US #77
#41Linwood11
#42Richard11US #20
#43Roy11US #31
#44Clayton10US #165
#45Clifford9US #62
#46David9US #27
#47Leonard9US #46
#48Chester8US #58
#49Edwin8US #60
#50Eugene8US #43
#51Everett8US #102
#52Francis8US #33
#53Reginald8
#54Alton7US #194
#55Bernard7US #54
#56Carl7US #26
#57Clifton7US #163
#58Daniel7US #53
#59Edgar7US #83
#60Emile7
#61Lionel7
#62Lloyd7US #74
#63Patrick7US #128
#64Russell7US #55
#65Theodore7US #56
#66Wilbur7US #101
#67Andrew6US #42
#68Antonio6US #187
#69Cecil6US #76
#70Gordon6US #97
#71Irving6US #93
#72Martin6US #75
#73Maurice6US #99
#74Merton6
#75Oscar6US #68
#76Samuel6US #30
#77Wilfred6US #183
#78Archie5US #127
#79Carroll5
#80Edmund5US #142
#81Gerard5
#82Guy5US #136
#83Harvey5US #91
#84Laurence5
#85Leroy5US #59
#86Leslie5US #117
#87Lucien5
#88Mark5
#89Percy5US #173
#90Ray5US #71
#91Roger5US #139
#92Victor5US #81
#93Vincent5US #80
#94Willard5US #114

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑56Olive#31
↑34Thomas#19
↑32Arlene#38
↑29Marjorie#23
↑25Esther#40
↑23Henry#15
↑21Gladys#14
↑21Martha#36

Falling

↓54Laura#84
↓48Ruby#94
↓39Carroll#79
↓34Francis#52
↓34Maurice#73
↓33Cecil#69
↓32Katherine#57
↓30Jeannette#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.