State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,193 Maine births in 1912 across 281 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#47Arleneoutside the national top 200
#51Cecileoutside the national top 200
#56Earleoutside the national top 200
#57Gerardoutside the national top 200
#58Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#59Romeooutside the national top 200
#61Basiloutside the national top 200
#67Carrolloutside the national top 200
#68Avisoutside the national top 200
#54Wilfred#185 nationally
#71Lioneloutside the national top 200
#70Jeannette#199 nationally

Girls

#1Mary131US #1
#2Dorothy129US #3
#3Helen99US #2
#4Ruth94US #5
#5Margaret82US #4
#6Doris77US #48
#7Evelyn69US #13
#8Alice65US #11
#9Florence55US #12
#10Frances55US #9
#11Elizabeth48US #8
#12Irene46US #22
#13Marie46US #10
#14Mildred44US #6
#15Lillian42US #14
#16Marion42US #55
#17Louise40US #17
#18Eleanor39US #39
#19Hazel39US #25
#20Marjorie39US #56
#21Pauline36US #38
#22Phyllis36US #140
#23Gertrude35US #30
#24Grace31US #24
#25Thelma31US #26
#26Eva30US #49
#27Gladys30US #19
#28Madeline30US #124
#29Beatrice29US #37
#30Bertha29US #36
#31Edna29US #16
#32Edith28US #31
#33Marguerite27US #79
#34Anna26US #7
#35Ethel26US #18
#36Catherine24US #21
#37Rose24US #15
#38Virginia24US #20
#39Myrtle23US #50
#40Josephine22US #28
#41Annie21US #27
#42Barbara20US #102
#43Blanche20US #75
#44Elsie20US #42
#45Ida20US #45
#46Laura20US #57
#47Arlene19
#48Katherine18US #53
#49Kathleen18US #118
#50Muriel18US #156
#51Cecile17
#52Emma17US #35
#53Esther17US #33
#54Lena17US #72
#55Beulah16US #80
#56Charlotte16US #91
#57Ellen16US #86
#58Mabel16US #46
#59Ann15US #47
#60Martha15US #29
#61Stella15US #73
#62Ada14US #96
#63Anne14US #58
#64Bernice14US #51
#65Hilda14US #104
#66Leona14US #76
#67Viola14US #52
#68Avis13
#69Clara13US #34
#70Jeannette13US #199
#71Ruby13US #23
#72Velma13US #88
#73Geraldine12US #122
#74Yvonne12
#75Eunice11US #109
#76Nellie11US #59
#77Sylvia11US #77
#78Violet11US #83
#79Vivian11US #84
#80Christine10US #123
#81Geneva10US #116
#82Jennie10US #81
#83Maxine10US #134
#84Olive10US #131
#85Dorothea9US #174
#86Emily9US #105
#87Harriet9US #113
#88Julia9US #44
#89Juliette9
#90Lucienne9
#91Lucille9US #32
#92Lucy9US #78
#93Rena9
#94Vera9US #68
#95Agnes8US #40
#96Alta8
#97Annette8
#98Antoinette8US #194
#99Bessie8US #43
#100Cora8US #98

Boys

#1John117US #1
#2George84US #6
#3William81US #2
#4Charles80US #7
#5Robert71US #4
#6James57US #3
#7Joseph55US #5
#8Arthur47US #15
#9Edward47US #8
#10Donald46US #27
#11Harold44US #13
#12Ralph44US #23
#13Raymond42US #18
#14Kenneth41US #33
#15Frank39US #9
#16Lawrence38US #38
#17Albert33US #17
#18Louis30US #20
#19Richard30US #19
#20Walter29US #11
#21Thomas27US #10
#22Henry26US #12
#23Maurice26US #95
#24Frederick25US #51
#25Harry25US #16
#26Howard25US #25
#27Leo25US #49
#28Paul25US #14
#29Ernest24US #32
#30Herbert23US #39
#31Clarence22US #21
#32Fred22US #26
#33Roland20US #127
#34David19US #29
#35Norman19US #61
#36Philip19US #69
#37Alfred18US #40
#38Lewis18US #68
#39Stanley18US #43
#40Eugene17US #41
#41Leon17US #79
#42Francis16US #35
#43Bernard15US #60
#44Gerald15US #87
#45Carl14US #24
#46Elmer14US #47
#47Leonard14US #45
#48Everett13US #96
#49Gordon13US #93
#50Woodrow13US #46
#51Chester12US #55
#52Lloyd12US #70
#53Theodore12US #52
#54Wilfred12US #185
#55Earl11US #34
#56Earle11
#57Gerard11
#58Malcolm11
#59Romeo11
#60Arnold10US #99
#61Basil10
#62Daniel10US #53
#63Edwin10US #54
#64Peter10US #48
#65Samuel10US #30
#66Anthony9US #37
#67Carroll9
#68Edgar9US #85
#69Floyd9US #59
#70Herman9US #50
#71Lionel9
#72Roger9US #138
#73Alton8US #192
#74Andrew8US #44
#75Clayton8US #169
#76Clifford8US #62
#77Leroy8US #66
#78Martin8US #75
#79Percy8US #174
#80Stephen8US #88
#81Vincent8US #72
#82Cecil7US #76
#83Edmond7
#84Irving7US #94
#85Leslie7US #108
#86Lester7US #58
#87Linwood7
#88Patrick7US #145
#89Reginald7
#90Victor7US #81
#91Warren7US #107
#92Allen6US #103
#93Armand6
#94Clifton6US #148
#95Clinton6US #161
#96Clyde6US #65
#97Dana6
#98Fernand6
#99Gilbert6US #115
#100Guy6US #140

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑50Maurice#23
↑38Laura#46
↑37Ida#45
↑34Ada#62
↑30Madeline#28
↑29Ann#59
↑26Kathleen#49
↑24Ellen#57

Falling

↓53Olive#84
↓46Linwood#87
↓37Clifton#94
↓36Agnes#95
↓36Reginald#89
↓31Clayton#75
↓31Clifford#76
↓30Bernice#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.