State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,841 Maine births in 1913 across 305 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#47Cecileoutside the national top 200
#50Arleneoutside the national top 200
#51Merleoutside the national top 200
#54Carrolloutside the national top 200
#55Avisoutside the national top 200
#56Gerardoutside the national top 200
#38Wilfred#180 nationally
#59Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#59Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#60Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#56Jeannette#192 nationally
#48Clayton#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary140US #1
#2Dorothy125US #3
#3Helen106US #2
#4Ruth99US #5
#5Margaret79US #4
#6Elizabeth75US #8
#7Alice66US #11
#8Evelyn64US #12
#9Doris56US #44
#10Frances56US #9
#11Irene56US #21
#12Eleanor51US #34
#13Florence49US #13
#14Marion49US #51
#15Mildred49US #6
#16Lillian43US #16
#17Louise42US #17
#18Phyllis39US #122
#19Virginia37US #15
#20Beatrice36US #37
#21Gertrude36US #33
#22Barbara35US #94
#23Thelma34US #26
#24Edith33US #29
#25Edna33US #18
#26Eva33US #50
#27Gladys32US #19
#28Marie31US #10
#29Catherine30US #22
#30Marjorie30US #48
#31Hazel29US #27
#32Charlotte28US #87
#33Marguerite28US #78
#34Mabel27US #56
#35Pauline27US #35
#36Esther26US #32
#37Anna25US #7
#38Madeline25US #117
#39Grace24US #25
#40Bertha23US #39
#41Ethel23US #20
#42Hilda23US #105
#43Elsie22US #40
#44Muriel22US #137
#45Bernice21US #45
#46Nellie21US #58
#47Cecile20
#48Laura20US #62
#49Anne19US #57
#50Arlene19
#51Rose19US #14
#52Ruby18US #23
#53Clara17US #36
#54Annie16US #30
#55Avis16
#56Jeannette16US #192
#57Olive16US #129
#58Viola16US #52
#59Yvonne16
#60Agnes15US #41
#61Blanche15US #76
#62Ida15US #49
#63Maxine15US #119
#64Shirley15US #169
#65Alma14US #64
#66Christine14US #124
#67Josephine14US #24
#68Lena14US #73
#69Harriet13US #125
#70Janet13US #162
#71Jennie13US #80
#72Kathleen13US #110
#73Velma13US #89
#74Yvette13
#75Emma12US #38
#76Jean12US #60
#77Lucille12US #31
#78Lucy12US #77
#79Rena12
#80Theresa12US #97
#81Winifred12US #157
#82Anita11US #193
#83Dorothea11US #176
#84Emily11US #99
#85Flora11US #132
#86Jessie11US #61
#87Katherine11US #54
#88Myrtle11US #53
#89Norma11US #139
#90Rita11US #116
#91Vera11US #68
#92Ada10US #104
#93Althea10
#94Ella10US #70
#95Jeanne10
#96Laurette10
#97Martha10US #28
#98Carmen9
#99Corinne9
#100Elinor9

Boys

#1John146US #1
#2George107US #6
#3Joseph93US #5
#4William87US #2
#5Robert76US #4
#6James71US #3
#7Charles69US #7
#8Arthur62US #17
#9Donald58US #25
#10Edward56US #8
#11Harold53US #13
#12Walter51US #11
#13Raymond50US #18
#14Frank49US #9
#15Richard47US #19
#16Albert46US #16
#17Lawrence42US #35
#18Kenneth39US #33
#19Philip37US #69
#20Paul36US #14
#21Ralph32US #22
#22Leo31US #48
#23Thomas31US #10
#24Henry30US #12
#25Stanley30US #41
#26Francis29US #30
#27Frederick29US #49
#28Alfred25US #42
#29Clarence25US #21
#30Ernest25US #34
#31Carl24US #23
#32Harry23US #15
#33Louis23US #20
#34Roland21US #128
#35Gordon19US #94
#36Herbert19US #39
#37Lewis19US #72
#38Wilfred19US #180
#39Roy18US #32
#40Chester17US #56
#41David17US #29
#42Edgar17US #87
#43Gerald17US #84
#44Maurice17US #95
#45Norman17US #57
#46Vincent17US #66
#47Eugene16US #43
#48Clayton15US #181
#49Earl15US #31
#50Howard15US #26
#51Merle15
#52Arnold14US #92
#53Bernard14US #52
#54Carroll14
#55Fred14US #27
#56Gerard14
#57Theodore14US #60
#58Daniel13US #54
#59Linwood13
#60Malcolm13
#61Woodrow13US #44
#62Edwin12US #55
#63Everett12US #97
#64Leon12US #81
#65Lloyd12US #67
#66Russell12US #50
#67Warren12US #109
#68Clifton11US #149
#69Elmer11US #45
#70Leroy11US #63
#71Ronald11US #167
#72Clyde10US #64
#73Lionel10
#74Oscar10US #76
#75Owen10
#76Perley10
#77Roger10US #138
#78Laurence9
#79Leslie9US #105
#80Lester9US #59
#81Michael9US #40
#82Wilbur9US #91
#83Cecil8US #74
#84Claude8US #88
#85Edmond8
#86Edmund8US #131
#87Guy8US #137
#88Keith8
#89Leland8US #200
#90Leonard8US #46
#91Peter8US #51
#92Reginald8
#93Victor8US #80
#94Armand7
#95Gilbert7US #103
#96Lucien7
#97Marshall7US #164
#98Raoul7
#99Stephen7US #86
#100Willard7US #99

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑35Agnes#60
↑35Vincent#46
↑30Nellie#46
↑28Linwood#59
↑27Olive#57
↑27Clayton#48
↑26Edgar#42
↑26Clifton#68

Falling

↓49Myrtle#88
↓43Leonard#90
↓39Katherine#87
↓37Martha#97
↓30Ada#92
↓27Josephine#67
↓27Peter#91
↓24Howard#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.