State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,621 Maine births in 1914 across 384 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#36Arleneoutside the national top 200
#37Cecileoutside the national top 200
#52Armandoutside the national top 200
#45Jeannette#189 nationally
#61Germaineoutside the national top 200
#61Carrolloutside the national top 200
#66Lioneloutside the national top 200
#71Merleoutside the national top 200
#74Earleoutside the national top 200
#75Avisoutside the national top 200
#76Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#77Myronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary182US #1
#2Dorothy178US #3
#3Ruth133US #5
#4Helen116US #2
#5Margaret113US #4
#6Elizabeth107US #8
#7Mildred85US #7
#8Florence79US #13
#9Evelyn77US #11
#10Doris75US #36
#11Irene75US #22
#12Alice74US #12
#13Marion74US #50
#14Lillian70US #16
#15Frances67US #9
#16Eleanor63US #28
#17Gertrude63US #32
#18Phyllis59US #113
#19Virginia59US #14
#20Marjorie57US #45
#21Barbara54US #82
#22Thelma52US #26
#23Beatrice50US #38
#24Hazel50US #29
#25Louise50US #17
#26Marie50US #10
#27Pauline49US #34
#28Bertha44US #41
#29Anna43US #6
#30Blanche43US #80
#31Edna42US #19
#32Gladys42US #20
#33Edith40US #31
#34Katherine39US #48
#35Madeline39US #116
#36Arlene38
#37Cecile38
#38Rose38US #15
#39Esther35US #35
#40Ethel35US #21
#41Grace34US #25
#42Catherine32US #18
#43Marguerite32US #84
#44Laura31US #59
#45Jeannette28US #189
#46Muriel27US #133
#47Pearl26US #56
#48Ida25US #49
#49Mabel25US #58
#50Martha25US #27
#51Elsie24US #46
#52Josephine24US #23
#53Olive24US #127
#54Annie23US #33
#55Harriet23US #111
#56Leona23US #79
#57Lucy23US #73
#58Anne22US #53
#59Charlotte22US #88
#60Eva22US #52
#61Germaine22
#62Ruby22US #24
#63Kathleen21US #110
#64Lucille21US #30
#65Agnes20US #44
#66Christine20US #117
#67Nellie20US #61
#68Violet20US #83
#69Alma19US #69
#70Bernice19US #43
#71Clara19US #37
#72Hilda19US #103
#73Jennie19US #77
#74Myrtle19US #60
#75Avis18
#76Lois18US #51
#77Rita18US #87
#78Beulah17US #96
#79June17US #132
#80Yvette17
#81Ada16US #106
#82Emma16US #39
#83Geraldine16US #123
#84Loretta16US #122
#85Priscilla16
#86Shirley16US #160
#87Sylvia16US #70
#88Ann15US #40
#89Arline15
#90Dora15US #121
#91Ella15US #72
#92Isabelle15US #180
#93Jean15US #54
#94Julia15US #42
#95Lena15US #75
#96Madelyn15
#97Cora14US #105
#98Rachel14US #151
#99Vera14US #68
#100Audrey13US #138

Boys

#1John178US #1
#2Robert153US #4
#3William131US #2
#4George130US #6
#5Charles119US #7
#6Joseph107US #5
#7Donald79US #23
#8James76US #3
#9Edward74US #8
#10Harold74US #14
#11Arthur72US #18
#12Lawrence71US #35
#13Kenneth69US #30
#14Frank67US #9
#15Richard63US #17
#16Raymond58US #16
#17Walter55US #10
#18Ralph53US #21
#19Paul52US #13
#20Albert51US #15
#21Maurice48US #94
#22Roland46US #121
#23Herbert44US #42
#24Henry43US #12
#25Louis42US #20
#26Leo41US #47
#27Philip41US #68
#28Stanley40US #39
#29Ernest37US #38
#30Francis36US #31
#31Harry35US #19
#32Norman35US #54
#33Clarence34US #22
#34Fred34US #28
#35Frederick33US #52
#36Thomas33US #11
#37Lewis30US #72
#38Earl29US #33
#39Carl28US #24
#40Howard28US #26
#41Alfred27US #41
#42Chester26US #56
#43Bernard25US #50
#44Gerald25US #81
#45Edwin24US #53
#46Roger24US #126
#47Russell24US #49
#48Clifford23US #62
#49Elmer21US #46
#50David20US #29
#51Eugene19US #43
#52Armand17
#53Arnold17US #97
#54Everett17US #90
#55Leon17US #85
#56Lloyd17US #66
#57Samuel17US #36
#58Warren17US #108
#59Gordon16US #88
#60Milton16US #69
#61Carroll15
#62Cecil15US #79
#63Claude15US #93
#64Herman15US #51
#65Leonard15US #45
#66Lionel15
#67Edgar14US #87
#68Edmund14US #130
#69Floyd14US #58
#70Gilbert14US #104
#71Merle14
#72Ronald14US #163
#73Willard14US #92
#74Earle13
#75Lester13US #57
#76Linwood13
#77Myron13
#78Peter13US #48
#79Victor13US #76
#80Benjamin12US #70
#81Clyde12US #63
#82Daniel12US #55
#83Fernand12
#84Leroy12US #60
#85Michael12US #40
#86Oscar12US #77
#87Clayton11US #158
#88Clifton11US #150
#89Guy11US #156
#90Harvey11US #95
#91Lucien11
#92Malcolm11
#93Reginald11
#94Shirley11
#95Theodore11US #64
#96Wilbur11US #96
#97Horace10US #125
#98Maynard10
#99Nelson10US #171
#100Percy10US #190

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑53Katherine#34
↑47Martha#50
↑42Armand#52
↑31Blanche#30
↑31Roger#46
↑27Willard#73
↑25Leonard#65
↑25Gilbert#70

Falling

↓39Clayton#87
↓38Theodore#95
↓34Eva#60
↓32Malcolm#92
↓30Hilda#72
↓27Charlotte#59
↓27Lena#95
↓25Bernice#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.