State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,609 Maine births in 1915 across 422 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#38Cecileoutside the national top 200
#42Arlene#193 nationally
#57Carrolloutside the national top 200
#45Jeannette#187 nationally
#64Armandoutside the national top 200
#65Gerardoutside the national top 200
#73Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#74Lucienoutside the national top 200
#69Alton#195 nationally
#81Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#81Earleoutside the national top 200
#82Laurenceoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary237US #1
#2Dorothy185US #3
#3Ruth164US #5
#4Helen141US #2
#5Margaret140US #4
#6Evelyn109US #10
#7Alice108US #13
#8Virginia99US #12
#9Doris93US #34
#10Elizabeth90US #8
#11Frances88US #9
#12Florence83US #14
#13Lillian82US #15
#14Barbara81US #83
#15Mildred81US #6
#16Phyllis75US #100
#17Irene74US #17
#18Marion74US #50
#19Eleanor72US #28
#20Beatrice68US #37
#21Louise66US #18
#22Marie63US #11
#23Pauline62US #32
#24Thelma60US #30
#25Hazel55US #26
#26Eva54US #55
#27Marjorie53US #39
#28Gladys52US #21
#29Marguerite52US #85
#30Bertha50US #46
#31Edith50US #31
#32Edna49US #20
#33Gertrude49US #35
#34Madeline47US #121
#35Rose47US #16
#36Anna45US #7
#37Grace45US #27
#38Cecile41
#39Ethel41US #23
#40Lucille40US #29
#41Olive39US #123
#42Arlene36US #193
#43Kathleen36US #104
#44Catherine33US #19
#45Jeannette33US #187
#46Katherine32US #49
#47Annie30US #36
#48Laura30US #61
#49Ruby30US #24
#50Blanche29US #87
#51Muriel29US #134
#52Elsie28US #41
#53Leona28US #74
#54Charlotte27US #81
#55Ida27US #54
#56Josephine27US #22
#57Esther26US #33
#58Mabel26US #62
#59Agnes24US #45
#60Ella24US #75
#61Lena23US #77
#62Martha23US #25
#63Myrtle23US #58
#64Shirley23US #162
#65Vivian23US #78
#66Bernice22US #42
#67Emma22US #40
#68Geraldine22US #108
#69Theresa22US #93
#70Anne21US #52
#71Beulah21US #95
#72Ellen21US #88
#73Marian21US #86
#74Antoinette20US #173
#75Geneva20US #110
#76Hilda20US #107
#77Minnie20US #68
#78Rita20US #71
#79Viola20US #59
#80Violet20US #82
#81Yvette20
#82Clara19US #38
#83Althea18
#84Annette18
#85Christine18US #125
#86Isabelle18US #178
#87Loretta18US #115
#88Maxine18US #98
#89Arline17
#90Audrey17US #127
#91Avis17
#92Cora17US #119
#93Dora17US #122
#94Flora17US #140
#95Norma17US #118
#96Stella17US #64
#97Velma17US #94
#98Anita16US #164
#99Bessie16US #57
#100Carolyn16US #168

Boys

#1John231US #1
#2George187US #6
#3William171US #2
#4Charles152US #7
#5Robert148US #4
#6James122US #3
#7Joseph121US #5
#8Donald118US #20
#9Arthur101US #18
#10Harold95US #12
#11Edward94US #8
#12Paul80US #13
#13Ralph80US #21
#14Albert75US #17
#15Frank75US #9
#16Richard74US #15
#17Raymond73US #16
#18Kenneth71US #28
#19Lawrence65US #37
#20Roland65US #118
#21Philip59US #69
#22Henry58US #14
#23Stanley58US #34
#24Norman53US #50
#25Ernest51US #35
#26Thomas51US #10
#27Leo48US #47
#28Walter48US #11
#29Harry46US #19
#30Maurice43US #101
#31Alfred41US #42
#32Francis41US #29
#33Herbert40US #40
#34Clarence39US #24
#35Frederick39US #52
#36Louis39US #23
#37Roger36US #124
#38Carl35US #22
#39Bernard34US #48
#40Everett34US #89
#41Fred34US #26
#42Earl33US #33
#43Gordon33US #90
#44Gerald31US #78
#45Leon31US #82
#46Lloyd31US #62
#47Lewis30US #70
#48Arnold29US #91
#49Leonard27US #44
#50Eugene26US #41
#51Howard26US #25
#52Leslie26US #106
#53Edgar24US #85
#54Russell24US #51
#55Clifford23US #61
#56Willard23US #58
#57Carroll22
#58Cecil22US #76
#59Clifton22US #144
#60Clyde22US #63
#61Elmer21US #45
#62Anthony20US #36
#63Edwin20US #53
#64Armand19
#65Gerard19
#66Theodore19US #64
#67Andrew18US #46
#68Wilfred18US #181
#69Alton17US #195
#70Chester17US #54
#71Daniel17US #55
#72Samuel17US #39
#73Linwood16
#74Lucien16
#75Edmund15US #136
#76Floyd15US #59
#77Gilbert15US #100
#78Irving15US #107
#79Leland15US #185
#80David14US #31
#81Earle14
#82Laurence14
#83Malcolm14
#84Merle14US #186
#85Reginald14
#86Roy14US #32
#87Wallace14US #126
#88Warren14US #105
#89Allen13US #99
#90Clayton13US #165
#91Franklin13US #132
#92Harvey13US #95
#93Lester13US #57
#94Lionel13
#95Wendell13
#96Wilbur13US #92
#97Dana12
#98Romeo12
#99Ronald12US #155
#100Vernon12US #80

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑34Eva#26
↑34Lena#61
↑31Ella#60
↑29Clifton#59
↑29Theodore#66
↑24Lucille#40
↑22Shirley#64
↑21Clyde#60

Falling

↓30David#80
↓30Warren#88
↓28Chester#70
↓28Lionel#94
↓27Ronald#99
↓20Blanche#50
↓19Christine#85
↓18Esther#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.