State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,281 Maine births in 1917 across 428 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#50Lioneloutside the national top 200
#53Cecileoutside the national top 200
#57Lucienoutside the national top 200
#38Jeannette#177 nationally
#62Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#31Arlene#167 nationally
#65Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#66Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#69Gerardoutside the national top 200
#73Carrolloutside the national top 200
#68Alton#195 nationally
#76Arlineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary249US #1
#2Dorothy226US #3
#3Helen172US #2
#4Ruth166US #5
#5Margaret124US #4
#6Elizabeth113US #8
#7Frances109US #9
#8Barbara98US #67
#9Evelyn96US #11
#10Alice95US #13
#11Doris91US #25
#12Virginia90US #10
#13Pauline85US #33
#14Phyllis85US #92
#15Eleanor84US #26
#16Florence82US #14
#17Mildred82US #6
#18Irene81US #17
#19Lillian79US #15
#20Marie78US #12
#21Gertrude72US #37
#22Marion72US #45
#23Edith68US #28
#24Marjorie64US #36
#25Rita63US #63
#26Louise62US #19
#27Thelma59US #32
#28Beatrice53US #39
#29Marguerite53US #78
#30Madeline52US #127
#31Arlene47US #167
#32Esther47US #38
#33Eva47US #54
#34Gladys47US #23
#35Lucille47US #29
#36Rose47US #16
#37Catherine46US #18
#38Jeannette45US #177
#39Grace43US #30
#40Edna40US #20
#41Hazel40US #31
#42Bertha39US #51
#43Charlotte39US #76
#44Elsie38US #50
#45Katherine38US #49
#46Ethel37US #24
#47Muriel36US #128
#48Anna35US #7
#49Shirley34US #123
#50Geraldine33US #89
#51Martha33US #22
#52Annie32US #35
#53Cecile32
#54Ida32US #56
#55Kathleen30US #101
#56Bernice29US #42
#57Blanche28US #91
#58Laura28US #65
#59Pearl27US #57
#60Velma27US #99
#61Josephine26US #21
#62Anita25US #137
#63Lois25US #43
#64Maxine25US #93
#65Priscilla25
#66Yvette25
#67Agnes24US #48
#68June24US #73
#69Eileen23US #106
#70Ellen23US #90
#71Hilda23US #112
#72Jane23US #55
#73Jean23US #40
#74Lucy23US #88
#75Nellie23US #64
#76Arline22
#77Clara22US #41
#78Violet22US #84
#79Vivian22US #79
#80Germaine21
#81Mabel21US #68
#82Ruby21US #27
#83Theresa21US #97
#84Vera21US #66
#85Flora20US #145
#86Winifred20US #141
#87Yvonne20
#88Bessie19US #61
#89Lena19US #85
#90Myrtle19US #58
#91Ann18US #44
#92Annette18
#93Avis18
#94Cora18US #126
#95Ella18US #83
#96Jeanette18US #132
#97Jennie18US #81
#98Ada17US #119
#99Alma17US #71
#100Anne17US #53

Boys

#1Robert229US #4
#2John225US #1
#3William155US #2
#4George154US #6
#5Charles150US #7
#6Joseph142US #5
#7James124US #3
#8Harold122US #12
#9Donald110US #20
#10Edward102US #8
#11Arthur100US #17
#12Richard94US #14
#13Raymond84US #16
#14Kenneth82US #27
#15Paul76US #13
#16Ralph74US #21
#17Albert72US #18
#18Lawrence71US #36
#19Frank69US #9
#20Philip66US #66
#21Ernest64US #37
#22Roland63US #117
#23Walter62US #11
#24Herbert54US #40
#25Henry52US #15
#26Leo52US #47
#27Alfred49US #43
#28Norman49US #46
#29Carl47US #24
#30Arnold44US #91
#31Francis44US #30
#32Frederick44US #51
#33Stanley44US #34
#34Louis42US #23
#35Clarence41US #25
#36Thomas41US #10
#37Harry39US #19
#38Gerald36US #69
#39Eugene34US #39
#40Fred34US #29
#41Clifford33US #59
#42David33US #28
#43Wilfred33US #164
#44Howard31US #26
#45Leroy31US #60
#46Maurice31US #101
#47Roger31US #119
#48Earl30US #32
#49Everett30US #94
#50Lionel29
#51Lloyd29US #53
#52Gordon27US #84
#53Leon27US #82
#54Lewis27US #70
#55Edwin26US #55
#56Roy26US #33
#57Lucien25
#58Bernard23US #49
#59Clyde23US #64
#60Russell23US #52
#61Chester22US #56
#62Malcolm22
#63Merle22US #178
#64Peter22US #50
#65Cecil21US #83
#66Clayton21US #166
#67Leonard21US #41
#68Alton20US #195
#69Gerard20
#70Elmer19US #45
#71Floyd19US #62
#72Willard19US #80
#73Carroll18
#74Daniel18US #54
#75Vernon18US #71
#76Benjamin17US #76
#77Earle17
#78Victor17US #78
#79Armand16
#80Edgar16US #88
#81Herman16US #58
#82Irving16US #106
#83Linwood15
#84Vincent15US #65
#85Andrew14US #48
#86Michael14US #44
#87Milton14US #75
#88Ronald14US #165
#89Stephen14US #89
#90Theodore14US #63
#91Claude13US #98
#92Elwood13
#93Guy13US #146
#94Harvey13US #90
#95Patrick13US #154
#96Reginald13
#97Samuel13US #42
#98Dana12
#99Emile12
#100Franklin12US #124

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑46Rita#25
↑37Shirley#49
↑27Arnold#30
↑24Leroy#45
↑23Earle#77
↑21Martha#51
↑21Annie#52
↑21Pearl#59

Falling

↓41Samuel#97
↓35Linwood#83
↓29Theresa#83
↓25Milton#87
↓24Hilda#71
↓23Flora#85
↓22Leonard#67
↓21Myrtle#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.