State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,651 Maine births in 1920 across 445 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#40Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#42Jeannette#189 nationally
#59Carrolloutside the national top 200
#62Lioneloutside the national top 200
#66Arlineoutside the national top 200
#68Gerardoutside the national top 200
#73Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#73Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#74Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#75Lucienoutside the national top 200
#72Alton#197 nationally
#41Constance#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary311US #1
#2Dorothy236US #2
#3Ruth200US #5
#4Margaret177US #4
#5Helen172US #3
#6Barbara145US #47
#7Frances129US #9
#8Phyllis123US #72
#9Elizabeth122US #8
#10Virginia117US #7
#11Alice108US #15
#12Eleanor107US #25
#13Evelyn107US #12
#14Irene100US #17
#15Pauline96US #36
#16Doris89US #14
#17Mildred86US #6
#18Rita82US #52
#19Marie79US #13
#20Marion79US #43
#21Florence76US #16
#22Lillian70US #18
#23Louise67US #19
#24Gertrude63US #42
#25Edith62US #32
#26Marjorie62US #24
#27Beatrice60US #41
#28Catherine60US #21
#29Shirley57US #56
#30Hazel56US #34
#31Muriel56US #123
#32Marguerite54US #93
#33Charlotte48US #79
#34Lucille48US #29
#35Geraldine47US #60
#36Arlene46US #145
#37Grace45US #37
#38Bernice44US #40
#39Ethel44US #30
#40Priscilla44
#41Constance43US #165
#42Jeannette43US #189
#43Edna42US #27
#44Gladys42US #22
#45Anita40US #131
#46Rose39US #20
#47Esther37US #39
#48Anna36US #10
#49June36US #53
#50Bertha34US #57
#51Eva34US #58
#52Laura34US #63
#53Lois34US #38
#54Maxine34US #81
#55Katherine33US #45
#56Lorraine33US #70
#57Madeline33US #138
#58Martha33US #23
#59Blanche31US #102
#60Josephine31US #28
#61Pearl30US #62
#62Theresa30US #108
#63Elsie29US #51
#64Patricia29US #104
#65Thelma29US #31
#66Arline28
#67Norma27US #69
#68Agnes26US #54
#69Annie26US #35
#70Ida26US #66
#71Jean26US #33
#72Olive26US #151
#73Yvette26
#74Jeanne25US #114
#75Leona25US #89
#76Janet24US #124
#77Kathleen24US #91
#78Cecile23
#79Elaine23US #107
#80Jane23US #48
#81Jeanette23US #126
#82Stella23US #82
#83Beulah22US #109
#84Ada21US #136
#85Carolyn21US #150
#86Lena21US #98
#87Loretta21US #120
#88Betty20US #11
#89Beverly20
#90Ella20US #88
#91Ellen20US #92
#92Flora20US #149
#93Geneva20US #106
#94Mabel20US #83
#95Natalie20
#96Viola20US #59
#97Anne19US #65
#98Christine19US #118
#99Emma19US #46
#100Germaine19

Boys

#1Robert288US #3
#2John215US #1
#3Charles172US #5
#4William166US #2
#5George163US #6
#6James157US #4
#7Donald151US #16
#8Joseph149US #7
#9Richard129US #10
#10Edward118US #8
#11Raymond117US #15
#12Harold115US #12
#13Arthur110US #18
#14Albert93US #19
#15Paul88US #14
#16Ralph88US #22
#17Philip80US #71
#18Roland79US #114
#19Kenneth75US #23
#20Lawrence74US #36
#21Frank71US #9
#22Henry65US #17
#23Thomas65US #11
#24Walter65US #13
#25Ernest61US #37
#26Stanley60US #40
#27Leo56US #48
#28Norman55US #47
#29Clarence51US #26
#30Roger51US #103
#31Earl50US #31
#32Eugene49US #30
#33Alfred47US #42
#34Herbert47US #41
#35Francis45US #34
#36Howard44US #24
#37Gerald43US #64
#38Harry43US #21
#39Frederick41US #60
#40Carl39US #27
#41Warren37US #39
#42Bernard36US #46
#43David36US #25
#44Everett36US #95
#45Chester35US #55
#46Maurice35US #102
#47Clifford34US #59
#48Fred33US #33
#49Elmer32US #45
#50Lewis31US #72
#51Louis30US #28
#52Russell30US #51
#53Arnold29US #91
#54Lloyd27US #58
#55Merle27US #171
#56Vernon27US #65
#57Clayton26US #153
#58Wilfred26US #176
#59Carroll25
#60Gordon25US #85
#61Leon25US #75
#62Lionel24
#63Theodore24US #63
#64Lester23US #69
#65Roy23US #32
#66Wallace23US #93
#67Edwin21US #53
#68Gerard21
#69Gilbert21US #97
#70Melvin21US #54
#71Samuel21US #44
#72Alton20US #197
#73Laurence20
#74Linwood20
#75Lucien20
#76Cecil19US #77
#77Franklin19US #119
#78Guy19US #154
#79Leonard19US #38
#80Keith18US #175
#81Milton18US #74
#82Victor18US #81
#83Anthony17US #43
#84Armand17
#85Leland17US #177
#86Wendell17
#87Clyde16US #68
#88Edmund16US #138
#89Emile16
#90Nelson16US #187
#91Earle15
#92Edgar15US #89
#93Andrew14US #49
#94Carleton14
#95Claude14US #92
#96Douglas14US #106
#97Fernand14
#98Malcolm14
#99Vincent14US #73
#100Wilbur14US #98

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑42Constance#41
↑29Samuel#71
↑28Melvin#70
↑27Merle#55
↑23Laura#52
↑20Earl#31
↑20Arnold#53
↑19Vernon#56

Falling

↓46Cecile#78
↓44Christine#98
↓32Clyde#87
↓32Edgar#92
↓29Thelma#65
↓24Louis#51
↓23Anne#97
↓22Madeline#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.