State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,010 Maine births in 1921 across 459 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#36Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#41Cecileoutside the national top 200
#43Gerardoutside the national top 200
#37Jeannette#191 nationally
#55Lioneloutside the national top 200
#65Alton#200 nationally
#66Carrolloutside the national top 200
#68Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#57Wilfred#189 nationally
#73Julietteoutside the national top 200
#74Avisoutside the national top 200
#76Laurenceoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary293US #1
#2Dorothy222US #2
#3Margaret166US #4
#4Ruth164US #5
#5Helen148US #3
#6Phyllis143US #60
#7Virginia122US #6
#8Barbara121US #40
#9Frances121US #9
#10Rita121US #48
#11Pauline109US #37
#12Elizabeth102US #10
#13Marie102US #14
#14Alice97US #15
#15Florence94US #17
#16Lillian88US #19
#17Eleanor85US #29
#18Doris83US #13
#19Irene83US #18
#20Evelyn82US #12
#21Marjorie77US #16
#22Marion76US #43
#23Mildred73US #7
#24Arlene64US #138
#25Gertrude62US #46
#26Louise62US #22
#27Hazel56US #34
#28Shirley56US #44
#29Constance50US #149
#30Geraldine50US #62
#31Muriel49US #119
#32Beatrice48US #41
#33Ethel48US #32
#34Grace48US #35
#35Edith46US #33
#36Priscilla46
#37Jeannette45US #191
#38Lucille45US #31
#39Thelma45US #30
#40Laura44US #71
#41Cecile43
#42Madeline43US #139
#43Norma43US #51
#44Esther42US #42
#45Charlotte41US #79
#46Anita40US #134
#47Bertha40US #59
#48Catherine40US #23
#49Eva40US #63
#50Gladys40US #24
#51Patricia40US #84
#52Theresa40US #107
#53Kathleen39US #83
#54Hilda37US #123
#55Martha37US #21
#56Edna36US #27
#57Marguerite36US #98
#58Rose36US #20
#59Anna33US #11
#60Annie33US #36
#61Jean31US #25
#62Jeanne31US #109
#63Josephine31US #28
#64June31US #50
#65Bernice29US #39
#66Ida29US #67
#67Katherine29US #49
#68Anne28US #70
#69Beverly27US #186
#70Christine27US #118
#71Lois27US #38
#72Betty26US #8
#73Juliette25
#74Avis24
#75Blanche24US #112
#76Clara24US #45
#77Elaine24US #97
#78Mabel24US #85
#79Maxine24US #77
#80Myrtle24US #73
#81Agnes23US #56
#82Pearl23US #65
#83Stella23US #86
#84Violet23US #81
#85Jane22US #47
#86Lorraine22US #61
#87Carolyn21US #146
#88Ellen21US #95
#89Elsie21US #55
#90Emily21US #121
#91Jeanette21US #125
#92Sylvia21US #88
#93Viola21US #66
#94Vivian21US #68
#95Lena20US #104
#96Nellie20US #80
#97Olive20US #154
#98Annette19
#99Leona19US #92
#100Marian19US #69

Boys

#1Robert289US #2
#2John268US #1
#3William196US #3
#4George192US #6
#5Richard172US #10
#6Charles169US #5
#7Joseph155US #7
#8Donald151US #13
#9James142US #4
#10Raymond132US #16
#11Harold120US #12
#12Edward118US #8
#13Arthur112US #19
#14Ralph97US #23
#15Paul92US #14
#16Kenneth86US #22
#17Albert83US #20
#18Philip80US #72
#19Norman78US #46
#20Roland78US #107
#21Frank75US #9
#22Lawrence75US #37
#23Walter71US #15
#24Stanley62US #41
#25Thomas61US #11
#26Roger59US #99
#27Gerald58US #60
#28Ernest56US #38
#29Henry54US #17
#30Maurice53US #101
#31Warren53US #24
#32Harry52US #21
#33Bernard51US #45
#34Francis50US #35
#35Alfred48US #43
#36Carl44US #30
#37Louis44US #29
#38Clarence43US #28
#39Frederick43US #61
#40Howard43US #27
#41Leo42US #50
#42Fred40US #33
#43Gerard40
#44Herbert38US #42
#45Lloyd37US #58
#46David36US #25
#47Everett36US #95
#48Earl35US #31
#49Eugene35US #26
#50Arnold32US #91
#51Lewis29US #71
#52Clifford28US #62
#53Leon28US #74
#54Leonard27US #39
#55Lionel26
#56Russell26US #52
#57Wilfred26US #189
#58Chester24US #56
#59Clayton23US #158
#60Daniel23US #49
#61Gilbert23US #103
#62Leroy23US #55
#63Leslie23US #106
#64Merle23US #173
#65Alton22US #200
#66Carroll22
#67Edwin22US #54
#68Linwood22
#69Cecil21US #79
#70Gordon21US #84
#71Lester21US #66
#72Ronald21US #154
#73Wallace21US #88
#74Andrew20US #51
#75Clyde20US #69
#76Laurence20
#77Reginald20
#78Edgar19US #90
#79Elmer19US #48
#80Fernand19
#81Herman18US #64
#82Samuel18US #44
#83Stephen18US #97
#84Anthony17US #40
#85Armand17
#86Guy17US #140
#87Maynard17
#88Nelson17US #194
#89Vincent17US #70
#90Franklin16US #126
#91Percy16
#92Roy16US #32
#93Vernon16US #68
#94Willard16US #89
#95Camille15
#96Douglas15US #111
#97Emile15
#98Harvey15US #87
#99Lucien15
#100Rene15

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑37Cecile#41
↑29Anne#68
↑28Christine#70
↑26Thelma#39
↑25Gerard#43
↑25Leonard#54
↑24Norma#43
↑24Kathleen#53

Falling

↓37Vernon#93
↓30Lorraine#86
↓30Elmer#79
↓27Bernice#65
↓27Roy#92
↓26Elsie#89
↓25Marguerite#57
↓25Maxine#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.