State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,059 Maine births in 1922 across 456 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#27Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#32Gerardoutside the national top 200
#43Jeannette#197 nationally
#49Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#60Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#51Wilfred#191 nationally
#63Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#65Cecileoutside the national top 200
#65Fernandoutside the national top 200
#67Carletonoutside the national top 200
#71Carltonoutside the national top 200
#72Earleoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary296US #1
#2Dorothy213US #2
#3Ruth199US #5
#4Helen161US #3
#5Margaret160US #4
#6Barbara145US #40
#7Virginia135US #7
#8Rita123US #52
#9Elizabeth118US #9
#10Pauline114US #36
#11Frances112US #10
#12Phyllis110US #53
#13Irene93US #17
#14Doris91US #11
#15Mildred91US #8
#16Marie89US #14
#17Alice88US #15
#18Eleanor82US #28
#19Evelyn82US #13
#20Marion80US #42
#21Lillian75US #19
#22Lucille75US #33
#23Marjorie72US #16
#24Shirley72US #39
#25Florence69US #18
#26Arlene63US #133
#27Priscilla63
#28Gertrude59US #48
#29Louise56US #22
#30Gladys53US #25
#31June52US #45
#32Geraldine51US #58
#33Jean51US #20
#34Muriel51US #112
#35Edith49US #34
#36Beatrice48US #43
#37Marguerite48US #106
#38Edna47US #29
#39Thelma46US #31
#40Norma44US #46
#41Bernice43US #41
#42Eva43US #64
#43Jeannette42US #197
#44Madeline42US #143
#45Anna41US #12
#46Anita40US #141
#47Catherine39US #24
#48Hazel39US #37
#49Patricia39US #69
#50Annie38US #30
#51Lorraine38US #56
#52Charlotte37US #76
#53Rose37US #23
#54Theresa37US #109
#55Katherine36US #54
#56Kathleen35US #80
#57Constance34US #149
#58Gloria34US #61
#59Grace34US #38
#60Esther33US #44
#61Blanche31US #115
#62Martha31US #21
#63Yvette31
#64Betty30US #6
#65Cecile30
#66Elaine30US #102
#67Ethel30US #32
#68Leona29US #101
#69Bertha28US #63
#70Christine28US #116
#71Elsie27US #59
#72Joan27US #127
#73Laura27US #68
#74Jane26US #55
#75Mabel26US #99
#76Clara25US #47
#77Josephine25US #27
#78Marilyn25US #145
#79Maxine25US #82
#80Verna25US #146
#81Olive24US #169
#82Anne23US #66
#83Annette23
#84Janet23US #129
#85Pearl23US #71
#86Viola23US #72
#87Madelyn22
#88Harriet21US #117
#89Hilda21US #131
#90Jeanne21US #97
#91Myrtle21US #75
#92Sylvia21US #94
#93Agnes20US #62
#94Claire20US #167
#95Emily20US #121
#96Joyce20US #126
#97Lois20US #35
#98Violet20US #86
#99Alma19US #84
#100Audrey19US #89

Boys

#1Robert328US #2
#2John254US #1
#3George204US #6
#4William186US #3
#5Joseph178US #7
#6Richard176US #9
#7Charles151US #5
#8Donald137US #12
#9James136US #4
#10Harold130US #13
#11Edward118US #8
#12Raymond107US #16
#13Paul103US #14
#14Arthur101US #19
#15Frank89US #10
#16Kenneth87US #21
#17Ralph82US #23
#18Philip79US #70
#19Albert77US #20
#20Roland77US #115
#21Lawrence76US #36
#22Ernest74US #37
#23Walter71US #15
#24Norman66US #44
#25Francis65US #34
#26Roger61US #96
#27Leo55US #51
#28Clarence54US #29
#29Frederick51US #60
#30Herbert51US #40
#31Thomas50US #11
#32Gerard49
#33Maurice49US #103
#34Bernard48US #46
#35Earl48US #31
#36Everett47US #98
#37Gerald47US #58
#38Howard47US #26
#39Russell44US #49
#40Carl43US #30
#41Harry42US #22
#42Stanley42US #41
#43Eugene41US #25
#44Henry40US #17
#45Wallace37US #87
#46David36US #24
#47Fred36US #33
#48Louis36US #27
#49Linwood34
#50Arnold31US #94
#51Wilfred31US #191
#52Alfred30US #42
#53Edwin30US #52
#54Gordon30US #76
#55Leon30US #77
#56Clayton29US #160
#57Lewis28US #75
#58Daniel27US #47
#59Lloyd27US #59
#60Malcolm27
#61Clifford26US #63
#62Warren25US #45
#63Clyde24US #67
#64Edgar24US #93
#65Fernand23
#66Elmer22US #54
#67Carleton21
#68Leroy20US #55
#69Patrick20US #152
#70Roy20US #32
#71Carlton19
#72Earle19
#73Lucien19
#74Ronald19US #147
#75Floyd18US #61
#76Franklin18US #126
#77Lester18US #69
#78Merle18US #172
#79Armand17
#80Guy17US #141
#81Lionel17
#82Melvin17US #50
#83Percy17
#84Gilbert16US #100
#85Theodore16US #62
#86Alton15US #187
#87Chester15US #64
#88Dana15
#89Jean15
#90Leland15US #183
#91Leonard15US #38
#92Peter15US #57
#93Rene15
#94Vincent15US #71
#95Willard15US #91
#96Carroll14
#97Douglas14US #106
#98Emile14
#99Harvey14US #88
#100Phillip14US #164

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑35Lorraine#51
↑33June#31
↑31Leona#68
↑28Jean#33
↑28Wallace#45
↑26Lucien#73
↑24Bernice#41
↑22Roy#70

Falling

↓37Leonard#91
↓35Hilda#89
↓34Ethel#67
↓33Laura#73
↓31Warren#62
↓30Carroll#96
↓29Chester#87
↓28Constance#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.