State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,839 Maine births in 1924 across 469 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#32Gerardoutside the national top 200
#34Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#43Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#49Armandoutside the national top 200
#51Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#54Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#55Cecileoutside the national top 200
#58Fernandoutside the national top 200
#60Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#55Wilfred#194 nationally
#64Thereseoutside the national top 200
#70Marceloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary289US #1
#2Dorothy205US #2
#3Barbara176US #28
#4Ruth172US #6
#5Margaret137US #5
#6Helen136US #3
#7Rita132US #49
#8Elizabeth126US #11
#9Doris116US #9
#10Frances116US #10
#11Pauline113US #38
#12Virginia112US #7
#13Phyllis102US #44
#14Shirley101US #19
#15Alice99US #15
#16Marie96US #14
#17Irene93US #18
#18Marjorie88US #17
#19Eleanor87US #29
#20Theresa84US #96
#21Evelyn75US #12
#22Geraldine75US #58
#23Florence74US #20
#24Lorraine73US #52
#25Marion70US #46
#26Mildred69US #8
#27Lucille66US #37
#28Muriel66US #126
#29Lillian65US #23
#30Gloria62US #41
#31Betty61US #4
#32Louise61US #24
#33Beatrice59US #50
#34Priscilla58
#35Arlene56US #122
#36Gertrude56US #60
#37June54US #45
#38Patricia53US #35
#39Edith52US #36
#40Catherine50US #27
#41Charlotte49US #80
#42Jean47US #16
#43Jeannette47
#44Norma47US #40
#45Grace46US #43
#46Kathleen46US #76
#47Maxine46US #77
#48Gladys44US #30
#49Marguerite44US #125
#50Constance43US #154
#51Lois40US #22
#52Thelma40US #33
#53Elaine39US #73
#54Madeline39US #150
#55Cecile38
#56Beverly37US #121
#57Hazel37US #42
#58Annie35US #32
#59Bernice35US #47
#60Joan35US #95
#61Martha35US #21
#62Esther34US #51
#63Pearl34US #78
#64Therese34
#65Bertha33US #65
#66Blanche33US #137
#67Carolyn32US #127
#68Ethel32US #39
#69Leona32US #103
#70Edna31US #31
#71Sylvia31US #104
#72Yvette31
#73Anna30US #13
#74Marilyn30US #101
#75Rachel30US #157
#76Anita29US #142
#77Katherine29US #59
#78Laura28US #72
#79Jacqueline27US #148
#80Jeanne27US #90
#81Jane26US #53
#82Viola26US #82
#83Eva25US #66
#84Rose25US #25
#85Althea24
#86Christine24US #115
#87Ida24US #70
#88Jeanette24US #134
#89Josephine24US #34
#90Joyce24US #83
#91Agnes23US #63
#92Ellen23US #99
#93Juliette23
#94Roberta23US #147
#95Vivian23US #71
#96Hilda22US #141
#97Julia22US #62
#98Natalie22
#99Avis21
#100Elsie21US #61

Boys

#1Robert352US #1
#2John255US #2
#3William211US #3
#4George199US #6
#5Richard196US #8
#6Joseph181US #7
#7Charles179US #5
#8Donald170US #10
#9James157US #4
#10Raymond138US #15
#11Harold135US #13
#12Kenneth122US #19
#13Arthur105US #20
#14Paul104US #14
#15Edward102US #9
#16Roland101US #98
#17Ralph89US #23
#18Lawrence84US #36
#19Albert83US #21
#20Frank80US #12
#21Roger76US #93
#22Norman74US #42
#23Philip74US #71
#24Walter74US #16
#25Francis70US #34
#26Frederick68US #62
#27Henry61US #18
#28Leo61US #51
#29Thomas59US #11
#30Gerald56US #49
#31Earl55US #33
#32Gerard54
#33Herbert53US #41
#34Stanley53US #40
#35Ernest51US #37
#36Harry49US #22
#37Clarence47US #29
#38Fred44US #32
#39Bernard43US #46
#40Alfred40US #43
#41Louis40US #28
#42David39US #24
#43Maurice39US #102
#44Carl38US #27
#45Eugene36US #25
#46Everett36US #104
#47Clifford34US #64
#48Howard34US #26
#49Armand31
#50Clayton31US #153
#51Reginald31
#52Russell31US #52
#53Edwin29US #55
#54Linwood28
#55Wilfred28US #194
#56Calvin27US #44
#57Lloyd26US #61
#58Fernand25
#59Lewis25US #77
#60Malcolm25
#61Chester24US #67
#62Douglas24US #105
#63Elmer24US #57
#64Roy24US #31
#65Theodore24US #65
#66Warren24US #58
#67Clyde23US #69
#68Gordon23US #75
#69Leroy23US #53
#70Marcel21
#71Romeo21
#72Edgar20US #96
#73Merle20US #184
#74Normand20
#75Ronald20US #130
#76Gilbert19US #100
#77Herman19US #70
#78Leon19US #76
#79Daniel18US #47
#80Laurence18
#81Leonard18US #38
#82Peter18US #59
#83Stephen18US #110
#84Wallace18US #87
#85Vernon17US #68
#86Carroll16
#87Floyd16US #66
#88Jean16
#89Lionel16
#90Lucien16
#91Maynard16
#92Anthony15US #39
#93Arnold15US #95
#94Clinton15US #174
#95Earle15
#96Milton15US #81
#97Rene15
#98Bertrand14
#99Cecil14US #85
#100Claude14US #103

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑36Calvin#56
↑33Joan#60
↑30Therese#64
↑29Betty#31
↑26Clyde#67
↑25Marilyn#74
↑25Edwin#53
↑22Lorraine#24

Falling

↓40Arnold#93
↓34Anita#76
↓32Anna#73
↓31Josephine#89
↓30Lucien#90
↓29Leon#78
↓25Rose#84
↓24Ronald#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.