State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,029 Maine births in 1925 across 452 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#43Gerardoutside the national top 200
#40Jeannette#195 nationally
#46Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#49Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#50Thereseoutside the national top 200
#59Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#60Armandoutside the national top 200
#69Cecileoutside the national top 200
#69Lioneloutside the national top 200
#70Normandoutside the national top 200
#76Annetteoutside the national top 200
#67Carroll#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary285US #1
#2Barbara200US #22
#3Dorothy181US #2
#4Ruth163US #6
#5Elizabeth123US #10
#6Margaret116US #5
#7Phyllis110US #40
#8Helen109US #4
#9Pauline107US #38
#10Marie104US #16
#11Virginia99US #7
#12Frances98US #11
#13Theresa95US #80
#14Doris92US #8
#15Alice90US #15
#16Eleanor90US #31
#17Irene89US #19
#18Shirley85US #17
#19Rita81US #48
#20Evelyn78US #12
#21Lillian77US #25
#22Patricia77US #28
#23Marion72US #47
#24Marjorie70US #21
#25Lorraine62US #51
#26Lucille61US #41
#27Mildred61US #9
#28Geraldine60US #54
#29Gloria60US #20
#30Arlene59US #120
#31Louise58US #27
#32Constance57US #152
#33Florence57US #24
#34Jean57US #14
#35Norma56US #34
#36Gertrude54US #70
#37Betty53US #3
#38Kathleen52US #81
#39June48US #39
#40Jeannette46US #195
#41Madeline46US #158
#42Beatrice44US #50
#43Charlotte44US #77
#44Edith44US #42
#45Lois42US #18
#46Thelma42US #35
#47Muriel41US #126
#48Joyce40US #59
#49Priscilla39
#50Therese39
#51Hazel38US #45
#52Grace37US #44
#53Beverly36US #105
#54Jacqueline35US #135
#55Joan35US #66
#56Marguerite33US #132
#57Maxine33US #79
#58Bernice31US #46
#59Marilyn31US #83
#60Rose31US #26
#61Catherine30US #29
#62Christine30US #123
#63Ethel30US #43
#64Katherine30US #61
#65Laura30US #75
#66Gladys29US #33
#67Jeanne29US #89
#68Martha29US #23
#69Cecile28
#70Josephine28US #36
#71Vivian28US #76
#72Ida27US #82
#73Anna26US #13
#74Elaine26US #73
#75Sylvia26US #106
#76Annette25
#77Bertha25US #74
#78Esther25US #56
#79Geneva25US #109
#80Anita24US #146
#81Annie24US #32
#82Carolyn24US #127
#83Hilda24US #142
#84Olive24
#85Yvette24
#86Avis23
#87Clara23US #55
#88Elsie23US #63
#89Blanche22US #138
#90Edna22US #37
#91Ruby22US #30
#92Georgette21
#93Juliette20
#94Natalie20
#95Jane19US #53
#96Janet19US #111
#97Rachel19US #165
#98Eva18US #71
#99Yvonne18
#100Gwendolyn17

Boys

#1Robert400US #1
#2John257US #2
#3Richard224US #8
#4William195US #3
#5Donald190US #10
#6Charles159US #5
#7George150US #6
#8James145US #4
#9Joseph141US #7
#10Raymond128US #15
#11Paul112US #13
#12Edward108US #9
#13Albert106US #21
#14Arthur104US #20
#15Harold100US #14
#16Kenneth100US #19
#17Roland91US #98
#18Ralph84US #25
#19Lawrence81US #36
#20Walter81US #16
#21Frank76US #12
#22Philip74US #75
#23Roger72US #90
#24Francis63US #35
#25Henry62US #18
#26Eugene61US #24
#27Norman61US #41
#28Ernest59US #37
#29Clarence57US #30
#30Leo57US #54
#31Louis54US #29
#32Bernard51US #48
#33Herbert51US #42
#34Harry48US #23
#35Gerald45US #45
#36Carl44US #28
#37Thomas44US #11
#38Alfred43US #43
#39Frederick42US #65
#40Maurice42US #111
#41David41US #22
#42Earl41US #31
#43Gerard41
#44Stanley40US #40
#45Howard38US #26
#46Reginald36
#47Gordon35US #72
#48Everett33US #108
#49Lewis33US #79
#50Clayton32US #162
#51Arnold30US #95
#52Ronald30US #104
#53Elmer28US #61
#54Lloyd28US #62
#55Clyde27US #68
#56Floyd27US #58
#57Fred27US #33
#58Russell27US #53
#59Malcolm26
#60Armand25
#61Calvin25US #47
#62Edwin25US #57
#63Roy25US #32
#64Leon24US #76
#65Leonard23US #38
#66Leroy23US #52
#67Carroll22US #189
#68Lester22US #81
#69Lionel22
#70Normand22
#71Clifford21US #59
#72Daniel21US #44
#73Edgar21US #96
#74Cecil20US #87
#75Warren20US #66
#76Andrew19US #56
#77Theodore19US #63
#78Wilfred19US #188
#79Alton18US #197
#80Leslie18US #119
#81Linwood18
#82Bertrand17
#83Chester17US #73
#84Merle17US #175
#85Milton17US #80
#86Phillip17US #160
#87Vernon17US #67
#88Wallace17US #92
#89Carlton16
#90Claude16US #102
#91Franklin16US #134
#92Lucien16
#93Samuel16US #46
#94Douglas15US #103
#95Gilbert15US #105
#96Guy15US #157
#97Jean15
#98Keith15US #146
#99Marcel15
#100Rene15

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑42Joyce#48
↑42Arnold#51
↑31Floyd#56
↑25Jacqueline#54
↑25Cecil#74
↑24Rose#60
↑24Christine#62
↑24Vivian#71

Falling

↓32Douglas#94
↓29Marcel#99
↓27Linwood#81
↓24Clifford#71
↓23Annie#81
↓23Blanche#89
↓23Wilfred#78
↓22Rachel#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.