State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,556 Maine births in 1926 across 446 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#29Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#38Gerardoutside the national top 200
#40Thereseoutside the national top 200
#44Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#58Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#58Fernandoutside the national top 200
#60Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#53Carroll#193 nationally
#61Lucienoutside the national top 200
#65Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#49Alton#183 nationally
#67Normandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary261US #1
#2Dorothy178US #2
#3Barbara172US #16
#4Theresa138US #64
#5Ruth136US #6
#6Pauline119US #39
#7Helen113US #4
#8Margaret110US #5
#9Virginia106US #8
#10Phyllis97US #33
#11Shirley97US #14
#12Rita92US #50
#13Doris88US #7
#14Frances86US #10
#15Irene83US #21
#16Marie81US #18
#17Alice77US #17
#18Elizabeth76US #11
#19Lorraine76US #53
#20Jean71US #12
#21Patricia69US #23
#22Eleanor68US #32
#23Marjorie67US #22
#24Marion66US #47
#25Evelyn64US #13
#26Norma64US #29
#27Betty63US #3
#28Joyce62US #44
#29Priscilla62
#30Mildred61US #9
#31Gloria60US #20
#32Lucille59US #43
#33Geraldine57US #54
#34Florence56US #26
#35Muriel55US #129
#36Arlene53US #108
#37Beatrice53US #58
#38Lillian52US #28
#39Constance51US #146
#40Therese49
#41Beverly48US #74
#42Louise48US #27
#43Gertrude47US #71
#44June46US #40
#45Elaine45US #68
#46Edith44US #42
#47Catherine43US #31
#48Lois43US #19
#49Joan42US #51
#50Hazel41US #48
#51Marilyn41US #65
#52Kathleen38US #83
#53Marguerite38US #137
#54Anita37US #150
#55Carolyn37US #114
#56Maxine36US #85
#57Bertha34US #76
#58Jeannette34
#59Agnes33US #77
#60Ethel33US #41
#61Jacqueline33US #119
#62Rose33US #25
#63Anna32US #15
#64Edna32US #38
#65Jeanette32US #136
#66Jeanne31US #88
#67Madeline30US #163
#68Charlotte29US #78
#69Gladys29US #35
#70Grace29US #46
#71Jane29US #56
#72Rachel29US #165
#73Thelma29US #36
#74Christine28US #120
#75Bernice26US #45
#76Cecile26
#77Katherine26US #72
#78Martha26US #24
#79Esther25US #62
#80Eva25US #79
#81Viola24US #97
#82Josephine23US #37
#83Yvette23
#84Audrey22US #60
#85Carmen22
#86Elsie21US #69
#87Joanne21
#88Roberta21US #135
#89Ann20US #55
#90Blanche20US #147
#91Anne19US #86
#92Laura19US #81
#93Leona19US #112
#94Pearl19US #96
#95Vivian19US #80
#96Ellen18US #100
#97Hilda18US #139
#98Janet18US #110
#99Janice18US #159
#100Sylvia18US #107

Boys

#1Robert402US #1
#2John254US #2
#3Richard231US #7
#4Donald173US #9
#5William171US #4
#6George165US #6
#7Charles152US #5
#8Joseph145US #8
#9James136US #3
#10Raymond136US #15
#11Paul109US #13
#12Arthur107US #20
#13Edward103US #10
#14Harold97US #14
#15Albert87US #21
#16Philip86US #70
#17Roland85US #107
#18Kenneth79US #18
#19Roger79US #89
#20Lawrence77US #36
#21Ralph77US #24
#22Norman64US #39
#23Maurice62US #110
#24Thomas59US #11
#25Ernest58US #37
#26Leo58US #54
#27Frank57US #12
#28Walter56US #17
#29Eugene54US #23
#30Gerald53US #41
#31Francis50US #35
#32David49US #22
#33Herbert45US #44
#34Earl44US #32
#35Frederick44US #64
#36Alfred41US #45
#37Louis41US #30
#38Gerard40
#39Carl39US #26
#40Everett39US #119
#41Henry38US #19
#42Bernard36US #49
#43Clayton36US #161
#44Reginald36
#45Clarence33US #29
#46Harry31US #25
#47Howard31US #27
#48Ronald31US #88
#49Alton30US #183
#50Leonard30US #38
#51Russell30US #52
#52Stanley30US #43
#53Carroll28US #193
#54Clifford28US #62
#55Fred28US #31
#56Gordon28US #76
#57Edwin26US #55
#58Fernand26
#59Lloyd26US #60
#60Malcolm25
#61Lucien24
#62Leon23US #73
#63Lewis23US #82
#64Wallace23US #95
#65Linwood22
#66Melvin22US #47
#67Normand22
#68Roy22US #34
#69Warren22US #71
#70Bertrand21
#71Lester20US #78
#72Arnold19US #99
#73Daniel19US #46
#74Gilbert19US #101
#75Leroy19US #51
#76Vernon19US #66
#77Clyde18US #67
#78Elmer18US #61
#79Laurence18
#80Wilfred18
#81Conrad17
#82Edgar17US #109
#83Keith17US #148
#84Milton17US #83
#85Samuel17US #48
#86Chester16US #79
#87Dana16
#88Armand15
#89Carlton15
#90Clifton15US #165
#91Douglas15US #103
#92Floyd15US #53
#93Guy15US #159
#94Dennis14US #173
#95Earle14
#96Lionel14
#97Patrick14US #141
#98Peter14US #58
#99Phillip14US #154
#100Wendell14

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑31Lucien#61
↑30Alton#49
↑29Elaine#45
↑27Carolyn#55
↑26Anita#54
↑26Edna#64
↑25Rachel#72
↑24Jane#71

Falling

↓36Floyd#92
↓28Armand#88
↓27Thelma#73
↓27Laura#92
↓27Lionel#96
↓26Madeline#67
↓25Charlotte#68
↓25Sylvia#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.