State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,524 Maine births in 1927 across 426 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#30Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#40Carrolloutside the national top 200
#41Gerardoutside the national top 200
#42Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#45Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#46Thereseoutside the national top 200
#63Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#64Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#66Wendelloutside the national top 200
#67Cecileoutside the national top 200
#67Armandoutside the national top 200
#71Lucienoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary261US #1
#2Dorothy191US #2
#3Barbara173US #10
#4Ruth129US #6
#5Theresa128US #52
#6Pauline115US #42
#7Helen109US #4
#8Elizabeth101US #13
#9Gloria100US #22
#10Virginia100US #8
#11Patricia95US #18
#12Phyllis90US #29
#13Shirley90US #9
#14Rita88US #54
#15Marie86US #20
#16Doris85US #7
#17Lorraine84US #44
#18Margaret84US #5
#19Irene82US #21
#20Evelyn80US #15
#21Frances76US #12
#22Betty75US #3
#23Lillian75US #32
#24Eleanor71US #33
#25Marjorie70US #25
#26Jean69US #14
#27Louise66US #27
#28Florence65US #28
#29Alice63US #17
#30Priscilla60
#31Beverly58US #57
#32Lois58US #19
#33Lucille56US #45
#34Muriel56US #138
#35Arlene55US #108
#36Mildred55US #11
#37Beatrice54US #67
#38June51US #43
#39Constance50US #155
#40Marion50US #51
#41Elaine49US #69
#42Joan49US #41
#43Norma49US #26
#44Marilyn47US #46
#45Jeannette46
#46Therese46
#47Charlotte45US #75
#48Geraldine45US #58
#49Gertrude43US #78
#50Joyce42US #35
#51Carolyn40US #99
#52Jacqueline36US #115
#53Maxine35US #87
#54Kathleen34US #83
#55Ethel33US #47
#56Thelma32US #38
#57Marguerite31US #143
#58Anita30US #148
#59Edith30US #48
#60Edna30US #40
#61Sylvia30US #116
#62Bertha29US #80
#63Catherine29US #31
#64Hazel29US #53
#65Rachel28US #169
#66Rose28US #23
#67Cecile27
#68Viola27US #101
#69Anna26US #16
#70Annie26US #36
#71Gladys26US #37
#72Grace26US #50
#73Claire25US #136
#74Esther25US #65
#75Jeanette25US #131
#76Clara24US #63
#77Eva24US #79
#78Jane24US #60
#79Bernice23US #49
#80Jeanne23US #85
#81Laura23US #82
#82Vivian23US #77
#83Yvette23
#84Yvonne23US #200
#85Ann22US #59
#86Geneva22US #119
#87Leona22US #121
#88Carmen21US #199
#89Christine21US #117
#90Elsie21US #72
#91Madeline21US #163
#92Dolores20US #34
#93Georgette20
#94Martha20US #24
#95Nancy20US #56
#96Natalie20
#97Pearl20US #102
#98Corinne19
#99Ellen19US #93
#100Janet19US #111

Boys

#1Robert387US #1
#2John260US #2
#3Richard218US #6
#4William195US #4
#5Donald188US #8
#6George173US #7
#7Charles171US #5
#8James142US #3
#9Raymond136US #15
#10Joseph122US #9
#11Harold114US #14
#12Paul109US #13
#13Edward104US #10
#14Arthur95US #22
#15Kenneth94US #18
#16Albert87US #23
#17Ralph78US #24
#18Frank77US #12
#19Roger75US #84
#20Roland74US #109
#21Philip72US #75
#22Lawrence71US #37
#23Gerald66US #38
#24Norman66US #39
#25Maurice59US #122
#26Walter58US #17
#27Thomas55US #11
#28Clarence54US #32
#29Eugene52US #20
#30Harry52US #25
#31Henry52US #19
#32Francis48US #36
#33Leo45US #55
#34Ernest44US #41
#35David42US #21
#36Earl42US #33
#37Carl40US #26
#38Stanley40US #44
#39Ronald39US #63
#40Carroll38
#41Gerard38
#42Reginald38
#43Herbert37US #42
#44Howard37US #28
#45Louis37US #29
#46Everett35US #120
#47Fred35US #35
#48Frederick35US #64
#49Russell35US #54
#50Alfred33US #45
#51Edwin33US #57
#52Bernard32US #50
#53Lloyd31US #58
#54Clifford29US #65
#55Floyd29US #53
#56Gordon27US #74
#57Lewis27US #82
#58Leonard26US #40
#59Chester24US #85
#60Elmer24US #61
#61Theodore23US #62
#62Clyde22US #68
#63Linwood22
#64Malcolm22
#65Stephen22US #125
#66Wendell22
#67Armand21
#68Clayton21US #163
#69Leon21US #78
#70Leroy21US #51
#71Lucien21
#72Merle21US #179
#73Warren20US #79
#74Douglas19US #104
#75Fernand19
#76Keith19US #141
#77Normand19
#78Lester18US #83
#79Lionel18
#80Maynard18
#81Roy18US #34
#82Vernon18US #71
#83Arnold17US #97
#84Edgar17US #107
#85Herman17US #70
#86Laurence17
#87Peter17US #59
#88Andrew16US #56
#89Cecil16US #92
#90Clifton16US #164
#91Gilbert16US #99
#92Leslie16US #126
#93Marcel16
#94Milton16US #88
#95Samuel16US #49
#96Melvin15US #48
#97Wilfred15US #194
#98Calvin14US #73
#99Daniel14US #46
#100Patrick14US #140

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑39Sylvia#61
↑37Floyd#55
↑34Wendell#66
↑27Chester#59
↑22Gloria#9
↑21Charlotte#47
↑21Armand#67
↑18Elmer#60

Falling

↓30Melvin#96
↓26Daniel#99
↓25Clayton#68
↓24Madeline#91
↓22Joyce#50
↓17Norma#43
↓17Fernand#75
↓17Gilbert#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.