State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,729 Maine births in 1928 across 444 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#26Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#41Thereseoutside the national top 200
#41Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#48Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#54Carrolloutside the national top 200
#57Bertrandoutside the national top 200
#59Gerardoutside the national top 200
#60Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#62Normandoutside the national top 200
#65Carmen#199 nationally
#75Earleoutside the national top 200
#83Avisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary217US #1
#2Barbara200US #8
#3Dorothy174US #3
#4Theresa133US #49
#5Patricia124US #11
#6Ruth118US #6
#7Pauline108US #48
#8Margaret104US #5
#9Doris99US #7
#10Shirley98US #10
#11Helen94US #4
#12Gloria91US #25
#13Frances90US #13
#14Lorraine88US #39
#15Phyllis84US #26
#16Virginia82US #9
#17Betty81US #2
#18Rita81US #57
#19Elizabeth80US #14
#20Marion78US #47
#21Marie77US #21
#22Beverly75US #46
#23Jean74US #12
#24Joan74US #27
#25Joyce70US #30
#26Priscilla70
#27Alice69US #19
#28Evelyn66US #17
#29Arlene64US #106
#30Florence64US #32
#31Marilyn63US #38
#32Marjorie63US #29
#33Eleanor62US #36
#34Irene61US #28
#35Mildred58US #15
#36Lois56US #18
#37Louise56US #31
#38Geraldine47US #50
#39Muriel47US #139
#40Gladys46US #41
#41Therese45
#42Lucille44US #51
#43Norma44US #23
#44Thelma44US #40
#45Beatrice43US #70
#46Jacqueline43US #97
#47Constance40US #162
#48Jeannette39
#49Lillian39US #35
#50Charlotte36US #72
#51Hazel35US #59
#52June35US #44
#53Bertha34US #81
#54Gertrude34US #86
#55Carolyn32US #91
#56Ramona32US #117
#57Ethel31US #55
#58Madeline31US #167
#59Anita30US #137
#60Yvette30
#61Elaine29US #68
#62Katherine29US #75
#63Maxine29US #84
#64Ann28US #54
#65Carmen28US #199
#66Edna28US #45
#67Sylvia28US #119
#68Anna27US #16
#69Christine27US #120
#70Edith27US #56
#71Eva27US #79
#72Kathleen26US #82
#73Rachel26US #177
#74Bernice25US #53
#75Jane25US #62
#76Laura25US #83
#77Nancy25US #43
#78Ellen24US #98
#79Elsie24US #73
#80Leona24US #122
#81Dolores23US #20
#82Janet23US #95
#83Avis22
#84Cecile22
#85Esther22US #66
#86Grace22US #52
#87Jeanne22US #90
#88Marguerite22US #147
#89Anne21US #93
#90Geneva21US #124
#91Jeanette21US #126
#92Rose21US #24
#93Catherine20US #33
#94Ella20US #100
#95Annette19
#96Claire19US #136
#97Donna19US #61
#98Natalie19
#99Roberta19US #127
#100Martha18US #22

Boys

#1Robert402US #1
#2Richard295US #6
#3John225US #2
#4Donald205US #7
#5George192US #8
#6William181US #4
#7James163US #3
#8Charles144US #5
#9Paul129US #13
#10Kenneth114US #17
#11Raymond112US #16
#12Arthur108US #22
#13Harold106US #14
#14Joseph104US #9
#15Roger90US #71
#16Roland88US #107
#17Edward83US #10
#18Ralph82US #24
#19Norman81US #39
#20Philip80US #73
#21Lawrence74US #38
#22Albert73US #23
#23Gerald70US #41
#24Walter66US #18
#25Herbert64US #25
#26Leo58US #61
#27Frank55US #12
#28Maurice54US #119
#29Francis52US #40
#30Ernest51US #43
#31David50US #19
#32Thomas49US #11
#33Frederick48US #67
#34Eugene47US #20
#35Alfred43US #33
#36Bernard43US #49
#37Clarence43US #35
#38Ronald43US #50
#39Stanley42US #45
#40Harry41US #26
#41Reginald39
#42Henry38US #21
#43Louis38US #32
#44Carl36US #28
#45Russell34US #55
#46Fred33US #36
#47Floyd31US #54
#48Earl30US #37
#49Leonard30US #42
#50Lloyd30US #59
#51Gilbert28US #96
#52Roy28US #34
#53Arnold26US #98
#54Carroll26
#55Everett26US #123
#56Howard26US #31
#57Bertrand25
#58Chester25US #88
#59Gerard25
#60Gordon25US #77
#61Lewis25US #86
#62Normand24
#63Clyde23US #74
#64Leon23US #81
#65Theodore23US #66
#66Alton22US #176
#67Calvin22US #94
#68Clayton22US #173
#69Leroy22US #51
#70Peter22US #56
#71Wallace22US #104
#72Warren22US #85
#73Clifford21US #68
#74Douglas21US #102
#75Earle21
#76Edwin21US #58
#77Daniel20US #47
#78Elmer20US #63
#79Merle20US #186
#80Milton20US #92
#81Jack19US #15
#82Keith19US #139
#83Linwood19
#84Andrew18US #60
#85Guy18US #167
#86Lester18US #89
#87Armand17
#88Harvey17US #90
#89Leslie17US #128
#90Marcel17
#91Melvin17US #48
#92Vernon17US #70
#93Malcolm16
#94Maynard16
#95Nelson16
#96Conrad15
#97Fernand15
#98Lionel15
#99Cecil14US #97
#100Wilfred14

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑40Gilbert#51
↑33Madeline#58
↑31Gladys#40
↑31Calvin#67
↑30Arnold#53
↑29Roy#52
↑25Joyce#25
↑23Yvette#60

Falling

↓31Marguerite#88
↓30Catherine#93
↓29Malcolm#93
↓26Lillian#49
↓26Rose#92
↓25Edwin#76
↓23Claire#96
↓22Fernand#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.