State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,272 Maine births in 1929 across 420 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#33Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#40Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#44Normandoutside the national top 200
#48Gerardoutside the national top 200
#53Armandoutside the national top 200
#55Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#49Carroll#192 nationally
#58Earleoutside the national top 200
#60Thereseoutside the national top 200
#66Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#67Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#44Jeannine#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary220US #1
#2Barbara168US #7
#3Dorothy146US #3
#4Ruth140US #8
#5Lorraine114US #42
#6Elizabeth113US #15
#7Joan111US #13
#8Theresa105US #49
#9Shirley103US #9
#10Margaret102US #5
#11Pauline101US #50
#12Patricia100US #10
#13Helen99US #4
#14Phyllis99US #24
#15Joyce91US #23
#16Betty88US #2
#17Beverly87US #39
#18Doris87US #6
#19Virginia87US #11
#20Alice81US #21
#21Marilyn81US #33
#22Rita81US #52
#23Marie78US #22
#24Gloria76US #28
#25Jean72US #12
#26Frances71US #16
#27Eleanor67US #38
#28Irene65US #29
#29Geraldine64US #43
#30Jacqueline64US #87
#31Marjorie63US #30
#32Marion61US #53
#33Priscilla57
#34Lucille55US #57
#35Mildred54US #18
#36Carolyn53US #77
#37Evelyn53US #19
#38Florence53US #35
#39Constance52US #159
#40Maxine52US #85
#41Muriel51US #149
#42Louise49US #31
#43Arlene44US #105
#44Jeannine44US #172
#45Norma43US #25
#46Lois41US #17
#47Anita39US #125
#48Charlotte38US #73
#49Lillian38US #40
#50Beatrice37US #72
#51Elaine37US #67
#52Dolores35US #14
#53Janet35US #82
#54Gertrude34US #95
#55Jeannette34
#56Thelma34US #41
#57Ethel33US #56
#58Madeline33US #173
#59Marguerite32US #155
#60Therese32
#61Edith31US #59
#62Gladys30US #44
#63June30US #48
#64Nancy30US #32
#65Jeanne27US #92
#66Joanne27US #101
#67Kathleen27US #89
#68Laura27US #90
#69Roberta27US #126
#70Clara26US #65
#71Esther26US #71
#72Rachel26US #167
#73Pearl25US #114
#74Rose25US #26
#75Bernice24US #55
#76Grace24US #54
#77Ann22US #46
#78Bertha22US #93
#79Charlene22US #200
#80Hazel22US #64
#81Martha22US #27
#82Anna21US #20
#83Carmen21US #187
#84Catherine21US #34
#85Cecile21
#86Jane21US #62
#87Katherine21US #84
#88Sylvia21US #119
#89Yvonne21US #168
#90Christine20US #123
#91Elsie20US #78
#92Hilda20US #157
#93Jeanette20US #131
#94Leona20US #122
#95Ramona19US #120
#96Josephine18US #45
#97Sally18US #112
#98Annie17US #37
#99Audrey17US #58
#100Edna17US #51

Boys

#1Robert404US #1
#2Richard321US #6
#3John233US #3
#4Donald201US #7
#5William183US #4
#6George150US #8
#7Charles143US #5
#8James140US #2
#9Raymond131US #15
#10Paul114US #13
#11Kenneth101US #18
#12Harold100US #16
#13Joseph98US #9
#14Edward97US #10
#15Norman83US #40
#16Roland81US #104
#17Arthur80US #22
#18Gerald79US #33
#19Albert73US #24
#20Roger73US #64
#21Ralph71US #26
#22Philip69US #76
#23Frank66US #12
#24Lawrence65US #38
#25Herbert61US #25
#26David59US #17
#27Ernest59US #43
#28Thomas53US #11
#29Frederick52US #67
#30Francis49US #39
#31Ronald47US #45
#32Leo45US #60
#33Walter45US #19
#34Henry44US #21
#35Earl43US #36
#36Clarence41US #37
#37Bernard40US #52
#38Alfred39US #41
#39Louis39US #32
#40Reginald39
#41Stanley38US #48
#42Eugene37US #20
#43Maurice37US #125
#44Normand35
#45Lloyd30US #62
#46Carl28US #28
#47Clifford28US #72
#48Gerard27
#49Carroll26US #192
#50Gilbert25US #91
#51Gordon25US #79
#52Leonard25US #42
#53Armand24
#54Daniel24US #47
#55Edwin24US #66
#56Fred24US #34
#57Lewis24US #84
#58Earle23
#59Elmer23US #70
#60Harry23US #27
#61Russell23US #56
#62Warren23US #92
#63Alton22US #191
#64Chester22US #96
#65Clayton22US #166
#66Linwood22
#67Malcolm22
#68Merle21US #188
#69Theodore21US #65
#70Wallace21US #106
#71Arnold20US #95
#72Floyd20US #58
#73Howard20US #31
#74Laurence20
#75Lionel20
#76Victor20US #100
#77Cecil19US #101
#78Dana19
#79Douglas19US #97
#80Everett19US #130
#81Wendell19
#82Allen18US #86
#83Bertrand18
#84Clyde18US #74
#85Jack18US #14
#86Keith18US #138
#87Harvey17US #90
#88Lester17US #88
#89Roy17US #35
#90Wayne17US #69
#91Leroy16US #51
#92Alan15US #146
#93Guy15US #173
#94Milton15US #94
#95Leon14US #81
#96Marcel14
#97Rene14
#98Wilfred14
#99Carlton13
#100Clifton13US #178

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑34Armand#53
↑30Roberta#69
↑29Dolores#52
↑29Janet#53
↑29Marguerite#59
↑26Clifford#47
↑26Malcolm#67
↑23Maxine#40

Falling

↓39Ramona#95
↓37Roy#89
↓34Edna#100
↓31Leon#95
↓29Hazel#80
↓26Bertrand#83
↓25Bertha#78
↓25Katherine#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.