State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,716 Maine births in 1930 across 429 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#27Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#37Normandoutside the national top 200
#41Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#42Gerardoutside the national top 200
#45Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#59Cecileoutside the national top 200
#60Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#63Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#62Charlene#195 nationally
#72Lioneloutside the national top 200
#70Jeannette#196 nationally
#76Wilfredoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary213US #1
#2Barbara197US #6
#3Dorothy165US #3
#4Patricia143US #7
#5Joan141US #8
#6Marilyn112US #22
#7Ruth112US #10
#8Lorraine111US #46
#9Shirley108US #11
#10Helen106US #4
#11Theresa104US #50
#12Betty103US #2
#13Joyce102US #18
#14Rita102US #42
#15Elizabeth100US #15
#16Doris95US #9
#17Jean95US #14
#18Phyllis90US #28
#19Pauline89US #52
#20Gloria88US #30
#21Margaret83US #5
#22Louise75US #31
#23Marie75US #26
#24Virginia74US #12
#25Alice73US #20
#26Frances69US #16
#27Priscilla66
#28Marion65US #60
#29Evelyn64US #19
#30Jacqueline64US #74
#31Eleanor62US #39
#32Beverly61US #34
#33Irene60US #33
#34Nancy58US #24
#35Marjorie56US #32
#36Florence55US #38
#37Geraldine53US #43
#38Norma53US #25
#39Constance51US #147
#40Lucille47US #59
#41Jeannine46
#42Lois46US #17
#43Mildred45US #21
#44Muriel45US #155
#45June44US #47
#46Carolyn42US #72
#47Arlene41US #103
#48Gertrude41US #96
#49Dolores39US #13
#50Janet39US #53
#51Joanne39US #81
#52Beatrice38US #76
#53Lillian38US #44
#54Catherine37US #35
#55Kathleen36US #84
#56Elaine35US #69
#57Charlotte33US #75
#58Thelma33US #45
#59Cecile32
#60Edith32US #61
#61Rose32US #29
#62Charlene31US #195
#63Jeanne31US #92
#64Grace30US #62
#65Hazel30US #71
#66Ethel28US #65
#67Eva28US #86
#68Gladys28US #48
#69Jeanette26US #106
#70Jeannette26US #196
#71Leona26US #130
#72Anne25US #83
#73Bernice25US #58
#74Jane25US #55
#75Madeline25US #173
#76Claire24US #136
#77Therese24
#78Christine23US #124
#79Katherine23US #85
#80Marguerite23US #159
#81Maxine23US #93
#82Avis22
#83Sylvia22US #132
#84Esther21US #77
#85Josephine21US #49
#86Anita20US #115
#87Ann20US #41
#88Anna20US #23
#89Bertha20US #95
#90Edna20US #51
#91Ellen20US #100
#92Martha20US #27
#93Natalie20
#94Yvette20
#95Rachel19US #164
#96Ramona19US #149
#97Carol18US #54
#98Geneva18US #133
#99Janice18US #126
#100Clara17US #64

Boys

#1Robert442US #1
#2Richard344US #5
#3John239US #3
#4Donald212US #7
#5William186US #4
#6George161US #8
#7James156US #2
#8Charles150US #6
#9Raymond126US #16
#10Paul107US #12
#11Kenneth105US #17
#12Roger103US #58
#13Roland100US #107
#14Harold98US #18
#15Joseph98US #9
#16Edward93US #10
#17Gerald84US #30
#18Ralph84US #25
#19Arthur83US #23
#20Lawrence81US #36
#21Albert78US #24
#22Thomas71US #11
#23Norman70US #40
#24David65US #15
#25Frank65US #13
#26Philip65US #75
#27Ronald58US #37
#28Frederick57US #74
#29Clarence54US #39
#30Francis54US #42
#31Eugene50US #21
#32Walter49US #19
#33Henry46US #22
#34Leo46US #63
#35Ernest45US #43
#36Stanley43US #49
#37Normand42
#38Carl41US #26
#39Maurice40US #116
#40Harry39US #28
#41Alfred38US #46
#42Gerard38
#43Clifford37US #73
#44Herbert37US #35
#45Reginald37
#46Earl33US #38
#47Fred33US #32
#48Everett32US #134
#49Louis32US #34
#50Keith31US #130
#51Arnold30US #98
#52Lloyd30US #69
#53Russell30US #60
#54Edwin28US #66
#55Theodore28US #67
#56Douglas27US #89
#57Gordon27US #77
#58Howard27US #31
#59Bernard25US #52
#60Linwood25
#61Leonard24US #45
#62Leroy24US #53
#63Malcolm23
#64Wallace23US #112
#65Cecil22US #99
#66Gilbert22US #90
#67Peter22US #56
#68Warren22US #96
#69Daniel21US #47
#70Elmer21US #80
#71Leon21US #81
#72Lionel21
#73Milton21US #93
#74Chester20US #103
#75Patrick20US #118
#76Wilfred20
#77Dana19
#78Floyd19US #61
#79Alan18US #136
#80Clayton18US #178
#81Merle18US #196
#82Carroll17US #181
#83Bruce16US #109
#84Fernand16
#85Martin16US #83
#86Maynard16
#87Armand15
#88Leslie15US #139
#89Roy15US #33
#90Bertrand14
#91Claude14US #122
#92Clyde14US #76
#93Lewis14US #87
#94Rodney14
#95Vaughn14
#96Alton13US #183
#97Edgar13US #119
#98Edmond13
#99Harvey13US #92
#100Herman13US #78

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑36Keith#50
↑32Everett#48
↑30Nancy#34
↑30Catherine#54
↑29Leroy#62
↑26Cecile#59
↑24Jeanette#69
↑24Leon#71

Falling

↓41Maxine#81
↓39Anita#86
↓36Lewis#93
↓34Armand#87
↓33Carroll#82
↓33Alton#96
↓30Clara#100
↓23Rachel#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.