State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,665 Maine births in 1931 across 443 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#31Normandoutside the national top 200
#39Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#41Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#46Gerardoutside the national top 200
#38Jeannette#185 nationally
#68Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#72Bertrandoutside the national top 200
#54Carroll#179 nationally
#76Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#77Cecileoutside the national top 200
#78Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#78Maynardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary256US #1
#2Barbara191US #4
#3Joan167US #5
#4Dorothy146US #3
#5Patricia137US #8
#6Betty132US #2
#7Joyce125US #15
#8Gloria111US #23
#9Elizabeth103US #16
#10Lorraine103US #49
#11Marilyn103US #19
#12Ruth101US #11
#13Pauline94US #56
#14Doris90US #10
#15Helen86US #6
#16Beverly85US #31
#17Margaret82US #7
#18Marie80US #27
#19Virginia76US #12
#20Shirley74US #9
#21Frances72US #18
#22Rita72US #48
#23Phyllis71US #29
#24Theresa69US #59
#25Alice68US #21
#26Jacqueline67US #78
#27Jean67US #13
#28Irene64US #37
#29Geraldine63US #38
#30Marion62US #66
#31Eleanor60US #40
#32Nancy60US #17
#33Constance57US #118
#34Evelyn57US #24
#35Lucille52US #62
#36Janet51US #45
#37Norma51US #22
#38Jeannette50US #185
#39Priscilla50
#40Lois49US #20
#41Carolyn47US #60
#42Florence47US #43
#43Louise47US #33
#44June46US #44
#45Dolores44US #14
#46Marjorie44US #34
#47Mildred43US #26
#48Arlene41US #77
#49Joanne41US #68
#50Jane39US #50
#51Lillian38US #47
#52Maxine38US #101
#53Elaine37US #72
#54Charlotte35US #75
#55Ethel34US #67
#56Jeanette32US #105
#57Bernice30US #63
#58Jeanne30US #98
#59Kathleen30US #87
#60Muriel30US #172
#61Ann29US #35
#62Claire29US #139
#63Gladys29US #55
#64Rose29US #30
#65Sylvia29US #123
#66Thelma29US #53
#67Hazel28US #74
#68Anita27US #117
#69Edith27US #65
#70Catherine25US #36
#71Gertrude25US #115
#72Janice25US #104
#73Laura25US #89
#74Audrey24US #64
#75Beatrice24US #85
#76Grace24US #70
#77Cecile23
#78Jeannine23
#79Marlene23US #95
#80Anna22US #25
#81Anne22US #80
#82Christine22US #125
#83Eva22US #94
#84Roberta22US #121
#85Esther20US #79
#86Martha19US #28
#87Annette18
#88Charlene18US #179
#89Josephine18US #51
#90Madeline18US #199
#91Therese18
#92Carmen17US #196
#93Donna17US #32
#94Edna17US #52
#95Ellen17US #99
#96Katherine17US #92
#97Leona17US #133
#98Rachel17US #161
#99Viola17US #127
#100Violet17US #132

Boys

#1Robert484US #1
#2Richard381US #5
#3Donald236US #7
#4John236US #3
#5William197US #4
#6George154US #8
#7Charles150US #6
#8James139US #2
#9Joseph121US #9
#10Paul112US #12
#11Raymond112US #17
#12Arthur98US #23
#13Edward96US #11
#14Harold94US #18
#15Roger89US #53
#16Kenneth85US #14
#17Roland81US #107
#18Philip80US #71
#19David77US #13
#20Norman76US #36
#21Ronald73US #27
#22Lawrence71US #38
#23Frank66US #16
#24Albert65US #24
#25Gerald62US #26
#26Thomas61US #10
#27Walter57US #20
#28Eugene55US #21
#29Ralph54US #25
#30Maurice53US #117
#31Normand48
#32Carl47US #28
#33Earl47US #40
#34Francis42US #42
#35Bernard41US #54
#36Ernest41US #47
#37Leo41US #69
#38Stanley40US #49
#39Lloyd37US #68
#40Louis37US #37
#41Reginald37
#42Alfred35US #50
#43Henry35US #22
#44Gordon33US #76
#45Russell32US #63
#46Gerard31
#47Frederick30US #73
#48Harry30US #30
#49Clifford29US #75
#50Herbert29US #41
#51Keith28US #123
#52Fred27US #33
#53Lewis27US #87
#54Carroll26US #179
#55Clarence26US #39
#56Howard26US #34
#57Leon26US #84
#58Edwin24US #67
#59Everett24US #136
#60Leonard24US #48
#61Clayton23US #168
#62Arnold22US #98
#63Leroy22US #52
#64Daniel21US #44
#65Chester20US #106
#66Dale20US #62
#67Gilbert20US #92
#68Linwood20
#69Rodney20US #187
#70Wayne20US #58
#71Alton19US #186
#72Bertrand19
#73Clyde19US #77
#74Lester19US #96
#75Douglas18US #85
#76Nelson18
#77Bruce17US #101
#78Maynard17
#79Melvin17US #51
#80Roy17US #35
#81Theodore17US #70
#82Cecil16US #102
#83Conrad16
#84Elmer16US #82
#85Floyd16US #66
#86Lionel16
#87Merle16US #198
#88Phillip16US #141
#89Rudolph16US #146
#90Dana15
#91Edgar15US #122
#92Malcolm15
#93Patrick15US #111
#94Percy15
#95Allan14US #151
#96Andrew14US #65
#97Emile14
#98Milton14US #99
#99Peter14US #61
#100Wallace14US #114

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑40Lewis#53
↑32Jeannette#38
↑29Maxine#52
↑28Carroll#54
↑27Janice#72
↑26Ann#61
↑25Rodney#69
↑25Alton#71

Falling

↓37Jeannine#78
↓36Wallace#100
↓32Peter#99
↓29Malcolm#92
↓26Charlene#88
↓26Leona#97
↓26Clarence#55
↓26Theodore#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.