State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,912 Maine births in 1932 across 431 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#33Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#39Normandoutside the national top 200
#43Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#45Gerardoutside the national top 200
#49Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#63Lioneloutside the national top 200
#65Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#69Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#71Armandoutside the national top 200
#48Carroll#173 nationally
#50Jeannette#175 nationally
#76Linwoodoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara261US #3
#2Mary248US #1
#3Joan214US #5
#4Patricia177US #6
#5Joyce121US #12
#6Marilyn117US #16
#7Dorothy115US #4
#8Betty110US #2
#9Elizabeth105US #17
#10Beverly102US #28
#11Gloria98US #25
#12Doris94US #10
#13Lorraine93US #55
#14Pauline93US #59
#15Constance89US #99
#16Helen89US #8
#17Jean87US #15
#18Margaret87US #7
#19Ruth84US #11
#20Shirley84US #9
#21Theresa75US #60
#22Nancy74US #13
#23Rita71US #53
#24Carolyn70US #46
#25Virginia67US #14
#26Phyllis66US #30
#27Alice65US #21
#28Evelyn61US #23
#29Jacqueline61US #85
#30Irene60US #43
#31Marie60US #31
#32Marion60US #73
#33Lois59US #20
#34Louise58US #36
#35Norma58US #22
#36Frances56US #19
#37Geraldine55US #42
#38Lucille53US #63
#39Janet49US #35
#40Lillian49US #48
#41Sylvia49US #96
#42Joanne46US #62
#43Priscilla46
#44Marjorie45US #37
#45Ann44US #34
#46Janice44US #94
#47Beatrice43US #87
#48June43US #44
#49Florence40US #47
#50Jeannette40US #175
#51Elaine39US #68
#52Marlene36US #78
#53Maxine35US #110
#54Arlene34US #80
#55Eleanor34US #45
#56Mildred34US #26
#57Gertrude32US #124
#58Gladys31US #54
#59Muriel31US #181
#60Rachel31US #156
#61Rose31US #33
#62Charlotte30US #74
#63Dolores30US #18
#64Donna30US #29
#65Jeannine30
#66Thelma30US #51
#67Anita29US #116
#68Jane29US #49
#69Audrey27US #61
#70Edna27US #50
#71Anna26US #24
#72Edith25US #69
#73Ethel25US #66
#74Jeanette25US #106
#75Jeanne25US #112
#76Anne24US #81
#77Bernice24US #71
#78Carol23US #32
#79Cecile23
#80Ellen22US #104
#81Marguerite22US #182
#82Roberta22US #109
#83Bertha21US #101
#84Charlene21US #170
#85Claire21US #140
#86Esther21US #82
#87Kathleen21US #83
#88Laura21US #88
#89Carmen19
#90Martha19US #27
#91Annie18US #41
#92Sally18US #84
#93Eva17US #98
#94Therese17
#95Vivian17US #90
#96Clara16US #70
#97Faye16US #159
#98Pearl16US #138
#99Annette15
#100Eunice15US #146

Boys

#1Robert486US #1
#2Richard416US #5
#3John239US #3
#4Donald227US #7
#5William194US #4
#6James166US #2
#7Charles144US #6
#8George142US #8
#9Paul133US #13
#10Raymond118US #19
#11Joseph117US #9
#12Roger105US #50
#13Edward95US #11
#14David94US #12
#15Ronald91US #16
#16Gerald85US #24
#17Roland81US #111
#18Norman80US #37
#19Harold77US #18
#20Kenneth76US #14
#21Arthur74US #25
#22Philip73US #70
#23Lawrence70US #35
#24Albert66US #26
#25Walter57US #21
#26Thomas55US #10
#27Frank54US #15
#28Ralph54US #27
#29Maurice51US #122
#30Eugene50US #22
#31Francis49US #43
#32Henry48US #23
#33Reginald48
#34Stanley44US #52
#35Gordon42US #81
#36Frederick41US #73
#37Clarence39US #40
#38Leo39US #74
#39Normand39
#40Earl38US #41
#41Herbert37US #44
#42Carl35US #28
#43Bernard33US #60
#44Fred33US #33
#45Gerard33
#46Howard33US #36
#47Ernest31US #47
#48Carroll30US #173
#49Malcolm30
#50Wayne30US #57
#51Franklin29US #66
#52Gilbert29US #97
#53Russell29US #63
#54Alfred28US #49
#55Harry28US #32
#56Daniel27US #42
#57Edwin27US #72
#58Louis27US #39
#59Lloyd26US #71
#60Clifford24US #84
#61Lewis24US #92
#62Keith23US #133
#63Lionel23
#64Theodore23US #67
#65Arnold22US #100
#66Clayton22US #175
#67Everett22US #140
#68Peter22US #62
#69Wilfred22
#70Alton21US #184
#71Armand21
#72Dale21US #61
#73Leon20US #83
#74Leonard20US #48
#75Leroy20US #53
#76Linwood20
#77Phillip20US #134
#78Conrad19
#79Edgar19US #135
#80Gary19US #136
#81Warren19US #102
#82Carlton18
#83Stephen18US #124
#84Clyde17US #82
#85Guy17US #180
#86Herman17US #89
#87Leslie17US #142
#88Maynard17
#89Rodney17US #172
#90Bruce16US #98
#91Chester16US #112
#92Dana16
#93Fernand16
#94Floyd16US #68
#95Jack16US #17
#96Lester16US #101
#97Melvin16US #51
#98Milton16US #106
#99Wendell16US #197
#100Douglas15US #85

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑43Malcolm#49
↑38Rachel#60
↑31Peter#68
↑29Donna#64
↑28Beatrice#47
↑27Marlene#52
↑26Janice#46
↑24Sylvia#41

Falling

↓28Kathleen#87
↓26Chester#91
↓25Douglas#100
↓24Eleanor#55
↓23Claire#85
↓22Lester#96
↓20Bernice#77
↓20Lloyd#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.