State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,929 Maine births in 1933 across 426 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#37Normandoutside the national top 200
#40Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#45Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#49Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#51Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#56Danaoutside the national top 200
#66Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#72Merleoutside the national top 200
#72Muriel#198 nationally
#78Cecileoutside the national top 200
#78Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#52Carroll#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary224US #1
#2Barbara194US #3
#3Joan192US #5
#4Patricia150US #6
#5Dorothy124US #4
#6Lorraine97US #54
#7Betty96US #2
#8Beverly94US #26
#9Joyce90US #12
#10Elizabeth89US #17
#11Gloria87US #31
#12Jean87US #14
#13Doris84US #10
#14Pauline84US #64
#15Nancy83US #11
#16Shirley83US #9
#17Helen79US #8
#18Marilyn79US #16
#19Margaret77US #7
#20Theresa75US #70
#21Constance73US #105
#22Ruth72US #13
#23Phyllis71US #28
#24Marie63US #33
#25Geraldine62US #42
#26Janet61US #25
#27Frances58US #18
#28Joanne58US #56
#29Carolyn57US #40
#30Eleanor52US #38
#31Jacqueline52US #86
#32Virginia51US #15
#33Louise50US #39
#34Rita50US #53
#35Alice49US #22
#36Irene49US #46
#37June49US #45
#38Lois49US #19
#39Marlene48US #50
#40Priscilla47
#41Elaine46US #61
#42Marion45US #73
#43Norma44US #23
#44Sylvia44US #84
#45Jeannette42
#46Evelyn41US #30
#47Marjorie41US #41
#48Janice39US #81
#49Lucille39US #78
#50Arlene38US #74
#51Jeannine38
#52Anita37US #116
#53Ann36US #34
#54Lillian36US #51
#55Carol35US #20
#56Maxine35US #110
#57Sally35US #76
#58Florence34US #49
#59Jane32US #47
#60Roberta32US #112
#61Anne31US #85
#62Dolores30US #21
#63Jeanette30US #103
#64Beatrice29US #94
#65Mildred29US #32
#66Donna28US #24
#67Christine26US #128
#68Anna25US #29
#69Bertha25US #106
#70Grace25US #69
#71Jeanne25US #125
#72Muriel25US #198
#73Edith24US #80
#74Esther24US #88
#75Charlotte23US #79
#76Judith23US #119
#77Rachel23US #161
#78Cecile21
#79Claire21US #144
#80Ethel21US #71
#81Kathleen21US #77
#82Catherine20US #44
#83Katherine20US #100
#84Vivian20US #98
#85Diane19US #134
#86Rose19US #35
#87Martha18US #27
#88Germaine17
#89Hazel17US #82
#90Dawn16
#91Ellen16US #104
#92Eva16US #101
#93Marguerite16US #190
#94Natalie16
#95Thelma16US #57
#96Agnes15US #118
#97Carmen15
#98Edna15US #55
#99Gladys15US #60
#100Laura15US #91

Boys

#1Robert453US #1
#2Richard392US #5
#3John236US #3
#4Donald203US #7
#5James171US #2
#6William170US #4
#7Charles142US #6
#8George138US #8
#9Raymond124US #19
#10Paul119US #14
#11Roger112US #48
#12Ronald107US #12
#13Joseph96US #9
#14Norman94US #37
#15Kenneth85US #15
#16David82US #13
#17Edward81US #11
#18Philip74US #70
#19Gerald71US #22
#20Arthur69US #25
#21Harold67US #18
#22Thomas59US #10
#23Lawrence57US #38
#24Maurice56US #129
#25Frank54US #16
#26Walter54US #21
#27Henry53US #24
#28Francis52US #45
#29Ralph52US #29
#30Roland52US #114
#31Albert51US #30
#32Carl49US #28
#33Eugene49US #23
#34Alfred43US #57
#35Franklin40US #33
#36Gordon40US #71
#37Normand37
#38Wayne37US #52
#39Bernard36US #63
#40Ernest36US #50
#41Frederick36US #78
#42Harry36US #35
#43Leo35US #75
#44Earl32US #41
#45Herbert32US #49
#46Louis32US #40
#47Clarence30US #43
#48Lloyd30US #73
#49Reginald28
#50Russell28US #67
#51Bruce25US #91
#52Carroll24US #174
#53Phillip24US #125
#54Stanley24US #55
#55Theodore24US #68
#56Dana23
#57Floyd23US #69
#58Fred23US #34
#59Melvin23US #51
#60Everett22US #139
#61Gilbert22US #104
#62Warren22US #99
#63Daniel21US #42
#64Howard21US #36
#65Keith21US #127
#66Linwood21
#67Peter21US #60
#68Rodney21US #173
#69Edwin20US #77
#70Leon20US #85
#71Lewis19US #92
#72Merle19
#73Allen18US #84
#74Douglas18US #81
#75Wallace18US #120
#76Arnold17US #103
#77Clifford17US #86
#78Wilfred17
#79Alton16US #184
#80Clayton16US #188
#81Clifton16US #177
#82Harvey16US #97
#83Leonard16US #47
#84Patrick16US #110
#85Bertrand15
#86Clyde15US #87
#87Elmer15US #101
#88Gary15US #80
#89Gerard15
#90Leroy15US #56
#91Lionel15
#92Chester14US #119
#93Dale14US #65
#94Malcolm14
#95Allan13US #154
#96Calvin13US #112
#97Conrad13
#98Darrell13US #148
#99Vaughn13
#100Carlton12

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑39Bruce#51
↑38Melvin#59
↑37Floyd#57
↑36Dana#56
↑35Sally#57
↑26Douglas#74
↑25Eleanor#30
↑24Phillip#53

Falling

↓45Malcolm#94
↓44Gerard#89
↓41Gladys#99
↓29Thelma#95
↓28Edna#98
↓28Lionel#91
↓25Rose#86
↓21Dale#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.