State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,547 Maine births in 1934 across 428 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#39Gerardoutside the national top 200
#43Normandoutside the national top 200
#54Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#55Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#55Jeannette#195 nationally
#64Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#68Cecileoutside the national top 200
#51Clayton#183 nationally
#70Murieloutside the national top 200
#77Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#80Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#80Conradoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary219US #1
#2Barbara198US #3
#3Patricia197US #6
#4Joan192US #7
#5Dorothy128US #5
#6Shirley124US #4
#7Betty117US #2
#8Joyce109US #12
#9Nancy109US #10
#10Beverly108US #22
#11Marilyn98US #17
#12Jean92US #16
#13Lorraine88US #56
#14Elizabeth87US #18
#15Helen86US #9
#16Gloria84US #30
#17Margaret83US #8
#18Janet81US #21
#19Doris80US #11
#20Jacqueline79US #80
#21Constance78US #117
#22Pauline73US #71
#23Marie67US #34
#24Ruth66US #13
#25Ann64US #32
#26Rita62US #63
#27Sylvia60US #70
#28Theresa57US #77
#29Carolyn56US #33
#30Norma55US #24
#31Geraldine54US #43
#32Alice53US #25
#33Joanne53US #45
#34June52US #46
#35Virginia52US #15
#36Janice51US #68
#37Lois51US #20
#38Phyllis50US #28
#39Marjorie49US #41
#40Lucille48US #84
#41Marion47US #86
#42Evelyn45US #29
#43Louise45US #40
#44Frances44US #19
#45Elaine42US #54
#46Eleanor42US #44
#47Florence39US #61
#48Irene38US #49
#49Arlene37US #53
#50Carol37US #14
#51Jane37US #48
#52Dolores36US #26
#53Anita35US #130
#54Priscilla35
#55Jeannette34US #195
#56Jeanne33US #131
#57Judith33US #94
#58Marlene33US #57
#59Christine31US #121
#60Charlene30US #151
#61Donna30US #23
#62Anne29US #88
#63Charlotte28US #72
#64Jeannine28
#65Maxine28US #114
#66Mildred28US #35
#67Sally28US #62
#68Cecile27
#69Kathleen26US #74
#70Muriel25
#71Ellen24US #95
#72Roberta24US #104
#73Anna23US #31
#74Rachel23US #163
#75Sandra23US #93
#76Annie22US #38
#77Edith22US #81
#78Rose22US #37
#79Bernice21US #82
#80Claudette21
#81Martha21US #27
#82Bertha20US #112
#83Carlene20
#84Carole20US #89
#85Catherine20US #42
#86Grace20US #79
#87Leona20US #140
#88Claire19US #155
#89Gladys19US #66
#90Lillian19US #52
#91Sarah19US #67
#92Audrey18US #69
#93Beatrice18US #99
#94Diane18US #124
#95Gwendolyn18US #181
#96Madeline18
#97Thelma18US #65
#98Vivian18US #98
#99Cynthia17US #179
#100Faye17US #146

Boys

#1Robert448US #1
#2Richard370US #5
#3John248US #3
#4Donald207US #6
#5James194US #2
#6William176US #4
#7George149US #8
#8Charles146US #7
#9Paul137US #14
#10Ronald135US #11
#11Roger114US #39
#12David113US #12
#13Raymond99US #19
#14Joseph92US #10
#15Arthur91US #29
#16Philip90US #69
#17Edward86US #13
#18Gerald81US #22
#19Kenneth78US #15
#20Lawrence78US #34
#21Roland71US #119
#22Albert65US #32
#23Norman64US #38
#24Frank61US #16
#25Thomas61US #9
#26Harold60US #18
#27Eugene59US #24
#28Ralph57US #31
#29Francis53US #49
#30Walter48US #21
#31Louis47US #40
#32Henry45US #27
#33Stanley44US #58
#34Maurice43US #132
#35Frederick42US #77
#36Bruce40US #78
#37Leo40US #86
#38Ernest39US #51
#39Gerard39
#40Carl37US #28
#41Herbert37US #57
#42Peter37US #61
#43Normand36
#44Bernard35US #65
#45Wayne35US #48
#46Rodney34US #160
#47Gary33US #60
#48Carroll31US #164
#49Clifford30US #85
#50Alfred29US #64
#51Clayton29US #183
#52Edwin29US #80
#53Clarence28US #45
#54Lloyd28US #82
#55Reginald28
#56Daniel26US #42
#57Arnold25US #105
#58Fred25US #33
#59Gordon25US #71
#60Russell25US #70
#61Warren25US #96
#62Douglas24US #72
#63Franklin24US #46
#64Keith24US #125
#65Everett23US #145
#66Dale22US #62
#67Lewis21US #94
#68Harry20US #36
#69Leon20US #87
#70Leroy20US #54
#71Phillip20US #113
#72Earl19US #41
#73Leslie19US #134
#74Clyde18US #84
#75Howard18US #37
#76Leonard18US #53
#77Malcolm18
#78Roy18US #35
#79Alton17US #184
#80Conrad17
#81Dana17
#82Merle17
#83Patrick17US #109
#84Stephen17US #121
#85Vernon17US #89
#86Floyd16US #73
#87Lionel16
#88Lucien16
#89Milton16US #115
#90Theodore16US #74
#91Victor16US #122
#92Chester15US #123
#93Dennis15US #95
#94Elmer15US #108
#95Linwood15
#96Melvin15US #55
#97Wendell15US #199
#98Marcel14
#99Ray14US #63
#100Wilfred14

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑50Gerard#39
↑41Gary#47
↑29Clayton#51
↑28Ann#25
↑28Clifford#49
↑27Dale#66
↑25Peter#42
↑22Rodney#46

Falling

↓37Melvin#96
↓36Lillian#90
↓35Theodore#90
↓29Beatrice#93
↓29Floyd#86
↓29Linwood#95
↓28Franklin#63
↓28Earl#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.