State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,569 Maine births in 1935 across 422 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#40Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#45Normandoutside the national top 200
#52Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#66Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#67Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#57Clayton#187 nationally
#71Gerardoutside the national top 200
#58Jeannette#186 nationally
#76Bertrandoutside the national top 200
#78Carmenoutside the national top 200
#79Lioneloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley259US #2
#2Mary230US #1
#3Patricia202US #5
#4Joan183US #7
#5Barbara176US #3
#6Nancy139US #9
#7Marilyn120US #14
#8Joyce106US #12
#9Lorraine98US #68
#10Dorothy97US #6
#11Jean93US #18
#12Gloria89US #32
#13Beverly87US #20
#14Elizabeth85US #17
#15Constance78US #125
#16Margaret78US #8
#17Betty77US #4
#18Marie73US #33
#19Pauline73US #80
#20Janice72US #47
#21Norma70US #29
#22Doris68US #13
#23Janet68US #22
#24Sylvia66US #60
#25Theresa65US #86
#26Helen64US #10
#27Rita63US #63
#28Judith61US #54
#29Jacqueline60US #79
#30Alice56US #25
#31Ruth55US #15
#32Virginia53US #16
#33Ann52US #30
#34Eleanor52US #48
#35Phyllis52US #27
#36Carolyn50US #28
#37Elaine48US #51
#38Carol45US #11
#39Marion45US #88
#40Priscilla43
#41Evelyn42US #31
#42Frances42US #19
#43Marlene42US #39
#44Charlotte41US #65
#45Irene41US #52
#46June40US #55
#47Lois40US #21
#48Marjorie40US #46
#49Jeanne39US #133
#50Lucille39US #85
#51Sandra39US #50
#52Donna38US #23
#53Mildred38US #35
#54Joanne37US #44
#55Louise37US #45
#56Arlene36US #59
#57Anita35US #119
#58Jeannette35US #186
#59Jeannine35
#60Roberta35US #77
#61Geraldine33US #40
#62Jane33US #43
#63Sally33US #58
#64Anne32US #84
#65Lillian32US #66
#66Claudette31
#67Maxine30US #120
#68Florence29US #74
#69Martha29US #24
#70Catherine28US #42
#71Dolores28US #26
#72Rose28US #37
#73Jeanette27US #104
#74Kathleen27US #71
#75Beatrice25US #107
#76Gladys25US #78
#77Anna24US #34
#78Carmen23
#79Claire23US #171
#80Charlene22US #146
#81Esther22US #94
#82Gail22US #127
#83Madeline21
#84Rachel21US #164
#85Ellen20US #95
#86Grace20US #83
#87Annette19US #142
#88Caroline19US #178
#89Cecile19
#90Muriel19
#91Rena19
#92Diane18US #109
#93Edith18US #87
#94Gertrude18US #145
#95Christine17US #130
#96Eva17US #110
#97Loretta17US #69
#98Edna16US #67
#99Hazel16US #92
#100Laura16US #101

Boys

#1Robert476US #1
#2Richard420US #5
#3John250US #3
#4Donald225US #7
#5James191US #2
#6William159US #4
#7Ronald140US #12
#8Paul131US #14
#9David130US #11
#10Charles120US #6
#11George118US #8
#12Roger114US #36
#13Raymond108US #17
#14Joseph97US #10
#15Norman94US #38
#16Edward87US #13
#17Lawrence85US #35
#18Thomas82US #9
#19Kenneth71US #15
#20Arthur70US #29
#21Roland70US #119
#22Harold69US #20
#23Albert63US #31
#24Maurice61US #130
#25Philip61US #65
#26Ralph60US #32
#27Gerald58US #21
#28Frank52US #16
#29Walter48US #23
#30Peter46US #59
#31Gary44US #44
#32Wayne44US #49
#33Francis43US #53
#34Frederick43US #73
#35Eugene40US #26
#36Henry38US #27
#37Herbert38US #58
#38Stanley38US #56
#39Carl37US #28
#40Leo37US #92
#41Louis36US #42
#42Gordon35US #70
#43Ernest34US #55
#44Dale33US #61
#45Normand33
#46Russell32US #68
#47Bernard31US #67
#48Clarence31US #48
#49Harry30US #37
#50Earl29US #46
#51Keith29US #125
#52Reginald29
#53Howard28US #39
#54Carroll27US #172
#55Everett27US #146
#56Alfred26US #63
#57Clayton26US #187
#58Fred26US #34
#59Arnold25US #103
#60Bruce25US #77
#61Leon25US #86
#62Daniel24US #43
#63Phillip22US #107
#64Theodore22US #79
#65Leroy21US #50
#66Lloyd21US #84
#67Malcolm21
#68Rodney21US #149
#69Clifford19US #88
#70Douglas19US #75
#71Gerard19
#72Gilbert19US #111
#73Leslie19US #131
#74Michael19US #41
#75Allen18US #83
#76Bertrand18
#77Clyde18US #82
#78Lewis18US #98
#79Lionel18
#80Claude17US #129
#81Maynard17
#82Dana16
#83Floyd16US #76
#84Melvin16US #57
#85Wilfred16
#86Conrad15
#87Earle15
#88Edwin15US #89
#89Jerome15US #96
#90Marcel15
#91Neil15US #167
#92Romeo15
#93Roy15US #40
#94Stephen15US #113
#95Darrell14US #136
#96Fernand14
#97Herman14US #101
#98Leonard14US #54
#99Lester14US #114
#100Alan13US #122

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑29Judith#28
↑26Theodore#64
↑25Lillian#65
↑24Sandra#51
↑22Dale#44
↑22Earl#50
↑22Howard#53
↑19Charlotte#44

Falling

↓36Christine#95
↓36Edwin#88
↓32Gerard#71
↓30Geraldine#61
↓24Bruce#60
↓22Rodney#68
↓22Leonard#98
↓21Joanne#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.