State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,411 Maine births in 1936 across 415 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#46Normandoutside the national top 200
#52Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#63Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#63Gerardoutside the national top 200
#67Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#68Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#41Carroll#172 nationally
#70Danaoutside the national top 200
#56Clayton#186 nationally
#73Bertrandoutside the national top 200
#61Jeannette#188 nationally

Girls

#1Mary223US #1
#2Shirley212US #2
#3Patricia202US #5
#4Joan168US #7
#5Barbara151US #3
#6Nancy140US #8
#7Joyce134US #12
#8Beverly120US #17
#9Marilyn88US #13
#10Janice82US #31
#11Pauline82US #82
#12Lorraine81US #76
#13Jean79US #20
#14Dorothy77US #6
#15Elizabeth77US #18
#16Gloria77US #32
#17Betty75US #4
#18Jacqueline73US #66
#19Ruth72US #16
#20Margaret71US #9
#21Helen70US #11
#22Sandra68US #38
#23Sylvia67US #53
#24Donna64US #22
#25Constance60US #133
#26Rita60US #69
#27Doris58US #15
#28Theresa58US #88
#29Carol55US #10
#30Marie55US #33
#31Judith54US #43
#32Lois54US #26
#33Carolyn53US #23
#34Irene52US #57
#35Ann51US #28
#36Virginia51US #14
#37Evelyn50US #34
#38Jane50US #42
#39Marlene50US #39
#40Joanne48US #48
#41Phyllis48US #25
#42Anne47US #89
#43Janet47US #21
#44Marion47US #93
#45Norma45US #29
#46Frances44US #19
#47Louise44US #46
#48Sally42US #59
#49Anita41US #104
#50Roberta40US #64
#51Marjorie39US #49
#52Priscilla39
#53Elaine38US #50
#54Arlene37US #54
#55Lucille37US #92
#56Alice36US #27
#57Eleanor36US #47
#58Gail36US #101
#59Jeannine36
#60June34US #62
#61Jeannette31US #188
#62Maxine31US #127
#63Claudette29
#64Lillian29US #79
#65Rachel28US #163
#66Catherine27US #44
#67Geraldine26US #41
#68Rose26US #37
#69Anna25US #36
#70Edith25US #87
#71Jeanette25US #94
#72Martha25US #24
#73Mildred25US #40
#74Annette24US #125
#75Dolores24US #30
#76Jeanne24US #141
#77Ellen23US #99
#78Cecile22
#79Carole21US #73
#80Charlene21US #145
#81Claire21US #176
#82Dawn21
#83Grace21US #86
#84Hazel21US #96
#85Beatrice20US #121
#86Florence20US #80
#87Gertrude20US #156
#88Yvonne20US #81
#89Audrey19US #68
#90Bertha19US #122
#91Charlotte19US #61
#92Josephine19US #77
#93Muriel19
#94Gladys18US #84
#95Katherine18US #100
#96Kathleen18US #67
#97Bernice17US #95
#98Christine17US #131
#99Cynthia17US #184
#100Ruby17US #51

Boys

#1Robert482US #1
#2Richard375US #5
#3John253US #3
#4Donald230US #7
#5William183US #4
#6James177US #2
#7David163US #10
#8Ronald140US #12
#9Roger134US #35
#10George132US #9
#11Paul126US #15
#12Raymond112US #17
#13Charles101US #6
#14Joseph99US #11
#15Philip94US #63
#16Gerald91US #19
#17Arthur89US #30
#18Kenneth87US #14
#19Edward78US #13
#20Norman74US #43
#21Harold71US #21
#22Thomas68US #8
#23Roland64US #118
#24Albert61US #34
#25Ralph61US #31
#26Walter59US #26
#27Frank58US #16
#28Wayne53US #45
#29Lawrence51US #37
#30Gary43US #38
#31Maurice43US #137
#32Frederick42US #70
#33Peter42US #56
#34Carl41US #27
#35Eugene41US #29
#36Ernest40US #55
#37Herbert40US #62
#38Stanley38US #58
#39Dale37US #59
#40Gordon37US #75
#41Carroll36US #172
#42Henry35US #28
#43Francis34US #50
#44Leo34US #94
#45Clarence33US #52
#46Normand31
#47Bruce30US #73
#48Harry30US #39
#49Bernard29US #68
#50Everett28US #154
#51Douglas27US #78
#52Michael27US #33
#53Arnold26US #111
#54Daniel26US #41
#55Alfred25US #60
#56Clayton25US #186
#57Earl25US #47
#58Leonard24US #54
#59Rodney24US #152
#60Roy24US #42
#61Stephen24US #99
#62Fred23US #36
#63Gerard23
#64Howard23US #40
#65Russell23US #69
#66Gilbert22US #113
#67Malcolm21
#68Reginald21
#69Wallace21US #130
#70Dana20
#71Larry20US #25
#72Theodore20US #87
#73Bertrand19
#74Clifford19US #90
#75Edwin19US #84
#76Jack19US #20
#77Linwood19
#78Lloyd19US #88
#79Phillip19US #102
#80Leon18US #82
#81Louis18US #44
#82Maynard18
#83Wilfred18
#84Armand17
#85Keith17US #122
#86Lewis17US #101
#87Milton17US #120
#88Patrick17US #100
#89Wendell17US #196
#90Lee16US #76
#91Lester16US #115
#92Alton15US #189
#93Calvin15US #124
#94Dennis15US #74
#95Franklin15US #64
#96Leroy15US #57
#97Lionel15
#98Alan14US #108
#99Benjamin14US #123
#100Merle14

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑40Leonard#58
↑33Roy#60
↑33Stephen#61
↑29Sandra#22
↑28Donna#24
↑24Jane#38
↑24Gail#58
↑23Edith#70

Falling

↓47Charlotte#91
↓40Louis#81
↓34Keith#85
↓31Leroy#96
↓27Jeanne#76
↓26Alice#56
↓24Norma#45
↓23Eleanor#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.