State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,296 Maine births in 1937 across 420 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#38Gerardoutside the national top 200
#42Normandoutside the national top 200
#43Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#47Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#51Danaoutside the national top 200
#55Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#66Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#73Murieloutside the national top 200
#71Claire#191 nationally
#84Carltonoutside the national top 200
#74Jeannette#189 nationally
#30Maurice#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary236US #1
#2Patricia228US #3
#3Barbara161US #2
#4Joan158US #9
#5Shirley154US #4
#6Nancy144US #7
#7Beverly117US #14
#8Joyce92US #11
#9Donna90US #21
#10Jean88US #23
#11Elizabeth87US #17
#12Betty84US #5
#13Gloria79US #32
#14Pauline79US #87
#15Janice78US #25
#16Marilyn78US #13
#17Sandra77US #26
#18Carolyn76US #20
#19Dorothy75US #8
#20Marie74US #35
#21Carol71US #6
#22Margaret70US #10
#23Judith67US #34
#24Ruth67US #15
#25Doris64US #22
#26Joanne62US #51
#27Lorraine62US #83
#28Jacqueline58US #70
#29Sylvia58US #50
#30Constance56US #118
#31Norma56US #33
#32Helen55US #12
#33Janet53US #18
#34Ann50US #30
#35Elaine50US #45
#36Frances50US #19
#37Virginia50US #16
#38Alice48US #28
#39Eleanor47US #53
#40Lois47US #29
#41Theresa46US #95
#42Arlene45US #60
#43Florence45US #81
#44Jane45US #42
#45Rita45US #69
#46Carole43US #56
#47Priscilla43
#48Anita42US #93
#49Marlene40US #40
#50Irene39US #62
#51Louise38US #48
#52Marion38US #109
#53Geraldine37US #44
#54Evelyn36US #36
#55Jeannine36
#56June36US #71
#57Lucille36US #98
#58Diane35US #76
#59Roberta35US #66
#60Anne34US #92
#61Marjorie34US #57
#62Dolores33US #37
#63Martha33US #24
#64Phyllis32US #27
#65Sally32US #59
#66Claudette31
#67Jeanne31US #149
#68Rose31US #38
#69Gail29US #99
#70Annette27US #115
#71Claire27US #191
#72Cynthia27US #170
#73Muriel27
#74Jeannette26US #189
#75Kathleen26US #61
#76Catherine25US #47
#77Charlene24US #141
#78Lillian24US #84
#79Rachel23US #163
#80Ellen22US #102
#81Jeanette21US #90
#82Gladys20US #86
#83Charlotte19US #67
#84Ethel19US #88
#85Juanita19US #75
#86Beatrice18US #120
#87Christine18US #135
#88Diana18US #157
#89Hazel18US #106
#90Edith17US #96
#91Maxine17US #136
#92Sheila17US #142
#93Anna16US #39
#94Gertrude16US #159
#95Laura16US #105
#96Mildred16US #43
#97Sharon16US #41
#98Dawn15
#99Eva15US #117
#100Grace15US #94

Boys

#1Robert504US #1
#2Richard368US #5
#3John233US #3
#4Donald197US #7
#5David188US #8
#6William187US #4
#7James174US #2
#8Raymond140US #19
#9Ronald136US #11
#10Roger127US #36
#11Charles125US #6
#12George120US #10
#13Paul108US #15
#14Joseph95US #12
#15Gerald85US #20
#16Edward84US #13
#17Kenneth82US #14
#18Thomas78US #9
#19Lawrence75US #38
#20Philip73US #62
#21Arthur70US #31
#22Wayne69US #44
#23Norman68US #43
#24Roland64US #126
#25Harold62US #21
#26Albert56US #37
#27Ralph52US #34
#28Eugene49US #33
#29Gary49US #29
#30Maurice49US #144
#31Ernest46US #53
#32Peter46US #52
#33Frank44US #18
#34Francis40US #55
#35Herbert40US #65
#36Walter40US #26
#37Henry38US #30
#38Gerard37
#39Stanley37US #57
#40Carl36US #28
#41Leo36US #97
#42Normand34
#43Reginald34
#44Daniel33US #39
#45Alfred32US #60
#46Dale32US #59
#47Frederick31US #68
#48Louis31US #46
#49Keith28US #123
#50Russell28US #67
#51Dana27
#52Dennis27US #63
#53Howard27US #42
#54Rodney27US #151
#55Clarence26US #54
#56Gordon25US #75
#57Earl24US #48
#58Everett24US #156
#59Fred24US #35
#60Harry24US #41
#61Lewis24US #104
#62Michael24US #27
#63Phillip23US #98
#64Stephen23US #92
#65Douglas22US #74
#66Larry22US #16
#67Leroy22US #56
#68Theodore22US #86
#69Arnold21US #111
#70Bernard21US #73
#71Carroll21US #178
#72Bruce20US #70
#73Melvin20US #50
#74Leonard19US #58
#75Roy19US #40
#76Clayton18US #188
#77Leon18US #85
#78Herman17US #101
#79Alan16US #103
#80Darrell16US #130
#81Edwin16US #89
#82Lloyd16US #91
#83Allan15US #124
#84Carlton15
#85Chester15US #129
#86Duane15US #115
#87Floyd15US #80
#88Malcolm15
#89Warren15US #106
#90Wilfred15
#91Franklin14US #77
#92Laurence14
#93Maynard14
#94Rene14
#95Vernon14US #96
#96Victor14US #117
#97Allen13US #76
#98Armand13
#99Carleton13
#100Cecil13US #114

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑43Florence#43
↑42Dennis#52
↑36Keith#49
↑33Carole#46
↑33Louis#48
↑29Leroy#67
↑27Cynthia#72
↑25Gerard#38

Falling

↓30Carroll#71
↓29Maxine#91
↓25Bruce#72
↓24Anna#93
↓23Phyllis#64
↓23Mildred#96
↓21Bernard#70
↓21Malcolm#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.