State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,462 Maine births in 1938 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.

#43Gerardoutside the national top 200
#44Normandoutside the national top 200
#51Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#54Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#62Danaoutside the national top 200
#56Priscilla#188 nationally
#69Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#59Jeannette#186 nationally
#73Clayton#199 nationally
#75Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#78Maynardoutside the national top 200
#81Cecileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia217US #3
#2Mary208US #1
#3Nancy168US #7
#4Barbara165US #2
#5Joan149US #10
#6Sandra131US #14
#7Judith130US #12
#8Shirley126US #5
#9Donna104US #20
#10Carol103US #6
#11Janice102US #24
#12Joyce96US #11
#13Dorothy93US #8
#14Marilyn88US #19
#15Jean87US #27
#16Betty84US #4
#17Gloria79US #36
#18Elizabeth78US #17
#19Beverly77US #18
#20Lorraine76US #93
#21Pauline74US #97
#22Margaret72US #9
#23Jacqueline70US #69
#24Constance67US #117
#25Ann66US #32
#26Carolyn66US #15
#27Doris62US #25
#28Elaine56US #42
#29Alice55US #29
#30Ruth55US #21
#31Marie54US #37
#32Janet52US #16
#33Gail48US #77
#34Helen48US #13
#35Virginia48US #22
#36Jane47US #44
#37Sylvia45US #56
#38Sally44US #54
#39Norma43US #34
#40Phyllis43US #28
#41Frances42US #23
#42Joanne42US #57
#43Theresa42US #92
#44Eleanor40US #60
#45Rita40US #74
#46Anita39US #99
#47Marjorie39US #53
#48Roberta39US #73
#49Lois38US #33
#50Rosalie38US #66
#51Claudette36
#52Evelyn35US #38
#53Louise35US #59
#54Marlene35US #51
#55Irene34US #72
#56Priscilla33US #188
#57Florence32US #90
#58Anne31US #84
#59Jeannette31US #186
#60Charlene30US #143
#61Geraldine30US #45
#62Marion30US #118
#63Maxine30US #130
#64Rose29US #39
#65Kathleen28US #58
#66Carole27US #46
#67Diane27US #64
#68Jeanne27US #148
#69Jeannine27
#70Linda27US #31
#71Arlene26US #63
#72Rachel25US #165
#73Sheila25US #136
#74Charlotte24US #70
#75Claire24US #184
#76Annette23US #119
#77June23US #79
#78Lucille23US #106
#79Beatrice22US #125
#80Catherine22US #48
#81Cecile22
#82Dolores22US #43
#83Lillian22US #88
#84Anna21US #40
#85Mildred21US #52
#86Edith20US #102
#87Ethel20US #94
#88Katherine20US #105
#89Madeline20
#90Susan20US #71
#91Dawn19
#92Ellen19US #89
#93Cynthia18US #160
#94Grace18US #100
#95Judy18US #41
#96Martha18US #26
#97Bertha17US #131
#98Caroline17US #181
#99Esther17US #120
#100Sharon17US #30

Boys

#1Robert460US #1
#2Richard371US #5
#3John238US #3
#4Donald200US #7
#5James192US #2
#6David182US #8
#7Ronald162US #10
#8Paul156US #15
#9William154US #4
#10Charles131US #6
#11George131US #11
#12Roger118US #31
#13Raymond110US #20
#14Joseph99US #12
#15Kenneth92US #14
#16Edward87US #13
#17Gerald80US #19
#18Philip79US #64
#19Lawrence71US #36
#20Arthur70US #32
#21Wayne69US #40
#22Norman66US #43
#23Roland62US #124
#24Peter61US #48
#25Thomas61US #9
#26Harold59US #23
#27Gary57US #22
#28Frank56US #18
#29Frederick52US #71
#30Michael52US #21
#31Maurice49US #143
#32Ralph49US #35
#33Eugene46US #33
#34Albert39US #37
#35Larry38US #16
#36Walter38US #26
#37Francis37US #51
#38Herbert37US #68
#39Carl35US #29
#40Dale35US #56
#41Henry34US #30
#42Russell34US #70
#43Gerard33
#44Normand33
#45Stanley32US #59
#46Fred31US #38
#47Harry31US #44
#48Howard31US #42
#49Bruce30US #66
#50Leo30US #104
#51Daniel29US #39
#52Ernest29US #55
#53Gordon29US #78
#54Reginald29
#55Stephen28US #74
#56Bernard27US #75
#57Douglas27US #60
#58Leroy26US #61
#59Dennis25US #49
#60Rodney24US #133
#61Arnold23US #111
#62Dana23
#63Earl23US #50
#64Clifford22US #89
#65Louis22US #47
#66Allen21US #73
#67Edwin21US #90
#68Everett21US #159
#69Keith21US #120
#70Clarence20US #58
#71Alfred19US #69
#72Carroll19US #175
#73Clayton19US #199
#74Jon19US #126
#75Linwood19
#76Guy18US #189
#77Leon18US #85
#78Maynard18
#79Melvin18US #54
#80Phillip18US #95
#81Theodore18US #84
#82Alan17US #91
#83Gene17US #65
#84Nelson17US #182
#85Vernon17US #103
#86Barry16US #155
#87Brian16
#88Darrell16US #128
#89Leonard16US #57
#90Lloyd16US #92
#91Wendell16
#92Allan15US #119
#93Gilbert15US #116
#94Joel15US #134
#95Clyde14US #97
#96Laurence14
#97Wilfred14
#98Jack13US #25
#99Merle13
#100Conrad12

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑36Gail#33
↑32Michael#30
↑31Larry#35
↑31Allen#66
↑28Maxine#63
↑27Sally#38
↑24Phyllis#40
↑23Bruce#49

Falling

↓33Martha#96
↓29Arlene#71
↓26Alfred#71
↓21June#77
↓21Lucille#78
↓21Cynthia#93
↓21Ernest#52
↓20Carole#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.