State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,315 Maine births in 1939 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.

#48Normandoutside the national top 200
#49Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#49Danaoutside the national top 200
#64Gerardoutside the national top 200
#66Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#70Lioneloutside the national top 200
#55Jeannette#184 nationally
#60Claire#189 nationally
#55Carroll#179 nationally
#84Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#85Murieloutside the national top 200
#86Jeannineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia232US #3
#2Mary211US #1
#3Judith177US #8
#4Barbara172US #2
#5Sandra155US #13
#6Nancy146US #7
#7Donna124US #20
#8Joan113US #11
#9Shirley109US #5
#10Joyce95US #12
#11Carol88US #6
#12Betty85US #4
#13Margaret82US #10
#14Janice80US #24
#15Beverly79US #25
#16Jean79US #32
#17Elizabeth78US #18
#18Marilyn78US #19
#19Jacqueline76US #72
#20Lorraine75US #95
#21Linda71US #15
#22Helen69US #16
#23Carolyn64US #14
#24Marie64US #37
#25Dorothy63US #9
#26Gloria58US #36
#27Pauline56US #105
#28Jane54US #46
#29Ruth53US #22
#30Norma52US #38
#31Doris50US #29
#32Constance49US #123
#33Ann47US #33
#34Elaine47US #45
#35Joanne46US #53
#36Phyllis45US #30
#37Rita44US #78
#38Sylvia44US #62
#39Janet43US #17
#40Sally42US #52
#41Eleanor41US #63
#42Evelyn40US #40
#43Frances40US #26
#44Louise40US #59
#45Gail38US #73
#46Theresa38US #94
#47Virginia38US #21
#48Anita37US #97
#49Claudette36
#50Alice35US #31
#51Arlene35US #69
#52Marjorie35US #60
#53Priscilla35US #148
#54Roberta35US #71
#55Jeannette34US #184
#56Sharon34US #23
#57Geraldine33US #41
#58Annette32US #121
#59Irene32US #74
#60Claire30US #189
#61Diane30US #51
#62Lucille30US #110
#63Marion30US #120
#64Martha29US #27
#65Carole28US #47
#66Brenda27US #86
#67Judy27US #28
#68Kathleen27US #48
#69Marlene27US #64
#70Mildred27US #55
#71Rachel26US #160
#72Anne25US #85
#73Cynthia25US #152
#74Dolores25US #58
#75Edith25US #102
#76Ellen25US #80
#77Rose25US #42
#78Charlene24US #139
#79Florence24US #96
#80Loretta24US #65
#81Charlotte23US #66
#82Jeanne23US #147
#83June23US #83
#84Lois23US #35
#85Muriel23
#86Jeannine22
#87Susan22US #44
#88Christine21US #124
#89Lillian21US #99
#90Jeanette19US #82
#91Maxine19US #137
#92Catherine18US #49
#93Katherine18US #101
#94Myrna18US #144
#95Paula18US #159
#96Sheila18US #125
#97Beatrice17US #136
#98Faye17US #161
#99Marcia17US #109
#100Bernice16US #116

Boys

#1Richard416US #5
#2Robert401US #1
#3John269US #3
#4David216US #7
#5William188US #4
#6James186US #2
#7Donald184US #8
#8Ronald149US #10
#9Paul139US #17
#10Roger136US #28
#11Charles134US #6
#12George125US #11
#13Raymond119US #22
#14Thomas91US #9
#15Kenneth87US #13
#16Peter83US #46
#17Gerald81US #19
#18Edward78US #15
#19Wayne78US #39
#20Joseph67US #12
#21Arthur66US #32
#22Roland66US #131
#23Michael65US #18
#24Gary62US #21
#25Philip62US #66
#26Ralph60US #35
#27Norman59US #44
#28Lawrence58US #36
#29Bruce53US #64
#30Frederick48US #71
#31Albert47US #41
#32Harold47US #23
#33Walter45US #25
#34Frank44US #20
#35Eugene42US #37
#36Dale41US #59
#37Daniel38US #38
#38Alfred34US #70
#39Stephen34US #65
#40Francis33US #53
#41Carl32US #30
#42Leo32US #108
#43Maurice32US #157
#44Gordon31US #82
#45Bernard30US #76
#46Dennis30US #34
#47Henry30US #31
#48Normand30
#49Dana28
#50Ernest28US #55
#51Larry25US #14
#52Louis25US #49
#53Harry24US #45
#54Stanley24US #57
#55Carroll23US #179
#56Lewis23US #107
#57Alan22US #85
#58Clifford22US #88
#59Howard22US #47
#60Leroy21US #61
#61Leslie21US #136
#62Lloyd21US #95
#63Douglas20US #58
#64Gerard20
#65Phillip20US #92
#66Reginald20
#67Russell20US #73
#68Earl19US #50
#69Fred19US #40
#70Lionel19
#71Clarence18US #60
#72Gilbert18US #115
#73Herbert18US #68
#74Rodney18US #122
#75Allen17US #72
#76Anthony17US #48
#77Jack17US #26
#78Andrew16US #84
#79Barry16US #127
#80Clyde16US #101
#81Edwin16US #96
#82Everett16US #163
#83Leon16US #86
#84Linwood16
#85Nelson16US #178
#86Wallace16US #151
#87Wilfred16
#88Jerry15US #16
#89Lester15US #116
#90Theodore15US #90
#91Warren15US #104
#92Allan14US #125
#93Bertrand14
#94Brian14US #176
#95Clayton14US #197
#96Conrad14
#97Lee14US #78
#98Leonard14US #54
#99Melvin14US #51
#100Roy14US #42

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑49Linda#21
↑44Sharon#56
↑33Alfred#38
↑32Martha#64
↑28Judy#67
↑28Lloyd#62
↑25Alan#57
↑21Gilbert#72

Falling

↓35Lois#84
↓35Herbert#73
↓28Maxine#91
↓25Russell#67
↓23Sheila#96
↓23Fred#69
↓22Florence#79
↓22Clayton#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.