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Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,542 Maine births in 1940 across 416 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#42Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#46Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#55Gerardoutside the national top 200
#69Bertrandoutside the national top 200
#75Danaoutside the national top 200
#78Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#79Maynardoutside the national top 200
#24Roland#141 nationally
#84Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#45Maurice#161 nationally
#87Cecileoutside the national top 200
#87Normandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Patricia240US #3
#2Mary223US #1
#3Sandra198US #10
#4Judith182US #4
#5Nancy153US #7
#6Barbara151US #2
#7Linda120US #8
#8Carol108US #6
#9Joan108US #14
#10Joyce105US #13
#11Beverly103US #27
#12Donna93US #23
#13Janice87US #22
#14Betty82US #5
#15Dorothy82US #12
#16Gloria82US #30
#17Elizabeth80US #20
#18Shirley76US #9
#19Lorraine75US #95
#20Jacqueline72US #76
#21Marie71US #41
#22Carolyn70US #15
#23Constance70US #124
#24Jean70US #29
#25Marilyn68US #25
#26Jane65US #47
#27Pauline59US #104
#28Priscilla58US #127
#29Ruth58US #24
#30Doris54US #31
#31Margaret54US #11
#32Janet53US #19
#33Elaine51US #50
#34Brenda48US #42
#35Sally47US #61
#36Norma46US #43
#37Sylvia45US #62
#38Joanne44US #54
#39Phyllis44US #33
#40Rita44US #70
#41Alice43US #32
#42Ann43US #35
#43Helen43US #18
#44Gail41US #65
#45Diane40US #45
#46Claudette38
#47Cynthia38US #133
#48Roberta38US #71
#49Louise37US #59
#50Frances36US #28
#51Eleanor35US #68
#52Judy35US #16
#53June35US #82
#54Virginia35US #21
#55Susan34US #36
#56Anita33US #87
#57Kathleen32US #40
#58Charlene31US #145
#59Geraldine31US #46
#60Jeanne31US #129
#61Catherine30US #53
#62Lucille30US #113
#63Theresa30US #102
#64Dianne28US #167
#65Evelyn28US #48
#66Irene28US #73
#67Lois28US #38
#68Marion28US #120
#69Marjorie28US #64
#70Marlene28US #80
#71Rose28US #44
#72Martha27US #26
#73Sharon27US #17
#74Suzanne27US #109
#75Beatrice26US #140
#76Carole26US #49
#77Charlotte26US #55
#78Jeannette26US #182
#79Anne24US #84
#80Ellen24US #74
#81Arlene23US #75
#82Claire23US #194
#83Florence23US #100
#84Jeannine23
#85Maxine22US #137
#86Sheila21US #130
#87Cecile20
#88Dolores20US #67
#89Rachel19US #166
#90Rebecca19US #96
#91Marguerite18
#92Carlene17
#93Deanna17US #136
#94Katherine17US #92
#95Laura17US #108
#96Mildred17US #58
#97Annette16US #126
#98Bernice16US #121
#99Christine16US #118
#100Edith16US #98

Boys

#1Robert441US #2
#2Richard388US #5
#3John285US #3
#4David258US #7
#5James206US #1
#6William179US #4
#7Donald177US #9
#8Ronald139US #10
#9George137US #11
#10Paul134US #17
#11Charles126US #6
#12Roger112US #26
#13Joseph100US #12
#14Kenneth89US #15
#15Thomas84US #8
#16Peter82US #43
#17Gerald79US #21
#18Edward78US #16
#19Wayne78US #39
#20Raymond77US #22
#21Arthur66US #33
#22Norman65US #48
#23Gary64US #19
#24Roland64US #141
#25Philip60US #60
#26Lawrence59US #36
#27Albert56US #41
#28Ralph56US #37
#29Harold55US #23
#30Michael53US #18
#31Daniel49US #34
#32Larry49US #13
#33Carl48US #32
#34Dennis47US #24
#35Bruce46US #55
#36Eugene46US #38
#37Frank46US #20
#38Stephen46US #49
#39Walter42US #25
#40Dale40US #57
#41Frederick40US #68
#42Reginald35
#43Stanley35US #59
#44Bernard33US #82
#45Maurice33US #161
#46Douglas31US #56
#47Henry31US #31
#48Keith31US #125
#49Francis30US #61
#50Alfred28US #69
#51Gordon28US #91
#52Ernest27US #58
#53Fred27US #40
#54Brian25US #163
#55Gerard25
#56Herbert25US #75
#57Leo25US #112
#58Barry24US #109
#59Earl24US #52
#60Jack24US #29
#61Louis24US #50
#62Edwin23US #96
#63Russell23US #72
#64Alan22US #88
#65Clifford22US #94
#66Harry22US #47
#67Howard22US #45
#68Rodney22US #133
#69Bertrand20
#70Leroy20US #66
#71Lewis20US #107
#72Clarence19US #64
#73Leonard19US #54
#74Roy19US #42
#75Dana18
#76Gilbert18US #124
#77Theodore18US #90
#78Malcolm17
#79Maynard17
#80Patrick17US #74
#81Arnold16US #118
#82Carroll16US #190
#83Claude16US #145
#84Darrell16US #131
#85Guy16US #192
#86Lloyd16US #100
#87Normand16
#88Vincent16US #104
#89Alton15US #194
#90Lionel15
#91Perley15
#92Samuel15US #65
#93Steven15US #119
#94Allan14US #115
#95Clayton14
#96Melvin14US #53
#97Wallace14US #146
#98Allen13US #71
#99Andrew13US #84
#100Anthony13US #46

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑40Brian#54
↑32Brenda#34
↑32Susan#55
↑31Catherine#61
↑30June#53
↑26Cynthia#47
↑26Roy#74
↑25Priscilla#28

Falling

↓39Annette#97
↓39Normand#87
↓30Arlene#81
↓27Carroll#82
↓26Mildred#96
↓26Dana#75
↓25Edith#100
↓24Lloyd#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.