State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,202 Maine births in 1941 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.

#44Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#54Claire#196 nationally
#64Danaoutside the national top 200
#65Normandoutside the national top 200
#66Jeannette#198 nationally
#69Claytonoutside the national top 200
#71Gerard#200 nationally
#72Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#42Maurice#163 nationally
#67Carroll#188 nationally
#80Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#29Roland#144 nationally

Girls

#1Judith233US #6
#2Sandra223US #9
#3Patricia214US #3
#4Mary211US #1
#5Nancy185US #8
#6Barbara140US #2
#7Linda135US #5
#8Donna125US #20
#9Joan119US #17
#10Carol100US #4
#11Gloria98US #26
#12Joyce88US #13
#13Elizabeth84US #21
#14Margaret83US #12
#15Brenda81US #41
#16Janice80US #22
#17Betty79US #7
#18Jean79US #32
#19Shirley76US #10
#20Beverly74US #29
#21Marie74US #42
#22Carolyn72US #11
#23Lorraine70US #93
#24Marilyn68US #30
#25Pauline66US #109
#26Ann64US #37
#27Dorothy63US #14
#28Constance62US #114
#29Jacqueline61US #73
#30Elaine60US #44
#31Judy60US #16
#32Janet59US #18
#33Sharon59US #15
#34Joanne58US #54
#35Doris54US #38
#36Ruth54US #28
#37Virginia54US #23
#38Priscilla50US #132
#39Rita49US #63
#40Diane47US #40
#41Sally46US #61
#42Frances45US #31
#43Sylvia44US #65
#44Claudette42
#45Gail42US #68
#46Theresa42US #95
#47Susan41US #27
#48Geraldine39US #45
#49Irene39US #74
#50Phyllis39US #35
#51Alice38US #34
#52Anita38US #91
#53Helen37US #24
#54Claire36US #196
#55Kathleen36US #36
#56Norma36US #47
#57Sheila36US #110
#58Anne35US #82
#59Jane35US #46
#60Martha34US #25
#61Rachel33US #159
#62Bonnie32US #33
#63Cynthia32US #112
#64Carole31US #48
#65Marjorie31US #71
#66Jeannette29US #198
#67Karen29US #19
#68Lucille28US #119
#69Rose28US #49
#70Ellen26US #67
#71Jeanne26US #126
#72Louise26US #62
#73Lois25US #43
#74Eleanor24US #78
#75Katherine24US #85
#76Roberta24US #72
#77Suzanne24US #97
#78Arlene23US #77
#79Charlene23US #125
#80Jeannine22
#81Marlene22US #83
#82June21US #90
#83Marion21US #130
#84Carmen20US #195
#85Catherine20US #51
#86Evelyn20US #50
#87Lillian20US #104
#88Marcia20US #105
#89Muriel20
#90Christine19US #101
#91Dolores19US #57
#92Edith19US #103
#93Florence19US #107
#94Laura19US #115
#95Deanna18US #137
#96Rebecca18US #86
#97Bertha17US #140
#98Carlene17
#99Gertrude17US #190
#100Cecile16

Boys

#1Robert439US #2
#2Richard407US #5
#3James270US #1
#4David269US #7
#5John268US #3
#6William231US #4
#7Donald185US #10
#8Ronald180US #9
#9Raymond144US #22
#10Paul143US #18
#11Charles142US #6
#12George118US #13
#13Thomas115US #8
#14Peter102US #44
#15Roger100US #25
#16Kenneth93US #15
#17Gary92US #19
#18Gerald85US #20
#19Michael84US #16
#20Philip77US #52
#21Edward74US #17
#22Wayne71US #37
#23Joseph68US #12
#24Arthur64US #33
#25Stephen64US #41
#26Albert62US #40
#27Bruce62US #51
#28Lawrence61US #34
#29Roland57US #144
#30Larry56US #11
#31Eugene54US #42
#32Frank54US #21
#33Walter51US #26
#34Dennis50US #23
#35Norman50US #49
#36Harold48US #24
#37Frederick45US #69
#38Ralph45US #38
#39Carl42US #29
#40Stanley42US #57
#41Henry39US #28
#42Maurice38US #163
#43Ernest36US #61
#44Daniel34US #31
#45Francis34US #60
#46Rodney33US #127
#47Dale32US #59
#48Leo31US #116
#49Herbert30US #76
#50Douglas29US #53
#51Theodore29US #95
#52Howard28US #47
#53Louis28US #50
#54Brian27US #153
#55Gordon26US #92
#56Harry25US #48
#57Arnold24US #123
#58Earl24US #58
#59Patrick24US #70
#60Alan23US #84
#61Everett23US #166
#62Jon23US #128
#63Alfred22US #74
#64Dana22
#65Normand22
#66Timothy21US #121
#67Carroll20US #188
#68Clarence20US #62
#69Clayton20
#70Fred20US #43
#71Gerard20US #200
#72Reginald20
#73Bernard19US #87
#74Russell19US #75
#75Terry19US #64
#76Warren19US #105
#77Keith18US #119
#78Phillip18US #77
#79Vernon18US #108
#80Allen17US #73
#81Clifford17US #94
#82Edwin17US #97
#83Leonard17US #54
#84Lewis17US #109
#85Roy17US #39
#86Leroy16US #67
#87Wendell16US #157
#88Anthony15US #46
#89Gilbert15US #117
#90Guy15US #191
#91Jerry15US #14
#92Joel15US #142
#93Leon15US #93
#94Lloyd15US #96
#95Martin15US #85
#96Nelson15US #186
#97Victor15US #118
#98Barry14US #91
#99Glenn14US #86
#100Jack14US #32

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑40Sharon#33
↑29Sheila#57
↑28Claire#54
↑28Rachel#61
↑26Theodore#51
↑26Clayton#69
↑24Arnold#57
↑22Rodney#46

Falling

↓40Barry#98
↓40Jack#100
↓33Jane#59
↓30Reginald#72
↓29June#82
↓29Bernard#73
↓29Keith#77
↓28Roberta#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.