State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,725 Maine births in 1942 across 452 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#56Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#59Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#64Danaoutside the national top 200
#58Gerard#193 nationally
#68Claire#199 nationally
#77Carroll#200 nationally
#44Maurice#166 nationally
#83Normandoutside the national top 200
#84Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#88Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#89Reneoutside the national top 200
#37Roland#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary265US #1
#2Patricia253US #3
#3Sandra253US #6
#4Linda238US #4
#5Nancy210US #8
#6Judith194US #7
#7Barbara165US #2
#8Donna151US #20
#9Carol137US #5
#10Sharon118US #11
#11Joan116US #18
#12Gloria104US #31
#13Carolyn99US #10
#14Joyce88US #13
#15Margaret87US #14
#16Shirley86US #12
#17Marie81US #43
#18Betty78US #9
#19Beverly78US #32
#20Dorothy77US #17
#21Jean75US #36
#22Brenda74US #40
#23Elaine73US #45
#24Elizabeth73US #22
#25Janice68US #25
#26Janet66US #19
#27Lorraine66US #91
#28Diane65US #28
#29Ann61US #38
#30Marilyn60US #27
#31Susan59US #21
#32Jacqueline58US #69
#33Pauline58US #112
#34Sally56US #56
#35Carole54US #35
#36Priscilla54US #135
#37Joanne53US #48
#38Doris52US #41
#39Jane52US #46
#40Ruth51US #33
#41Constance49US #116
#42Gail48US #60
#43Anne46US #76
#44Bonnie46US #34
#45Louise46US #61
#46Rita45US #55
#47Helen44US #26
#48Sheila44US #94
#49Judy43US #15
#50Irene42US #80
#51Pamela42US #106
#52Phyllis42US #37
#53Virginia42US #23
#54Kathleen41US #24
#55Martha41US #29
#56Claudette39
#57Roberta39US #66
#58Frances38US #30
#59Lois37US #44
#60Theresa37US #98
#61Ellen35US #64
#62Karen35US #16
#63Jeanne32US #119
#64Katherine32US #81
#65Lucille32US #118
#66Sylvia32US #72
#67Charlotte31US #51
#68Claire31US #199
#69Geraldine31US #47
#70Marjorie31US #74
#71Marlene31US #84
#72Alice30US #39
#73Cynthia30US #101
#74Rebecca30US #85
#75Rose30US #50
#76Diana29US #68
#77Rachel28US #163
#78Anita27US #93
#79Evelyn27US #53
#80Norma27US #52
#81Catherine26US #49
#82Charlene26US #117
#83Dianne24US #109
#84Lillian24US #111
#85Arlene23US #83
#86June23US #107
#87Maxine23US #148
#88Dolores22US #63
#89Eleanor22US #87
#90Anna20US #59
#91Madeline20US #177
#92Paula20US #136
#93Annette19US #134
#94Beatrice19US #146
#95Suzanne19US #103
#96Cecile18
#97Gertrude18
#98Christine17US #96
#99Jeannette17US #194
#100Marion17US #130

Boys

#1Robert489US #2
#2Richard477US #5
#3John343US #3
#4David307US #6
#5James300US #1
#6William236US #4
#7Ronald201US #9
#8Donald199US #10
#9Paul149US #19
#10Charles138US #7
#11George124US #14
#12Thomas124US #8
#13Raymond121US #24
#14Roger115US #25
#15Kenneth103US #15
#16Gerald96US #22
#17Peter96US #39
#18Edward95US #17
#19Joseph94US #11
#20Lawrence89US #30
#21Michael88US #13
#22Wayne86US #41
#23Stephen85US #32
#24Douglas84US #23
#25Arthur83US #29
#26Gary83US #18
#27Philip82US #54
#28Larry76US #12
#29Bruce71US #50
#30Dennis63US #20
#31Daniel62US #28
#32Walter58US #26
#33Frederick56US #68
#34Ralph55US #38
#35Norman54US #53
#36Eugene51US #45
#37Roland51US #143
#38Harold50US #27
#39Albert49US #40
#40Frank47US #21
#41Ernest46US #61
#42Francis46US #58
#43Stanley45US #56
#44Maurice43US #166
#45Fred38US #46
#46Rodney38US #121
#47Brian37US #139
#48Alfred34US #76
#49Carl34US #36
#50Leo34US #120
#51Russell33US #70
#52Louis32US #51
#53Harry31US #48
#54Dale30US #63
#55Herbert30US #83
#56Leroy30US #69
#57Barry28US #79
#58Gerard28US #193
#59Reginald28
#60Terry28US #52
#61Earl27US #62
#62Gordon27US #92
#63Bernard26US #90
#64Dana26
#65Alan24US #81
#66Arnold24US #130
#67Henry24US #31
#68Patrick24US #64
#69Clifford22US #95
#70Allan21US #124
#71Theodore21US #91
#72Keith20US #123
#73Lewis20US #112
#74Timothy20US #108
#75Gene19US #82
#76Howard19US #49
#77Carroll18US #200
#78Jerry18US #16
#79Lloyd18US #96
#80Anthony17US #44
#81Franklin17US #103
#82Nelson17US #181
#83Normand17
#84Wilfred17
#85Andrew16US #80
#86Duane16US #132
#87Gilbert16US #128
#88Linwood16
#89Rene16
#90Roy16US #42
#91Victor16US #99
#92Warren16US #97
#93Allen15US #71
#94Jeffrey15US #116
#95Samuel15US #59
#96Vincent15US #101
#97Bertrand14
#98Clarence14US #67
#99Darrell14US #135
#100Everett14US #161

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑41Barry#57
↑30Leroy#56
↑29Carole#35
↑27Louise#45
↑26Douglas#24
↑25Fred#45
↑23Sharon#10
↑23Russell#51

Falling

↓39Everett#100
↓33Jeannette#99
↓30Clarence#98
↓26Anita#78
↓26Henry#67
↓24Norma#80
↓24Howard#76
↓23Sylvia#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.