State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,723 Maine births in 1943 across 434 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#58Gerardoutside the national top 200
#59Claireoutside the national top 200
#61Danaoutside the national top 200
#65Normandoutside the national top 200
#63Carroll#195 nationally
#70Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#75Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#41Maurice#165 nationally
#31Roland#150 nationally
#83Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#84Conradoutside the national top 200
#87Jeannineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda298US #4
#2Mary245US #1
#3Sandra244US #6
#4Patricia240US #3
#5Nancy239US #9
#6Judith224US #7
#7Sharon195US #8
#8Donna193US #17
#9Barbara183US #2
#10Carol161US #5
#11Joan115US #21
#12Gloria100US #30
#13Elizabeth99US #23
#14Joyce95US #16
#15Margaret95US #14
#16Carolyn91US #11
#17Betty86US #10
#18Pauline80US #112
#19Beverly77US #32
#20Susan77US #18
#21Shirley75US #12
#22Diane73US #24
#23Janet73US #20
#24Jane70US #44
#25Janice70US #26
#26Jean70US #36
#27Lorraine70US #94
#28Joanne68US #49
#29Constance67US #109
#30Ann66US #37
#31Elaine66US #46
#32Marie66US #45
#33Sally66US #57
#34Dorothy65US #19
#35Jacqueline65US #65
#36Kathleen64US #22
#37Virginia64US #25
#38Brenda61US #35
#39Pamela60US #54
#40Helen59US #28
#41Sheila58US #92
#42Marilyn57US #27
#43Karen56US #15
#44Ruth56US #33
#45Bonnie54US #34
#46Carole52US #42
#47Martha51US #29
#48Rita51US #52
#49Theresa51US #100
#50Alice50US #38
#51Jeanne48US #113
#52Doris47US #40
#53Judy47US #13
#54Anne44US #80
#55Gail44US #55
#56Priscilla44US #146
#57Louise43US #70
#58Sylvia42US #77
#59Claire40
#60Norma40US #58
#61Frances39US #31
#62Roberta39US #66
#63Cynthia36US #101
#64Geraldine36US #51
#65Charlene33US #121
#66Phyllis33US #39
#67Anita32US #98
#68Marjorie32US #79
#69Suzanne32US #86
#70Claudette31
#71Marion31US #129
#72Lois30US #43
#73Irene28US #85
#74Lucille28US #125
#75Diana27US #62
#76Paula27US #93
#77Rose27US #50
#78Cheryl26US #102
#79Katherine26US #78
#80Rachel26US #170
#81Rebecca26US #87
#82Annette25US #142
#83Catherine25US #48
#84Dianne25US #88
#85Dolores25US #74
#86Eleanor25US #107
#87Jeannine24
#88Jeannette23
#89Beatrice22US #152
#90Ellen22US #67
#91Paulette22US #166
#92Loretta21US #89
#93Carmen20
#94Cecile20
#95Charlotte20US #47
#96Evelyn20US #53
#97Marcia20US #96
#98Maureen20US #105
#99Carlene19
#100Florence18US #124

Boys

#1Robert543US #2
#2Richard443US #5
#3John361US #3
#4James323US #1
#5David316US #6
#6William245US #4
#7Ronald240US #9
#8Paul186US #19
#9Donald175US #11
#10Charles160US #7
#11Roger160US #24
#12George149US #14
#13Thomas138US #8
#14Michael131US #10
#15Peter130US #39
#16Raymond121US #22
#17Joseph115US #13
#18Kenneth106US #15
#19Gary100US #16
#20Edward99US #18
#21Stephen97US #29
#22Gerald87US #23
#23Bruce84US #51
#24Dennis80US #20
#25Wayne78US #41
#26Lawrence77US #32
#27Arthur75US #30
#28Philip73US #57
#29Norman71US #56
#30Daniel69US #25
#31Roland64US #150
#32Harold62US #27
#33Frederick61US #70
#34Albert57US #43
#35Eugene55US #47
#36Larry54US #12
#37Douglas48US #28
#38Ralph47US #40
#39Brian46US #120
#40Francis46US #64
#41Maurice44US #165
#42Stanley44US #54
#43Frank43US #21
#44Gordon42US #98
#45Clifford41US #94
#46Walter41US #26
#47Ernest40US #61
#48Rodney40US #118
#49Carl38US #33
#50Leo36US #133
#51Henry35US #31
#52Barry34US #82
#53Harry33US #50
#54Timothy33US #99
#55Dale32US #59
#56Alfred31US #78
#57Alan30US #67
#58Gerard30
#59Howard30US #48
#60Bernard29US #92
#61Dana29
#62Herbert29US #86
#63Carroll28US #195
#64Patrick28US #69
#65Normand27
#66Earl26US #60
#67Russell26US #73
#68Edwin25US #107
#69Louis25US #53
#70Leroy24US #74
#71Roy24US #38
#72Allen23US #76
#73Keith23US #108
#74Lloyd23US #104
#75Reginald23
#76Jerry22US #17
#77Terry22US #49
#78Andrew21US #79
#79Lewis21US #115
#80Theodore21US #96
#81Anthony20US #44
#82Fred20US #45
#83Wilfred20
#84Conrad19
#85Franklin19US #119
#86Leon19US #103
#87Linwood19
#88Malcolm19
#89Victor19US #97
#90Nelson18
#91Steven18US #58
#92Arnold17US #131
#93Harvey17US #111
#94Allan16US #136
#95Clarence16US #68
#96Everett16US #174
#97Leonard16US #55
#98Calvin15US #126
#99Phillip15US #81
#100Armand14

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑29Marion#71
↑26Suzanne#69
↑24Clifford#45
↑22Alice#50
↑21Allen#72
↑20Norma#60
↑20Timothy#54
↑19Karen#43

Falling

↓37Fred#82
↓29Ellen#90
↓28Charlotte#95
↓26Arnold#92
↓24Allan#94
↓23Irene#73
↓20Priscilla#56
↓17Evelyn#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.