State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,919 Maine births in 1944 across 435 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#46Gerardoutside the national top 200
#52Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#53Normandoutside the national top 200
#55Carrolloutside the national top 200
#35Maurice#168 nationally
#68Claireoutside the national top 200
#69Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#70Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#79Danaoutside the national top 200
#54Rachel#172 nationally
#39Roland#155 nationally
#86Jeanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda258US #3
#2Patricia251US #4
#3Sandra231US #6
#4Mary223US #1
#5Nancy218US #7
#6Judith209US #9
#7Sharon205US #8
#8Carol182US #5
#9Donna178US #17
#10Barbara174US #2
#11Joan108US #22
#12Susan104US #13
#13Joyce100US #18
#14Margaret98US #14
#15Gloria91US #25
#16Pamela89US #44
#17Shirley85US #15
#18Brenda77US #30
#19Diane75US #24
#20Elizabeth75US #23
#21Jean75US #37
#22Carolyn71US #11
#23Betty70US #10
#24Janice67US #28
#25Elaine66US #46
#26Bonnie65US #34
#27Marie65US #48
#28Beverly64US #35
#29Ann63US #39
#30Constance62US #104
#31Kathleen62US #20
#32Judy61US #12
#33Marilyn61US #27
#34Janet60US #21
#35Pauline60US #124
#36Cheryl59US #36
#37Carole58US #43
#38Dorothy58US #19
#39Ruth57US #32
#40Jacqueline56US #64
#41Martha55US #29
#42Helen51US #31
#43Jane51US #41
#44Rita49US #54
#45Virginia49US #26
#46Gail48US #56
#47Priscilla43US #157
#48Lorraine42US #93
#49Joanne41US #55
#50Karen41US #16
#51Sally40US #59
#52Claudette39
#53Doris38US #42
#54Rachel38US #172
#55Suzanne38US #78
#56Anita37US #95
#57Charlene37US #109
#58Frances36US #33
#59Geraldine36US #53
#60Phyllis36US #40
#61Sheila36US #103
#62Louise35US #69
#63Alice34US #38
#64Cynthia34US #105
#65Lucille34US #132
#66Jeanne33US #108
#67Norma33US #66
#68Claire32
#69Jeannette31
#70Roberta31US #70
#71Rose31US #52
#72Sylvia31US #83
#73Dianne28US #90
#74Ellen28US #63
#75Evelyn28US #57
#76Irene28US #91
#77Lois28US #47
#78Eleanor27US #122
#79Paula27US #82
#80Anne26US #86
#81Charlotte25US #50
#82Marjorie25US #85
#83Catherine24US #49
#84Diana24US #60
#85Rebecca23US #84
#86Arlene22US #101
#87Juanita22US #94
#88Katherine22US #77
#89Theresa20US #96
#90Marlene18US #106
#91Christine17US #75
#92Dolores17US #92
#93Maxine17US #153
#94Rosalie17US #190
#95Sherry17US #100
#96Andrea16US #128
#97Claudia16US #120
#98Deborah16US #168
#99Eileen16US #73
#100Jeanette16US #117

Boys

#1Robert456US #2
#2Richard410US #5
#3John346US #3
#4James325US #1
#5David289US #6
#6William225US #4
#7Ronald186US #10
#8Donald178US #11
#9Charles177US #7
#10Paul174US #17
#11Michael158US #9
#12Roger142US #23
#13Raymond133US #22
#14Thomas132US #8
#15George117US #14
#16Gerald117US #24
#17Joseph110US #13
#18Peter103US #40
#19Wayne102US #37
#20Stephen96US #28
#21Edward92US #18
#22Gary92US #15
#23Kenneth91US #16
#24Larry85US #12
#25Bruce78US #51
#26Daniel72US #25
#27Philip71US #60
#28Norman69US #58
#29Dennis67US #20
#30Ralph66US #42
#31Arthur64US #29
#32Lawrence64US #32
#33Harold62US #27
#34Douglas57US #34
#35Maurice54US #168
#36Walter51US #26
#37Frank50US #21
#38Eugene49US #48
#39Roland48US #155
#40Albert44US #44
#41Brian43US #116
#42Francis42US #71
#43Carl41US #36
#44Frederick41US #73
#45Dale40US #61
#46Gerard38
#47Barry37US #84
#48Stanley37US #57
#49Timothy34US #92
#50Alan32US #55
#51Gordon32US #105
#52Ernest31US #59
#53Normand31
#54Rodney31US #123
#55Carroll29
#56Clarence28US #74
#57Harry28US #49
#58Russell28US #63
#59Patrick27US #64
#60Keith26US #104
#61Allen25US #77
#62Jeffrey25US #101
#63Leo24US #132
#64Leroy24US #78
#65Alfred23US #82
#66Herbert23US #90
#67Leon23US #108
#68Leonard23US #56
#69Louis23US #54
#70Reginald23
#71Theodore23US #96
#72Howard22US #53
#73Darrell21US #133
#74Martin21US #91
#75Bernard20US #94
#76Jon20US #122
#77Steven20US #52
#78Terry20US #43
#79Dana19
#80Earl19US #65
#81Everett19US #174
#82Fred19US #47
#83Lloyd19US #102
#84Dwight18US #140
#85Henry18US #35
#86Jean18
#87Linwood18
#88Jack17US #30
#89Joel17US #125
#90Phillip17US #83
#91Andrew16US #81
#92Clyde16US #111
#93Jerry16US #19
#94Neil16US #161
#95Anthony15US #46
#96Craig15US #151
#97Eric15US #158
#98Leslie15US #114
#99Malcolm15
#100Mark15US #93

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑42Cheryl#36
↑39Clarence#56
↑29Leonard#68
↑26Rachel#54
↑23Pamela#16
↑21Judy#32
↑21Evelyn#75
↑20Brenda#18

Falling

↓40Theresa#89
↓34Henry#85
↓26Anne#80
↓21Lorraine#48
↓21Joanne#49
↓20Sheila#61
↓19Jane#43
↓18Sally#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.