State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,029 Maine births in 1945 across 427 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#43Carrolloutside the national top 200
#48Danaoutside the national top 200
#51Gerardoutside the national top 200
#69Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#55Maurice#177 nationally
#80Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#40Roland#158 nationally
#85Lioneloutside the national top 200
#92Claytonoutside the national top 200
#94Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#95Claireoutside the national top 200
#93Bernadette#196 nationally

Girls

#1Linda286US #2
#2Mary227US #1
#3Patricia214US #4
#4Carol204US #5
#5Sandra194US #6
#6Nancy189US #7
#7Judith174US #9
#8Donna168US #17
#9Sharon166US #8
#10Barbara163US #3
#11Susan93US #10
#12Joan86US #25
#13Diane84US #22
#14Margaret84US #15
#15Betty79US #11
#16Joyce79US #18
#17Gloria76US #23
#18Pamela75US #42
#19Shirley75US #14
#20Cheryl72US #32
#21Jane67US #36
#22Elaine65US #44
#23Elizabeth63US #26
#24Jean62US #38
#25Karen62US #16
#26Carolyn61US #12
#27Janice61US #24
#28Brenda60US #29
#29Ann58US #39
#30Janet57US #20
#31Marie57US #49
#32Dorothy56US #21
#33Judy54US #13
#34Joanne53US #53
#35Lorraine52US #87
#36Beverly49US #37
#37Jacqueline49US #63
#38Marilyn48US #27
#39Sheila48US #89
#40Constance47US #109
#41Gail46US #52
#42Helen45US #31
#43Paula44US #67
#44Rita44US #59
#45Sally44US #64
#46Bonnie43US #35
#47Pauline42US #125
#48Ruth42US #33
#49Kathleen40US #19
#50Diana39US #43
#51Frances38US #34
#52Roberta38US #75
#53Cynthia37US #90
#54Dianne35US #72
#55Louise35US #78
#56Phyllis35US #40
#57Rose35US #54
#58Carole33US #51
#59Jeanne33US #98
#60Martha33US #30
#61Lucille32US #129
#62Suzanne32US #68
#63Virginia32US #28
#64Anita31US #100
#65Irene31US #97
#66Alice29US #41
#67Anne29US #81
#68Charlene29US #114
#69Claudette29
#70Doris28US #46
#71Theresa28US #96
#72Catherine27US #50
#73Rachel27US #174
#74Sylvia27US #83
#75Deborah26US #161
#76Geraldine25US #56
#77Katherine25US #82
#78Norma25US #74
#79Lois24US #48
#80Peggy24US #45
#81Priscilla24US #166
#82Charlotte23US #55
#83Eileen23US #70
#84Andrea22US #126
#85Arlene22US #99
#86Florence22US #140
#87Rebecca22US #85
#88Maureen21US #105
#89Christine20US #62
#90Ellen20US #61
#91Evelyn20US #57
#92Marion20US #145
#93Bernadette18US #196
#94Jeannine18
#95Claire17
#96Lynda17US #111
#97Kathryn16US #65
#98Marcia16US #88
#99Mildred16US #93
#100Paulette16US #148

Boys

#1Robert427US #2
#2Richard414US #5
#3John321US #3
#4David316US #6
#5James289US #1
#6William231US #4
#7Donald189US #12
#8Ronald168US #10
#9Paul159US #17
#10Michael155US #9
#11Charles135US #7
#12Gary128US #13
#13Roger117US #22
#14George115US #15
#15Joseph115US #14
#16Raymond114US #23
#17Thomas113US #8
#18Kenneth110US #16
#19Peter97US #38
#20Stephen96US #26
#21Gerald88US #25
#22Daniel84US #24
#23Edward82US #18
#24Wayne81US #35
#25Lawrence79US #30
#26Dennis78US #19
#27Bruce77US #48
#28Larry74US #11
#29Norman65US #65
#30Philip65US #58
#31Arthur59US #34
#32Frank58US #21
#33Harold54US #28
#34Douglas52US #29
#35Ralph50US #44
#36Walter43US #27
#37Brian41US #113
#38Eugene41US #50
#39Albert40US #49
#40Roland40US #158
#41Frederick39US #77
#42Alan35US #52
#43Carroll35
#44Francis35US #76
#45Rodney35US #105
#46Timothy34US #70
#47Dale32US #61
#48Dana32
#49Ernest32US #60
#50Stanley32US #59
#51Gerard30
#52Leo30US #139
#53Herbert29US #94
#54Terry29US #33
#55Maurice28US #177
#56Alfred27US #88
#57Carl27US #39
#58Barry25US #84
#59Jeffrey25US #91
#60Keith25US #108
#61Lloyd25US #103
#62Steven25US #43
#63Henry24US #37
#64Jerry24US #20
#65Russell24US #64
#66Bernard23US #98
#67Harry23US #47
#68Patrick23US #63
#69Anthony22US #46
#70Fred22US #51
#71Warren22US #106
#72Allen21US #74
#73Andrew21US #86
#74Gregory21US #96
#75Louis21US #55
#76Leonard20US #57
#77Mark20US #72
#78Dwight19US #126
#79Gordon19US #109
#80Reginald19
#81Roy19US #40
#82Samuel19US #62
#83Clarence18US #82
#84Earl18US #71
#85Lionel18
#86Phillip18US #85
#87Arnold17US #147
#88Clifford17US #99
#89Leon17US #111
#90Floyd16US #114
#91Theodore16US #101
#92Clayton15
#93Clyde15US #121
#94Dean15US #136
#95Everett15US #185
#96Joel15US #135
#97Lewis15US #123
#98Linwood15
#99Nelson15
#100Victor15US #95

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑36Paula#43
↑34Diana#50
↑31Dana#48
↑29Jerry#64
↑26Anthony#69
↑25Karen#25
↑24Terry#54
↑23Deborah#75

Falling

↓34Priscilla#81
↓28Gordon#79
↓27Claire#95
↓27Clarence#83
↓22Leon#89
↓21Carole#58
↓20Bonnie#46
↓20Maurice#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.