State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,409 Maine births in 1946 across 457 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#50Danaoutside the national top 200
#62Gerard#197 nationally
#69Claireoutside the national top 200
#36Roland#166 nationally
#66Rachel#196 nationally
#53Maurice#176 nationally
#80Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#82Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#90Claytonoutside the national top 200
#91Doreenoutside the national top 200
#95Dawnoutside the national top 200
#100Everett#191 nationally

Girls

#1Linda372US #2
#2Mary263US #1
#3Patricia256US #3
#4Nancy244US #7
#5Sharon229US #9
#6Sandra216US #6
#7Donna201US #13
#8Barbara188US #4
#9Susan188US #8
#10Carol186US #5
#11Judith183US #10
#12Diane125US #19
#13Margaret107US #17
#14Brenda103US #24
#15Pamela92US #34
#16Carolyn88US #12
#17Jean87US #37
#18Janice86US #22
#19Gloria84US #26
#20Betty82US #14
#21Jane82US #35
#22Karen82US #15
#23Cheryl81US #27
#24Joyce80US #20
#25Joan78US #28
#26Elizabeth76US #25
#27Suzanne75US #52
#28Elaine74US #47
#29Beverly73US #30
#30Judy72US #11
#31Dorothy70US #23
#32Lorraine70US #93
#33Ann68US #40
#34Shirley68US #18
#35Gail65US #49
#36Bonnie64US #33
#37Kathleen64US #16
#38Martha63US #32
#39Constance60US #100
#40Cynthia60US #46
#41Sally60US #67
#42Jacqueline58US #62
#43Janet57US #21
#44Marilyn57US #29
#45Marie56US #54
#46Sheila55US #70
#47Pauline54US #133
#48Ruth50US #38
#49Anita49US #84
#50Doris47US #51
#51Joanne46US #57
#52Helen45US #36
#53Louise45US #91
#54Paula45US #69
#55Dianne43US #76
#56Theresa43US #96
#57Virginia43US #31
#58Anne41US #81
#59Lucille41US #137
#60Norma41US #77
#61Diana39US #42
#62Jeanne39US #83
#63Rita39US #56
#64Catherine38US #48
#65Sylvia38US #82
#66Rachel37US #196
#67Ellen35US #58
#68Frances35US #39
#69Claire34
#70Deborah34US #119
#71Rose34US #60
#72Rosemary34US #74
#73Evelyn33US #65
#74Rebecca33US #68
#75Alice32US #44
#76Irene32US #102
#77Roberta32US #86
#78Sherry32US #73
#79Marjorie31US #106
#80Phyllis31US #41
#81Charlene30US #107
#82Claudette29
#83Geraldine29US #66
#84Lois29US #55
#85Paulette29US #117
#86Priscilla29US #160
#87Marcia28US #89
#88Carole26US #72
#89Andrea25US #125
#90Charlotte25US #64
#91Doreen25
#92June25US #116
#93Katherine25US #78
#94Darlene24US #71
#95Dawn24
#96Christine23US #50
#97Dolores23US #104
#98Eileen22US #80
#99Jo22US #53
#100Annette21US #142

Boys

#1Robert525US #2
#2Richard522US #5
#3John409US #3
#4James387US #1
#5David374US #6
#6William291US #4
#7Michael237US #7
#8Paul209US #18
#9Donald206US #13
#10Ronald206US #10
#11Roger171US #23
#12Thomas165US #8
#13Stephen157US #24
#14Charles152US #9
#15Gary152US #12
#16George145US #16
#17Peter141US #38
#18Wayne130US #29
#19Dennis128US #17
#20Raymond127US #25
#21Kenneth125US #15
#22Edward119US #19
#23Joseph97US #14
#24Daniel94US #21
#25Bruce91US #32
#26Gerald90US #27
#27Larry89US #11
#28Norman82US #76
#29Philip81US #61
#30Lawrence78US #31
#31Arthur66US #36
#32Frank62US #22
#33Douglas59US #34
#34Ralph59US #48
#35Harold57US #33
#36Roland55US #166
#37Alan54US #49
#38Terry53US #26
#39Albert52US #52
#40Rodney52US #93
#41Walter50US #30
#42Brian46US #103
#43Russell46US #66
#44Timothy45US #60
#45Frederick44US #75
#46Stanley43US #65
#47Steven43US #28
#48Gregory42US #56
#49Ernest41US #71
#50Dana40
#51Carl38US #39
#52Dale38US #62
#53Maurice37US #176
#54Barry36US #68
#55Henry35US #41
#56Jeffrey35US #78
#57Eugene34US #57
#58Francis34US #80
#59Mark31US #58
#60Fred29US #51
#61Jerry29US #20
#62Gerard28US #197
#63Keith28US #96
#64Gordon27US #111
#65Herbert26US #97
#66Patrick26US #59
#67Anthony25US #44
#68Leonard25US #67
#69Warren25US #105
#70Dwight23US #137
#71Harry23US #50
#72Leo23US #147
#73Lloyd23US #106
#74Louis23US #63
#75Theodore23US #101
#76Allen22US #74
#77Andrew22US #84
#78Edwin22US #112
#79Jack21US #35
#80Linwood21
#81Dean20US #132
#82Alfred19US #94
#83Clifford19US #100
#84Clyde19US #122
#85Danny19US #46
#86Howard19US #55
#87Allan18US #124
#88Arnold18US #153
#89Clarence18US #89
#90Clayton18
#91Darrell18US #131
#92Eric18US #134
#93Glenn18US #81
#94Leon18US #113
#95Leslie18US #119
#96Melvin18US #86
#97Scott18US #155
#98Bernard17US #102
#99Craig17US #108
#100Everett17US #191

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑35Suzanne#27
↑26Claire#69
↑26Gregory#48
↑23Ellen#67
↑22Martha#38
↑22Russell#43
↑20Doris#50
↑18Norma#60

Falling

↓32Bernard#98
↓30Carole#88
↓26Alfred#82
↓25Roberta#77
↓24Phyllis#80
↓20Leo#72
↓19Rita#63
↓19Eugene#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.