State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,735 Maine births in 1947 across 505 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#48Danaoutside the national top 200
#49Gerardoutside the national top 200
#53Claireoutside the national top 200
#56Rachel#190 nationally
#37Roland#166 nationally
#74Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#59Maurice#181 nationally
#79Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#84Everettoutside the national top 200
#88Carrolloutside the national top 200
#77Bonita#189 nationally
#100Jeannineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda778US #1
#2Patricia289US #3
#3Mary282US #2
#4Nancy279US #7
#5Sharon238US #9
#6Sandra233US #5
#7Donna232US #10
#8Susan231US #8
#9Carol201US #6
#10Judith196US #12
#11Barbara195US #4
#12Pamela157US #28
#13Diane145US #18
#14Brenda126US #21
#15Jane110US #36
#16Joan108US #30
#17Cheryl107US #24
#18Cynthia104US #33
#19Elizabeth103US #25
#20Margaret100US #16
#21Gloria99US #27
#22Joyce99US #20
#23Jean98US #40
#24Elaine94US #50
#25Janice90US #22
#26Beverly88US #31
#27Ann83US #41
#28Suzanne82US #53
#29Bonnie81US #35
#30Carolyn81US #15
#31Gail81US #49
#32Kathleen81US #11
#33Jacqueline79US #59
#34Deborah78US #62
#35Judy78US #14
#36Marie76US #57
#37Karen75US #13
#38Lorraine73US #84
#39Janet71US #23
#40Constance69US #100
#41Sheila69US #73
#42Pauline68US #137
#43Martha67US #32
#44Betty66US #17
#45Shirley65US #19
#46Marilyn63US #29
#47Ruth60US #44
#48Sally58US #70
#49Anne56US #95
#50Rita53US #60
#51Dorothy51US #26
#52Paula51US #54
#53Claire50
#54Jeanne50US #86
#55Virginia50US #34
#56Rachel49US #190
#57Priscilla48US #151
#58Dianne47US #83
#59Joanne46US #56
#60Catherine45US #46
#61Diana44US #48
#62Doris44US #58
#63Theresa43US #85
#64Roberta42US #90
#65Christine41US #45
#66Ellen40US #61
#67Lois40US #63
#68Helen39US #38
#69Louise39US #99
#70Kathryn38US #55
#71Norma37US #82
#72Lucille36US #147
#73Frances35US #39
#74Rebecca35US #52
#75Alice34US #47
#76Anita34US #94
#77Bonita34US #189
#78Charlene34US #105
#79Claudette34
#80Maureen34US #98
#81Phyllis34US #37
#82Paulette33US #134
#83Carole31US #102
#84Darlene31US #71
#85Marcia31US #81
#86Rose31US #65
#87Sylvia31US #97
#88Charlotte30US #68
#89Irene30US #107
#90Andrea29US #126
#91Geraldine29US #78
#92Lynda29US #77
#93Sherry28US #67
#94Laura26US #74
#95Lillian26US #143
#96Arlene25US #118
#97Eileen25US #91
#98Katherine25US #76
#99Evelyn23US #72
#100Jeannine23

Boys

#1Robert649US #2
#2Richard528US #5
#3David478US #6
#4John473US #3
#5James415US #1
#6Michael304US #7
#7William302US #4
#8Ronald260US #11
#9Paul243US #18
#10Donald230US #13
#11Stephen215US #21
#12Thomas208US #8
#13Charles183US #9
#14George168US #16
#15Roger162US #25
#16Raymond160US #27
#17Kenneth155US #15
#18Gary152US #12
#19Bruce140US #29
#20Peter140US #36
#21Dennis134US #17
#22Wayne125US #30
#23Daniel124US #22
#24Edward120US #19
#25Larry112US #10
#26Joseph111US #14
#27Gerald104US #28
#28Lawrence95US #32
#29Brian93US #95
#30Philip82US #57
#31Arthur78US #38
#32Steven78US #24
#33Norman76US #81
#34Alan72US #45
#35Timothy71US #52
#36Frederick67US #78
#37Roland67US #166
#38Gregory63US #33
#39Harold62US #35
#40Douglas59US #31
#41Carl58US #40
#42Eugene58US #59
#43Frank58US #23
#44Barry55US #68
#45Ralph55US #50
#46Russell54US #69
#47Walter54US #34
#48Dana53
#49Gerard51
#50Terry51US #26
#51Dale47US #63
#52Albert46US #55
#53Allen43US #73
#54Stanley43US #67
#55Jeffrey42US #66
#56Rodney42US #94
#57Patrick41US #53
#58Leo39US #147
#59Maurice39US #181
#60Ernest38US #75
#61Harry36US #54
#62Mark35US #47
#63Clarence34US #88
#64Bernard32US #100
#65Gordon32US #111
#66Henry32US #46
#67Eric30US #122
#68Fred30US #56
#69Glenn30US #70
#70Alfred29US #96
#71Anthony29US #41
#72Francis28US #84
#73Keith28US #91
#74Reginald28
#75Roy28US #48
#76Jerry27US #20
#77Leonard27US #71
#78Melvin27US #85
#79Earl26US #83
#80Clifford25US #101
#81Joel25US #133
#82Allan24US #132
#83Arnold24US #149
#84Everett24
#85Guy24US #180
#86Howard24US #62
#87Andrew23US #82
#88Carroll23
#89Edwin23US #114
#90Herbert23US #104
#91Scott23US #139
#92Gene22US #103
#93Jon22US #123
#94Lewis22US #118
#95Phillip22US #74
#96Duane21US #135
#97Dwight21US #161
#98Lester21US #142
#99Lloyd21US #112
#100Chester20US #154

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑36Deborah#34
↑34Bernard#64
↑31Christine#65
↑29Priscilla#57
↑26Clarence#63
↑25Eric#67
↑24Glenn#69
↑23Allen#53

Falling

↓27Anita#76
↓27Dwight#97
↓26Evelyn#99
↓26Lloyd#99
↓25Herbert#90
↓24Betty#44
↓22Sylvia#87
↓20Dorothy#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.