State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,024 Maine births in 1948 across 471 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#33Dana#196 nationally
#52Gerardoutside the national top 200
#60Maurice#198 nationally
#61Rachel#195 nationally
#67Claireoutside the national top 200
#68Normandoutside the national top 200
#43Roland#170 nationally
#77Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#36Pauline#145 nationally
#92Galenoutside the national top 200
#95Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#70Priscilla#156 nationally

Girls

#1Linda681US #1
#2Mary262US #2
#3Nancy255US #7
#4Susan242US #5
#5Patricia239US #4
#6Sandra208US #6
#7Barbara206US #3
#8Sharon205US #9
#9Donna202US #11
#10Judith174US #15
#11Diane163US #19
#12Carol162US #8
#13Brenda138US #17
#14Pamela134US #22
#15Cheryl128US #25
#16Margaret121US #13
#17Deborah113US #30
#18Jane108US #39
#19Cynthia92US #27
#20Kathleen91US #10
#21Gloria86US #28
#22Joyce86US #21
#23Karen85US #12
#24Elaine81US #53
#25Elizabeth78US #26
#26Jean78US #47
#27Beverly77US #31
#28Gail77US #51
#29Ann75US #44
#30Dorothy73US #29
#31Joan73US #37
#32Sheila73US #71
#33Bonnie72US #34
#34Suzanne71US #66
#35Jacqueline69US #58
#36Pauline67US #145
#37Shirley64US #20
#38Janice62US #23
#39Judy62US #16
#40Janet61US #24
#41Carolyn59US #14
#42Ruth58US #45
#43Constance57US #93
#44Louise57US #99
#45Betty56US #18
#46Joanne55US #65
#47Marilyn55US #33
#48Martha53US #32
#49Christine52US #35
#50Helen52US #40
#51Rebecca51US #50
#52Theresa51US #63
#53Catherine50US #41
#54Marie50US #60
#55Paula50US #52
#56Anita49US #102
#57Lorraine49US #96
#58Anne48US #87
#59Diana47US #48
#60Rose47US #62
#61Rachel46US #195
#62Dianne45US #86
#63Sally45US #72
#64Peggy44US #38
#65Roberta40US #101
#66Rita38US #59
#67Claire37
#68Katherine36US #68
#69Norma36US #103
#70Priscilla36US #156
#71Charlene35US #105
#72Ellen35US #67
#73Jeanne35US #95
#74Virginia35US #36
#75Irene33US #111
#76Laura32US #73
#77Alice31US #49
#78Doris31US #64
#79Frances31US #42
#80Geraldine30US #83
#81Marcia30US #79
#82Maureen30US #88
#83Kathryn29US #54
#84Lucille29US #154
#85Sherry29US #61
#86Darlene27US #77
#87Julie27US #117
#88Phyllis27US #46
#89Carole26US #106
#90Marjorie25US #110
#91Rosemary25US #90
#92Sylvia25US #100
#93Lois24US #70
#94Paulette24US #123
#95Bonita22
#96Evelyn22US #74
#97Valerie22US #135
#98Andrea21US #128
#99Annette21US #146
#100Dolores21US #119

Boys

#1Robert557US #2
#2John459US #3
#3Richard456US #7
#4David450US #5
#5James350US #1
#6Michael311US #6
#7William259US #4
#8Ronald229US #10
#9Donald224US #14
#10Paul221US #18
#11Thomas214US #8
#12Stephen203US #20
#13Roger162US #24
#14Dennis155US #17
#15Daniel153US #22
#16Gary152US #12
#17George150US #16
#18Peter143US #37
#19Bruce136US #28
#20Kenneth130US #15
#21Charles122US #9
#22Joseph120US #13
#23Edward118US #19
#24Raymond117US #27
#25Larry109US #11
#26Wayne108US #34
#27Lawrence97US #31
#28Gerald85US #30
#29Steven83US #23
#30Timothy83US #38
#31Philip78US #54
#32Gregory67US #32
#33Dana66US #196
#34Mark66US #29
#35Brian65US #95
#36Douglas65US #33
#37Arthur63US #44
#38Harold62US #36
#39Frank60US #25
#40Alan58US #46
#41Albert58US #55
#42Norman58US #85
#43Roland58US #170
#44Dale54US #56
#45Jeffrey54US #58
#46Ralph54US #51
#47Frederick52US #75
#48Russell46US #67
#49Terry45US #26
#50Carl44US #42
#51Eugene44US #61
#52Gerard42
#53Rodney42US #92
#54Stanley38US #65
#55Francis36US #80
#56Walter36US #35
#57Patrick35US #48
#58Allen34US #72
#59Bernard34US #107
#60Maurice34US #198
#61Ernest32US #76
#62Louis32US #64
#63Gordon31US #112
#64Andrew30US #77
#65Barry30US #74
#66Craig29US #82
#67Keith29US #89
#68Normand29
#69Glenn28US #73
#70Alfred27US #96
#71Anthony26US #41
#72Leo26US #151
#73Clifford25US #105
#74Fred25US #66
#75Darrell23US #121
#76Harry23US #57
#77Reginald23
#78Scott23US #122
#79Dwight22US #153
#80Howard22US #63
#81Warren22US #109
#82Arnold21US #154
#83Christopher21US #102
#84Edwin21US #116
#85Allan20US #132
#86Henry20US #45
#87Herbert20US #103
#88Lee20US #93
#89Victor20US #115
#90Danny19US #39
#91Earl19US #83
#92Galen19
#93Jerry19US #21
#94Leroy19US #97
#95Marc19US #175
#96Theodore19US #104
#97Franklin18US #159
#98Joel18US #137
#99Jon18US #128
#100Leonard18US #71

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑30Katherine#68
↑28Mark#34
↑26Rose#60
↑25Louise#44
↑23Rebecca#51
↑23Andrew#64
↑21Dorothy#30
↑20Anita#56

Falling

↓26Lois#93
↓23Leonard#100
↓21Barry#65
↓20Henry#86
↓19Lorraine#57
↓19Jeanne#73
↓19Virginia#74
↓18Marie#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.