State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,889 Maine births in 1949 across 488 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#42Dana#192 nationally
#51Gerard#197 nationally
#56Claireoutside the national top 200
#44Roland#175 nationally
#75Normandoutside the national top 200
#79Carrolloutside the national top 200
#82Dawnoutside the national top 200
#65Maurice#183 nationally
#87Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#88Galenoutside the national top 200
#44Pauline#156 nationally
#91Everettoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda561US #1
#2Mary275US #2
#3Nancy271US #7
#4Susan257US #5
#5Patricia231US #3
#6Sharon209US #10
#7Barbara201US #4
#8Brenda198US #13
#9Donna176US #12
#10Carol174US #8
#11Sandra170US #6
#12Diane154US #19
#13Deborah150US #15
#14Judith150US #16
#15Pamela142US #21
#16Kathleen123US #9
#17Margaret114US #14
#18Jane109US #41
#19Gail103US #51
#20Bonnie97US #35
#21Jean96US #45
#22Elizabeth95US #25
#23Karen93US #11
#24Cheryl92US #28
#25Cynthia91US #27
#26Joan90US #36
#27Elaine83US #57
#28Gloria78US #29
#29Suzanne76US #62
#30Janice75US #24
#31Shirley72US #18
#32Paula69US #55
#33Joyce67US #26
#34Ann60US #44
#35Betty59US #22
#36Christine59US #30
#37Carolyn58US #17
#38Rebecca58US #40
#39Sheila58US #76
#40Constance57US #83
#41Joanne57US #61
#42Ruth57US #47
#43Lorraine56US #102
#44Pauline53US #156
#45Helen52US #46
#46Janet52US #23
#47Marie52US #67
#48Jacqueline51US #58
#49Dorothy50US #32
#50Beverly49US #31
#51Katherine49US #59
#52Catherine48US #37
#53Louise48US #104
#54Judy47US #20
#55Anne45US #86
#56Claire45
#57Sally45US #77
#58Kathryn44US #52
#59Marilyn43US #33
#60Anita41US #99
#61Ellen41US #64
#62Diana39US #48
#63Virginia39US #39
#64Jeanne38US #92
#65Sylvia38US #94
#66Theresa38US #63
#67Rita37US #54
#68Charlene36US #100
#69Lois36US #73
#70Martha36US #34
#71Darlene35US #75
#72Dianne35US #85
#73Priscilla35US #154
#74Doris34US #69
#75Marcia32US #78
#76Valerie31US #108
#77Bonita30US #186
#78Marjorie30US #116
#79Irene29US #111
#80Maureen29US #89
#81Charlotte27US #71
#82Dawn27
#83Rachel27US #191
#84Rose27US #66
#85Marlene26US #110
#86Norma26US #105
#87Claudette25
#88Eileen25US #95
#89Phyllis25US #50
#90Evelyn24US #80
#91June24US #138
#92Victoria24US #96
#93Frances23US #49
#94Peggy23US #38
#95Roberta23US #97
#96Sherry23US #68
#97Stephanie23US #128
#98Wanda23US #56
#99Gayle22US #137
#100Kathy22US #42

Boys

#1Robert483US #2
#2Richard455US #7
#3David434US #6
#4John381US #3
#5Michael380US #5
#6James327US #1
#7William284US #4
#8Stephen264US #19
#9Thomas232US #8
#10Paul226US #17
#11Ronald222US #11
#12Donald211US #13
#13Daniel175US #22
#14Charles152US #9
#15Gary151US #12
#16Roger143US #25
#17Peter137US #38
#18Dennis136US #16
#19Bruce135US #26
#20George126US #18
#21Raymond116US #30
#22Wayne116US #35
#23Kenneth114US #15
#24Larry111US #10
#25Steven100US #20
#26Philip96US #55
#27Timothy96US #34
#28Joseph95US #14
#29Brian90US #86
#30Edward86US #21
#31Alan83US #45
#32Mark81US #24
#33Gerald80US #33
#34Gregory80US #31
#35Lawrence73US #32
#36Douglas66US #29
#37Frank62US #27
#38Arthur60US #44
#39Dale59US #54
#40Harold58US #42
#41Jeffrey56US #48
#42Dana54US #192
#43Frederick54US #70
#44Roland52US #175
#45Ralph51US #50
#46Russell49US #69
#47Albert46US #56
#48Norman46US #90
#49Rodney46US #87
#50Barry43US #73
#51Gerard43US #197
#52Carl40US #43
#53Patrick39US #39
#54Ernest38US #76
#55Gordon38US #113
#56Christopher36US #81
#57Leo36US #153
#58Stanley36US #60
#59Eugene34US #58
#60Scott33US #99
#61Glenn32US #61
#62Terry32US #28
#63Allen31US #71
#64Keith31US #85
#65Maurice31US #183
#66Francis30US #78
#67Bernard29US #111
#68Walter29US #37
#69Fred28US #72
#70Harry28US #59
#71Henry28US #46
#72Herbert28US #107
#73Lee28US #93
#74Anthony27US #36
#75Normand25
#76Alfred24US #96
#77Jerry24US #23
#78Leonard24US #74
#79Carroll23
#80Clifford23US #103
#81Danny21US #40
#82Leroy21US #101
#83Randall21US #79
#84Dwight20US #151
#85Guy20US #185
#86Andrew19US #75
#87Clyde19US #131
#88Galen19
#89Reginald19US #189
#90Arnold18US #158
#91Everett18
#92Howard18US #63
#93Louis18US #64
#94Theodore18US #100
#95Craig17US #77
#96Gilbert17US #147
#97Kevin17US #95
#98Claude16US #176
#99Dean16US #129
#100Leslie16US #126

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑27Sylvia#65
↑27Christopher#56
↑25Kathryn#58
↑24Lois#69
↑23Paula#32
↑22Leonard#78
↑21Valerie#76
↑18Bonita#77

Falling

↓31Louis#93
↓30Peggy#94
↓30Roberta#95
↓29Craig#95
↓24Rose#84
↓23Beverly#50
↓22Martha#70
↓22Rachel#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.