State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,277 Maine births in 1950 across 460 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#30Dana#184 nationally
#41Roland#187 nationally
#65Claireoutside the national top 200
#50Maurice#185 nationally
#58Rachel#189 nationally
#39Pauline#163 nationally
#83Claytonoutside the national top 200
#74Gerard#191 nationally
#88Terranceoutside the national top 200
#95Blaineoutside the national top 200
#96Brentoutside the national top 200
#97Carrolloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda489US #1
#2Nancy265US #6
#3Mary264US #2
#4Susan258US #5
#5Patricia216US #3
#6Barbara190US #4
#7Deborah188US #7
#8Donna186US #13
#9Brenda180US #14
#10Sharon176US #11
#11Carol167US #9
#12Diane164US #16
#13Sandra161US #8
#14Pamela150US #17
#15Judith123US #21
#16Kathleen123US #10
#17Karen113US #12
#18Jane112US #39
#19Cynthia111US #23
#20Gail98US #42
#21Cheryl89US #29
#22Margaret87US #15
#23Elizabeth86US #24
#24Catherine80US #34
#25Janet76US #18
#26Janice74US #22
#27Bonnie73US #33
#28Joyce73US #27
#29Sheila66US #70
#30Shirley65US #19
#31Ann63US #45
#32Joanne63US #67
#33Katherine62US #58
#34Paula62US #54
#35Ruth62US #49
#36Elaine61US #60
#37Rebecca61US #36
#38Jean60US #48
#39Pauline60US #163
#40Carolyn59US #20
#41Gloria58US #30
#42Marie58US #72
#43Joan57US #40
#44Suzanne57US #71
#45Christine53US #28
#46Anne52US #84
#47Beverly52US #31
#48Lorraine51US #105
#49Martha51US #32
#50Darlene50US #79
#51Constance49US #85
#52Judy48US #25
#53Sally48US #78
#54Rita46US #56
#55Kathy43US #38
#56Betty42US #26
#57Theresa42US #65
#58Rachel41US #189
#59Dorothy40US #35
#60Irene40US #92
#61Marilyn40US #37
#62Dianne39US #90
#63Kathryn39US #46
#64Norma39US #104
#65Claire38
#66Louise38US #109
#67Jeanne37US #95
#68Roberta37US #96
#69Diana36US #47
#70Jacqueline35US #55
#71Wanda35US #52
#72Doris34US #74
#73Anita33US #99
#74Ellen33US #66
#75Vicki33US #61
#76Maureen32US #89
#77Phyllis32US #53
#78Peggy31US #41
#79Rose31US #69
#80Sherry31US #62
#81Virginia31US #43
#82Cathy29US #75
#83Marcia29US #77
#84Marlene29US #112
#85Sylvia27US #97
#86Belinda26US #173
#87Laura26US #63
#88Colleen25US #124
#89Jo25US #64
#90Alice24US #57
#91Arlene24US #132
#92Charlene24US #103
#93Frances24US #51
#94June24US #137
#95Priscilla24US #169
#96Valerie24US #116
#97Bonita23US #181
#98Denise23US #82
#99Lois23US #83
#100Lynn23US #76

Boys

#1Robert484US #2
#2David432US #5
#3Richard420US #7
#4Michael409US #4
#5John372US #3
#6James357US #1
#7William229US #6
#8Stephen228US #19
#9Paul207US #18
#10Donald204US #14
#11Ronald196US #12
#12Thomas184US #8
#13Gary174US #10
#14Bruce154US #26
#15Daniel154US #21
#16Charles145US #9
#17Dennis141US #17
#18George137US #20
#19Peter136US #37
#20Roger128US #27
#21Steven120US #16
#22Kenneth114US #15
#23Wayne111US #35
#24Raymond108US #31
#25Gregory105US #25
#26Joseph104US #13
#27Larry100US #11
#28Mark97US #23
#29Edward96US #22
#30Dana88US #184
#31Lawrence86US #33
#32Brian84US #79
#33Philip83US #53
#34Gerald79US #34
#35Timothy76US #32
#36Alan65US #41
#37Jeffrey63US #43
#38Norman59US #90
#39Frederick55US #75
#40Harold55US #45
#41Roland54US #187
#42Arthur53US #46
#43Douglas53US #28
#44Frank51US #29
#45Dale50US #49
#46Barry47US #74
#47Ralph47US #52
#48Rodney47US #88
#49Russell41US #67
#50Maurice39US #185
#51Walter38US #40
#52Scott36US #82
#53Terry36US #30
#54Carl35US #44
#55Patrick35US #38
#56Craig33US #69
#57Eugene33US #58
#58Albert32US #56
#59Allen32US #71
#60Stanley32US #60
#61Louis31US #66
#62Bernard30US #110
#63Anthony29US #36
#64Eric29US #98
#65Glenn29US #59
#66Leo29US #160
#67Allan27US #142
#68Henry27US #47
#69Roy27US #51
#70Christopher26US #72
#71Keith26US #78
#72Andrew25US #68
#73Francis25US #86
#74Gerard25US #191
#75Darrell23US #116
#76Harry23US #61
#77Randall23US #70
#78Danny22US #39
#79Ernest22US #81
#80Fred22US #84
#81Guy21US #179
#82Howard21US #63
#83Clayton20
#84Clifford20US #100
#85Gordon20US #108
#86Herbert20US #112
#87Lloyd20US #127
#88Terrance20
#89Alfred19US #96
#90Jerry19US #24
#91Lee19US #91
#92Leon19US #119
#93Leonard19US #77
#94Neil19US #156
#95Blaine18
#96Brent18
#97Carroll18
#98Jack18US #48
#99Kerry18US #197
#100Dean17US #120

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑45Kathy#55
↑39Craig#56
↑32Louis#61
↑28Catherine#24
↑27Roberta#68
↑27Wanda#71
↑25Rachel#58
↑22Norma#64

Falling

↓30Lois#99
↓30Gordon#85
↓25Ernest#79
↓24Charlene#92
↓23Gerard#74
↓22Jacqueline#70
↓22Priscilla#95
↓21Betty#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.