State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,348 Maine births in 1951 across 468 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#39Dana#185 nationally
#46Roland#184 nationally
#64Claireoutside the national top 200
#61Maurice#195 nationally
#68Racheloutside the national top 200
#56Pauline#180 nationally
#85Brentoutside the national top 200
#86Claytonoutside the national top 200
#89Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#94Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#68Reginald#174 nationally
#92Lucille#194 nationally

Girls

#1Linda422US #1
#2Susan271US #6
#3Patricia267US #3
#4Deborah248US #4
#5Mary225US #2
#6Nancy225US #7
#7Donna182US #12
#8Barbara174US #5
#9Brenda163US #14
#10Diane162US #15
#11Carol150US #11
#12Sharon149US #13
#13Sandra148US #9
#14Pamela146US #16
#15Cynthia136US #20
#16Kathleen135US #10
#17Karen130US #8
#18Judith125US #25
#19Gail115US #36
#20Margaret108US #17
#21Cheryl98US #30
#22Janice94US #21
#23Bonnie89US #37
#24Jane88US #43
#25Joyce80US #28
#26Paula80US #51
#27Elizabeth78US #23
#28Ann71US #46
#29Debra71US #18
#30Sheila71US #69
#31Gloria68US #31
#32Catherine67US #34
#33Elaine67US #66
#34Jean66US #49
#35Shirley66US #27
#36Christine65US #24
#37Beverly63US #33
#38Joan63US #39
#39Carolyn60US #22
#40Ruth60US #53
#41Janet57US #19
#42Rebecca57US #32
#43Suzanne57US #83
#44Anne52US #82
#45Katherine51US #55
#46Louise50US #117
#47Marie47US #78
#48Sally47US #77
#49Virginia46US #47
#50Theresa45US #64
#51Kathryn44US #45
#52Martha43US #38
#53Kathy42US #35
#54Dianne41US #90
#55Jacqueline41US #56
#56Pauline40US #180
#57Joanne39US #73
#58Judy38US #26
#59Denise37US #48
#60Ellen37US #68
#61Jeanne37US #98
#62Diana36US #50
#63Rita36US #61
#64Claire35
#65Darlene35US #79
#66Constance34US #86
#67Frances34US #59
#68Rachel34
#69Wanda34US #52
#70Anita33US #96
#71Lorraine33US #102
#72Norma33US #107
#73Betty32US #29
#74Irene32US #105
#75Victoria32US #81
#76Dorothy31US #42
#77Marilyn31US #41
#78Vicki31US #58
#79Cathy30US #71
#80Priscilla30US #181
#81Doris29US #80
#82Roberta29US #92
#83Gayle28US #124
#84Helen28US #54
#85Lynn28US #72
#86Valerie27US #100
#87Marcia26US #74
#88Rose26US #65
#89Alice24US #62
#90Julie23US #99
#91Lois23US #85
#92Lucille23US #194
#93Maureen23US #93
#94Roxanne23
#95Sylvia23US #97
#96Beth22US #156
#97June22US #142
#98Phyllis22US #57
#99Charlotte21US #84
#100Marjorie21US #128

Boys

#1Michael473US #4
#2Robert471US #2
#3David413US #5
#4Richard395US #7
#5John384US #3
#6James319US #1
#7Stephen274US #19
#8William232US #6
#9Paul221US #18
#10Donald213US #15
#11Gary209US #10
#12Thomas205US #8
#13Daniel198US #21
#14Ronald169US #12
#15Charles146US #9
#16Bruce127US #26
#17Peter121US #38
#18Steven121US #13
#19Kenneth118US #16
#20Mark116US #20
#21Dennis113US #17
#22Joseph112US #14
#23George110US #22
#24Roger109US #29
#25Wayne104US #37
#26Gregory102US #25
#27Edward99US #23
#28Larry92US #11
#29Raymond88US #32
#30Timothy88US #28
#31Brian84US #75
#32Douglas83US #27
#33Gerald79US #36
#34Philip79US #55
#35Alan78US #40
#36Jeffrey71US #35
#37Arthur68US #44
#38Dale67US #49
#39Dana66US #185
#40Lawrence62US #33
#41Stanley60US #54
#42Frank58US #31
#43Scott58US #68
#44Barry57US #71
#45Harold53US #46
#46Roland53US #184
#47Carl49US #43
#48Frederick49US #78
#49Rodney49US #84
#50Terry48US #30
#51Albert44US #60
#52Norman44US #90
#53Ralph40US #51
#54Eugene39US #65
#55Walter38US #42
#56Patrick37US #39
#57Ernest34US #83
#58Allen33US #72
#59Christopher33US #61
#60Glenn33US #58
#61Maurice33US #195
#62Kevin32US #53
#63Craig30US #63
#64Keith30US #59
#65Leo30US #156
#66Gordon29US #108
#67Jerry27US #24
#68Reginald27US #174
#69Harry26US #70
#70Bernard25US #107
#71Marc25US #148
#72Martin25US #81
#73Russell24US #73
#74Warren24US #118
#75Danny23US #41
#76Henry23US #47
#77Joel23US #129
#78Allan22US #137
#79Andrew22US #69
#80Leonard22US #80
#81Eric21US #93
#82Gerard21US #183
#83Lewis21US #135
#84Lloyd21US #125
#85Brent20
#86Clayton20
#87Earl19US #95
#88Francis19US #85
#89Malcolm19
#90Roy19US #52
#91Alfred18US #100
#92Clifford18US #101
#93Fred18US #87
#94Louis18US #76
#95Phillip18US #79
#96Randall18US #66
#97Darrell17US #109
#98Duane17US #130
#99Howard17US #74
#100Lee17US #92

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑39Denise#59
↑32Virginia#49
↑26Frances#67
↑23Jerry#67
↑22Ernest#57
↑20Louise#46
↑19Stanley#41
↑19Gordon#66

Falling

↓33Louis#94
↓25Joanne#57
↓24Russell#73
↓23Lorraine#71
↓22Darrell#97
↓21Phyllis#98
↓21Roy#90
↓19Randall#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.