State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,960 Maine births in 1953 across 487 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#178 nationally
#52Roland#191 nationally
#74Claireoutside the national top 200
#72Maurice#198 nationally
#76Claytonoutside the national top 200
#67Gerard#186 nationally
#83Pauline#198 nationally
#90Holly#199 nationally
#96Brentoutside the national top 200
#84Rachel#175 nationally
#78Reginald#165 nationally
#68Marc#144 nationally

Girls

#1Linda367US #2
#2Susan340US #5
#3Deborah317US #3
#4Patricia242US #4
#5Mary235US #1
#6Debra218US #7
#7Nancy212US #8
#8Diane185US #17
#9Barbara178US #6
#10Donna176US #13
#11Cynthia169US #12
#12Pamela155US #10
#13Sandra137US #11
#14Kathleen136US #14
#15Carol134US #16
#16Brenda132US #18
#17Karen123US #9
#18Sharon112US #15
#19Cheryl100US #28
#20Judith99US #30
#21Elizabeth96US #21
#22Catherine93US #35
#23Margaret93US #20
#24Bonnie86US #45
#25Jane85US #43
#26Joan84US #37
#27Janet76US #19
#28Joyce75US #26
#29Paula75US #40
#30Janice74US #22
#31Gail73US #39
#32Ann69US #46
#33Christine69US #32
#34Denise64US #31
#35Rebecca64US #24
#36Sheila64US #60
#37Anne60US #80
#38Elaine60US #77
#39Jean60US #52
#40Kathy60US #23
#41Gloria57US #38
#42Marie57US #86
#43Wanda53US #57
#44Beverly52US #34
#45Rhonda50US #85
#46Sally50US #81
#47Suzanne50US #78
#48Judy49US #27
#49Katherine48US #63
#50Martha47US #41
#51Ellen46US #76
#52Ruth46US #62
#53Betty45US #33
#54Kathryn45US #48
#55Shirley45US #29
#56Dorothy44US #49
#57Jacqueline44US #58
#58Lynn44US #67
#59Cathy43US #56
#60Vicki43US #61
#61Joanne41US #71
#62Theresa41US #50
#63Carolyn39US #25
#64Louise39US #125
#65Constance38US #95
#66Jeanne38US #97
#67Darlene37US #75
#68Lorraine37US #118
#69Doris36US #87
#70Helen35US #65
#71Julie35US #74
#72Marilyn35US #36
#73Cindy33US #99
#74Claire33
#75Colleen33US #115
#76Peggy33US #44
#77Sherry33US #70
#78Terry33US #117
#79Wendy33US #110
#80Alice32US #73
#81Diana32US #55
#82Laura32US #51
#83Pauline32US #198
#84Rachel32US #175
#85Virginia32US #53
#86Rita31US #64
#87Charlene30US #113
#88Dianne30US #109
#89Marcia30US #84
#90Holly29US #199
#91Jill29US #114
#92Rose29US #59
#93Valerie29US #88
#94Marlene28US #128
#95Anita27US #89
#96Frances27US #72
#97Roberta26US #90
#98Maureen25US #92
#99Norma25US #122
#100Carla24US #129

Boys

#1Michael529US #3
#2Robert498US #1
#3David479US #5
#4Richard428US #7
#5John385US #4
#6James312US #2
#7Stephen259US #21
#8William259US #6
#9Gary221US #10
#10Paul199US #16
#11Donald178US #14
#12Daniel177US #20
#13Thomas176US #8
#14Mark173US #12
#15Ronald157US #15
#16Steven155US #11
#17Bruce140US #28
#18Charles140US #9
#19Peter138US #38
#20Dennis127US #19
#21Roger124US #31
#22Jeffrey121US #25
#23Kenneth119US #17
#24Timothy107US #26
#25Wayne100US #40
#26Joseph95US #13
#27Gregory92US #24
#28Raymond90US #34
#29George86US #22
#30Brian83US #53
#31Edward83US #23
#32Lawrence74US #37
#33Dana72US #178
#34Douglas69US #27
#35Scott67US #46
#36Philip63US #61
#37Alan60US #43
#38Gerald60US #42
#39Larry59US #18
#40Arthur56US #50
#41Dale51US #48
#42Terry50US #30
#43Frank46US #33
#44Rodney45US #58
#45Carl44US #44
#46Harold44US #56
#47Andrew43US #68
#48Ralph43US #59
#49Kevin42US #36
#50Frederick41US #80
#51Keith41US #47
#52Roland41US #191
#53Patrick40US #39
#54Christopher39US #63
#55Norman38US #98
#56Danny37US #41
#57Russell35US #71
#58Stanley35US #62
#59Albert34US #69
#60Eugene34US #75
#61Anthony33US #32
#62Randall33US #64
#63Barry32US #73
#64Craig32US #60
#65Allen31US #81
#66Eric31US #89
#67Gerard31US #186
#68Marc31US #144
#69Walter30US #45
#70Herbert29US #125
#71Francis28US #90
#72Maurice28US #198
#73Ernest27US #87
#74Glenn26US #67
#75Martin26US #82
#76Clayton25
#77Phillip25US #76
#78Reginald25US #165
#79Jerry24US #29
#80Clifford23US #102
#81Gordon23US #116
#82Jonathan23US #133
#83Randy23US #35
#84Theodore23US #112
#85Bernard22US #119
#86Leo22US #162
#87Alfred21US #104
#88Guy21US #150
#89Henry21US #54
#90Dean20US #105
#91Duane20US #132
#92Fred20US #92
#93Harry20US #83
#94Joel20US #134
#95Lloyd20US #138
#96Brent19
#97Howard19US #77
#98Jay19US #99
#99Leonard19US #85
#100Louis19US #78

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑40Wanda#43
↑27Janet#27
↑27Terry#42
↑23Marie#42
↑23Rhonda#45
↑22Ellen#51
↑21Vicki#60
↑21Claire#74

Falling

↓35Roberta#97
↓33Rachel#84
↓30Rita#86
↓25Carolyn#63
↓20Barry#63
↓19Marlene#94
↓19Maureen#98
↓19Howard#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.