State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,757 Maine births in 1954 across 512 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#71Paulineoutside the national top 200
#36Dana#165 nationally
#53Rachel#182 nationally
#68Roland#193 nationally
#77Claireoutside the national top 200
#62Gerard#177 nationally
#95Brentoutside the national top 200
#96Denisoutside the national top 200
#73Roxanne#158 nationally
#91Leo#172 nationally
#57Marc#133 nationally
#70Louise#138 nationally

Girls

#1Susan373US #5
#2Linda318US #2
#3Deborah299US #3
#4Debra259US #6
#5Mary247US #1
#6Patricia231US #4
#7Pamela188US #12
#8Nancy185US #9
#9Diane183US #17
#10Donna173US #11
#11Cynthia171US #10
#12Karen158US #8
#13Barbara153US #7
#14Sandra149US #13
#15Brenda144US #18
#16Kathleen141US #14
#17Carol127US #15
#18Sharon118US #16
#19Elizabeth113US #20
#20Cheryl112US #22
#21Gail112US #37
#22Judith94US #30
#23Jane92US #49
#24Janet83US #19
#25Margaret82US #21
#26Rebecca82US #26
#27Janice80US #25
#28Ann79US #44
#29Elaine79US #74
#30Denise75US #24
#31Catherine66US #32
#32Vicki66US #50
#33Joan65US #40
#34Joyce65US #28
#35Paula65US #38
#36Kathy62US #23
#37Joanne61US #78
#38Jean58US #56
#39Bonnie57US #52
#40Judy56US #29
#41Kathryn56US #51
#42Anne54US #80
#43Marie53US #79
#44Julie52US #70
#45Suzanne51US #82
#46Betty48US #36
#47Peggy48US #48
#48Sally48US #84
#49Katherine47US #64
#50Sherry47US #62
#51Beverly45US #31
#52Laurie44US #98
#53Rachel43US #182
#54Rhonda43US #71
#55Christine42US #43
#56Gloria42US #42
#57Theresa42US #47
#58Victoria42US #85
#59Wanda41US #58
#60Jacqueline40US #68
#61Lynn40US #63
#62Ruth40US #66
#63Carolyn39US #27
#64Constance38US #111
#65Marcia38US #90
#66Marilyn38US #35
#67Martha38US #46
#68Cathy36US #59
#69Darlene35US #76
#70Louise35US #138
#71Pauline35
#72Rose35US #54
#73Roxanne35US #158
#74Dawn34US #124
#75Ellen34US #77
#76Lorraine34US #120
#77Claire33
#78Dorothy33US #55
#79Sheila33US #60
#80Shirley33US #33
#81Valerie33US #87
#82Virginia33US #61
#83Wendy33US #95
#84Helen32US #72
#85Diana31US #57
#86Gayle31US #147
#87Roberta31US #102
#88Beth30US #130
#89Maureen30US #97
#90Robin30US #41
#91Vickie29US #69
#92Jeanne26US #112
#93Colleen25US #119
#94Laura25US #45
#95Rita25US #67
#96Sylvia25US #101
#97Terry25US #88
#98Carla24US #135
#99Cindy24US #91
#100Dianne24US #116

Boys

#1Michael600US #1
#2David502US #5
#3Robert451US #2
#4John406US #4
#5Richard389US #7
#6James321US #3
#7Gary241US #9
#8Stephen235US #20
#9Steven227US #11
#10William227US #6
#11Paul222US #16
#12Thomas213US #8
#13Mark207US #12
#14Daniel203US #18
#15Donald200US #14
#16Ronald173US #15
#17Peter154US #37
#18Bruce143US #30
#19Jeffrey142US #23
#20Timothy139US #26
#21Joseph125US #13
#22Kenneth122US #17
#23Charles121US #10
#24Roger107US #34
#25George106US #24
#26Edward103US #22
#27Scott102US #40
#28Brian96US #48
#29Wayne93US #41
#30Raymond90US #35
#31Dennis89US #21
#32Gregory89US #25
#33Kevin84US #28
#34Douglas81US #29
#35Alan78US #43
#36Dana73US #165
#37Larry73US #19
#38Philip67US #62
#39Dale61US #50
#40Lawrence61US #39
#41Gerald59US #44
#42Terry56US #27
#43Norman50US #99
#44Frederick49US #83
#45Anthony48US #32
#46Harold47US #60
#47Arthur45US #52
#48Keith44US #45
#49Albert43US #73
#50Rodney42US #66
#51Carl41US #47
#52Patrick41US #38
#53Ralph41US #61
#54Christopher40US #64
#55Frank38US #36
#56Stanley37US #58
#57Marc36US #133
#58Craig35US #51
#59Eugene35US #77
#60Danny34US #42
#61Barry33US #68
#62Gerard33US #177
#63Glenn33US #63
#64Randall33US #55
#65Eric32US #89
#66Jonathan32US #121
#67Andrew31US #70
#68Roland31US #193
#69Russell31US #69
#70Allen30US #82
#71Randy30US #33
#72Gordon28US #122
#73Leslie28US #137
#74Bradley27US #106
#75Jerry27US #31
#76Ernest26US #87
#77Ricky26US #46
#78Martin24US #79
#79Walter24US #49
#80Theodore23US #115
#81Alfred22US #116
#82Darrell22US #95
#83Henry22US #59
#84Jeffery22US #90
#85Clifford21US #112
#86Kim21US #109
#87Lee21US #96
#88Samuel21US #71
#89Dean20US #110
#90Bernard19US #123
#91Leo19US #172
#92Lloyd19US #142
#93Reginald19US #158
#94Steve19US #76
#95Brent18
#96Denis18
#97Guy18US #143
#98Harry18US #86
#99Howard18US #80
#100Jon18US #111

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑31Rachel#53
↑29Peggy#47
↑28Vicki#32
↑27Julie#44
↑27Sherry#50
↑24Joanne#37
↑24Marcia#65
↑20Rose#72

Falling

↓43Sheila#79
↓26Jeanne#92
↓26Cindy#99
↓25Shirley#80
↓24Ellen#75
↓22Christine#55
↓22Dorothy#78
↓20Andrew#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.