State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,597 Maine births in 1955 across 477 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#57Rolandoutside the national top 200
#59Paulineoutside the national top 200
#41Dana#176 nationally
#78Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#79Brent#193 nationally
#92Terranceoutside the national top 200
#99Claireoutside the national top 200
#74Leo#175 nationally
#86Rachel#185 nationally
#73Roxanne#165 nationally
#98Stuart#189 nationally
#63Louise#148 nationally

Girls

#1Susan346US #5
#2Deborah301US #2
#3Linda283US #3
#4Debra276US #4
#5Mary255US #1
#6Patricia233US #6
#7Diane211US #14
#8Karen196US #8
#9Nancy185US #9
#10Pamela182US #12
#11Donna176US #10
#12Sandra158US #13
#13Cynthia143US #11
#14Barbara131US #7
#15Brenda126US #18
#16Sharon125US #16
#17Carol121US #15
#18Cheryl117US #19
#19Kathleen116US #17
#20Elizabeth106US #21
#21Kathy96US #22
#22Judith87US #31
#23Catherine86US #28
#24Jane84US #50
#25Ann83US #43
#26Cathy82US #44
#27Janet82US #20
#28Margaret82US #24
#29Bonnie78US #45
#30Gail77US #42
#31Paula74US #39
#32Rebecca72US #27
#33Elaine69US #77
#34Lynn65US #62
#35Janice64US #25
#36Denise62US #23
#37Vicki58US #52
#38Joan57US #46
#39Theresa55US #38
#40Rhonda54US #71
#41Judy53US #32
#42Ellen52US #81
#43Terry52US #83
#44Valerie51US #80
#45Darlene50US #76
#46Jean50US #60
#47Joyce50US #29
#48Suzanne50US #86
#49Wanda50US #61
#50Katherine49US #65
#51Christine48US #40
#52Joanne48US #88
#53Wendy47US #90
#54Betty46US #36
#55Julie45US #67
#56Robin45US #33
#57Anne44US #84
#58Kathryn43US #59
#59Pauline43
#60Ruth42US #70
#61Beverly41US #34
#62Diana41US #55
#63Louise41US #148
#64Sheila41US #57
#65Marie40US #92
#66Sherry40US #56
#67Kim37US #75
#68Lisa36US #48
#69Rose36US #54
#70Laura35US #41
#71Sally35US #95
#72Dianne34US #121
#73Roxanne34US #165
#74Victoria34US #82
#75Laurie33US #91
#76Cindy32US #79
#77Debbie32US #63
#78Doris32US #101
#79Gloria32US #47
#80Helen32US #78
#81Lorraine32US #126
#82Beth31US #133
#83Constance31US #118
#84Dorothy31US #64
#85Holly31US #144
#86Rachel31US #185
#87Norma30US #137
#88Shirley30US #37
#89Jacqueline29US #73
#90Jeanne29US #115
#91Stephanie29US #114
#92Carolyn28US #30
#93Marcia28US #98
#94Tina28US #132
#95Martha27US #53
#96Peggy27US #51
#97Roberta27US #113
#98Charlene26US #130
#99Claire26
#100Jennifer26US #104

Boys

#1Michael555US #1
#2David554US #2
#3Robert442US #4
#4Richard386US #7
#5John380US #5
#6James318US #3
#7Stephen276US #21
#8William268US #6
#9Mark265US #9
#10Paul242US #16
#11Thomas228US #8
#12Steven212US #10
#13Gary211US #12
#14Daniel205US #17
#15Donald187US #14
#16Peter174US #35
#17Bruce156US #32
#18Timothy145US #22
#19Jeffrey139US #20
#20Ronald135US #18
#21Kenneth130US #15
#22Dennis129US #23
#23Joseph129US #13
#24Charles124US #11
#25Kevin111US #27
#26Brian108US #40
#27Scott96US #38
#28Gregory92US #24
#29George90US #26
#30Roger85US #37
#31Raymond83US #36
#32Douglas80US #29
#33Wayne77US #44
#34Edward75US #25
#35Philip73US #62
#36Alan70US #43
#37Larry65US #19
#38Lawrence63US #42
#39Randy62US #30
#40Christopher59US #49
#41Dana59US #176
#42Dale56US #52
#43Patrick53US #41
#44Frank51US #34
#45Arthur48US #56
#46Marc48US #126
#47Gerald47US #48
#48Russell47US #57
#49Keith46US #39
#50Carl45US #47
#51Terry45US #28
#52Norman43US #102
#53Rodney43US #65
#54Walter41US #51
#55Anthony38US #31
#56Ralph38US #67
#57Roland38
#58Glenn37US #59
#59Ricky37US #46
#60Frederick36US #86
#61Danny34US #45
#62Harold34US #63
#63Jeffery34US #73
#64Barry32US #70
#65Allen31US #84
#66Andrew31US #66
#67Jonathan31US #116
#68Randall31US #53
#69Albert30US #76
#70Reginald29US #144
#71Craig28US #50
#72Fred27US #97
#73Lee27US #96
#74Leo27US #175
#75Howard26US #83
#76Stanley24US #64
#77Eugene23US #81
#78Maurice23
#79Brent22US #193
#80Steve22US #72
#81Francis21US #100
#82Jerry21US #33
#83Joel21US #121
#84Dean20US #111
#85Guy20US #145
#86Herbert20US #129
#87Louis20US #82
#88Ernest19US #90
#89Kim19US #98
#90Lloyd19US #147
#91Martin19US #77
#92Terrance19
#93Bradley18US #107
#94Darrell18US #91
#95Matthew18US #105
#96Phillip18US #74
#97Samuel18US #71
#98Stuart18US #189
#99Gordon17US #128
#100Henry17US #61

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑54Terry#43
↑42Cathy#26
↑37Valerie#44
↑34Robin#56
↑33Ellen#42
↑32Randy#39
↑30Wendy#53
↑28Dianne#72

Falling

↓49Peggy#96
↓33Rachel#86
↓29Jacqueline#89
↓29Carolyn#92
↓28Marcia#93
↓28Martha#95
↓27Gordon#99
↓23Sally#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.