State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,064 Maine births in 1956 across 506 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
#41Dana#178 nationally
#80Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#74Brent#191 nationally
#94Rachel#197 nationally
#99Paulineoutside the national top 200
#81Gerard#180 nationally
#81Roxanne#172 nationally
#100Leo#184 nationally
#54Marc#135 nationally
#87Holly#162 nationally
#69Herbert#137 nationally

Girls

#1Susan357US #5
#2Linda290US #3
#3Debra284US #2
#4Deborah270US #4
#5Mary239US #1
#6Diane210US #15
#7Nancy207US #11
#8Karen190US #7
#9Cynthia189US #8
#10Patricia179US #6
#11Pamela171US #12
#12Donna170US #10
#13Sandra150US #14
#14Barbara143US #9
#15Brenda138US #19
#16Carol133US #16
#17Sharon122US #13
#18Cheryl116US #18
#19Kathleen114US #17
#20Kathy105US #20
#21Catherine98US #28
#22Elizabeth92US #22
#23Gail89US #49
#24Judith88US #45
#25Ann85US #46
#26Cindy82US #37
#27Jane81US #50
#28Paula78US #47
#29Janet75US #21
#30Rebecca75US #27
#31Bonnie74US #51
#32Denise66US #23
#33Julie66US #48
#34Cathy65US #36
#35Darlene64US #71
#36Joyce64US #30
#37Kim64US #38
#38Janice63US #26
#39Rhonda63US #62
#40Margaret61US #25
#41Elaine60US #89
#42Laurie60US #76
#43Anne56US #86
#44Lynn56US #58
#45Theresa56US #32
#46Vicki56US #57
#47Katherine55US #67
#48Lisa55US #31
#49Christine53US #42
#50Robin53US #29
#51Jean52US #65
#52Kathryn51US #60
#53Dawn48US #92
#54Dorothy48US #72
#55Debbie46US #39
#56Joan46US #52
#57Sherry46US #54
#58Lori44US #66
#59Marie43US #96
#60Ruth43US #77
#61Suzanne43US #94
#62Betty42US #44
#63Ellen42US #84
#64Valerie42US #80
#65Sheila41US #55
#66Shirley41US #41
#67Wendy41US #95
#68Joanne40US #99
#69Judy40US #35
#70Martha40US #59
#71Rose39US #64
#72Terry39US #91
#73Andrea38US #127
#74Diana38US #56
#75Beverly36US #40
#76Sally36US #105
#77Tina36US #87
#78Wanda36US #61
#79Gloria34US #53
#80Roberta34US #116
#81Roxanne34US #172
#82Kimberly33US #74
#83Teresa33US #24
#84Victoria33US #85
#85Peggy32US #63
#86Doreen31US #147
#87Holly31US #162
#88Lorraine31US #124
#89Beth30US #117
#90Dianne30US #137
#91Terri30US #81
#92Colleen29US #113
#93Maureen29US #102
#94Rachel29US #197
#95Laura28US #34
#96Carolyn27US #33
#97Helen27US #90
#98Marcia27US #110
#99Pauline27
#100Anita25US #83

Boys

#1Michael542US #1
#2David509US #4
#3Robert451US #3
#4John406US #5
#5Richard377US #7
#6James320US #2
#7Mark268US #8
#8Stephen255US #23
#9William233US #6
#10Steven223US #10
#11Daniel214US #18
#12Paul203US #17
#13Thomas200US #9
#14Gary185US #13
#15Jeffrey183US #20
#16Peter175US #37
#17Ronald174US #15
#18Timothy163US #19
#19Donald160US #14
#20Bruce142US #33
#21Scott138US #34
#22Brian133US #32
#23Kenneth132US #16
#24Charles130US #11
#25Joseph130US #12
#26Kevin123US #22
#27Wayne98US #45
#28Dennis97US #26
#29Roger97US #41
#30George96US #27
#31Edward91US #25
#32Gregory88US #24
#33Raymond87US #39
#34Dale77US #50
#35Randy74US #28
#36Philip73US #64
#37Douglas71US #29
#38Alan66US #44
#39Larry65US #21
#40Lawrence63US #42
#41Dana57US #178
#42Keith57US #36
#43Andrew56US #56
#44Patrick52US #40
#45Carl47US #48
#46Christopher47US #47
#47Anthony46US #30
#48Norman46US #107
#49Frank45US #38
#50Craig42US #51
#51Russell42US #52
#52Terry41US #31
#53Gerald40US #49
#54Marc39US #135
#55Rodney39US #65
#56Harold38US #72
#57Roland38
#58Walter37US #53
#59Barry36US #69
#60Ricky36US #43
#61Frederick35US #91
#62Arthur34US #60
#63Eric34US #79
#64Eugene34US #86
#65Glenn34US #61
#66Jeffery34US #57
#67Randall32US #54
#68Allen31US #87
#69Herbert31US #137
#70Danny30US #46
#71Bradley29US #103
#72Ralph29US #67
#73Steve29US #59
#74Brent28US #191
#75Ernest28US #94
#76Stanley28US #70
#77Albert27US #81
#78Dean27US #99
#79Jay27US #92
#80Maurice27
#81Gerard26US #180
#82Leonard26US #89
#83Roy25US #62
#84Martin24US #73
#85Dwight23US #139
#86Joel23US #106
#87Micheal23US #83
#88Matthew22US #90
#89Earl21US #110
#90Francis21US #111
#91Glen21US #125
#92Lee21US #104
#93Reginald21US #144
#94Fred20US #102
#95Harry20US #95
#96Jonathan20US #114
#97Louis20US #82
#98Edwin19US #124
#99Jerry19US #35
#100Leo19US #184

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑50Cindy#26
↑33Laurie#42
↑30Kim#37
↑30Dorothy#54
↑25Martha#70
↑23Andrew#43
↑22Julie#33
↑22Debbie#55

Falling

↓40Pauline#99
↓29Terry#72
↓29Wanda#78
↓29Jonathan#96
↓28Judy#69
↓26Leo#100
↓25Laura#95
↓23Reginald#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.