State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,472 Maine births in 1957 across 517 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#38Dana#186 nationally
#60Rolandoutside the national top 200
#72Rachel#194 nationally
#83Roxanne#198 nationally
#89Claytonoutside the national top 200
#58Louise#166 nationally
#73Brent#174 nationally
#48Marc#139 nationally
#99Leo#190 nationally
#81Holly#157 nationally
#85Debora#161 nationally
#78Reginald#142 nationally

Girls

#1Susan377US #2
#2Debra278US #4
#3Mary275US #1
#4Linda270US #3
#5Karen239US #5
#6Deborah232US #6
#7Cindy195US #19
#8Cynthia189US #7
#9Diane189US #17
#10Nancy187US #11
#11Brenda182US #13
#12Patricia176US #8
#13Donna163US #10
#14Pamela147US #12
#15Cheryl137US #16
#16Barbara135US #9
#17Carol121US #18
#18Sharon118US #14
#19Sandra112US #15
#20Kathleen109US #21
#21Julie94US #28
#22Kathy94US #20
#23Elizabeth93US #22
#24Kim86US #35
#25Ann82US #44
#26Catherine82US #37
#27Laurie75US #73
#28Jane74US #56
#29Darlene72US #57
#30Judith72US #53
#31Rebecca72US #34
#32Robin72US #30
#33Janet71US #23
#34Theresa71US #36
#35Margaret69US #29
#36Rhonda67US #52
#37Cathy65US #39
#38Lynn65US #61
#39Denise64US #25
#40Joyce64US #40
#41Janice63US #32
#42Lisa63US #26
#43Bonnie62US #64
#44Gail62US #54
#45Paula62US #49
#46Vicki59US #51
#47Kimberly57US #42
#48Wendy55US #101
#49Jean53US #67
#50Joanne53US #94
#51Judy53US #38
#52Sherry52US #55
#53Elaine51US #96
#54Marie51US #98
#55Debbie49US #27
#56Joan48US #60
#57Lori47US #45
#58Louise47US #166
#59Sheila46US #58
#60Ruth44US #84
#61Shirley44US #46
#62Anne43US #86
#63Christine42US #41
#64Terry42US #92
#65Katherine41US #72
#66Kathryn41US #65
#67Ellen40US #85
#68Teresa40US #24
#69Wanda38US #59
#70Betty36US #50
#71Dorothy36US #74
#72Rachel36US #194
#73Laura35US #31
#74Suzanne35US #102
#75Valerie35US #76
#76Maureen34US #103
#77Sally34US #115
#78Jeanne33US #117
#79Peggy32US #62
#80Beverly31US #48
#81Holly31US #157
#82Michelle31US #79
#83Roxanne31US #198
#84Carolyn30US #33
#85Debora30US #161
#86Jennifer30US #87
#87Rose30US #69
#88Diana29US #43
#89Dawn28US #93
#90Doreen28US #150
#91Martha28US #63
#92Tammy28US #107
#93Terri28US #68
#94Tina28US #80
#95Anita27US #81
#96Beth27US #108
#97Jill27US #100
#98Lorraine27US #129
#99Vickie27US #70
#100Constance26US #154

Boys

#1Michael533US #1
#2David525US #3
#3Robert456US #4
#4Richard381US #8
#5John365US #5
#6James357US #2
#7Mark329US #7
#8William244US #6
#9Paul230US #18
#10Daniel216US #16
#11Jeffrey210US #21
#12Thomas201US #9
#13Stephen194US #24
#14Steven192US #10
#15Peter190US #37
#16Timothy187US #19
#17Donald183US #15
#18Gary170US #13
#19Brian153US #26
#20Joseph153US #12
#21Ronald152US #17
#22Kenneth140US #14
#23Kevin139US #20
#24Bruce133US #34
#25Charles123US #11
#26Scott119US #32
#27Gregory114US #23
#28George110US #29
#29Wayne103US #47
#30Alan86US #48
#31Dennis86US #28
#32Roger81US #42
#33Douglas80US #30
#34Edward77US #25
#35Raymond74US #39
#36Larry72US #22
#37Philip69US #68
#38Dana64US #186
#39Lawrence63US #46
#40Dale62US #50
#41Andrew61US #56
#42Christopher60US #43
#43Randy60US #31
#44Ricky59US #40
#45Russell52US #54
#46Anthony51US #27
#47Frank50US #38
#48Marc50US #139
#49Rodney50US #70
#50Dean48US #93
#51Arthur47US #66
#52Barry47US #72
#53Keith47US #36
#54Harold45US #74
#55Gerald44US #51
#56Terry44US #33
#57Jeffery43US #52
#58Randall43US #59
#59Patrick41US #41
#60Roland41
#61Norman40US #118
#62Ralph40US #76
#63Carl39US #49
#64Eric38US #60
#65Craig35US #55
#66Jerry35US #35
#67Steve34US #44
#68Frederick33US #99
#69Glenn31US #62
#70Jonathan31US #124
#71Walter30US #58
#72Joel29US #104
#73Brent26US #174
#74Danny26US #45
#75Eugene26US #92
#76Mike26US #53
#77Gordon25US #140
#78Reginald25US #142
#79Albert24US #84
#80Allen24US #91
#81Bryan24US #115
#82Jay24US #88
#83Louis23US #86
#84Darrell22US #90
#85Glen22US #129
#86Jon22US #110
#87Matthew22US #83
#88Stanley22US #81
#89Clayton21
#90Duane21US #136
#91Martin21US #69
#92Howard20US #89
#93Guy19US #149
#94Karl19US #146
#95Leonard19US #94
#96Bernard18US #137
#97Earl18US #122
#98Ernest18US #101
#99Leo18US #190
#100Lloyd18US #164

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑35Kimberly#47
↑33Jerry#66
↑28Dean#50
↑26Jonathan#70
↑22Rachel#72
↑22Laura#73
↑19Cindy#7
↑19Wendy#48

Falling

↓36Dawn#89
↓23Ernest#98
↓21Gail#44
↓21Martha#91
↓19Anne#62
↓18Katherine#65
↓18Carl#63
↓17Paula#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.