State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,351 Maine births in 1958 across 533 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#41Dana#184 nationally
#75Rolandoutside the national top 200
#80Gerard#191 nationally
#68Debora#167 nationally
#98Leo#196 nationally
#52Marc#145 nationally
#87Allan#180 nationally
#91Louise#182 nationally
#79Brent#159 nationally
#100Lynne#176 nationally
#88Doreen#161 nationally
#56Norman#125 nationally

Girls

#1Susan327US #2
#2Linda246US #3
#3Mary227US #1
#4Karen222US #4
#5Deborah216US #7
#6Debra204US #6
#7Brenda182US #16
#8Cynthia176US #8
#9Nancy175US #12
#10Patricia172US #5
#11Donna167US #10
#12Pamela161US #11
#13Diane155US #18
#14Cheryl154US #13
#15Kathy135US #14
#16Barbara123US #9
#17Julie122US #23
#18Sandra112US #15
#19Carol107US #20
#20Cindy106US #25
#21Elizabeth105US #22
#22Kathleen103US #21
#23Lisa100US #19
#24Sharon92US #17
#25Denise82US #27
#26Kimberly82US #39
#27Ann81US #47
#28Catherine80US #38
#29Cathy78US #34
#30Gail74US #72
#31Jane71US #61
#32Rebecca70US #41
#33Debbie69US #24
#34Kim69US #40
#35Tammy69US #44
#36Laurie68US #70
#37Darlene67US #49
#38Margaret65US #31
#39Lori64US #30
#40Janet63US #28
#41Bonnie61US #63
#42Katherine60US #74
#43Peggy57US #42
#44Robin56US #32
#45Teresa56US #26
#46Theresa56US #33
#47Kathryn54US #58
#48Rhonda54US #48
#49Vicki54US #57
#50Jean53US #73
#51Judy53US #36
#52Paula53US #53
#53Lynn52US #60
#54Janice51US #35
#55Joan51US #68
#56Judith50US #62
#57Christine48US #43
#58Joanne46US #80
#59Diana45US #45
#60Wanda44US #66
#61Laura43US #29
#62Tina43US #71
#63Valerie43US #64
#64Terri42US #51
#65Ellen41US #93
#66Michelle41US #56
#67Beth40US #95
#68Debora40US #167
#69Elaine40US #101
#70Dawn39US #84
#71Joyce39US #46
#72Wendy39US #107
#73Marie38US #106
#74Anne37US #87
#75Kelly37US #108
#76Rose37US #78
#77Ruth37US #90
#78Sheila36US #59
#79Victoria35US #109
#80Betty34US #54
#81Jennifer34US #81
#82Terry33US #89
#83Suzanne32US #104
#84Dianne31US #143
#85Jill31US #98
#86Martha31US #69
#87Sally30US #112
#88Doreen29US #161
#89Helen29US #100
#90Carolyn28US #37
#91Louise28US #182
#92Sherry28US #67
#93Annette27US #76
#94Dorothy27US #86
#95Stephanie27US #113
#96Jacqueline26US #99
#97Melissa26US #130
#98Shirley26US #52
#99Jeanne25US #123
#100Lynne25US #176

Boys

#1Michael613US #1
#2David535US #2
#3Robert412US #4
#4John377US #5
#5James359US #3
#6Richard317US #8
#7Mark315US #7
#8William263US #6
#9Timothy231US #13
#10Daniel220US #16
#11Jeffrey218US #21
#12Paul206US #15
#13Stephen205US #26
#14Thomas190US #9
#15Scott181US #25
#16Steven170US #10
#17Brian166US #24
#18Peter166US #41
#19Donald154US #18
#20Kevin150US #20
#21Charles144US #11
#22Ronald139US #19
#23Gary137US #17
#24Bruce123US #36
#25Kenneth115US #14
#26Joseph107US #12
#27Wayne97US #48
#28Dale96US #46
#29George96US #31
#30Gregory91US #23
#31Dennis87US #29
#32Roger83US #47
#33Edward82US #28
#34Douglas81US #30
#35Raymond76US #43
#36Larry70US #22
#37Ricky69US #34
#38Alan68US #49
#39Randy67US #32
#40Christopher63US #39
#41Dana62US #184
#42Anthony60US #27
#43Russell60US #54
#44Philip58US #67
#45Eric55US #50
#46Keith55US #37
#47Andrew53US #55
#48Patrick52US #42
#49Carl50US #51
#50Frank50US #38
#51Lawrence50US #52
#52Marc50US #145
#53Craig44US #53
#54Danny44US #45
#55Rodney43US #65
#56Norman42US #125
#57Jay41US #86
#58Arthur40US #72
#59Gerald39US #58
#60Ralph39US #78
#61Barry38US #79
#62Jeffery38US #59
#63Steve38US #44
#64Matthew34US #60
#65Terry34US #33
#66Walter34US #63
#67Dean32US #97
#68Ernest32US #113
#69Joel32US #120
#70Stanley32US #88
#71Lee31US #114
#72Randall31US #62
#73Albert30US #89
#74Eugene30US #103
#75Roland30
#76Allen29US #92
#77Darrell29US #90
#78Jonathan29US #124
#79Brent28US #159
#80Gerard27US #191
#81Glenn27US #76
#82Frederick26US #110
#83Mike26US #40
#84Harold24US #84
#85Jerry24US #35
#86Theodore24US #140
#87Allan22US #180
#88Glen22US #131
#89Roy22US #75
#90Warren22US #149
#91Bernard21US #143
#92Bryan21US #101
#93Duane21US #136
#94Bradley20US #108
#95Fred20US #115
#96Henry19US #83
#97Jack19US #80
#98Leo19US #196
#99Louis19US #94
#100Martin19US #71

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑57Tammy#35
↑36Peggy#43
↑32Tina#62
↑30Ernest#68
↑29Diana#59
↑29Terri#64
↑29Beth#67
↑25Jay#57

Falling

↓40Sherry#92
↓37Shirley#98
↓33Louise#91
↓31Joyce#71
↓30Harold#84
↓26Judith#56
↓24Wendy#72
↓23Dorothy#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.