State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,517 Maine births in 1959 across 526 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#40Dana#180 nationally
#66Rolandoutside the national top 200
#97Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Debora#184 nationally
#77Doreen#175 nationally
#55Marc#140 nationally
#71Brent#151 nationally
#93Herbert#169 nationally
#97Holly#168 nationally
#92Brett#154 nationally
#99Dianne#158 nationally
#75Norman#131 nationally

Girls

#1Susan311US #2
#2Linda249US #3
#3Karen243US #4
#4Debra218US #7
#5Donna214US #5
#6Mary214US #1
#7Deborah213US #9
#8Lisa168US #10
#9Pamela168US #12
#10Brenda166US #16
#11Cynthia161US #8
#12Sandra158US #13
#13Cheryl155US #18
#14Diane143US #19
#15Patricia143US #6
#16Kathy141US #15
#17Nancy129US #14
#18Julie118US #26
#19Cindy108US #25
#20Kathleen106US #23
#21Carol104US #22
#22Sharon104US #17
#23Barbara103US #11
#24Elizabeth98US #21
#25Laurie95US #56
#26Tammy95US #31
#27Debbie89US #20
#28Theresa88US #34
#29Lori86US #27
#30Denise80US #29
#31Kimberly79US #33
#32Robin79US #32
#33Cathy76US #39
#34Catherine73US #40
#35Wendy71US #83
#36Anne68US #82
#37Jane67US #67
#38Rebecca67US #38
#39Janet66US #28
#40Judith64US #70
#41Margaret64US #36
#42Darlene63US #66
#43Lynn62US #63
#44Paula61US #51
#45Teresa61US #24
#46Ann60US #44
#47Bonnie58US #71
#48Kim58US #35
#49Dawn57US #54
#50Kelly55US #74
#51Terry55US #95
#52Gail52US #75
#53Rhonda52US #45
#54Valerie52US #60
#55Judy51US #41
#56Janice49US #37
#57Marie49US #104
#58Joyce48US #50
#59Christine47US #43
#60Wanda47US #65
#61Diana46US #49
#62Beth45US #80
#63Suzanne45US #96
#64Vicki45US #73
#65Joan44US #76
#66Peggy44US #57
#67Terri44US #46
#68Joanne43US #92
#69Ruth43US #97
#70Elaine42US #105
#71Michelle42US #47
#72Sally41US #114
#73Jean40US #77
#74Martha40US #72
#75Ellen39US #91
#76Jennifer39US #78
#77Doreen38US #175
#78Katherine38US #79
#79Kathryn38US #69
#80Sheila38US #52
#81Tina37US #53
#82Debora35US #184
#83Penny35US #122
#84Lorraine34US #137
#85Beverly33US #55
#86Carolyn33US #42
#87Jill33US #86
#88Colleen32US #110
#89Maureen32US #106
#90Sherry32US #58
#91Leslie31US #84
#92Shirley31US #61
#93Betty30US #59
#94Annette29US #64
#95Roberta29US #142
#96Andrea28US #123
#97Holly28US #168
#98Carla27US #118
#99Dianne27US #158
#100Dorothy27US #94

Boys

#1Michael516US #1
#2David515US #2
#3Robert427US #5
#4Mark380US #6
#5James367US #3
#6John361US #4
#7Richard330US #8
#8Timothy243US #12
#9William239US #7
#10Jeffrey212US #16
#11Paul206US #17
#12Thomas203US #9
#13Steven197US #10
#14Peter188US #40
#15Scott186US #24
#16Daniel184US #18
#17Kevin184US #14
#18Stephen169US #28
#19Gary149US #20
#20Donald148US #19
#21Brian146US #22
#22Ronald145US #21
#23Bruce133US #38
#24Charles132US #11
#25Kenneth127US #15
#26Joseph123US #13
#27Gregory116US #23
#28Douglas90US #30
#29Wayne88US #51
#30Raymond84US #45
#31George83US #32
#32Ricky82US #34
#33Christopher81US #35
#34Dennis81US #29
#35Edward80US #27
#36Randy78US #31
#37Dale74US #49
#38Craig70US #44
#39Anthony66US #26
#40Dana64US #180
#41Alan63US #50
#42Roger62US #47
#43Eric57US #46
#44Andrew56US #58
#45Philip54US #68
#46Larry51US #25
#47Patrick51US #43
#48Keith50US #39
#49Frank48US #42
#50Danny47US #48
#51Lawrence47US #62
#52Matthew47US #63
#53Ralph46US #84
#54Randall45US #59
#55Marc44US #140
#56Russell44US #56
#57Harold41US #87
#58Jay41US #88
#59Steve41US #41
#60Barry40US #73
#61Carl39US #54
#62Jeffery39US #55
#63Gerald37US #61
#64Rodney36US #67
#65Glenn34US #80
#66Roland33
#67Stanley33US #98
#68Albert32US #92
#69Mike32US #37
#70Walter32US #66
#71Brent31US #151
#72Dean31US #95
#73Terry31US #33
#74Arthur29US #76
#75Norman29US #131
#76Todd29US #99
#77Allen27US #97
#78Jeff27US #52
#79Jon27US #105
#80Martin27US #79
#81Frederick26US #114
#82Joel26US #116
#83Ernest24US #118
#84Eugene24US #106
#85Francis24US #136
#86Glen24US #134
#87Jerry24US #36
#88Jonathan24US #124
#89Chris23US #72
#90Duane23US #126
#91Greg23US #91
#92Brett21US #154
#93Herbert19US #169
#94Louis19US #100
#95Bradley18US #103
#96Calvin18US #125
#97Gerard18
#98Henry18US #83
#99Bryan17US #94
#100Lee17US #115

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑38Anne#36
↑37Wendy#35
↑31Terry#51
↑27Harold#57
↑25Kelly#50
↑21Dawn#49
↑20Suzanne#63
↑20Martin#80

Falling

↓36Katherine#78
↓32Kathryn#79
↓29Lee#100
↓23Peggy#66
↓23Jean#73
↓22Gail#52
↓19Ann#46
↓19Tina#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.