State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,969 Maine births in 1961 across 529 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#31Dana#180 nationally
#81Rolandoutside the national top 200
#95Louiseoutside the national top 200
#60Holly#161 nationally
#91Rachel#186 nationally
#74Heidi#166 nationally
#59Shawn#143 nationally
#65Brent#137 nationally
#64Norman#134 nationally
#99Kerry#161 nationally
#72Marc#133 nationally
#69Frederick#117 nationally

Girls

#1Susan288US #3
#2Lisa286US #2
#3Linda218US #4
#4Mary218US #1
#5Karen196US #5
#6Brenda175US #11
#7Lori174US #14
#8Deborah171US #10
#9Donna168US #7
#10Patricia156US #6
#11Cheryl153US #20
#12Laurie151US #43
#13Debra148US #13
#14Carol133US #24
#15Pamela133US #15
#16Diane132US #26
#17Cynthia130US #8
#18Tammy126US #28
#19Barbara125US #12
#20Nancy122US #16
#21Sandra122US #9
#22Julie117US #23
#23Cindy112US #33
#24Elizabeth111US #19
#25Kimberly99US #22
#26Sharon98US #17
#27Denise97US #30
#28Kathy92US #25
#29Robin92US #27
#30Kathleen85US #29
#31Wendy83US #61
#32Janet80US #32
#33Kelly79US #45
#34Lynn76US #71
#35Theresa75US #35
#36Tina72US #41
#37Rebecca70US #44
#38Ann69US #54
#39Teresa69US #18
#40Michelle68US #34
#41Jane66US #72
#42Laura65US #21
#43Cathy63US #55
#44Debbie63US #31
#45Catherine61US #48
#46Paula61US #60
#47Darlene59US #80
#48Dawn59US #49
#49Christine58US #39
#50Bonnie56US #75
#51Suzanne56US #68
#52Rhonda55US #46
#53Kim53US #36
#54Wanda50US #70
#55Sherry49US #53
#56Terri49US #51
#57Anne48US #90
#58Jacqueline48US #37
#59Judith48US #83
#60Holly47US #161
#61Margaret47US #40
#62Maureen47US #104
#63Gail45US #94
#64Janice45US #52
#65Jennifer45US #47
#66Katherine45US #86
#67Beth43US #65
#68Penny43US #101
#69Tracy43US #64
#70Angela41US #38
#71Jean41US #92
#72Joyce41US #62
#73Vicki40US #76
#74Heidi39US #166
#75Ruth39US #96
#76Jill38US #74
#77Sheila38US #59
#78Joan37US #89
#79Joanne37US #102
#80Diana36US #56
#81Annette34US #73
#82Elaine34US #118
#83Kathryn34US #93
#84Michele34US #63
#85Carolyn33US #42
#86Valerie33US #67
#87Leslie32US #84
#88Stephanie32US #78
#89Marie31US #109
#90Martha31US #81
#91Rachel31US #186
#92Ellen30US #97
#93Melinda30US #129
#94Sally30US #133
#95Louise28
#96Shirley28US #85
#97Terry28US #108
#98Victoria28US #114
#99Andrea27US #110
#100Betty27US #87

Boys

#1David553US #2
#2Michael539US #1
#3John421US #3
#4James380US #4
#5Robert380US #5
#6Mark375US #6
#7Richard311US #8
#8Scott283US #19
#9Jeffrey251US #11
#10William245US #7
#11Daniel221US #17
#12Timothy215US #15
#13Peter206US #42
#14Thomas200US #9
#15Paul198US #18
#16Steven188US #10
#17Kevin184US #14
#18Stephen174US #27
#19Brian158US #20
#20Gary157US #21
#21Ronald157US #24
#22Donald140US #22
#23Joseph129US #12
#24Charles116US #13
#25Bruce113US #40
#26Kenneth110US #16
#27Christopher107US #26
#28Gregory105US #23
#29Dennis93US #34
#30Douglas90US #28
#31Dana88US #180
#32Keith83US #35
#33Alan81US #51
#34Roger73US #47
#35Dale72US #58
#36Randy70US #33
#37George69US #31
#38Patrick67US #39
#39Wayne66US #61
#40Craig64US #43
#41Anthony63US #25
#42Raymond62US #48
#43Andrew60US #52
#44Larry59US #30
#45Philip58US #79
#46Edward56US #29
#47Russell55US #55
#48Eric54US #38
#49Glenn51US #64
#50Ricky48US #44
#51Arthur47US #85
#52Carl47US #56
#53Terry47US #32
#54Jay45US #81
#55Dean44US #84
#56Danny43US #54
#57Randall43US #63
#58Gerald42US #62
#59Shawn42US #143
#60Todd42US #46
#61Lawrence41US #67
#62Jeffery39US #50
#63Walter39US #74
#64Norman38US #134
#65Brent37US #137
#66Frank37US #41
#67Matthew37US #59
#68Jonathan36US #112
#69Frederick35US #117
#70Rodney34US #72
#71Steve34US #45
#72Marc33US #133
#73Barry32US #66
#74Harold30US #94
#75Allen28US #96
#76Leonard28US #114
#77Ralph28US #95
#78Jon27US #93
#79Dwayne26US #111
#80Chris25US #57
#81Roland25
#82Joel24US #110
#83Martin24US #73
#84Eugene23US #113
#85Louis23US #105
#86Mike22US #36
#87Albert21US #97
#88Darryl21US #80
#89Jeff21US #49
#90Jerry21US #37
#91Phillip21US #69
#92Fred20US #124
#93Troy20US #100
#94Kirk19US #140
#95Bradley18US #87
#96Bryan18US #82
#97Glen18US #135
#98Greg18US #77
#99Kerry18US #161
#100Darrell17US #101

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑37Wanda#54
↑35Maureen#62
↑31Shawn#59
↑24Angela#70
↑19Tracy#69
↑17Todd#60
↑17Brent#65
↑16Laura#42

Falling

↓33Andrea#99
↓30Sally#94
↓24Terry#97
↓23Eugene#84
↓21Marc#72
↓20Ellen#92
↓18Margaret#61
↓18Betty#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.