State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,619 Maine births in 1962 across 544 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#36Dana#172 nationally
#88Rolandoutside the national top 200
#91Louiseoutside the national top 200
#62Heidi#156 nationally
#54Norman#130 nationally
#94Marcia#168 nationally
#75Holly#148 nationally
#96Lynne#164 nationally
#47Terry#112 nationally
#67Glen#129 nationally
#64Marc#122 nationally
#70Elaine#125 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa309US #1
#2Susan274US #3
#3Karen219US #4
#4Mary200US #2
#5Linda181US #5
#6Lori180US #11
#7Brenda175US #12
#8Laurie174US #42
#9Deborah168US #9
#10Donna168US #7
#11Debra151US #15
#12Pamela145US #13
#13Julie139US #22
#14Tammy135US #23
#15Nancy127US #19
#16Sandra124US #10
#17Diane122US #26
#18Elizabeth121US #20
#19Patricia118US #6
#20Cheryl113US #24
#21Kimberly108US #16
#22Barbara107US #14
#23Carol105US #28
#24Kelly104US #38
#25Cynthia99US #8
#26Robin98US #25
#27Tina94US #33
#28Cindy92US #34
#29Sharon91US #17
#30Denise87US #30
#31Ann83US #56
#32Teresa83US #18
#33Kathleen80US #29
#34Laura79US #21
#35Michelle78US #31
#36Kim72US #37
#37Wendy72US #64
#38Theresa71US #40
#39Debbie69US #32
#40Kathy67US #27
#41Rebecca64US #47
#42Catherine63US #53
#43Jennifer63US #41
#44Christine59US #39
#45Janet58US #35
#46Rhonda57US #45
#47Terry57US #112
#48Beth56US #66
#49Bonnie55US #79
#50Lynn55US #71
#51Dawn54US #50
#52Margaret54US #43
#53Cathy53US #62
#54Jane53US #73
#55Paula53US #60
#56Suzanne53US #65
#57Anne51US #83
#58Darlene51US #88
#59Gail51US #103
#60Katherine50US #84
#61Valerie48US #67
#62Heidi46US #156
#63Judith46US #86
#64Wanda46US #77
#65Terri45US #54
#66Sherry44US #48
#67Angela43US #36
#68Stephanie43US #70
#69Janice42US #58
#70Elaine41US #125
#71Melissa40US #68
#72Penny39US #92
#73Tracy39US #55
#74Andrea37US #99
#75Holly37US #148
#76Jean37US #95
#77Jill37US #72
#78Vicki37US #85
#79Carolyn36US #46
#80Diana36US #57
#81Judy36US #63
#82Kathryn36US #89
#83Sheila36US #52
#84Maureen35US #108
#85Jacqueline34US #44
#86Joyce33US #74
#87Michele33US #59
#88Ellen32US #109
#89Martha32US #87
#90Annette31US #75
#91Louise31
#92Marie31US #113
#93Ruth31US #104
#94Marcia30US #168
#95Victoria30US #121
#96Lynne29US #164
#97Sally29US #136
#98Colleen28US #101
#99Joan27US #94
#100Joanne27US #114

Boys

#1Michael545US #1
#2David544US #2
#3James393US #4
#4John378US #3
#5Mark377US #6
#6Robert377US #5
#7Scott301US #11
#8Richard299US #8
#9Jeffrey274US #10
#10William230US #7
#11Timothy223US #16
#12Kevin216US #14
#13Daniel210US #17
#14Thomas205US #9
#15Steven200US #12
#16Paul179US #19
#17Stephen161US #28
#18Brian146US #20
#19Peter144US #43
#20Donald132US #23
#21Joseph129US #13
#22Charles126US #15
#23Gary125US #22
#24Ronald119US #25
#25Christopher114US #26
#26Kenneth114US #18
#27Bruce113US #41
#28Gregory88US #21
#29Douglas78US #27
#30Roger78US #47
#31Todd75US #30
#32Edward74US #29
#33Randy72US #35
#34Andrew70US #49
#35Wayne70US #63
#36Dana67US #172
#37Eric67US #33
#38Dennis65US #37
#39Alan64US #53
#40Dale64US #62
#41Patrick62US #40
#42Philip58US #81
#43Raymond57US #48
#44Anthony56US #24
#45Keith53US #36
#46Glenn52US #55
#47Larry51US #31
#48Randall51US #64
#49George50US #32
#50Matthew49US #56
#51Russell49US #57
#52Gerald47US #65
#53Ricky47US #50
#54Norman46US #130
#55Carl45US #58
#56Dean41US #86
#57Jay41US #80
#58Jonathan41US #94
#59Craig40US #51
#60Danny40US #54
#61Jeffery40US #45
#62Frank38US #42
#63Ralph38US #97
#64Marc37US #122
#65Chris36US #60
#66Arthur35US #91
#67Glen34US #129
#68Jon34US #84
#69Steve34US #46
#70Harold32US #95
#71Jeff32US #44
#72Mike32US #39
#73Walter32US #79
#74Lawrence30US #70
#75Shawn30US #124
#76Troy29US #67
#77Eugene27US #112
#78Martin27US #74
#79Terry27US #34
#80Barry26US #61
#81Joel26US #113
#82Jerry25US #38
#83Albert24US #101
#84Allen24US #93
#85Phillip24US #68
#86Brent23US #139
#87Kirk23US #138
#88Roland23
#89Stanley23US #106
#90Rodney22US #76
#91Ernest21US #127
#92Howard21US #114
#93Lee21US #115
#94Micheal21US #104
#95Dwayne20US #119
#96Frederick20US #116
#97Louis20US #107
#98Tony20US #52
#99Clifford19US #150
#100Darryl19US #83

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑50Terry#47
↑30Glen#67
↑29Todd#31
↑25Valerie#61
↑25Andrea#74
↑22Jennifer#43
↑20Stephanie#68
↑19Beth#48

Falling

↓27Jacqueline#85
↓27Frederick#96
↓26Terry#79
↓22Maureen#84
↓21Joan#99
↓21Joanne#100
↓21Brent#86
↓20Rodney#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.