State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,105 Maine births in 1970 across 489 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#54Danaoutside the national top 200
#87Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#90Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#98Tobyoutside the national top 200
#91Norman#181 nationally
#73Jean#159 nationally
#73Glen#155 nationally
#42Lynn#119 nationally
#60Nathan#130 nationally
#67Cathy#137 nationally
#99Cory#164 nationally
#51Dale#110 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer254US #1
#2Lisa241US #2
#3Michelle225US #4
#4Tammy185US #8
#5Kimberly166US #3
#6Amy162US #5
#7Melissa154US #7
#8Julie124US #11
#9Tracy108US #10
#10Karen106US #12
#11Kelly101US #20
#12Susan101US #15
#13Angela100US #6
#14Heather94US #19
#15Lori87US #23
#16Christine84US #14
#17Shannon77US #22
#18Wendy77US #28
#19Rebecca76US #29
#20Mary74US #9
#21Tina70US #21
#22Dawn68US #16
#23Heidi68US #81
#24Stephanie66US #17
#25Michele64US #31
#26Elizabeth62US #18
#27Pamela62US #26
#28Laura60US #13
#29Patricia56US #24
#30Deborah55US #33
#31Laurie54US #88
#32Nicole52US #30
#33Stacy52US #42
#34Denise51US #36
#35Holly51US #74
#36Cynthia45US #25
#37Kristen45US #83
#38Stacey45US #48
#39Nancy44US #50
#40Sarah44US #65
#41Brenda42US #40
#42Lynn41US #119
#43Theresa41US #53
#44Andrea40US #43
#45Linda40US #38
#46Kathleen39US #45
#47April37US #82
#48Donna37US #32
#49Renee37US #68
#50Robin37US #51
#51Paula36US #57
#52Cheryl34US #44
#53Debra34US #47
#54Jill33US #52
#55Katherine33US #67
#56Suzanne33US #87
#57Carol32US #71
#58Diane32US #70
#59Sharon32US #37
#60Sherry32US #60
#61Tracey32US #55
#62Kathy31US #77
#63Christina30US #35
#64Cindy30US #72
#65Sandra30US #27
#66Anne29US #112
#67Cathy29US #137
#68Barbara28US #41
#69Beth28US #92
#70Crystal28US #101
#71Jessica28US #98
#72Catherine27US #59
#73Jean26US #159
#74Rachel26US #58
#75Rhonda26US #46
#76Teresa26US #34
#77Victoria26US #85
#78Ann24US #62
#79Janet24US #96
#80Kim24US #78
#81Kristin24US #63
#82Sheila24US #75
#83Carrie23US #73
#84Kathryn23US #104
#85Melanie23US #91
#86Vicki23US #134
#87Bethany22
#88Jodi22US #95
#89Maria22US #39
#90Kelley21
#91Sherri21US #122
#92Tara21US #69
#93Allison20US #133
#94Bonnie20US #130
#95Deanna20US #90
#96Leslie20US #64
#97Shelley20US #144
#98Terri20US #113
#99Valerie20US #97
#100Alicia19US #118

Boys

#1Michael430US #1
#2Scott289US #12
#3John277US #4
#4David269US #3
#5James258US #2
#6Christopher251US #6
#7Robert249US #5
#8Jeffrey199US #11
#9Jason176US #13
#10Mark167US #9
#11Richard167US #10
#12William164US #7
#13Brian153US #8
#14Daniel149US #19
#15Kevin146US #14
#16Eric136US #18
#17Shawn129US #34
#18Timothy128US #20
#19Thomas122US #17
#20Matthew119US #24
#21Steven113US #15
#22Paul109US #23
#23Todd95US #28
#24Stephen92US #27
#25Peter91US #44
#26Joseph87US #16
#27Andrew85US #32
#28Donald79US #30
#29Charles70US #21
#30Craig63US #39
#31Kenneth63US #25
#32Ronald61US #29
#33Troy60US #41
#34Douglas59US #36
#35Jonathan59US #42
#36Edward53US #31
#37Gregory52US #26
#38Patrick51US #33
#39Keith49US #38
#40Raymond49US #49
#41Wayne49US #80
#42Randy48US #59
#43Dennis47US #46
#44Gary45US #35
#45Marc43US #60
#46Anthony41US #22
#47Travis39US #69
#48Aaron38US #52
#49Roger37US #61
#50Chad36US #51
#51Dale36US #110
#52Darren36US #75
#53Philip36US #92
#54Dana35
#55Bruce34US #94
#56Adam33US #72
#57Dean33US #112
#58Sean33US #37
#59Gerald32US #67
#60Nathan32US #130
#61Jeremy31US #70
#62Corey30US #84
#63Shane30US #64
#64George29US #40
#65Brent28US #74
#66Alan27US #91
#67Lawrence27US #83
#68Arthur26US #111
#69Glenn26US #109
#70Jamie25US #125
#71Joel25US #82
#72Larry25US #43
#73Glen24US #155
#74Chris23US #63
#75Jerry23US #45
#76Russell23US #58
#77Benjamin22US #81
#78Bradley22US #47
#79Jeffery22US #50
#80Jon22US #68
#81Derek21US #77
#82Jay21US #97
#83Carl20US #66
#84Danny20US #85
#85Frank20US #48
#86Lance20US #76
#87Rodney20US #55
#88Lee19US #118
#89Ryan19US #140
#90Barry18US #117
#91Norman18US #181
#92Brett17US #99
#93Ricky17US #105
#94Shannon17US #128
#95Tony17US #57
#96Walter17US #89
#97Eugene16US #146
#98Toby16
#99Cory15US #164
#100Erik15US #101

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑45Kristen#37
↑37Travis#47
↑35Chad#50
↑33Nicole#32
↑26Holly#35
↑25Jessica#71
↑23Gerald#59
↑22Carol#57

Falling

↓36Sandra#65
↓34Catherine#72
↓33Rhonda#75
↓31Ann#78
↓30George#64
↓28Valerie#99
↓25Tony#95
↓24Frank#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.