State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,824 Maine births in 1972 across 454 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#61Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#63Danaoutside the national top 200
#80Heath#190 nationally
#73Kirk#180 nationally
#98Norman#198 nationally
#93Penny#181 nationally
#75Alison#162 nationally
#55Lynn#135 nationally
#89Becky#165 nationally
#91Ralph#159 nationally
#54Bruce#121 nationally
#93Dean#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer391US #1
#2Michelle203US #2
#3Melissa176US #7
#4Lisa162US #3
#5Amy157US #5
#6Kimberly129US #4
#7Tammy127US #11
#8Angela118US #6
#9Heather113US #9
#10Nicole102US #10
#11Karen100US #21
#12Rebecca99US #14
#13Stephanie87US #8
#14Heidi85US #64
#15Julie84US #12
#16Kelly77US #23
#17Tina75US #18
#18Christine74US #16
#19Dawn71US #20
#20Susan68US #24
#21Mary63US #13
#22Wendy63US #29
#23Jessica62US #46
#24Sarah62US #49
#25Tracy62US #19
#26Melanie60US #42
#27Michele58US #36
#28Christina54US #26
#29Elizabeth52US #15
#30Laura52US #17
#31Lori52US #28
#32Stacy52US #33
#33Stacey49US #41
#34Andrea48US #30
#35Crystal47US #59
#36Laurie46US #98
#37Holly44US #71
#38Jill44US #62
#39Shannon44US #22
#40Cynthia42US #25
#41Deborah41US #43
#42Cheryl40US #56
#43Patricia40US #27
#44April38US #48
#45Pamela37US #34
#46Rachel37US #40
#47Carrie34US #53
#48Danielle34US #73
#49Catherine33US #65
#50Tara33US #38
#51Denise31US #35
#52Amanda30US #76
#53Donna30US #45
#54Kathleen30US #57
#55Lynn30US #135
#56Kristen29US #85
#57Katherine28US #69
#58Tiffany28US #61
#59Beth27US #113
#60Debra27US #66
#61Bethany26
#62Sandra26US #31
#63Sherry26US #70
#64Theresa26US #68
#65Tracey26US #88
#66Tricia26US #120
#67Cindy25US #80
#68Kristin25US #67
#69Robin25US #55
#70Tanya25US #54
#71Carol24US #109
#72Kim24US #118
#73Rhonda24US #60
#74Sharon24US #50
#75Alison22US #162
#76Ann22US #91
#77Diane22US #105
#78Erica22US #87
#79Jodi22US #97
#80Linda22US #51
#81Nancy22US #63
#82Paula22US #72
#83Tonya22US #37
#84Brenda21US #44
#85Kathryn21US #103
#86Angel19US #145
#87Shelly19US #94
#88Sherri19US #129
#89Becky18US #165
#90Janet18US #111
#91Kristina18US #112
#92Nichole18US #146
#93Penny18US #181
#94Renee18US #77
#95Shelley18US #126
#96Stacie18US #159
#97Suzanne18US #92
#98Teresa18US #39
#99Barbara17US #58
#100Katrina17US #116

Boys

#1Christopher346US #2
#2Michael321US #1
#3Scott257US #11
#4Jason239US #7
#5David229US #4
#6Robert213US #6
#7James199US #3
#8John184US #5
#9Matthew160US #10
#10Eric154US #16
#11Shawn149US #28
#12Jeffrey138US #17
#13Kevin134US #13
#14Brian133US #8
#15Richard133US #14
#16William132US #9
#17Daniel129US #15
#18Mark126US #18
#19Joseph117US #12
#20Timothy115US #21
#21Steven109US #19
#22Peter99US #48
#23Thomas92US #20
#24Jonathan84US #37
#25Stephen84US #29
#26Todd83US #31
#27Paul81US #24
#28Chad74US #25
#29Charles73US #23
#30Andrew71US #30
#31Anthony68US #22
#32Ryan65US #39
#33Keith63US #38
#34Donald62US #36
#35Troy62US #49
#36Gregory61US #26
#37Kenneth58US #27
#38Aaron57US #40
#39Adam51US #51
#40Jeremy51US #42
#41Sean49US #33
#42Patrick47US #35
#43Travis47US #57
#44Craig46US #46
#45Ronald45US #32
#46Gary39US #41
#47Shane38US #55
#48Derek37US #67
#49Nathan37US #79
#50Dennis35US #52
#51Joshua35US #59
#52Corey34US #95
#53Raymond32US #54
#54Bruce31US #121
#55Joel31US #78
#56Justin31US #60
#57Douglas30US #43
#58Edward30US #34
#59George30US #44
#60Benjamin29US #64
#61Marc29US #83
#62Wayne29US #103
#63Dana28
#64Jamie26US #72
#65Randy25US #70
#66Roger25US #76
#67Frank24US #56
#68Darren23US #106
#69Philip23US #104
#70Chris22US #82
#71Christian22US #96
#72Arthur21US #119
#73Kirk20US #180
#74Larry20US #47
#75Lawrence20US #101
#76Rodney20US #65
#77Brett19US #80
#78Dale19US #131
#79Erik19US #86
#80Heath19US #190
#81Cory18US #136
#82Nicholas18US #99
#83Tony18US #68
#84Bryan17US #45
#85Carl17US #85
#86Jeffery17US #58
#87Jesse17US #88
#88Ricky17US #127
#89Alan16US #110
#90Gerald16US #102
#91Ralph16US #159
#92Walter16US #98
#93Dean15US #156
#94Lee15US #125
#95Russell15US #69
#96Shannon14US #94
#97Harold13US #132
#98Norman13US #198
#99Randall13US #120
#100Roy13US #114

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑55Crystal#35
↑41Kristen#56
↑35Theresa#64
↑34Sarah#24
↑30Danielle#48
↑29Derek#48
↑27Justin#56
↑21Jill#38

Falling

↓37Barbara#99
↓34Brenda#84
↓33Russell#95
↓27Dean#93
↓26Sandra#62
↓26Tricia#66
↓25Teresa#98
↓25Alan#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.