State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,933 Maine births in 1973 across 442 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#43Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#56Danaoutside the national top 200
#64Seth#196 nationally
#80Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#86Normanoutside the national top 200
#85Kirk#188 nationally
#99Rolandoutside the national top 200
#96Clifford#193 nationally
#70Ralph#157 nationally
#60Alison#146 nationally
#66Angel#152 nationally
#90Duane#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer372US #1
#2Michelle201US #3
#3Amy170US #2
#4Melissa151US #6
#5Heather128US #8
#6Lisa122US #5
#7Rebecca116US #10
#8Angela110US #7
#9Tammy102US #15
#10Kimberly100US #4
#11Nicole100US #11
#12Sarah90US #35
#13Julie84US #12
#14Kelly74US #18
#15Stephanie72US #9
#16Karen71US #23
#17Jessica69US #34
#18Lori67US #28
#19Christine65US #17
#20Tracy65US #20
#21Heidi60US #65
#22Tina59US #24
#23Elizabeth58US #13
#24Denise55US #38
#25April53US #33
#26Dawn52US #21
#27Wendy52US #29
#28Shannon49US #22
#29Andrea45US #30
#30Holly45US #54
#31Michele45US #44
#32Stacy45US #32
#33Susan43US #25
#34Laurie42US #106
#35Melanie42US #43
#36Christina40US #16
#37Mary38US #14
#38Stacey36US #41
#39Tanya36US #50
#40Crystal35US #48
#41Katherine35US #64
#42Rachel34US #42
#43Bethany33
#44Erica33US #81
#45Brenda32US #53
#46Danielle32US #49
#47Laura32US #19
#48Carrie31US #46
#49Deborah31US #56
#50Renee31US #80
#51Pamela30US #47
#52Sherry29US #76
#53Sara28US #89
#54Cheryl27US #74
#55Kathleen27US #68
#56Kristen27US #58
#57Tara27US #37
#58Kristin26US #78
#59Robin26US #60
#60Alison25US #146
#61Beth25US #117
#62Kathy25US #124
#63Kim25US #129
#64Tonya25US #36
#65Tracey25US #102
#66Angel24US #152
#67Cynthia24US #26
#68Theresa24US #69
#69Erin23US #79
#70Lynn23US #145
#71Melinda23US #72
#72Tricia23US #123
#73Amanda22US #51
#74Donna22US #55
#75Jill22US #62
#76Paula21US #87
#77Samantha21US #135
#78Suzanne21US #98
#79Brandy20US #82
#80Kelley20
#81Nancy20US #77
#82Patricia20US #27
#83Allison19US #105
#84Ann19US #93
#85Kristina19US #97
#86Debra18US #84
#87Jenny18US #139
#88Tiffany18US #52
#89Carol17US #121
#90Emily17US #99
#91Alicia16US #91
#92Barbara16US #63
#93Deanna16US #111
#94Shelly16US #104
#95Anne15US #122
#96Bonnie15US #164
#97Bridget15US #112
#98Cindy15US #92
#99Jodi15US #100
#100Jody15US #163

Boys

#1Jason311US #3
#2Michael303US #1
#3Christopher299US #2
#4James195US #4
#5David191US #5
#6Scott188US #18
#7Robert181US #7
#8Matthew173US #10
#9John159US #6
#10Eric141US #13
#11Shawn140US #27
#12Daniel137US #11
#13Jeffrey137US #17
#14Brian127US #8
#15Kevin127US #14
#16Mark127US #15
#17William117US #9
#18Richard113US #16
#19Timothy110US #22
#20Joseph102US #12
#21Aaron95US #34
#22Thomas95US #19
#23Todd92US #35
#24Jonathan86US #31
#25Steven85US #20
#26Ryan81US #30
#27Andrew73US #29
#28Chad70US #25
#29Paul70US #24
#30Joshua68US #42
#31Peter68US #52
#32Anthony66US #21
#33Stephen61US #32
#34Jeremy60US #33
#35Troy59US #59
#36Charles55US #23
#37Donald55US #38
#38Travis53US #53
#39Adam52US #45
#40Gregory48US #26
#41Sean48US #36
#42Patrick47US #37
#43Benjamin46US #55
#44Keith46US #41
#45Kenneth46US #28
#46Craig43US #48
#47Jamie38US #70
#48Douglas37US #47
#49Marc37US #81
#50Ronald37US #40
#51Dennis36US #56
#52Derek36US #69
#53Justin36US #51
#54Shane35US #54
#55Gary34US #44
#56Dana32
#57George32US #46
#58Nathan32US #63
#59Wayne32US #107
#60Edward31US #39
#61Philip31US #91
#62Corey30US #89
#63Raymond27US #60
#64Seth27US #196
#65Walter27US #101
#66Bruce25US #134
#67Christian23US #97
#68Darren22US #113
#69Frank22US #61
#70Ralph22US #157
#71Joel21US #73
#72Roger21US #84
#73Brent20US #80
#74Samuel20US #66
#75Dale19US #141
#76Randy19US #79
#77Jesse18US #75
#78Danny17US #83
#79Jay17US #118
#80Jon17US #94
#81Carl16US #90
#82Chris16US #96
#83Russell16US #77
#84Brett15US #88
#85Kirk15US #188
#86Norman15
#87Terry15US #65
#88Bryan14US #43
#89Dean14US #168
#90Duane14US #176
#91Frederick14US #120
#92Gerald14US #102
#93Lawrence14US #104
#94Rodney14US #68
#95Arthur13US #119
#96Clifford13US #193
#97Glenn13US #146
#98Ian13US #180
#99Roland13
#100Alan12US #115

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑44Renee#50
↑39Brenda#45
↑34Erica#44
↑31Tanya#39
↑27Denise#24
↑27Walter#65
↑21Joshua#30
↑21Ralph#70

Falling

↓39Patricia#82
↓37Jill#75
↓31Cindy#98
↓30Tiffany#88
↓27Cynthia#67
↓26Debra#86
↓23Arthur#95
↓21Amanda#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.