State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,297 Maine births in 1974 across 435 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#46Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#83Danaoutside the national top 200
#82Gretchen#199 nationally
#54Seth#170 nationally
#86Tobyoutside the national top 200
#69Angel#183 nationally
#93Darcyoutside the national top 200
#99Bobbioutside the national top 200
#88Dean#184 nationally
#68Lynn#163 nationally
#72Jody#154 nationally
#68Dale#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer377US #1
#2Amy179US #2
#3Michelle173US #3
#4Melissa156US #7
#5Heather152US #4
#6Jessica120US #17
#7Angela111US #5
#8Rebecca105US #10
#9Sarah96US #20
#10Lisa92US #8
#11Kimberly88US #6
#12Stephanie84US #9
#13Tammy83US #24
#14Nicole81US #11
#15Julie76US #14
#16Heidi72US #60
#17Kelly67US #15
#18Christine59US #19
#19Karen58US #26
#20Wendy56US #32
#21Tracy55US #23
#22Shannon54US #18
#23Dawn53US #22
#24Tina51US #25
#25Elizabeth49US #12
#26Susan49US #27
#27April48US #28
#28Kristen48US #45
#29Melanie48US #51
#30Danielle46US #40
#31Mary46US #13
#32Holly45US #56
#33Rachel45US #36
#34Denise44US #53
#35Lori43US #30
#36Amanda42US #34
#37Andrea42US #35
#38Crystal42US #49
#39Christina41US #16
#40Erin41US #47
#41Stacey40US #48
#42Tanya38US #46
#43Emily34US #69
#44Carrie33US #42
#45Laura33US #21
#46Bethany31
#47Laurie31US #116
#48Stacy31US #38
#49Tara31US #39
#50Erica30US #74
#51Michele30US #50
#52Katherine29US #62
#53Cynthia28US #33
#54Sara28US #61
#55Tiffany28US #41
#56Cheryl27US #88
#57Deborah27US #68
#58Patricia27US #29
#59Catherine26US #73
#60Megan26US #105
#61Ann25US #100
#62Jill24US #58
#63Renee24US #85
#64Alison23US #135
#65Anne23US #120
#66Jodi23US #91
#67Tonya23US #37
#68Lynn22US #163
#69Angel21US #183
#70Brandi21US #106
#71Diana21US #87
#72Jody21US #154
#73Kathleen21US #76
#74Theresa21US #79
#75Debra19US #94
#76Kathryn19US #98
#77Robin19US #63
#78Allison18US #99
#79Anna18US #82
#80Cindy18US #103
#81Donna18US #67
#82Gretchen18US #199
#83Kathy18US #146
#84Shelly18US #107
#85Sherry18US #89
#86Victoria18US #104
#87Barbara17US #77
#88Kristina17US #101
#89Leslie17US #65
#90Tracey17US #108
#91Beth16US #117
#92Brenda16US #59
#93Darcy16
#94Janet16US #130
#95Pamela16US #54
#96Nancy15US #78
#97Teresa15US #52
#98Alicia14US #90
#99Bobbi14
#100Brandy14US #80

Boys

#1Jason332US #2
#2Christopher273US #3
#3Michael266US #1
#4Matthew200US #9
#5David192US #4
#6Robert170US #7
#7James160US #5
#8John155US #6
#9Scott132US #18
#10Brian131US #8
#11Eric113US #13
#12Daniel112US #11
#13Jeffrey112US #15
#14Aaron109US #32
#15Kevin104US #14
#16Joseph103US #12
#17Mark103US #16
#18Ryan101US #25
#19Shawn100US #30
#20Timothy97US #22
#21Thomas93US #20
#22Joshua88US #29
#23William87US #10
#24Richard86US #17
#25Andrew81US #28
#26Jonathan79US #33
#27Jeremy77US #24
#28Steven77US #19
#29Adam76US #36
#30Todd75US #39
#31Chad72US #26
#32Stephen72US #35
#33Paul69US #27
#34Peter64US #50
#35Benjamin59US #46
#36Patrick55US #38
#37Nathan54US #52
#38Craig53US #57
#39Keith51US #44
#40Donald50US #41
#41Travis49US #54
#42Anthony47US #21
#43Charles47US #23
#44Sean43US #37
#45Shane42US #56
#46Derek41US #74
#47Troy41US #63
#48Kenneth40US #34
#49Jamie39US #68
#50Justin37US #43
#51Corey36US #77
#52Gregory36US #31
#53Erik32US #90
#54Seth30US #170
#55Ronald27US #42
#56Wayne25US #120
#57Douglas24US #53
#58Randy24US #79
#59Gary23US #48
#60George23US #49
#61Samuel23US #60
#62Brent22US #76
#63Raymond22US #62
#64Dennis21US #59
#65Philip21US #86
#66Allen20US #125
#67Brandon20US #51
#68Dale20US #145
#69Jeffery20US #66
#70Jesse20US #67
#71Larry20US #55
#72Bruce19US #136
#73Edward19US #40
#74Roger19US #93
#75Jacob18US #88
#76Christian17US #103
#77Alan16US #118
#78Bryan16US #45
#79Cory16US #114
#80Ian16US #148
#81Joel16US #75
#82Russell16US #84
#83Dana15
#84Gerald15US #108
#85Harold15US #146
#86Toby15
#87Albert14US #130
#88Dean14US #184
#89Jon14US #94
#90Marc14US #85
#91Randall14US #123
#92Tony14US #81
#93Brad13US #105
#94Lance13US #159
#95Lawrence13US #100
#96Nicholas13US #80
#97Terry13US #69
#98Carl12US #89
#99Darren12US #127
#100Eugene12US #154

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑47Emily#43
↑37Amanda#36
↑33Tiffany#55
↑33Jodi#66
↑30Anne#65
↑29Erin#40
↑28Kristen#28
↑28Jody#72

Falling

↓47Brenda#92
↓44Pamela#95
↓41Marc#90
↓33Sherry#85
↓31Darren#99
↓30Beth#91
↓27Dana#83
↓25Tracey#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.