State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,150 Maine births in 1976 across 417 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#57Lynnoutside the national top 200
#64Danaoutside the national top 200
#71Bethany#192 nationally
#81Normanoutside the national top 200
#83Tobyoutside the national top 200
#96Abigailoutside the national top 200
#96Lucasoutside the national top 200
#99Wadeoutside the national top 200
#97Mathew#192 nationally
#92Tyler#179 nationally
#61Darren#147 nationally
#63Bruce#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer322US #1
#2Heather205US #4
#3Jessica205US #8
#4Amy204US #2
#5Melissa149US #3
#6Sarah136US #15
#7Michelle123US #6
#8Rebecca120US #12
#9Angela104US #5
#10Lisa97US #9
#11Amanda95US #10
#12Nicole88US #13
#13Stephanie84US #11
#14Julie77US #21
#15Kimberly76US #7
#16Shannon75US #17
#17Jaime73US #29
#18Christina72US #14
#19Kelly72US #19
#20Carrie62US #28
#21Danielle58US #33
#22Elizabeth57US #16
#23Jamie56US #18
#24Sara52US #27
#25Heidi51US #70
#26Rachel51US #23
#27Erin50US #24
#28Tammy50US #41
#29Karen47US #31
#30Andrea46US #25
#31Wendy46US #39
#32April45US #30
#33Laura45US #20
#34Mary40US #22
#35Christine38US #26
#36Katherine37US #57
#37Tracy37US #37
#38Erica36US #54
#39Jill36US #52
#40Tara35US #42
#41Tina35US #48
#42Holly34US #56
#43Susan34US #40
#44Crystal33US #36
#45Emily33US #50
#46Stacey33US #51
#47Melanie31US #53
#48Lori30US #47
#49Stacy30US #38
#50Dawn28US #35
#51Renee28US #86
#52Tanya28US #61
#53Catherine26US #72
#54Kristen24US #73
#55Laurie23US #137
#56Kristi22US #104
#57Lynn22
#58Alison21US #118
#59Christy21US #60
#60Cynthia21US #44
#61Samantha21US #85
#62Brandy20US #55
#63Courtney20US #76
#64Kristin20US #74
#65Megan20US #62
#66Misty20US #46
#67Patricia20US #43
#68Tiffany20US #32
#69Amber19US #49
#70Beth19US #114
#71Bethany19US #192
#72Brandi19US #79
#73Jenny19US #109
#74Alicia18US #71
#75Allison18US #67
#76Michele18US #63
#77Victoria18US #92
#78Angie17US #153
#79Jodi17US #102
#80Kathleen17US #82
#81Nichole17US #148
#82Robin17US #75
#83Tonya17US #58
#84Aimee16US #123
#85Denise16US #69
#86Erika16US #112
#87Kristy16US #113
#88Marie16US #149
#89Monica16US #45
#90Leslie15US #65
#91Shelly15US #145
#92Valerie15US #83
#93Kathryn14US #88
#94Kristina14US #97
#95Maria14US #34
#96Abigail13
#97Angel13US #156
#98Cindy13US #120
#99Deborah13US #96
#100Donna13US #93

Boys

#1Jason317US #2
#2Michael284US #1
#3Christopher262US #3
#4Matthew197US #9
#5David151US #4
#6Joshua150US #18
#7Ryan143US #16
#8Eric136US #13
#9Scott134US #24
#10Robert130US #7
#11Brian129US #8
#12Daniel129US #10
#13Jeremy127US #14
#14James121US #5
#15Joseph114US #12
#16Benjamin108US #32
#17Shawn105US #34
#18John104US #6
#19Adam102US #36
#20Andrew102US #27
#21Timothy102US #21
#22Jeffrey97US #17
#23Kevin94US #15
#24William94US #11
#25Richard89US #19
#26Aaron86US #30
#27Mark77US #25
#28Jonathan76US #31
#29Chad69US #29
#30Thomas67US #23
#31Justin65US #33
#32Paul65US #28
#33Steven64US #20
#34Nathan63US #39
#35Todd60US #50
#36Peter59US #54
#37Anthony52US #22
#38Stephen52US #37
#39Travis52US #46
#40Patrick51US #41
#41Keith48US #48
#42Jesse47US #55
#43Jamie46US #62
#44Sean44US #42
#45Charles43US #26
#46Gregory40US #35
#47Kenneth40US #38
#48Shane39US #57
#49Derek36US #84
#50Seth34US #128
#51Corey33US #64
#52Craig33US #61
#53Dennis27US #66
#54Donald26US #47
#55Jacob26US #63
#56Philip26US #89
#57Douglas25US #56
#58George24US #53
#59Jeremiah24US #93
#60Samuel24US #59
#61Darren23US #147
#62Brent22US #78
#63Bruce22US #148
#64Dana22
#65Erik22US #94
#66Gary22US #52
#67Troy22US #73
#68Alan20US #115
#69Bryan20US #43
#70Jared20US #90
#71Marc19US #99
#72Nicholas19US #77
#73Roger19US #103
#74Ronald18US #49
#75Brandon17US #40
#76Cory17US #83
#77Edward17US #45
#78Gerald17US #120
#79Nathaniel17US #114
#80Kristopher16US #153
#81Norman16
#82Raymond16US #65
#83Toby16
#84Brad15US #108
#85Bradley15US #51
#86Dale15US #161
#87Frank15US #68
#88Ian15US #135
#89Joel15US #72
#90Larry15US #60
#91Russell15US #87
#92Tyler15US #179
#93Wayne15US #131
#94Allen14US #134
#95Gabriel14US #81
#96Lucas14
#97Mathew14US #192
#98Randy14US #79
#99Wade14
#100Kyle13US #80

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑83Jaime#17
↑59Jamie#23
↑32Jacob#55
↑28Erica#38
↑26Tiffany#68
↑25Brandi#72
↑23Shannon#16
↑23Tara#40

Falling

↓29Tonya#83
↓29Denise#85
↓26Kathryn#93
↓26Wayne#93
↓25Bethany#71
↓25Randy#98
↓24Robin#82
↓23Kathleen#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.