State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,921 Maine births in 1977 across 440 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#61Danaoutside the national top 200
#44Bethany#176 nationally
#85Heathoutside the national top 200
#87Kerryoutside the national top 200
#91Lizaoutside the national top 200
#92Lynnoutside the national top 200
#95Kateoutside the national top 200
#69Laurie#153 nationally
#93Dale#176 nationally
#74Bruce#148 nationally
#48Seth#118 nationally
#76Molly#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer320US #1
#2Jessica245US #4
#3Amy207US #3
#4Heather185US #5
#5Sarah153US #11
#6Melissa143US #2
#7Michelle126US #7
#8Angela114US #6
#9Amanda103US #9
#10Kelly88US #10
#11Rebecca85US #17
#12Lisa83US #12
#13Nicole74US #15
#14Elizabeth71US #13
#15Erin69US #23
#16Kimberly68US #8
#17Christina67US #16
#18Jamie65US #18
#19Erica64US #38
#20Sara64US #27
#21Carrie63US #28
#22Stephanie63US #14
#23Karen61US #32
#24Shannon61US #19
#25Heidi59US #81
#26Danielle57US #31
#27Laura54US #20
#28Jaime52US #46
#29Julie52US #22
#30Rachel47US #26
#31Christine45US #30
#32Emily45US #37
#33Andrea44US #24
#34Mary42US #21
#35Crystal41US #25
#36Holly39US #52
#37Jill39US #41
#38Katherine38US #44
#39Melanie38US #53
#40Dawn36US #43
#41Susan35US #45
#42Tammy34US #55
#43April33US #29
#44Bethany33US #176
#45Tanya33US #67
#46Allison31US #66
#47Stacy31US #42
#48Lori30US #57
#49Wendy30US #49
#50Kristy29US #68
#51Amber28US #33
#52Megan28US #54
#53Jenny27US #108
#54Misty27US #40
#55Stacey26US #56
#56Samantha24US #85
#57Tina24US #58
#58Alison23US #122
#59Beth23US #97
#60Katie23US #115
#61Brandy22US #51
#62Christy22US #59
#63Erika22US #103
#64Kathleen22US #80
#65Renee22US #87
#66Tonya22US #64
#67Jodi21US #105
#68Kristin21US #82
#69Laurie21US #153
#70Kristen20US #72
#71Kristina20US #83
#72Sandra20US #61
#73Kathryn19US #70
#74Katrina19US #126
#75Mandy19US #94
#76Molly19US #141
#77Tara19US #35
#78Tiffany19US #34
#79Anne18US #123
#80Kara18US #120
#81Leslie18US #65
#82Robin18US #84
#83Tracy18US #50
#84Brandi17US #71
#85Brenda17US #91
#86Donna17US #113
#87Kerry17
#88Valerie17US #86
#89Alicia16US #60
#90Courtney16US #76
#91Liza16
#92Lynn16
#93Patricia16US #47
#94Barbara15US #101
#95Kate15
#96Melinda15US #96
#97Catherine14US #75
#98Leah14US #112
#99Michele14US #77
#100Monica14US #39

Boys

#1Jason381US #2
#2Michael281US #1
#3Christopher274US #3
#4Matthew245US #9
#5David187US #4
#6Ryan168US #16
#7Joshua153US #14
#8James144US #5
#9John141US #7
#10Scott137US #27
#11Brian136US #8
#12Eric136US #17
#13Robert133US #6
#14Benjamin127US #29
#15Daniel125US #11
#16Jeremy124US #15
#17Andrew123US #24
#18Kevin121US #13
#19Joseph118US #10
#20Timothy110US #18
#21Adam106US #33
#22Jeffrey99US #19
#23Shawn98US #37
#24Aaron91US #32
#25Nathan86US #36
#26Richard86US #20
#27Thomas85US #22
#28William84US #12
#29Jonathan83US #28
#30Mark78US #25
#31Chad75US #34
#32Justin70US #30
#33Stephen68US #38
#34Peter65US #55
#35Travis65US #44
#36Steven64US #23
#37Corey60US #52
#38Anthony55US #21
#39Charles51US #26
#40Keith48US #48
#41Paul48US #31
#42Jamie47US #82
#43Patrick47US #40
#44Todd45US #50
#45Nicholas41US #51
#46Gregory38US #35
#47Kenneth37US #39
#48Seth35US #118
#49Craig34US #64
#50Derek33US #84
#51Donald33US #46
#52Raymond33US #65
#53Troy32US #88
#54Jesse31US #54
#55Joel31US #73
#56Gary30US #58
#57Jacob30US #56
#58Sean30US #43
#59Edward28US #47
#60Samuel28US #60
#61Dana27
#62Bryan26US #42
#63Douglas26US #59
#64Cory25US #67
#65Jared25US #76
#66Shane25US #61
#67Brandon24US #41
#68Randy24US #86
#69Ian23US #119
#70Jeremiah22US #69
#71Marc22US #101
#72Gabriel21US #87
#73Philip21US #90
#74Bruce20US #148
#75Dennis20US #68
#76George20US #57
#77Wayne20US #138
#78Alan19US #126
#79Brent19US #85
#80Erik19US #94
#81Nathaniel19US #107
#82Shaun19US #103
#83Tony19US #92
#84Brad18US #106
#85Heath18
#86Jay18US #130
#87Frederick16US #152
#88Ronald16US #53
#89Alexander15US #96
#90Gerald15US #131
#91Kyle15US #79
#92Wesley15US #66
#93Dale14US #176
#94Jon14US #117
#95Kristopher14US #113
#96Russell14US #89
#97Zachary14US #95
#98Bradley13US #49
#99Carl13US #99
#100Darren13US #158

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑37Kristy#50
↑34Joel#55
↑30Raymond#52
↑30Randy#68
↑29Allison#46
↑27Bethany#44
↑27Nicholas#45
↑23Erika#63

Falling

↓46Tracy#83
↓44Catherine#97
↓39Darren#100
↓37Tara#77
↓35Lynn#92
↓27Courtney#90
↓26Patricia#93
↓23Michele#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.