State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,712 Maine births in 1978 across 434 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#60Kateoutside the national top 200
#82Angieoutside the national top 200
#82Joeyoutside the national top 200
#85Danaoutside the national top 200
#91Heathoutside the national top 200
#78Mathew#182 nationally
#52Bethany#155 nationally
#99Lynnoutside the national top 200
#86Laurie#169 nationally
#99Dale#176 nationally
#98Trevor#169 nationally
#81Bruce#151 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer302US #1
#2Jessica247US #3
#3Sarah192US #8
#4Heather182US #5
#5Melissa177US #2
#6Amy150US #4
#7Angela128US #7
#8Michelle117US #9
#9Rebecca112US #17
#10Amanda108US #6
#11Kelly90US #12
#12Nicole86US #10
#13Elizabeth85US #14
#14Erin78US #21
#15Lisa71US #11
#16Stephanie69US #16
#17Christina65US #15
#18Shannon63US #22
#19Crystal62US #18
#20Emily61US #33
#21Carrie60US #35
#22Danielle60US #31
#23Andrea59US #23
#24Katherine57US #38
#25Laura55US #19
#26Jaime54US #70
#27Kimberly54US #13
#28Erica52US #34
#29Rachel52US #25
#30Heidi51US #83
#31Jamie51US #20
#32Julie48US #26
#33Karen47US #39
#34Amber42US #30
#35Dawn42US #52
#36Stacey42US #53
#37Megan41US #41
#38April40US #27
#39Christine40US #29
#40Sara40US #28
#41Katie38US #90
#42Holly37US #55
#43Mary37US #24
#44Jill36US #46
#45Tracy35US #47
#46Kristy33US #51
#47Samantha30US #74
#48Susan30US #49
#49Kathryn29US #57
#50Tara29US #40
#51Alicia27US #58
#52Bethany27US #155
#53Wendy27US #56
#54Beth26US #107
#55Lindsay26US #95
#56Melanie26US #54
#57Renee26US #99
#58Tammy26US #67
#59Lori24US #60
#60Kate23
#61Kristina23US #64
#62Mandy23US #96
#63Erika22US #104
#64Kathleen22US #79
#65Kristen22US #62
#66Michele22US #86
#67Nichole22US #116
#68Brandy21US #37
#69Robin21US #89
#70Leslie20US #63
#71Monica20US #42
#72Tanya20US #82
#73Alison19US #123
#74Anna19US #65
#75Brandi19US #61
#76Catherine19US #72
#77Cheryl19US #94
#78Katrina19US #122
#79Misty19US #43
#80Aimee18US #144
#81Allison18US #75
#82Angie18
#83Courtney18US #68
#84Jodi18US #128
#85Kristi18US #98
#86Laurie18US #169
#87Denise17US #85
#88Margaret17US #110
#89Tina17US #45
#90Angel16US #141
#91Barbara16US #113
#92Kara16US #127
#93Meredith15US #146
#94Tonya15US #77
#95Valerie15US #92
#96Colleen14US #133
#97Kristin14US #78
#98Lauren14US #80
#99Lynn14
#100Pamela14US #109

Boys

#1Jason312US #2
#2Michael286US #1
#3Matthew284US #6
#4Christopher249US #3
#5Ryan179US #14
#6Joshua172US #12
#7James163US #5
#8David160US #4
#9John135US #7
#10Joseph132US #10
#11Robert131US #8
#12Scott128US #30
#13Adam126US #29
#14Eric123US #16
#15Jeremy122US #18
#16Daniel118US #11
#17Benjamin117US #34
#18Brian109US #9
#19Nicholas108US #25
#20William100US #13
#21Richard99US #21
#22Andrew98US #22
#23Timothy98US #17
#24Nathan92US #36
#25Jeffrey91US #19
#26Kevin89US #15
#27Aaron80US #32
#28Thomas78US #23
#29Jonathan75US #31
#30Shawn73US #39
#31Mark69US #26
#32Justin67US #28
#33Travis66US #46
#34Chad63US #35
#35Paul62US #33
#36Stephen61US #37
#37Steven57US #24
#38Anthony52US #20
#39Jacob52US #50
#40Peter52US #54
#41Jesse51US #51
#42Charles50US #27
#43Patrick50US #42
#44Corey46US #61
#45Craig40US #66
#46Todd39US #56
#47Gregory38US #38
#48Sean37US #45
#49Shaun37US #52
#50Derek34US #75
#51Seth32US #106
#52Jared31US #72
#53Keith31US #49
#54Edward29US #47
#55Joel29US #74
#56Kenneth29US #41
#57Donald27US #48
#58Samuel27US #57
#59Douglas26US #59
#60Shane25US #65
#61Randy24US #86
#62Erik23US #85
#63Jamie23US #95
#64Ronald23US #55
#65Ian22US #117
#66Troy22US #88
#67Cory21US #73
#68Marc21US #107
#69Nathaniel21US #94
#70Casey20US #92
#71Dennis20US #71
#72George20US #58
#73Jeremiah20US #81
#74Philip20US #84
#75Brandon18US #40
#76Brent18US #87
#77Gary18US #60
#78Mathew18US #182
#79Roger18US #120
#80Alan17US #122
#81Bruce17US #151
#82Joey17
#83Lawrence17US #113
#84Bryan16US #43
#85Dana16
#86Frank16US #77
#87Kyle16US #63
#88Lucas16US #136
#89Arthur15US #141
#90Gerald15US #137
#91Heath15
#92Wayne15US #138
#93Kristopher14US #104
#94Alexander13US #98
#95Brad13US #123
#96Dustin13US #68
#97Raymond13US #69
#98Trevor13US #169
#99Dale12US #176
#100Gabriel12US #90

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑38Tracy#45
↑38Alicia#51
↑35Kate#60
↑33Michele#66
↑33Shaun#49
↑29Monica#71
↑27Tara#50
↑26Nicholas#19

Falling

↓45Raymond#97
↓35Allison#81
↓32Tina#89
↓29Kristin#97
↓28Tonya#94
↓28Gabriel#100
↓27Tanya#72
↓25Misty#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.