State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,244 Maine births in 1979 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.

#57Hannahoutside the national top 200
#65Heathoutside the national top 200
#70Kateoutside the national top 200
#71Danaoutside the national top 200
#81Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#93Shelleyoutside the national top 200
#95Kylieoutside the national top 200
#83Dale#188 nationally
#100Abigailoutside the national top 200
#100Noahoutside the national top 200
#68Brianne#168 nationally
#99Kurt#194 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer285US #1
#2Jessica244US #4
#3Amanda235US #3
#4Melissa197US #2
#5Sarah191US #6
#6Amy161US #5
#7Heather160US #7
#8Angela133US #8
#9Nicole124US #9
#10Rebecca99US #17
#11Erin98US #21
#12Elizabeth92US #11
#13Michelle89US #10
#14Crystal83US #18
#15Kelly79US #16
#16Kimberly79US #12
#17Lisa78US #13
#18Stephanie68US #15
#19Julie66US #29
#20Danielle60US #33
#21Emily59US #34
#22Shannon59US #25
#23Christina58US #14
#24Heidi57US #83
#25Erica54US #32
#26Jamie53US #19
#27Sara53US #30
#28Megan50US #31
#29Katherine46US #36
#30April44US #23
#31Rachel44US #27
#32Andrea43US #26
#33Katie41US #63
#34Christine40US #35
#35Mary40US #24
#36Samantha40US #66
#37Karen39US #46
#38Holly37US #48
#39Dawn36US #57
#40Carrie34US #41
#41Kristy34US #56
#42Laura32US #20
#43Tracy32US #49
#44Kristen31US #62
#45Kathryn30US #50
#46Melanie30US #53
#47Tara30US #38
#48Jaime28US #97
#49Renee27US #101
#50Tammy27US #79
#51Bethany26US #135
#52Meghan26US #121
#53Alicia25US #47
#54Amber25US #22
#55Nichole25US #103
#56Beth24US #118
#57Hannah24
#58Katrina24US #99
#59Susan24US #51
#60Anna23US #59
#61Jill23US #52
#62Kathleen23US #84
#63Stacy23US #43
#64Tina23US #58
#65Allison22US #70
#66Monica21US #40
#67Brandy20US #39
#68Brianne20US #168
#69Erika20US #91
#70Kate20
#71Kristin20US #73
#72Mindy20US #81
#73Misty20US #42
#74Tiffany20US #28
#75Catherine18US #78
#76Courtney18US #71
#77Jodi18US #140
#78Lori18US #69
#79Maria18US #37
#80Stacey18US #60
#81Hilary17
#82Kara17US #125
#83Patricia17US #44
#84Tanya17US #93
#85Wendy17US #64
#86Alison16US #102
#87Anne16US #115
#88Kendra16US #137
#89Lauren16US #45
#90Leslie16US #65
#91Mandy16US #116
#92Natasha16US #110
#93Shelley16
#94Casey15US #144
#95Kylie15
#96Laurie15US #176
#97Melinda15US #82
#98Robin15US #95
#99Sabrina15US #106
#100Abigail14

Boys

#1Jason299US #3
#2Michael292US #1
#3Christopher271US #2
#4Matthew234US #6
#5Joshua216US #9
#6James188US #5
#7Ryan182US #14
#8David161US #4
#9Nicholas149US #15
#10Daniel147US #12
#11John144US #7
#12Robert143US #8
#13Adam133US #23
#14Joseph130US #11
#15Andrew128US #20
#16Benjamin124US #33
#17Jeremy119US #16
#18Scott119US #29
#19Brian114US #10
#20Timothy113US #18
#21Eric111US #17
#22Justin109US #22
#23Jonathan102US #31
#24Travis98US #36
#25Nathan93US #37
#26Aaron92US #32
#27Chad87US #38
#28Mark85US #30
#29William84US #13
#30Kevin83US #19
#31Shawn80US #43
#32Jeffrey76US #24
#33Richard76US #25
#34Thomas74US #26
#35Peter68US #53
#36Patrick64US #39
#37Steven62US #27
#38Stephen61US #40
#39Charles52US #28
#40Jacob52US #45
#41Paul49US #34
#42Anthony45US #21
#43Seth45US #101
#44Jesse44US #50
#45Corey43US #63
#46Derek41US #72
#47Lucas37US #108
#48Jared36US #65
#49Keith36US #52
#50Zachary34US #74
#51Donald33US #51
#52Craig32US #77
#53Gregory32US #42
#54Todd31US #60
#55Brandon29US #35
#56George29US #57
#57Jamie29US #88
#58Shaun28US #64
#59Ian27US #107
#60Samuel27US #55
#61Sean27US #49
#62Troy27US #99
#63Nathaniel26US #95
#64Philip26US #83
#65Heath25
#66Bruce24US #152
#67Cory24US #82
#68Kenneth24US #41
#69Kyle24US #56
#70Edward23US #48
#71Dana22
#72Joel22US #71
#73Kristopher22US #114
#74Erik21US #66
#75Ronald21US #54
#76Bradley20US #47
#77Dennis20US #75
#78Gary20US #59
#79Shane20US #67
#80Raymond19US #70
#81Alan18US #116
#82Brent18US #84
#83Dale17US #188
#84Douglas17US #58
#85Dustin17US #62
#86Bryan16US #46
#87Isaac16US #151
#88Randy16US #86
#89Roger16US #132
#90Evan15US #169
#91Gabriel15US #90
#92Luke15US #110
#93Darren14US #164
#94Jeremiah14US #81
#95Lance14US #142
#96Russell14US #92
#97Alexander13US #94
#98Brad13US #115
#99Kurt13US #194
#100Noah13

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑41Lucas#47
↑26Kristin#71
↑26Heath#65
↑25Tina#64
↑21Kristen#44
↑20Katrina#58
↑20Brandon#55
↑20Kristopher#73

Falling

↓44Stacey#80
↓32Wendy#85
↓29Mandy#91
↓29Robin#98
↓27Randy#88
↓25Douglas#84
↓22Jaime#48
↓21Jeremiah#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.