State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,281 Maine births in 1980 across 430 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#54Kate#197 nationally
#66Hannahoutside the national top 200
#79Heathoutside the national top 200
#96Darcyoutside the national top 200
#88Abigail#176 nationally
#42Bethany#124 nationally
#80Trisha#161 nationally
#92Rebekah#162 nationally
#93Darren#163 nationally
#97Jodi#167 nationally
#48Jaime#116 nationally
#84Isaac#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica282US #3
#2Jennifer268US #1
#3Amanda245US #2
#4Melissa207US #4
#5Sarah200US #5
#6Heather159US #6
#7Amy128US #8
#8Nicole114US #7
#9Michelle102US #10
#10Erin99US #20
#11Rebecca97US #17
#12Angela89US #12
#13Elizabeth87US #9
#14Lisa75US #16
#15Kelly74US #19
#16Kimberly73US #11
#17Megan69US #30
#18Crystal67US #18
#19Stephanie66US #13
#20Erica65US #34
#21Sara65US #27
#22Katie62US #44
#23Emily61US #31
#24Rachel59US #23
#25Andrea58US #28
#26Katherine57US #35
#27Christina56US #15
#28Jamie55US #24
#29April51US #26
#30Mary47US #25
#31Amber45US #22
#32Kristen45US #39
#33Shannon45US #29
#34Danielle44US #33
#35Laura40US #21
#36Samantha40US #58
#37Tiffany40US #14
#38Carrie39US #46
#39Kristin39US #37
#40Heidi38US #79
#41Alicia36US #47
#42Bethany34US #124
#43Jill34US #66
#44Julie34US #32
#45Karen33US #54
#46Kathryn32US #50
#47Brandy31US #42
#48Jaime31US #116
#49Christine30US #41
#50Holly28US #52
#51Kathleen27US #82
#52Stacey27US #74
#53Tara27US #43
#54Kate26US #197
#55Kristina25US #73
#56Kristy25US #78
#57Lindsay25US #71
#58Allison24US #59
#59Melinda24US #92
#60Nichole24US #102
#61Stacy24US #53
#62Tanya24US #88
#63Anna23US #55
#64Catherine22US #77
#65Dawn21US #67
#66Hannah21
#67Meghan21US #114
#68Susan21US #62
#69Tammy21US #96
#70Alison20US #101
#71Brooke20US #57
#72Jenny20US #117
#73Lori20US #76
#74Miranda20US #128
#75Beth19US #106
#76Casey19US #135
#77Mandy19US #132
#78Leah18US #84
#79Lindsey18US #91
#80Trisha18US #161
#81Erika17US #87
#82Renee17US #107
#83Tracy17US #56
#84Courtney16US #48
#85Margaret16US #105
#86Melanie16US #60
#87Tonya16US #97
#88Abigail15US #176
#89Julia15US #98
#90Kara15US #127
#91Maria15US #36
#92Rebekah15US #162
#93Tabitha15US #155
#94Wendy15US #75
#95Anne14US #112
#96Darcy14
#97Jodi14US #167
#98Katrina14US #90
#99Lauren14US #38
#100Marie14US #145

Boys

#1Christopher276US #2
#2Jason269US #3
#3Michael267US #1
#4Joshua259US #7
#5Matthew255US #6
#6Ryan187US #15
#7David186US #4
#8Nicholas159US #17
#9James156US #5
#10John155US #8
#11Joseph143US #10
#12Justin143US #13
#13Benjamin141US #32
#14Robert139US #9
#15Daniel138US #11
#16Adam132US #22
#17Andrew124US #19
#18Jeremy117US #18
#19Brian116US #12
#20Eric116US #16
#21Timothy112US #20
#22Jonathan107US #21
#23Nathan106US #36
#24Scott101US #33
#25Aaron90US #34
#26Chad89US #39
#27William83US #14
#28Thomas82US #25
#29Travis80US #37
#30Jeffrey79US #27
#31Jacob71US #43
#32Kevin70US #23
#33Mark69US #30
#34Stephen67US #40
#35Jesse66US #45
#36Richard63US #26
#37Derek62US #50
#38Steven61US #28
#39Anthony59US #24
#40Patrick59US #38
#41Peter59US #55
#42Shawn53US #47
#43Charles51US #29
#44Paul46US #35
#45Todd42US #75
#46Kenneth41US #41
#47Corey40US #68
#48Keith40US #56
#49Seth40US #99
#50Lucas38US #98
#51Gregory36US #42
#52Ian33US #104
#53Jared33US #61
#54Donald32US #53
#55Luke32US #97
#56Craig31US #73
#57Brandon30US #31
#58Zachary30US #72
#59Samuel29US #54
#60Dustin28US #44
#61Sean28US #48
#62Douglas27US #62
#63Edward27US #52
#64Philip27US #82
#65Bryan26US #49
#66Gary26US #63
#67Joel26US #67
#68Nathaniel26US #86
#69Troy26US #106
#70Casey25US #93
#71Randy24US #87
#72Ronald24US #58
#73Gabriel23US #85
#74Shaun23US #79
#75George22US #60
#76Shane22US #69
#77Brad20US #116
#78Cory19US #83
#79Heath19
#80Tyler19US #114
#81Erik18US #64
#82Alan17US #112
#83Dennis17US #80
#84Isaac17US #150
#85Jeremiah17US #76
#86Brett16US #96
#87Lee16US #125
#88Marc16US #119
#89Russell16US #92
#90Wayne16US #146
#91Allen15US #124
#92Bruce15US #157
#93Darren15US #163
#94Kyle15US #57
#95Raymond15US #66
#96Billy14US #100
#97Brent14US #84
#98Jamie14US #105
#99Kristopher14US #138
#100Bradley13US #51

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑38Melinda#59
↑37Tiffany#37
↑37Luke#55
↑32Kristin#39
↑28Stacey#52
↑25Dustin#60
↑23Amber#31
↑22Tanya#62

Falling

↓41Jamie#98
↓40Tracy#83
↓40Melanie#86
↓40Katrina#98
↓33Renee#82
↓26Dawn#65
↓26Bruce#92
↓26Kristopher#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.