State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,319 Maine births in 1981 across 439 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#56Kate#192 nationally
#60Hannah#190 nationally
#84Heathoutside the national top 200
#87Deanoutside the national top 200
#89Jessieoutside the national top 200
#95Danaoutside the national top 200
#99Ethanoutside the national top 200
#100Kurtoutside the national top 200
#69Morgan#162 nationally
#83Darren#176 nationally
#96Noah#180 nationally
#98Caleb#175 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica360US #2
#2Jennifer298US #1
#3Amanda242US #3
#4Sarah231US #4
#5Melissa166US #5
#6Amy160US #6
#7Nicole140US #7
#8Heather130US #10
#9Rebecca112US #12
#10Elizabeth95US #9
#11Kimberly79US #13
#12Michelle76US #11
#13Danielle75US #30
#14Erin75US #19
#15Crystal74US #16
#16Rachel70US #22
#17Kelly66US #23
#18Emily65US #29
#19Megan65US #33
#20Stephanie65US #8
#21Angela62US #15
#22Erica62US #36
#23Jamie61US #28
#24Laura60US #21
#25Katie59US #44
#26Kristin59US #31
#27April58US #25
#28Christina57US #17
#29Kristen56US #38
#30Katherine53US #39
#31Amber52US #20
#32Lisa49US #18
#33Sara47US #26
#34Samantha46US #51
#35Andrea45US #24
#36Heidi44US #84
#37Shannon44US #32
#38Mary41US #27
#39Tiffany37US #14
#40Julie36US #37
#41Carrie34US #55
#42Courtney34US #43
#43Bethany33US #114
#44Christine32US #42
#45Karen30US #64
#46Lindsay30US #47
#47Brandy29US #41
#48Erika29US #93
#49Holly28US #63
#50Alicia27US #46
#51Brooke27US #52
#52Jill27US #78
#53Kathryn26US #48
#54Tara26US #45
#55Alison25US #113
#56Kate25US #192
#57Nichole25US #109
#58Renee25US #98
#59Dawn24US #79
#60Hannah23US #190
#61Jaime23US #124
#62Katrina23US #95
#63Lauren23US #35
#64Meghan23US #116
#65Melanie23US #66
#66Miranda23US #128
#67Misty23US #61
#68Anna22US #54
#69Morgan22US #162
#70Kathleen21US #82
#71Kristina21US #72
#72Kristy21US #94
#73Lindsey21US #58
#74Tracy21US #77
#75Casey20US #122
#76Stacy20US #65
#77Wendy20US #90
#78Margaret19US #107
#79Monica19US #49
#80Tammy19US #117
#81Tina19US #80
#82Beth18US #125
#83Catherine18US #73
#84Jenny18US #123
#85Molly18US #135
#86Susan18US #71
#87Abigail17US #156
#88Allison17US #57
#89Jessie17
#90Kara17US #121
#91Patricia17US #53
#92Tanya17US #92
#93Tonya17US #110
#94Vanessa17US #62
#95Brandi16US #50
#96Julia16US #88
#97Anne15US #105
#98Ashley15US #34
#99Leah15US #81
#100Lori15US #91

Boys

#1Matthew305US #3
#2Joshua277US #6
#3Michael276US #1
#4Christopher258US #2
#5Jason226US #4
#6Ryan205US #13
#7Adam160US #20
#8David159US #5
#9Nicholas153US #21
#10John145US #8
#11Justin143US #12
#12Benjamin136US #32
#13James131US #7
#14Robert129US #9
#15Daniel127US #10
#16Andrew121US #18
#17Joseph118US #11
#18Jeremy114US #22
#19Jonathan108US #16
#20Eric105US #17
#21Nathan100US #36
#22Aaron98US #30
#23Timothy98US #24
#24Brian97US #14
#25Jeffrey83US #29
#26William83US #15
#27Scott82US #34
#28Jesse79US #37
#29Shawn76US #49
#30Richard74US #27
#31Kevin69US #25
#32Travis69US #40
#33Mark68US #33
#34Chad64US #47
#35Patrick64US #38
#36Anthony62US #23
#37Thomas62US #26
#38Steven61US #28
#39Stephen57US #39
#40Charles56US #31
#41Jacob53US #43
#42Peter48US #55
#43Derek47US #53
#44Brandon45US #19
#45Paul43US #35
#46Lucas42US #89
#47Gregory40US #46
#48Seth40US #95
#49Corey39US #69
#50Samuel39US #54
#51Todd37US #74
#52Donald35US #56
#53Jared35US #57
#54Sean35US #44
#55Keith33US #58
#56Nathaniel31US #80
#57Dustin29US #42
#58Kenneth28US #41
#59Craig27US #72
#60Ian27US #101
#61Zachary27US #63
#62Joel25US #65
#63Kyle25US #52
#64Cory23US #90
#65Tyler23US #96
#66Brent22US #88
#67Bryan21US #48
#68Douglas21US #64
#69Edward21US #51
#70Frank21US #82
#71George21US #61
#72Philip21US #84
#73Shane21US #81
#74Brad20US #143
#75Bradley20US #50
#76Jeremiah20US #77
#77Kristopher20US #146
#78Luke20US #100
#79Alan18US #112
#80Alexander18US #70
#81Casey18US #85
#82Shaun18US #86
#83Darren17US #176
#84Heath17
#85Isaac17US #150
#86Russell17US #98
#87Dean16
#88Derrick16US #78
#89Gabriel16US #87
#90Gary16US #62
#91Jamie16US #118
#92Raymond16US #68
#93Ronald16US #59
#94Troy16US #114
#95Dana15
#96Noah15US #180
#97Brett14US #79
#98Caleb14US #175
#99Ethan14
#100Kurt14

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑42Courtney#42
↑36Katrina#62
↑36Lauren#63
↑33Erika#48
↑31Kyle#63
↑31Brent#66
↑25Bradley#75
↑24Renee#58

Falling

↓30Allison#88
↓30Tanya#92
↓27Lori#100
↓25Troy#94
↓24Gary#90
↓23Luke#78
↓21Leah#99
↓21Ronald#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.