State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,406 Maine births in 1982 across 437 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#54Hannah#175 nationally
#81Jessieoutside the national top 200
#81Danaoutside the national top 200
#83Kateoutside the national top 200
#72Aimee#187 nationally
#94Ethanoutside the national top 200
#95Darcyoutside the national top 200
#84Frederick#186 nationally
#72Caleb#170 nationally
#75Brad#163 nationally
#75Abigail#157 nationally
#79Wayne#159 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica331US #2
#2Jennifer270US #1
#3Amanda258US #3
#4Sarah211US #4
#5Nicole162US #6
#6Amy144US #10
#7Melissa144US #5
#8Heather141US #12
#9Michelle105US #11
#10Emily103US #24
#11Elizabeth98US #8
#12Erin91US #20
#13Angela89US #16
#14Rebecca89US #15
#15Crystal85US #9
#16Kimberly74US #14
#17Danielle72US #31
#18Megan71US #34
#19Stephanie70US #7
#20Rachel69US #21
#21Samantha64US #44
#22Lindsay62US #39
#23Kristen58US #33
#24Lisa57US #23
#25Sara55US #28
#26Jamie54US #29
#27Andrea53US #27
#28Erica53US #35
#29Katie52US #45
#30Amber51US #18
#31Katherine50US #36
#32Kelly50US #25
#33Christina49US #19
#34Mary49US #30
#35Laura46US #22
#36Ashley45US #17
#37Shannon45US #38
#38April43US #32
#39Lauren41US #26
#40Tiffany39US #13
#41Heidi38US #86
#42Holly36US #61
#43Julie36US #41
#44Kathryn36US #48
#45Carrie35US #57
#46Anna34US #56
#47Kristin32US #37
#48Courtney31US #43
#49Tara31US #47
#50Bethany30US #112
#51Nichole29US #99
#52Renee29US #101
#53Christine28US #46
#54Hannah28US #175
#55Meghan28US #110
#56Molly27US #131
#57Brandi25US #55
#58Karen25US #68
#59Alicia24US #53
#60Cassandra23US #62
#61Kristina23US #70
#62Stacy23US #72
#63Kara22US #113
#64Miranda22US #117
#65Erika21US #81
#66Katrina21US #87
#67Kristy21US #104
#68Alison20US #111
#69Allison20US #58
#70Kathleen20US #77
#71Tina20US #90
#72Aimee19US #187
#73Jillian19US #96
#74Lacey19US #125
#75Abigail18US #157
#76Dawn18US #95
#77Susan18US #76
#78Brandy17US #50
#79Brooke17US #92
#80Jaime17US #138
#81Jessie17
#82Jill17US #89
#83Kate17
#84Kayla17US #133
#85Misty17US #74
#86Monica17US #52
#87Tanya17US #114
#88Tasha17US #158
#89Tracy17US #88
#90Catherine16US #73
#91Leah16US #79
#92Lindsey16US #40
#93Mandy16US #171
#94Melanie16US #65
#95Darcy15
#96Diana15US #63
#97Morgan15US #169
#98Robin15US #108
#99Tonya15US #126
#100Angel14US #166

Boys

#1Matthew331US #3
#2Christopher298US #2
#3Michael282US #1
#4Ryan244US #13
#5Joshua225US #7
#6Jason197US #4
#7Justin187US #12
#8Daniel170US #10
#9Nicholas159US #22
#10James153US #6
#11Adam152US #19
#12Andrew148US #17
#13Robert143US #9
#14David142US #5
#15Joseph133US #11
#16Brian123US #14
#17Benjamin120US #33
#18Eric119US #20
#19John118US #8
#20Jonathan112US #16
#21Jeremy88US #28
#22Timothy88US #24
#23William88US #15
#24Nathan86US #36
#25Scott85US #34
#26Kevin84US #25
#27Aaron82US #30
#28Thomas82US #23
#29Richard81US #27
#30Travis80US #39
#31Jeffrey76US #29
#32Peter76US #57
#33Derek74US #50
#34Mark67US #32
#35Patrick62US #37
#36Brandon60US #18
#37Chad60US #48
#38Steven60US #26
#39Jacob55US #41
#40Jesse54US #43
#41Anthony53US #21
#42Gregory51US #40
#43Jared50US #54
#44Paul50US #35
#45Ian48US #83
#46Sean43US #44
#47Charles42US #31
#48Samuel42US #56
#49Shawn41US #52
#50Zachary39US #55
#51Stephen38US #38
#52Seth36US #102
#53Corey35US #74
#54Tyler33US #66
#55Kenneth32US #45
#56Nathaniel32US #75
#57Edward29US #53
#58Keith29US #59
#59Gary28US #64
#60Douglas27US #68
#61Dustin27US #42
#62Kyle27US #47
#63George26US #62
#64Randy26US #94
#65Bryan25US #49
#66Evan25US #108
#67Lucas25US #106
#68Cory24US #93
#69Joel24US #69
#70Brett23US #72
#71Todd23US #82
#72Caleb21US #170
#73Donald21US #58
#74Troy21US #115
#75Brad20US #163
#76Craig20US #73
#77Luke20US #119
#78Shane20US #84
#79Wayne20US #159
#80Ronald19US #60
#81Dana18
#82Philip18US #79
#83Bradley17US #51
#84Frederick16US #186
#85Gabriel16US #88
#86Alexander15US #65
#87Brent15US #91
#88Derrick15US #78
#89Erik15US #80
#90Alan14US #107
#91Casey14US #86
#92Kristopher14US #125
#93Noah14US #154
#94Ethan13
#95Isaac13US #151
#96Jeffery13US #92
#97Marc13US #138
#98Randall13US #130
#99Trevor13US #146
#100Arthur12US #157

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑62Ashley#36
↑38Brandi#57
↑31Gary#59
↑29Molly#56
↑27Kara#63
↑27Brett#70
↑26Caleb#72
↑24Lindsay#22

Falling

↓31Brandy#78
↓30Jill#82
↓29Melanie#94
↓28Brooke#79
↓28Morgan#97
↓27Kate#83
↓21Kristin#47
↓21Lucas#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.