State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,410 Maine births in 1983 across 426 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#70Kate#199 nationally
#79Meaganoutside the national top 200
#83Danaoutside the national top 200
#95Neil#195 nationally
#100Jodi#188 nationally
#66Abigail#151 nationally
#84Morgan#167 nationally
#86Noah#169 nationally
#71Caitlin#153 nationally
#80Caleb#159 nationally
#90Colin#166 nationally
#85Jaime#158 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica283US #2
#2Amanda262US #3
#3Jennifer244US #1
#4Sarah230US #5
#5Ashley181US #4
#6Heather175US #9
#7Melissa142US #6
#8Nicole141US #7
#9Amy115US #12
#10Elizabeth105US #10
#11Rebecca86US #19
#12Megan83US #21
#13Michelle82US #13
#14Rachel77US #20
#15Emily76US #25
#16Erin75US #18
#17Danielle73US #29
#18Jamie72US #28
#19Angela70US #22
#20Stephanie70US #8
#21Kelly69US #26
#22Sara68US #31
#23Katherine67US #34
#24Samantha66US #40
#25Crystal63US #11
#26Erica63US #33
#27Christina61US #16
#28Katie58US #45
#29Lindsay58US #36
#30Amber55US #17
#31Kristen52US #37
#32Kimberly51US #15
#33Alicia48US #41
#34Laura48US #23
#35Shannon44US #38
#36Lindsey43US #35
#37April39US #39
#38Andrea38US #30
#39Holly38US #48
#40Julie38US #46
#41Lisa38US #27
#42Mary38US #32
#43Courtney36US #44
#44Kathryn36US #50
#45Tiffany35US #14
#46Heidi34US #95
#47Kristin34US #42
#48Bethany33US #99
#49Meghan33US #75
#50Lauren31US #24
#51Renee31US #97
#52Anna30US #55
#53Hannah30US #124
#54Patricia30US #60
#55Allison28US #59
#56Cassandra28US #70
#57Margaret27US #92
#58Carrie26US #65
#59Kristina26US #63
#60Casey25US #110
#61Natasha25US #71
#62Nichole25US #93
#63Desiree24US #94
#64Karen24US #77
#65Tara24US #51
#66Abigail23US #151
#67Chelsea23US #102
#68Christine23US #47
#69Erika23US #80
#70Kate23US #199
#71Caitlin22US #153
#72Brandi21US #56
#73Miranda21US #118
#74Tracy21US #89
#75Catherine20US #66
#76Kara20US #101
#77Kathleen20US #73
#78Leah20US #82
#79Meagan20
#80Anne19US #130
#81Brandy19US #57
#82Kristy19US #133
#83Melanie19US #79
#84Morgan19US #167
#85Jaime18US #158
#86Maria18US #43
#87Misty18US #87
#88Monica18US #54
#89Pamela18US #91
#90Susan18US #86
#91Alison17US #116
#92Katrina17US #108
#93Stacy17US #61
#94Jenny16US #132
#95Brittany15US #64
#96Julia15US #85
#97Kayla15US #81
#98Lacey15US #128
#99Jill14US #98
#100Jodi14US #188

Boys

#1Matthew311US #3
#2Christopher306US #2
#3Michael289US #1
#4Joshua250US #5
#5Ryan223US #13
#6Jason183US #7
#7Adam180US #18
#8Nicholas172US #21
#9David169US #4
#10Justin166US #12
#11Andrew153US #15
#12Benjamin145US #32
#13John140US #9
#14James135US #6
#15Joseph134US #11
#16Robert132US #10
#17Daniel131US #8
#18Brian124US #14
#19Eric106US #20
#20Timothy106US #26
#21William106US #16
#22Jonathan99US #19
#23Scott92US #38
#24Nathan89US #40
#25Thomas87US #24
#26Brandon86US #17
#27Jeremy81US #30
#28Jeffrey77US #28
#29Travis75US #41
#30Kevin73US #25
#31Aaron72US #29
#32Anthony71US #22
#33Shawn66US #53
#34Jesse63US #46
#35Kyle58US #34
#36Mark57US #31
#37Jacob56US #36
#38Patrick55US #37
#39Derek53US #51
#40Gregory52US #42
#41Richard52US #27
#42Sean50US #44
#43Charles49US #33
#44Zachary49US #50
#45Paul48US #39
#46Ian47US #77
#47Stephen45US #35
#48Steven45US #23
#49Peter41US #59
#50Jared40US #56
#51Corey39US #74
#52Craig39US #70
#53Samuel39US #54
#54Chad38US #49
#55Dustin38US #43
#56Kenneth38US #45
#57Tyler38US #57
#58Douglas35US #69
#59Nathaniel34US #79
#60Seth34US #98
#61Luke31US #105
#62Bryan28US #47
#63Philip26US #82
#64Alexander25US #63
#65Evan25US #93
#66Shane25US #84
#67Todd23US #87
#68Edward22US #55
#69Joel22US #67
#70Keith22US #61
#71Donald21US #60
#72Lucas21US #117
#73Cory20US #83
#74Erik20US #80
#75Mathew20US #146
#76Randy20US #96
#77Russell20US #104
#78Bradley19US #52
#79Gary19US #68
#80Caleb17US #159
#81Alan16US #102
#82Jordan16US #72
#83Dana15
#84Isaac15US #151
#85Marc15US #125
#86Noah15US #169
#87Troy15US #113
#88George14US #65
#89Casey13US #90
#90Colin13US #166
#91Derrick13US #78
#92Jeffery13US #91
#93Kristopher13US #134
#94Lance13US #135
#95Neil13US #195
#96Phillip13US #66
#97Allen12US #120
#98Brent12US #94
#99Darren12US #164
#100Jeremiah12US #99

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑56Lindsey#36
↑31Ashley#5
↑27Kyle#35
↑26Alicia#33
↑24Craig#52
↑22Alexander#64
↑19Philip#63
↑16Shawn#33

Falling

↓31Stacy#93
↓26Katrina#92
↓25George#88
↓24Lacey#98
↓23Alison#91
↓20Gary#79
↓17Lisa#41
↓17Jill#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.