State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,582 Maine births in 1985 across 446 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#66Aimeeoutside the national top 200
#75Tristanoutside the national top 200
#85Ethanoutside the national top 200
#62Jaime#175 nationally
#88Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#78Dylan#188 nationally
#91Katelyn#191 nationally
#72Kristi#163 nationally
#90Kate#179 nationally
#41Heidi#125 nationally
#86Isaac#165 nationally
#89Kari#166 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica264US #1
#2Amanda242US #4
#3Ashley224US #2
#4Jennifer189US #3
#5Nicole172US #7
#6Sarah167US #5
#7Heather154US #8
#8Elizabeth117US #9
#9Megan113US #10
#10Danielle110US #18
#11Melissa93US #11
#12Amy86US #20
#13Stephanie83US #6
#14Michelle82US #22
#15Rebecca81US #25
#16Emily79US #24
#17Samantha79US #29
#18Katherine76US #32
#19Amber75US #16
#20Laura74US #14
#21Crystal72US #21
#22Katie71US #39
#23Erin69US #26
#24Jamie69US #27
#25Rachel67US #13
#26Brittany64US #17
#27Christina59US #12
#28Jenna59US #50
#29Angela54US #31
#30Kristen54US #38
#31Sara54US #30
#32Lindsay50US #40
#33Alicia48US #45
#34Andrea48US #33
#35Allison47US #46
#36Kelly45US #28
#37Kimberly43US #19
#38Erica40US #34
#39Shannon39US #41
#40Bethany38US #94
#41Heidi35US #125
#42Cassandra34US #62
#43Christine34US #44
#44Lauren33US #15
#45Lisa33US #36
#46Kathryn32US #48
#47Lindsey32US #37
#48Mary32US #35
#49Meghan32US #63
#50Kristina29US #57
#51Anna28US #54
#52Hannah27US #117
#53Nichole27US #95
#54Renee27US #118
#55Caitlin26US #77
#56Chelsea26US #75
#57Tiffany26US #23
#58April25US #47
#59Meagan25US #133
#60Natasha25US #79
#61Tara23US #51
#62Jaime21US #175
#63Julie21US #55
#64Stacey21US #89
#65Vanessa21US #42
#66Aimee20
#67Courtney20US #43
#68Kristin20US #49
#69Sheena20US #91
#70Brandi19US #69
#71Kara19US #98
#72Kristi19US #163
#73Leah19US #78
#74Misty19US #121
#75Morgan19US #127
#76Stacy19US #67
#77Carrie18US #96
#78Catherine18US #65
#79Jillian18US #115
#80Kathleen18US #68
#81Molly18US #119
#82Victoria18US #59
#83Abigail17US #153
#84Alison17US #97
#85Anne17US #146
#86Ashlee17US #141
#87Brooke17US #102
#88Hilary17
#89Kari17US #166
#90Kate17US #179
#91Katelyn17US #191
#92Krystal17US #53
#93Mallory17US #144
#94Miranda17US #128
#95Monica17US #61
#96Tracy17US #107
#97Erika16US #80
#98Holly16US #56
#99Jasmine16US #103
#100Karen16US #87

Boys

#1Christopher295US #2
#2Joshua289US #4
#3Michael280US #1
#4Matthew252US #3
#5Ryan221US #12
#6Nicholas173US #19
#7Andrew158US #11
#8Daniel152US #5
#9Jason151US #14
#10James144US #7
#11Benjamin139US #31
#12David137US #6
#13Adam136US #22
#14Joseph135US #10
#15Justin124US #15
#16Robert124US #8
#17Eric118US #21
#18Jonathan106US #17
#19Brandon104US #13
#20John104US #9
#21Brian103US #18
#22Kyle103US #27
#23Thomas95US #25
#24Scott84US #44
#25Timothy84US #26
#26Tyler82US #43
#27William82US #16
#28Nathan81US #40
#29Jacob80US #35
#30Anthony77US #20
#31Jeffrey77US #29
#32Jeremy76US #30
#33Derek75US #56
#34Richard73US #28
#35Kevin70US #23
#36Steven68US #24
#37Patrick67US #37
#38Travis67US #46
#39Aaron65US #33
#40Mark63US #32
#41Zachary63US #39
#42Shawn61US #55
#43Dustin57US #41
#44Stephen57US #36
#45Sean52US #38
#46Charles50US #34
#47Samuel50US #54
#48Alexander48US #50
#49Chad47US #57
#50Jesse46US #51
#51Peter46US #60
#52Corey42US #63
#53Gregory41US #45
#54Ian39US #78
#55Paul39US #42
#56Craig37US #79
#57Jared35US #58
#58Shane35US #68
#59Seth34US #104
#60Bradley30US #53
#61Keith30US #64
#62Kenneth29US #47
#63Nathaniel27US #77
#64Lucas24US #122
#65Alex23US #80
#66Bryan23US #48
#67Evan22US #91
#68Philip22US #84
#69Joel21US #67
#70Jordan21US #62
#71Raymond21US #75
#72Erik20US #87
#73Donald19US #66
#74Luke19US #106
#75Tristan19
#76Cody18US #52
#77Alan17US #109
#78Dylan17US #188
#79Edward17US #59
#80Gary17US #82
#81Lance17US #130
#82Todd17US #99
#83Cory16US #81
#84Douglas16US #76
#85Ethan16
#86Isaac16US #165
#87Casey15US #86
#88Christian15US #101
#89Derrick15US #83
#90Trevor15US #105
#91Brett14US #70
#92Caleb14US #136
#93Garrett14US #138
#94Jamie14US #167
#95Mathew14US #148
#96Randy14US #102
#97Albert13US #152
#98Gabriel13US #92
#99Marc13US #129
#100Russell13US #110

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑47Brittany#26
↑32Caitlin#55
↑28Kristi#72
↑26Kyle#22
↑22Samantha#17
↑22Brandi#70
↑21Bradley#60
↑18Tyler#26

Falling

↓38Holly#98
↓27Marc#99
↓26Miranda#94
↓23Monica#95
↓23Casey#87
↓20Morgan#75
↓20Erika#97
↓20Karen#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.