State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,349 Maine births in 1986 across 443 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#77Abbyoutside the national top 200
#84Ethanoutside the national top 200
#93Bradoutside the national top 200
#94Danaoutside the national top 200
#87Kate#186 nationally
#67Caroline#157 nationally
#98Audrey#181 nationally
#92Kristi#168 nationally
#82Isaac#155 nationally
#83Savannah#155 nationally
#61Renee#127 nationally
#79Mathew#141 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley269US #2
#2Jessica253US #1
#3Amanda239US #3
#4Sarah180US #5
#5Jennifer171US #4
#6Nicole162US #7
#7Heather118US #9
#8Danielle109US #16
#9Elizabeth107US #10
#10Megan107US #11
#11Emily91US #24
#12Stephanie80US #6
#13Rebecca79US #26
#14Brittany74US #8
#15Michelle73US #23
#16Samantha73US #21
#17Melissa72US #12
#18Amber71US #13
#19Amy70US #22
#20Kimberly68US #18
#21Katie64US #38
#22Katherine62US #28
#23Alicia55US #45
#24Sara55US #27
#25Erica53US #31
#26Erin53US #30
#27Kristen51US #41
#28Rachel51US #15
#29Kelly47US #29
#30Laura47US #20
#31Whitney47US #32
#32Jamie46US #34
#33Allison44US #42
#34Crystal44US #25
#35Lindsey44US #39
#36Lindsay43US #46
#37Lauren42US #14
#38Courtney41US #35
#39Christina40US #19
#40Kathryn40US #48
#41Meghan39US #71
#42Andrea38US #36
#43Tiffany37US #17
#44Angela36US #33
#45Kayla36US #64
#46Shannon36US #44
#47Mary35US #37
#48Caitlin34US #69
#49Jenna34US #55
#50Kristina32US #62
#51Chelsea31US #73
#52Vanessa31US #43
#53Anna30US #51
#54Hannah29US #82
#55Julie29US #58
#56Lisa29US #40
#57Nichole29US #105
#58Bethany27US #91
#59Casey26US #80
#60Cassandra26US #60
#61Renee26US #127
#62Christine25US #47
#63Jillian24US #107
#64Kathleen24US #68
#65Natasha24US #70
#66Alison23US #96
#67Caroline22US #157
#68Krista22US #93
#69April21US #53
#70Julia21US #88
#71Lacey21US #121
#72Holly20US #63
#73Kristin20US #50
#74Leah20US #78
#75Melanie20US #97
#76Victoria20US #54
#77Abby19
#78Erika19US #74
#79Katrina19US #99
#80Mallory19US #83
#81Margaret19US #90
#82Miranda19US #137
#83Savannah19US #155
#84Alyssa18US #85
#85Heidi18US #131
#86Kara18US #102
#87Kate18US #186
#88Katelyn18US #149
#89Meagan18US #123
#90Brandi17US #79
#91Catherine17US #67
#92Kristi17US #168
#93Melinda17US #147
#94Monica16US #59
#95Morgan16US #113
#96Tara16US #56
#97Abigail15US #143
#98Audrey15US #181
#99Jacqueline15US #57
#100Karen15US #100

Boys

#1Matthew282US #3
#2Michael279US #1
#3Christopher265US #2
#4Joshua248US #4
#5Ryan220US #11
#6Andrew193US #8
#7Nicholas189US #17
#8Benjamin155US #30
#9Joseph150US #12
#10Daniel146US #6
#11James145US #7
#12David140US #5
#13Justin139US #14
#14Adam129US #24
#15Jason129US #18
#16John121US #10
#17Jonathan116US #16
#18Brandon109US #13
#19Kyle101US #23
#20Robert101US #9
#21Kevin96US #21
#22Brian94US #20
#23Tyler92US #40
#24Nathan91US #43
#25Eric90US #22
#26Timothy90US #27
#27Anthony89US #19
#28Thomas88US #26
#29William88US #15
#30Dustin85US #42
#31Jacob85US #31
#32Zachary78US #38
#33Jeremy77US #28
#34Jeffrey74US #32
#35Corey67US #62
#36Richard67US #29
#37Stephen64US #36
#38Aaron63US #33
#39Derek62US #57
#40Scott59US #44
#41Samuel56US #52
#42Shane55US #67
#43Jesse53US #48
#44Patrick53US #39
#45Shawn53US #55
#46Alexander51US #41
#47Steven50US #25
#48Mark48US #35
#49Sean48US #37
#50Paul45US #45
#51Travis44US #49
#52Gregory42US #46
#53Peter42US #60
#54Chad40US #59
#55Seth39US #97
#56Craig36US #80
#57Charles35US #34
#58Ian33US #85
#59Jared32US #58
#60Nathaniel32US #78
#61Cory31US #68
#62Bryan30US #47
#63Jordan28US #53
#64Casey25US #83
#65Keith25US #66
#66Kenneth25US #50
#67Bradley24US #54
#68Lucas24US #126
#69Trevor24US #98
#70Donald23US #71
#71Erik22US #92
#72Douglas21US #82
#73Joel21US #72
#74George20US #74
#75Alex19US #64
#76Edward19US #61
#77Randy19US #103
#78Caleb18US #131
#79Mathew18US #141
#80Evan17US #81
#81Gary17US #84
#82Isaac17US #155
#83Troy17US #123
#84Ethan16
#85Philip16US #86
#86Todd16US #110
#87Brent15US #94
#88Dylan15US #149
#89Kristopher15US #140
#90Carl14US #114
#91Cody14US #56
#92Jeremiah14US #118
#93Brad13
#94Dana13
#95Devin13US #113
#96Garrett13US #117
#97Luke13US #106
#98Marc13US #137
#99Ronald13US #75
#100Ross13US #152

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑29Courtney#38
↑26Holly#72
↑23Casey#64
↑22Cory#61
↑21Trevor#69
↑19Erika#78
↑19Randy#77
↑18Alison#66

Falling

↓44Heidi#85
↓35Tara#96
↓30Meagan#89
↓23Luke#97
↓21Jenna#49
↓20Brandi#90
↓20Kristi#92
↓20Morgan#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.