State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,335 Maine births in 1987 across 418 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#83Jessieoutside the national top 200
#92Danaoutside the national top 200
#97Aimeeoutside the national top 200
#73Emma#175 nationally
#100Eliseoutside the national top 200
#99Chelsey#186 nationally
#83Jake#166 nationally
#46Katelyn#127 nationally
#68Heidi#144 nationally
#67Abigail#138 nationally
#73Mathew#140 nationally
#70Meagan#136 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley323US #2
#2Amanda249US #3
#3Jessica241US #1
#4Sarah184US #5
#5Jennifer150US #4
#6Heather145US #9
#7Nicole140US #8
#8Danielle134US #14
#9Samantha106US #11
#10Elizabeth95US #10
#11Emily95US #19
#12Megan89US #12
#13Kayla88US #27
#14Stephanie87US #6
#15Amber85US #15
#16Brittany85US #7
#17Melissa77US #13
#18Laura70US #22
#19Amy68US #24
#20Rebecca66US #25
#21Michelle63US #21
#22Erin62US #34
#23Rachel61US #17
#24Katherine60US #28
#25Katie60US #38
#26Chelsea59US #47
#27Crystal58US #26
#28Kimberly56US #23
#29Courtney46US #33
#30Lauren44US #16
#31Hannah43US #66
#32Christina41US #20
#33Sara41US #29
#34Whitney41US #32
#35Jamie40US #39
#36Kristen39US #42
#37Tiffany39US #18
#38Kelly38US #30
#39Alicia37US #46
#40Lindsay37US #49
#41Lindsey36US #41
#42Jenna35US #57
#43Allison34US #44
#44Caitlin34US #63
#45Erica33US #31
#46Katelyn33US #127
#47Cassandra32US #68
#48Mary32US #37
#49Shannon32US #45
#50Anna30US #52
#51Bethany30US #87
#52Alyssa29US #60
#53Angela29US #35
#54Kathleen28US #72
#55Vanessa28US #43
#56Kelsey27US #67
#57Alison26US #100
#58Brianna26US #122
#59Kathryn26US #51
#60Kristin26US #55
#61Meghan26US #78
#62Natasha26US #73
#63Alexandra25US #59
#64Andrea25US #36
#65Erika25US #75
#66Margaret25US #90
#67Abigail24US #138
#68Heidi24US #144
#69Kristina24US #62
#70Meagan24US #136
#71Nichole24US #111
#72Christine23US #48
#73Emma23US #175
#74Felicia23US #96
#75Julia22US #86
#76Julie22US #65
#77Krista22US #108
#78Leah22US #82
#79Lisa21US #40
#80Miranda21US #140
#81Holly20US #71
#82Casey19US #81
#83Jessie19
#84Katrina19US #105
#85Mallory19US #91
#86Molly19US #97
#87Morgan19US #95
#88Renee19US #134
#89Valerie19US #93
#90Ashlee18US #112
#91Maria18US #53
#92Monica18US #64
#93Brooke17US #94
#94Carrie17US #119
#95Catherine17US #74
#96Melinda17US #143
#97Aimee16
#98Brandi16US #88
#99Chelsey16US #186
#100Elise16

Boys

#1Joshua282US #4
#2Michael281US #1
#3Matthew266US #3
#4Christopher259US #2
#5Ryan200US #13
#6Andrew198US #6
#7Nicholas193US #16
#8Daniel158US #7
#9Benjamin148US #28
#10David142US #5
#11Justin140US #9
#12Joseph134US #12
#13Brandon127US #14
#14James126US #8
#15Adam125US #27
#16Kyle115US #22
#17John108US #11
#18Brian106US #20
#19Jason100US #23
#20Kevin99US #19
#21Robert98US #10
#22Eric92US #21
#23Tyler92US #39
#24Nathan90US #45
#25Thomas89US #24
#26Timothy83US #26
#27Anthony82US #17
#28William80US #15
#29Jonathan79US #18
#30Travis78US #42
#31Zachary78US #33
#32Jacob77US #31
#33Jeremy77US #29
#34Scott62US #43
#35Sean62US #40
#36Aaron61US #34
#37Richard61US #30
#38Stephen61US #38
#39Mark60US #36
#40Samuel60US #50
#41Corey59US #57
#42Dustin59US #44
#43Derek58US #54
#44Steven57US #25
#45Patrick56US #41
#46Paul52US #46
#47Alexander50US #37
#48Shane48US #65
#49Shawn48US #59
#50Gregory45US #47
#51Jeffrey44US #32
#52Charles43US #35
#53Jesse42US #55
#54Jared40US #58
#55Peter40US #64
#56Alex39US #60
#57Chad38US #63
#58Kenneth38US #53
#59Seth36US #89
#60Bryan35US #51
#61Cory35US #62
#62Ian33US #81
#63Keith33US #69
#64Craig32US #88
#65Evan32US #83
#66Jordan31US #52
#67Casey30US #80
#68Philip30US #84
#69Bradley26US #56
#70Nathaniel25US #78
#71Joel24US #75
#72Lucas23US #121
#73Mathew23US #140
#74Cody22US #49
#75Dylan22US #141
#76Trevor21US #93
#77Donald19US #70
#78Edward19US #61
#79Alan17US #112
#80Caleb17US #115
#81Douglas17US #85
#82Erik17US #94
#83Jake17US #166
#84Todd17US #120
#85Garrett16US #113
#86Devin15US #99
#87Luke15US #111
#88Phillip15US #68
#89Curtis14US #100
#90Isaac14US #151
#91Wesley14US #92
#92Dana13
#93Mitchell13US #101
#94Spencer13US #124
#95Brent12US #103
#96Brett12US #71
#97Gabriel12US #98
#98Kristopher12US #145
#99Randy12US #105
#100Russell12US #119

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑42Katelyn#46
↑32Kayla#13
↑32Alyssa#52
↑30Abigail#67
↑25Chelsea#26
↑23Hannah#31
↑21Travis#30
↑19Meagan#70

Falling

↓27Renee#88
↓23Lisa#79
↓23Casey#82
↓22Andrea#64
↓22Randy#99
↓21Julie#76
↓20Erica#45
↓20Meghan#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.