State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,409 Maine births in 1988 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.

#85Colbyoutside the national top 200
#89Noahoutside the national top 200
#72Chelsey#149 nationally
#73Dylan#137 nationally
#96Emma#160 nationally
#84Miranda#144 nationally
#76Carrie#132 nationally
#55Katrina#110 nationally
#86Meagan#141 nationally
#64Abigail#118 nationally
#82Todd#135 nationally
#95Sasha#147 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley259US #2
#2Amanda228US #3
#3Jessica210US #1
#4Sarah168US #4
#5Samantha131US #8
#6Danielle130US #17
#7Jennifer123US #5
#8Nicole117US #9
#9Kayla113US #20
#10Elizabeth111US #10
#11Emily111US #18
#12Heather107US #14
#13Megan93US #12
#14Amber88US #15
#15Brittany83US #6
#16Stephanie83US #7
#17Chelsea80US #33
#18Melissa80US #16
#19Courtney72US #24
#20Tiffany72US #13
#21Katie66US #40
#22Hannah62US #61
#23Katherine61US #27
#24Lauren57US #11
#25Laura56US #23
#26Sara56US #30
#27Erica55US #31
#28Kristen54US #36
#29Michelle54US #21
#30Erin53US #37
#31Rachel53US #19
#32Rebecca50US #26
#33Kelsey48US #64
#34Amy45US #29
#35Kimberly45US #25
#36Whitney45US #39
#37Crystal42US #28
#38Caitlin41US #44
#39Kathryn40US #55
#40Alyssa37US #47
#41Jamie37US #45
#42Allison36US #46
#43Kelly36US #32
#44Lindsay36US #57
#45Natasha34US #73
#46Cassandra33US #59
#47Mary33US #34
#48Alicia31US #50
#49Christina31US #22
#50Andrea30US #35
#51Holly30US #72
#52Molly30US #86
#53Angela29US #38
#54Bethany29US #89
#55Katrina29US #110
#56Morgan29US #78
#57Shannon29US #56
#58Kristin28US #58
#59Lindsey28US #48
#60Vanessa28US #41
#61Christine27US #51
#62Kaitlyn26US #106
#63Lisa26US #43
#64Abigail25US #118
#65Alison25US #113
#66Meghan25US #81
#67Nichole25US #115
#68Anna24US #54
#69Catherine24US #69
#70Victoria24US #42
#71Brianna23US #96
#72Chelsey23US #149
#73Katelyn22US #84
#74Kathleen22US #75
#75Krista22US #112
#76Carrie21US #132
#77Casey21US #92
#78Jenna21US #66
#79Jillian21US #104
#80Kristina21US #68
#81Lacey21US #129
#82Kara20US #95
#83Margaret20US #93
#84Miranda20US #144
#85Erika19US #76
#86Meagan19US #141
#87Melanie19US #99
#88Alexandra18US #49
#89Brandi18US #91
#90Brooke18US #87
#91Brittney17US #52
#92Felicia17US #105
#93Jasmine17US #53
#94Julia17US #88
#95Sasha17US #147
#96Emma16US #160
#97Jacqueline16US #62
#98Mallory16US #120
#99Desiree15US #127
#100Julie15US #71

Boys

#1Joshua285US #4
#2Matthew280US #3
#3Michael265US #1
#4Christopher236US #2
#5Justin196US #7
#6Ryan172US #13
#7Nicholas171US #14
#8Andrew169US #5
#9Benjamin165US #30
#10Daniel145US #8
#11David126US #6
#12Joseph126US #12
#13Jonathan119US #15
#14Zachary116US #29
#15Kyle111US #21
#16James109US #9
#17Adam101US #26
#18John100US #11
#19Robert99US #10
#20William96US #16
#21Travis95US #41
#22Brandon94US #17
#23Tyler93US #33
#24Brian92US #22
#25Thomas90US #23
#26Jason88US #27
#27Alexander85US #34
#28Jacob83US #28
#29Anthony82US #18
#30Kevin82US #20
#31Timothy81US #25
#32Nathan76US #44
#33Aaron75US #31
#34Samuel73US #45
#35Eric71US #19
#36Scott69US #47
#37Patrick67US #42
#38Corey66US #56
#39Richard62US #32
#40Dustin61US #48
#41Stephen59US #40
#42Derek55US #53
#43Jeffrey54US #36
#44Seth54US #90
#45Sean53US #38
#46Peter51US #64
#47Jeremy49US #35
#48Steven49US #24
#49Paul48US #46
#50Charles45US #37
#51Jesse43US #55
#52Gregory42US #50
#53Ian42US #77
#54Alex41US #58
#55Mark41US #39
#56Shawn41US #61
#57Bryan40US #54
#58Cody39US #43
#59Bradley36US #57
#60Craig36US #96
#61Shane36US #67
#62Jordan35US #52
#63Nathaniel35US #81
#64Chad32US #65
#65Jared32US #60
#66Evan29US #74
#67Kenneth28US #51
#68Devin27US #98
#69Cory26US #59
#70Lucas26US #112
#71Philip24US #94
#72Casey23US #83
#73Dylan22US #137
#74Spencer21US #114
#75Brett20US #73
#76Caleb20US #108
#77Donald20US #76
#78Keith20US #70
#79Trevor20US #87
#80Cameron19US #69
#81Randy19US #113
#82Todd19US #135
#83Austin18US #63
#84Douglas18US #88
#85Colby17
#86Erik17US #92
#87Joel17US #85
#88Luke17US #119
#89Noah17
#90Carl16US #126
#91Edward16US #62
#92Logan16US #109
#93Mitchell16US #95
#94Raymond16US #84
#95Troy16US #124
#96George15US #78
#97Isaac15US #143
#98Taylor15US #91
#99Phillip14US #71
#100Alan13US #110

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑34Molly#52
↑31Morgan#56
↑30Holly#51
↑29Katrina#55
↑27Chelsey#72
↑26Catherine#69
↑23Kelsey#33
↑21Brett#75

Falling

↓36Jenna#78
↓27Katelyn#73
↓25Alexandra#88
↓24Julie#100
↓23Emma#96
↓21Alan#100
↓20Kathleen#74
↓20Erika#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.