State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,924 Maine births in 1989 across 448 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#95Kateoutside the national top 200
#95Colbyoutside the national top 200
#72Renee#172 nationally
#62Emma#149 nationally
#93Audrey#170 nationally
#67Chelsey#140 nationally
#92Kristopher#155 nationally
#57Dylan#115 nationally
#88Mathew#143 nationally
#68Meagan#120 nationally
#85Nichole#136 nationally
#54Bethany#102 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley223US #2
#2Jessica205US #1
#3Amanda177US #4
#4Sarah176US #5
#5Brittany169US #3
#6Samantha126US #6
#7Nicole120US #12
#8Emily117US #13
#9Danielle111US #17
#10Elizabeth111US #10
#11Jennifer108US #7
#12Heather107US #15
#13Megan107US #11
#14Kayla106US #20
#15Chelsea91US #27
#16Amber84US #14
#17Katherine77US #26
#18Kristen75US #36
#19Lauren75US #9
#20Rebecca75US #24
#21Courtney73US #21
#22Stephanie70US #8
#23Hannah66US #42
#24Melissa60US #19
#25Cassandra58US #54
#26Michelle56US #22
#27Tiffany54US #16
#28Alyssa53US #33
#29Kelsey53US #31
#30Kimberly51US #28
#31Alicia50US #53
#32Christina48US #23
#33Katie47US #45
#34Rachel47US #18
#35Alexandra44US #43
#36Sara42US #29
#37Amy41US #35
#38Meghan41US #80
#39Anna40US #51
#40Erin40US #40
#41Laura40US #25
#42Brianna39US #77
#43Allison38US #46
#44Caitlin36US #49
#45Katelyn36US #76
#46Lindsey36US #48
#47Crystal34US #32
#48Christine33US #59
#49Erica33US #34
#50Kelly33US #37
#51Kristin33US #60
#52Lindsay32US #63
#53Abigail31US #94
#54Bethany31US #102
#55Brittney30US #41
#56Brooke29US #74
#57Victoria29US #44
#58Whitney29US #57
#59Angela27US #47
#60Jenna27US #71
#61Shannon27US #61
#62Emma26US #149
#63Jillian26US #106
#64Julia26US #96
#65Kathryn26US #58
#66April25US #66
#67Chelsey25US #140
#68Meagan25US #120
#69Morgan25US #69
#70Mary24US #38
#71Molly24US #93
#72Renee24US #172
#73Casey23US #103
#74Jamie23US #52
#75Kaitlyn23US #95
#76Rachael23US #109
#77Natasha22US #87
#78Catherine21US #67
#79Jasmine21US #30
#80Julie21US #78
#81Vanessa21US #50
#82Erika20US #73
#83Holly20US #79
#84Margaret20US #97
#85Nichole20US #136
#86Kathleen19US #90
#87Kristina19US #65
#88Miranda19US #130
#89Krystal18US #82
#90Andrea17US #39
#91Desiree17US #127
#92Tara17US #70
#93Audrey16US #170
#94Gabrielle16US #112
#95Kate16
#96Marissa16US #81
#97Alison15US #119
#98Caroline15US #113
#99Jordan15US #72
#100Kaitlin15US #100

Boys

#1Joshua296US #4
#2Christopher281US #2
#3Michael261US #1
#4Matthew229US #3
#5Andrew206US #7
#6Nicholas188US #14
#7Justin186US #8
#8Benjamin168US #29
#9Ryan168US #13
#10Daniel150US #6
#11Joseph145US #11
#12Adam138US #27
#13James138US #9
#14Kyle134US #20
#15John128US #12
#16Tyler126US #30
#17Brandon119US #18
#18David117US #5
#19Jacob113US #26
#20Zachary111US #25
#21Robert107US #10
#22Thomas107US #23
#23Brian106US #24
#24Nathan97US #43
#25Travis96US #41
#26Derek89US #54
#27Anthony88US #16
#28Jonathan88US #17
#29Samuel85US #47
#30William82US #15
#31Stephen80US #40
#32Aaron77US #31
#33Eric76US #21
#34Kevin74US #19
#35Alexander73US #32
#36Timothy72US #28
#37Dustin68US #48
#38Jeremy65US #34
#39Jason64US #35
#40Steven64US #22
#41Scott63US #51
#42Corey59US #55
#43Jesse56US #50
#44Shawn55US #65
#45Sean54US #39
#46Patrick52US #38
#47Richard52US #33
#48Paul51US #49
#49Jeffrey47US #37
#50Jordan45US #44
#51Cameron44US #64
#52Ian44US #68
#53Jared44US #57
#54Mark44US #42
#55Cody42US #45
#56Peter41US #66
#57Dylan40US #115
#58Charles38US #36
#59Nathaniel37US #84
#60Caleb36US #91
#61Shane35US #71
#62Gregory33US #52
#63Seth33US #94
#64Ethan32US #87
#65Evan32US #69
#66Alex30US #60
#67Craig29US #105
#68Chad28US #74
#69Cory28US #61
#70Kenneth26US #53
#71Lucas26US #114
#72Bradley25US #58
#73Logan25US #104
#74Philip24US #101
#75Edward23US #62
#76Spencer23US #107
#77Devin22US #96
#78Donald22US #82
#79George22US #79
#80Keith22US #70
#81Bryan21US #56
#82Brett20US #81
#83Luke20US #121
#84Trevor20US #83
#85Douglas19US #92
#86Joel19US #88
#87Casey18US #90
#88Mathew18US #143
#89Taylor18US #72
#90Troy18US #124
#91Brent17US #118
#92Kristopher17US #155
#93Wesley17US #98
#94Austin16US #59
#95Colby15
#96Curtis15US #111
#97Erik15US #95
#98Garrett15US #102
#99Gary15US #106
#100Ronald15US #85

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑53Alexandra#35
↑36Brittney#55
↑34Brooke#56
↑34Emma#62
↑30Julia#64
↑29Anna#39
↑29Brianna#42
↑29Cameron#51

Falling

↓40Andrea#90
↓33Jamie#74
↓32Natasha#77
↓32Holly#83
↓32Alison#97
↓26Kathryn#65
↓24Bryan#81
↓23Mary#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.