State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,564 Maine births in 1996 across 435 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#54Colbyoutside the national top 200
#77Liam#184 nationally
#75Natasha#170 nationally
#57Mikayla#143 nationally
#87Shania#171 nationally
#83Chandler#157 nationally
#92Drew#165 nationally
#65Lindsay#134 nationally
#76Casey#142 nationally
#98Audrey#164 nationally
#81Caitlyn#138 nationally
#96Kathleen#152 nationally

Girls

#1Emily144US #1
#2Sarah103US #4
#3Ashley101US #3
#4Hannah101US #7
#5Samantha95US #5
#6Taylor90US #6
#7Megan84US #12
#8Courtney75US #21
#9Kayla69US #11
#10Jessica67US #2
#11Abigail65US #32
#12Nicole65US #22
#13Olivia64US #34
#14Elizabeth62US #10
#15Morgan61US #25
#16Brianna59US #17
#17Rebecca53US #24
#18Emma52US #53
#19Amanda51US #13
#20Brittany51US #14
#21Alexis50US #8
#22Brooke49US #45
#23Lauren47US #16
#24Mariah46US #63
#25Danielle45US #29
#26Haley45US #30
#27Kaitlyn43US #40
#28Alyssa41US #23
#29Chelsea41US #55
#30Katherine41US #31
#31Victoria41US #18
#32Anna40US #33
#33Kelsey40US #36
#34Rachel40US #9
#35Amber39US #27
#36Shelby39US #35
#37Erin36US #51
#38Gabrielle36US #54
#39Julia36US #48
#40Paige36US #65
#41Mackenzie35US #75
#42Cassandra33US #89
#43Madison33US #15
#44Jennifer32US #19
#45Allison31US #38
#46Heather30US #71
#47Marissa30US #59
#48Molly30US #99
#49Jasmine29US #28
#50Sierra29US #62
#51Alexandra28US #26
#52Katie27US #81
#53Lindsey27US #86
#54Miranda27US #76
#55Jordan25US #49
#56Katelyn25US #64
#57Mikayla25US #143
#58Stephanie25US #20
#59Sydney25US #39
#60Sara24US #50
#61Caroline23US #78
#62Michaela23US #102
#63Caitlin22US #84
#64Kathryn22US #87
#65Lindsay22US #134
#66Autumn21US #104
#67Sabrina21US #58
#68Tiffany21US #52
#69Cassidy20US #109
#70Jenna20US #83
#71Kimberly20US #41
#72Monica20US #82
#73Savannah20US #43
#74Casey19US #121
#75Natasha19US #170
#76Alicia18US #91
#77Andrea18US #61
#78Cheyenne18US #68
#79Melissa18US #42
#80Breanna17US #74
#81Caitlyn17US #138
#82Erica17US #79
#83Grace17US #94
#84Kaitlin17US #103
#85Laura17US #66
#86Natalie17US #46
#87Shania17US #171
#88Shannon17US #80
#89Briana16US #72
#90Mary16US #44
#91Meghan16US #113
#92Whitney16US #140
#93Amy15US #88
#94Carly15US #126
#95Jade15US #145
#96Kathleen15US #152
#97Kelly15US #73
#98Audrey14US #164
#99Bailey14US #85
#100Brittney14US #115

Boys

#1Tyler175US #7
#2Jacob173US #3
#3Nicholas162US #6
#4Matthew158US #2
#5Zachary144US #14
#6Brandon130US #8
#7Joshua120US #5
#8Benjamin115US #29
#9Christopher114US #4
#10Michael114US #1
#11Andrew105US #10
#12Dylan104US #33
#13Cody95US #31
#14Kyle93US #25
#15Austin91US #9
#16Ryan90US #16
#17Joseph89US #12
#18Samuel89US #30
#19Alexander82US #22
#20Daniel71US #11
#21Caleb70US #48
#22James70US #17
#23Justin65US #20
#24William65US #18
#25Anthony64US #19
#26Cameron64US #49
#27Nathan64US #37
#28Thomas61US #28
#29John60US #15
#30David59US #13
#31Jordan57US #27
#32Adam55US #39
#33Robert55US #23
#34Ethan50US #62
#35Jonathan49US #21
#36Logan49US #42
#37Devin43US #60
#38Eric42US #35
#39Ian41US #70
#40Nathaniel41US #69
#41Patrick41US #44
#42Lucas39US #93
#43Travis38US #73
#44Trevor38US #63
#45Brian37US #36
#46Kevin37US #26
#47Aaron36US #34
#48Noah36US #50
#49Connor34US #54
#50Timothy34US #40
#51Derek33US #101
#52Jared33US #64
#53Alex32US #53
#54Colby31
#55Dakota31US #58
#56Christian30US #24
#57Richard30US #45
#58Tristan30US #68
#59Evan29US #65
#60Seth29US #103
#61Shawn29US #111
#62Chase28US #76
#63Jesse28US #51
#64Spencer28US #109
#65Charles27US #43
#66Hunter27US #47
#67Bradley26US #83
#68Luke26US #75
#69Dustin25US #79
#70Mark25US #55
#71Sean25US #46
#72Stephen25US #59
#73Corey24US #94
#74Isaac24US #86
#75Jeffrey24US #72
#76Casey23US #142
#77Liam23US #184
#78Jason22US #41
#79Dalton21US #99
#80Mitchell21US #88
#81Gabriel20US #61
#82Scott20US #108
#83Chandler19US #157
#84Cole19US #106
#85Devon19US #127
#86Elijah19US #81
#87Jeremy19US #56
#88Jack18US #89
#89Taylor18US #82
#90Colin17US #126
#91Dominic17US #135
#92Drew17US #165
#93Garrett17US #85
#94Paul17US #78
#95Tanner17US #90
#96Wyatt17US #134
#97Dillon16US #121
#98Shane16US #112
#99Alec15US #117
#100Edward15US #96

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑36Mikayla#57
↑34Caroline#61
↑34Kathryn#64
↑33Emma#18
↑29Julia#39
↑28Shelby#36
↑27Colby#54
↑26Shawn#61

Falling

↓34Shane#98
↓33Jeremy#87
↓32Katelyn#56
↓28Miranda#54
↓26Drew#92
↓26Garrett#93
↓25Jason#78
↓24Dustin#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.