State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,335 Maine births in 1997 across 444 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#57Colbyoutside the national top 200
#88Griffinoutside the national top 200
#63Drew#171 nationally
#93Loganoutside the national top 200
#76Liam#162 nationally
#86Lydia#160 nationally
#89Brady#159 nationally
#95Casey#163 nationally
#52Devon#119 nationally
#34Michaela#100 nationally
#70Zoe#135 nationally
#74Gavin#136 nationally

Girls

#1Emily145US #1
#2Hannah113US #5
#3Sarah106US #4
#4Taylor98US #7
#5Abigail93US #26
#6Samantha86US #6
#7Megan80US #11
#8Ashley78US #3
#9Elizabeth76US #9
#10Olivia64US #27
#11Lauren57US #14
#12Brittany56US #20
#13Courtney55US #28
#14Emma54US #36
#15Alexis53US #8
#16Jessica53US #2
#17Kayla53US #12
#18Brianna52US #17
#19Haley51US #31
#20Nicole50US #21
#21Rachel47US #13
#22Alyssa46US #15
#23Katherine46US #32
#24Brooke45US #45
#25Madison44US #10
#26Morgan44US #22
#27Julia40US #37
#28Amber38US #29
#29Allison37US #39
#30Sydney37US #35
#31Paige35US #64
#32Rebecca35US #25
#33Kaitlyn34US #41
#34Michaela34US #100
#35Alexandra33US #30
#36Erin33US #52
#37Gabrielle33US #51
#38Victoria33US #19
#39Anna32US #33
#40Autumn32US #91
#41Danielle32US #34
#42Jasmine32US #24
#43Mariah31US #67
#44Mackenzie30US #71
#45Makayla30US #102
#46Molly30US #98
#47Cassidy29US #105
#48Savannah29US #47
#49Amanda28US #16
#50Jordan28US #40
#51Mary28US #46
#52Jennifer27US #18
#53Margaret26US #110
#54Miranda24US #70
#55Cheyenne23US #68
#56Kathryn22US #86
#57Kelsey22US #57
#58Shannon22US #85
#59Sierra22US #56
#60Caitlin21US #88
#61Chelsea21US #73
#62Grace21US #69
#63Katelyn21US #63
#64Madeline21US #59
#65Sara21US #50
#66Shelby21US #43
#67Cassandra20US #81
#68Kaylee20US #107
#69Natalie20US #48
#70Zoe20US #135
#71Jenna19US #76
#72Kimberly19US #49
#73Marissa19US #60
#74Monica19US #79
#75Sabrina19US #53
#76Caroline18US #75
#77Faith18US #124
#78Kristen18US #82
#79Meghan18US #113
#80Mikayla18US #112
#81Breanna17US #74
#82Jade17US #129
#83Laura17US #66
#84Leah17US #104
#85Lindsey16US #95
#86Lydia16US #160
#87Tiffany16US #61
#88Alexandria15US #78
#89Destiny15US #42
#90Jamie15US #103
#91Katie15US #87
#92Kylie15US #116
#93Logan15
#94Christina14US #62
#95Hailey14US #80
#96Hayley14US #136
#97Heather14US #90
#98Kendra14US #153
#99Maria14US #38
#100Rachael14US #154

Boys

#1Jacob177US #2
#2Nicholas167US #6
#3Tyler160US #10
#4Matthew143US #3
#5Joshua142US #5
#6Zachary138US #13
#7Brandon115US #8
#8Michael112US #1
#9Benjamin105US #29
#10Kyle102US #24
#11Christopher100US #4
#12Ryan100US #16
#13Andrew98US #7
#14Austin95US #9
#15Dylan92US #30
#16Joseph91US #12
#17Alexander88US #22
#18Samuel83US #27
#19Justin79US #20
#20Noah74US #38
#21Nathan72US #34
#22Daniel69US #11
#23Cody68US #36
#24Caleb65US #47
#25William65US #19
#26Adam61US #39
#27Jonathan57US #21
#28David56US #14
#29Cameron55US #45
#30John55US #15
#31Ethan54US #46
#32Jordan54US #26
#33Thomas51US #31
#34Evan50US #61
#35Aaron49US #33
#36James49US #17
#37Anthony43US #18
#38Logan42US #42
#39Dakota41US #66
#40Robert41US #23
#41Patrick40US #50
#42Hunter39US #44
#43Connor38US #52
#44Dustin38US #88
#45Lucas38US #98
#46Timothy37US #43
#47Jared36US #56
#48Kevin35US #28
#49Nathaniel35US #65
#50Trevor33US #62
#51Brian31US #37
#52Devon30US #119
#53Alex28US #55
#54Devin28US #59
#55Peter28US #102
#56Christian27US #25
#57Colby27
#58Isaiah27US #60
#59Spencer27US #104
#60Charles26US #49
#61Seth26US #97
#62Cole25US #72
#63Drew25US #171
#64Isaac25US #73
#65Jason25US #41
#66Mitchell25US #96
#67Corey24US #110
#68Eric24US #35
#69Bradley23US #94
#70Luke23US #78
#71Stephen23US #68
#72Tanner23US #82
#73Taylor23US #87
#74Gavin22US #136
#75Jack22US #76
#76Liam22US #162
#77Richard22US #51
#78Sean22US #48
#79Ian21US #70
#80Jeffrey21US #84
#81Travis21US #81
#82Tristan21US #92
#83Gabriel20US #57
#84Shane20US #114
#85Steven20US #40
#86Mason19US #89
#87Dominic18US #129
#88Griffin18
#89Brady17US #159
#90Bryce17US #112
#91Dillon17US #132
#92Jeremy17US #64
#93Kenneth17US #83
#94Brendan16US #107
#95Casey16US #163
#96Derek16US #106
#97Elijah16US #74
#98Jesse16US #63
#99Mark16US #58
#100Wyatt16US #137

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑39Mary#51
↑33Devon#52
↑30Shannon#58
↑29Sydney#30
↑29Drew#63
↑28Michaela#34
↑28Noah#20
↑26Autumn#40

Falling

↓51Heather#97
↓45Derek#96
↓40Ian#79
↓39Katie#91
↓38Travis#81
↓35Jesse#98
↓32Chelsea#61
↓32Lindsey#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.