State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,314 Maine births in 1998 across 446 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#62Colbyoutside the national top 200
#76Sadieoutside the national top 200
#84Natashaoutside the national top 200
#69Owen#179 nationally
#92Dakotaoutside the national top 200
#94Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#85Adrianna#191 nationally
#95Curtisoutside the national top 200
#91Abby#194 nationally
#99Brandenoutside the national top 200
#95Isabelle#196 nationally
#100Delaneyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emily138US #1
#2Hannah106US #2
#3Sarah100US #4
#4Emma93US #22
#5Taylor86US #7
#6Ashley85US #5
#7Samantha83US #3
#8Abigail78US #18
#9Elizabeth75US #10
#10Alexis73US #6
#11Madison67US #9
#12Jessica66US #8
#13Morgan64US #23
#14Olivia63US #21
#15Kayla57US #12
#16Megan56US #13
#17Rachel54US #15
#18Alyssa49US #11
#19Brooke47US #46
#20Lauren47US #14
#21Courtney46US #39
#22Katherine46US #33
#23Mackenzie45US #64
#24Julia44US #32
#25Kaitlyn43US #35
#26Brianna42US #17
#27Haley41US #36
#28Mariah41US #62
#29Nicole41US #24
#30Brittany40US #25
#31Paige38US #63
#32Victoria37US #16
#33Amber35US #37
#34Makayla35US #71
#35Grace34US #53
#36Allison33US #38
#37Erin33US #57
#38Jenna33US #65
#39Kaylee33US #86
#40Amanda32US #19
#41Anna32US #31
#42Sophia32US #73
#43Sydney32US #28
#44Sara31US #48
#45Sierra31US #51
#46Danielle30US #41
#47Katelyn30US #58
#48Madeline30US #50
#49Mikayla30US #82
#50Rebecca30US #30
#51Gabrielle29US #47
#52Kelsey29US #56
#53Autumn27US #77
#54Cassandra27US #85
#55Miranda27US #80
#56Natalie27US #40
#57Shelby27US #49
#58Jennifer26US #20
#59Michaela26US #103
#60Chelsea25US #94
#61Chloe24US #87
#62Meghan24US #121
#63Caitlin23US #78
#64Alexandra22US #27
#65Bailey22US #60
#66Jasmine22US #26
#67Jordan22US #42
#68Caroline21US #75
#69Jamie21US #112
#70Kathryn21US #89
#71Caitlyn20US #115
#72Cassidy20US #113
#73Lindsey20US #97
#74Mary20US #44
#75Molly20US #108
#76Sadie20
#77Zoe20US #122
#78Lydia19US #153
#79Kristen18US #102
#80Kendra17US #154
#81Kylie17US #117
#82Laura17US #74
#83Margaret17US #114
#84Natasha17
#85Adrianna16US #191
#86Casey16US #150
#87Cheyenne16US #72
#88Hailey16US #70
#89Kimberly16US #54
#90Marissa16US #66
#91Abby15US #194
#92Dakota15
#93Savannah15US #45
#94Amelia14
#95Isabelle14US #196
#96Lily14US #169
#97Michelle14US #55
#98Stephanie14US #29
#99Bethany13US #132
#100Delaney13

Boys

#1Jacob211US #2
#2Nicholas147US #6
#3Tyler144US #8
#4Matthew124US #3
#5Joshua121US #4
#6Michael119US #1
#7Zachary113US #16
#8Noah106US #29
#9Benjamin103US #30
#10Alexander99US #22
#11Ryan97US #17
#12Austin95US #10
#13Brandon94US #7
#14Kyle90US #24
#15Christopher86US #5
#16Samuel84US #28
#17Cameron83US #35
#18Joseph79US #11
#19Andrew76US #9
#20Dylan74US #25
#21Nathan72US #34
#22William70US #14
#23Caleb69US #42
#24Hunter65US #36
#25Thomas63US #31
#26Cody62US #43
#27John60US #15
#28Justin55US #20
#29Connor54US #47
#30James54US #18
#31Daniel53US #12
#32Devin53US #62
#33Nathaniel53US #60
#34Robert52US #23
#35Jonathan49US #21
#36Jordan49US #27
#37Ethan47US #38
#38Adam46US #45
#39David46US #13
#40Logan46US #44
#41Alex42US #55
#42Evan39US #63
#43Isaac39US #65
#44Anthony38US #19
#45Patrick37US #57
#46Jared36US #51
#47Christian35US #26
#48Dakota34US #72
#49Ian34US #73
#50Spencer34US #84
#51Timothy33US #49
#52Jason31US #40
#53Richard31US #56
#54Trevor31US #58
#55Riley30US #128
#56Devon29US #119
#57Gavin28US #116
#58Kevin28US #32
#59Eric27US #39
#60Lucas27US #93
#61Aaron25US #37
#62Colby25
#63Dustin25US #108
#64Jesse25US #70
#65Peter25US #111
#66Tristan25US #92
#67Garrett24US #80
#68Jack24US #61
#69Owen24US #179
#70Sean24US #50
#71Chase23US #67
#72Seth23US #86
#73Stephen23US #78
#74Bradley21US #101
#75Bryce21US #94
#76Elijah21US #66
#77Gabriel21US #54
#78Jeremy21US #68
#79Luke21US #75
#80Wyatt21US #137
#81Cole20US #77
#82Derek20US #110
#83Kaleb20US #156
#84Travis20US #98
#85Charles19US #48
#86Isaiah19US #59
#87Maxwell19US #136
#88Steven19US #46
#89Brian18US #41
#90Corey18US #115
#91Dalton18US #88
#92Mark18US #64
#93Taylor18US #104
#94Chad17US #186
#95Curtis17
#96Gage17US #169
#97Parker17US #142
#98Alec16US #112
#99Branden16
#100Colin16US #122

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑34Jesse#64
↑33Jenna#38
↑31Mikayla#49
↑30Ian#49
↑29Kaylee#39
↑27Grace#35
↑24Richard#53
↑22Devin#32

Falling

↓45Savannah#93
↓38Brian#89
↓32Cheyenne#87
↓30Margaret#83
↓29Alexandra#64
↓29Molly#75
↓28Isaiah#86
↓26Aaron#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.