State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,006 Maine births in 2000 across 458 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

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

#63Colbyoutside the national top 200
#84Eliseoutside the national top 200
#88Cooperoutside the national top 200
#92Baileyoutside the national top 200
#96Loganoutside the national top 200
#63Sophie#160 nationally
#93Kendra#187 nationally
#53Isabelle#144 nationally
#94Lindsay#179 nationally
#99Nolan#182 nationally
#64Owen#145 nationally
#60Meghan#134 nationally

Girls

#1Emily123US #1
#2Hannah113US #2
#3Abigail102US #14
#4Samantha91US #7
#5Emma90US #17
#6Sarah82US #5
#7Alexis78US #6
#8Madison77US #3
#9Olivia77US #16
#10Grace75US #19
#11Lauren64US #11
#12Ashley61US #4
#13Elizabeth61US #9
#14Morgan59US #25
#15Taylor58US #10
#16Megan53US #18
#17Sydney52US #23
#18Julia50US #29
#19Brianna47US #15
#20Haley47US #28
#21Anna46US #22
#22Kayla46US #13
#23Mackenzie46US #43
#24Kaitlyn42US #30
#25Hailey41US #35
#26Sierra40US #53
#27Victoria39US #20
#28Makayla38US #67
#29Alyssa37US #12
#30Brooke36US #51
#31Gabrielle36US #49
#32Rebecca36US #39
#33Sophia36US #42
#34Jessica35US #8
#35Katherine35US #33
#36Rachel35US #21
#37Cassidy34US #107
#38Molly34US #96
#39Amber30US #47
#40Kaylee30US #72
#41Jasmine29US #27
#42Katelyn29US #54
#43Chloe27US #38
#44Autumn26US #77
#45Mariah26US #75
#46Courtney25US #59
#47Erin25US #61
#48Isabella25US #45
#49Jordan25US #50
#50Nicole25US #31
#51Amanda24US #32
#52Cassandra24US #100
#53Isabelle24US #144
#54Jillian24US #120
#55Alexandra23US #36
#56Bailey23US #68
#57Leah23US #97
#58Mikayla23US #108
#59Madeline22US #56
#60Meghan22US #134
#61Natalie22US #34
#62Paige22US #69
#63Sophie22US #160
#64Arianna21US #128
#65Brittany21US #60
#66Destiny21US #24
#67Jenna21US #63
#68Lily21US #124
#69Marissa21US #78
#70Zoe21US #82
#71Danielle20US #48
#72Faith20US #66
#73Savannah20US #37
#74Caroline19US #65
#75Lydia19US #147
#76Sara18US #57
#77Hayley17US #149
#78Miranda17US #112
#79Catherine16US #81
#80Allison15US #44
#81Breanna15US #80
#82Caitlin15US #76
#83Caitlyn15US #118
#84Elise15
#85Kathryn15US #89
#86Mckenzie15US #133
#87Alexandria14US #91
#88Cheyenne14US #99
#89Hope14US #146
#90Jade14US #116
#91Katie14US #95
#92Kelsey14US #88
#93Kendra14US #187
#94Lindsay14US #179
#95Lindsey14US #103
#96Logan14
#97Mary14US #46
#98Michaela14US #154
#99Brittney13US #148
#100Chelsea13US #140

Boys

#1Jacob166US #1
#2Nicholas130US #6
#3Joshua114US #4
#4Tyler111US #10
#5Matthew108US #3
#6Andrew107US #7
#7Zachary107US #15
#8Hunter101US #35
#9Benjamin96US #26
#10Michael96US #2
#11Noah93US #27
#12Cameron91US #31
#13Ethan90US #25
#14Alexander89US #20
#15Samuel89US #28
#16Ryan84US #13
#17Kyle75US #37
#18Joseph74US #8
#19Dylan73US #24
#20Caleb70US #38
#21Brandon69US #12
#22Christopher62US #5
#23Austin60US #23
#24Nathan58US #30
#25William58US #11
#26Cody54US #60
#27David54US #16
#28Isaac54US #53
#29John53US #14
#30Evan52US #55
#31James50US #18
#32Justin50US #19
#33Logan48US #40
#34Daniel47US #9
#35Thomas47US #33
#36Connor45US #50
#37Jack45US #46
#38Anthony44US #17
#39Robert44US #29
#40Adam43US #45
#41Jonathan42US #21
#42Garrett38US #74
#43Jared37US #56
#44Dakota36US #88
#45Aaron35US #41
#46Christian35US #22
#47Ian35US #73
#48Isaiah35US #47
#49Jordan33US #36
#50Cole32US #71
#51Elijah32US #52
#52Seth32US #63
#53Wyatt32US #110
#54Gabriel31US #44
#55Nathaniel31US #61
#56Patrick31US #68
#57Trevor31US #75
#58Alex29US #62
#59Eric28US #42
#60Lucas28US #83
#61Gavin27US #85
#62Parker27US #127
#63Colby26
#64Owen26US #145
#65Devin25US #69
#66Jason25US #39
#67Luke25US #59
#68Richard25US #65
#69Stephen25US #95
#70Timothy25US #58
#71Sean24US #57
#72Shawn24US #135
#73Spencer24US #98
#74Bryce23US #92
#75Riley23US #109
#76Charles22US #51
#77Dustin22US #148
#78Jackson22US #72
#79Liam22US #140
#80Kaleb21US #141
#81Mason21US #64
#82Peter21US #125
#83Travis21US #115
#84Tristan21US #105
#85Derek20US #121
#86Kevin20US #32
#87Devon19US #133
#88Cooper18
#89Henry18US #126
#90Steven18US #54
#91Aidan17US #114
#92Bailey17
#93Bradley17US #131
#94Brian17US #43
#95Chase17US #77
#96Dominic17US #118
#97Mark17US #79
#98Maxwell17US #113
#99Nolan17US #182
#100Dawson16US #168

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑37Sophia#33
↑36Sophie#63
↑35Chloe#43
↑33Hailey#25
↑33Christian#46
↑31Leah#57
↑29Marissa#69
↑29Elijah#51

Falling

↓50Michaela#98
↓45Kelsey#92
↓43Allison#80
↓35Paige#62
↓34Caitlyn#83
↓33Danielle#71
↓33Brian#94
↓33Maxwell#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.