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Names of Maine

1,472,936 births across 2,319 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Maine more than Normand.

Most concentrated in Maine

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Normand 933 43.0×
Lucien 526 21.7×
Linwood 857 19.7×
Cecile 1,017 17.5×
Germaine 395 15.5×
Earle 415 14.5×
Emile 285 13.0×
Armand 633 12.8×
Maynard 522 11.2×
Claudette 659 9.4×
Carlene 401 8.7×
Avis 461 8.3×
Galen 372 7.7×
Roland 3,246 7.6×
Jeannine 699 7.5×
Georgette 309 7.5×
Marcel 497 7.2×
Alden 378 7.2×
Wilfred 731 7.0×
Carroll 1,028 6.9×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary14,640
2Elizabeth9,061
3Patricia8,688
4Linda8,654
5Barbara8,460
6Susan7,438
7Jennifer7,229
8Nancy6,659
9Margaret6,151
10Dorothy5,898
11Sarah5,767
12Lisa5,760
13Donna5,537
14Jessica5,376
15Sandra5,337

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1Robert26,761
2John22,178
3Michael21,124
4Richard19,926
5David19,667
6James19,310
7William16,137
8Joseph11,482
9Donald10,392
10Thomas10,241
11Paul10,050
12Christopher9,929
13Daniel9,829
14Charles9,761
15Matthew8,520

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.