Popular baby names in Maine, 1910

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1910 were Mary for girls (92 babies) and John for boys (42). Social Security records list 2,471 babies born in Maine in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Maine that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Phyllis: 19 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jeannette: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Madeline: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Doris: 41 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Marion: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hilda: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marguerite: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Blanche: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eva: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leona: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Leo: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Harold: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ralph: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arthur: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Raymond: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Clarence: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Albert: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	92	1
2	Helen	60	2
3	Dorothy	55	4
4	Ruth	51	5
5	Margaret	49	3
6	Alice	44	10
7	Elizabeth	44	7
8	Doris	41	64
9	Evelyn	36	17
10	Irene	36	21
11	Florence	35	12
12	Mildred	33	8
13	Marion	32	59
14	Beatrice	29	36
15	Frances	29	11
16	Eva	28	45
17	Marie	28	9
18	Ethel	27	13
19	Gertrude	26	26
20	Hazel	26	24
21	Lillian	26	14
22	Louise	25	20
23	Virginia	24	29
24	Eleanor	21	55
25	Katherine	21	57
26	Pauline	21	42
27	Bertha	20	33
28	Blanche	20	74
29	Edith	20	35
30	Laura	19	53
31	Phyllis	19	>100
32	Thelma	19	25
33	Edna	18	18
34	Marguerite	18	84
35	Gladys	17	15
36	Madeline	17	>100
37	Leona	16	79
38	Rose	16	16
39	Grace	15	23
40	Hilda	15	>100
41	Jeannette	15	>100
42	Mabel	15	46
43	Annie	13	19
44	Barbara	13	>100
45	Catherine	13	22
46	Ruby	13	27
47	Vivian	13	>100
48	Anna	12	6
49	Bernice	12	58
50	Elsie	12	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	42	1
2	George	36	5
3	Joseph	31	6
4	William	29	3
5	Charles	26	7
6	Harold	26	18
7	Albert	21	14
8	Edward	21	9
9	Arthur	20	17
10	James	20	2
11	Raymond	18	19
12	Robert	18	4
13	Clarence	17	20
14	Frank	17	8
15	Ralph	16	28
16	Leo	15	51
17	Donald	12	44
18	Francis	12	36
19	Howard	12	27
20	Stanley	12	47
21	Ernest	11	31
22	Kenneth	11	43
23	Richard	11	21
24	Walter	11	13
25	Paul	10	15
26	Philip	10	83
27	Roland	10	>100
28	Carl	9	26
29	Harry	9	16
30	Lawrence	9	35
31	Alfred	8	38
32	Fred	8	22
33	Gerald	8	>100
34	Lloyd	8	67
35	Norman	8	63
36	Cecil	7	77
37	Everett	7	88
38	Henry	7	10
39	Maurice	7	>100
40	Carroll	6	>100
41	Daniel	6	53
42	David	6	30
43	Elmer	6	48
44	Herbert	6	41
45	Roy	6	29
46	Antonio	5	>100
47	Clifford	5	66
48	Edwin	5	71
49	Emile	5	>100
50	Frederick	5	69

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