Popular baby names in Maine, 1911

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1911 were Dorothy for girls (83 babies) and John for boys (70). Dorothy ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 3,700 babies born in Maine in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1911

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

Girls

Arlene: 18 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Phyllis: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Olive: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Doris: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marion: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Barbara: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marjorie: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marguerite: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eva: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eleanor: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Donald: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Philip: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Norman: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Kenneth: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arthur: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ralph: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Lawrence: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Albert: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ernest: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Dorothy	83	↑2	4
2	Mary	83	↓1	1
3	Helen	74	↓1	2
4	Ruth	69	–	5
5	Evelyn	59	↑4	16
6	Elizabeth	56	↑1	7
7	Margaret	52	↓2	3
8	Alice	49	↓2	11
9	Mildred	46	↑3	8
10	Frances	45	↑5	10
11	Florence	43	–	12
12	Doris	42	↓4	56
13	Irene	42	↓3	21
14	Gladys	41	↑21	18
15	Lillian	40	↑6	13
16	Marion	40	↓3	58
17	Louise	39	↑5	19
18	Eva	32	↓2	46
19	Eleanor	30	↑5	49
20	Ethel	30	↓2	15
21	Gertrude	30	↓2	30
22	Pauline	30	↑4	38
23	Marjorie	29	new	59
24	Marie	28	↓7	9
25	Beatrice	26	↓11	37
26	Hazel	26	↓6	25
27	Thelma	26	↑5	27
28	Virginia	24	↓5	26
29	Anna	23	↑19	6
30	Grace	23	↑9	23
31	Olive	22	new	>100
32	Josephine	21	new	29
33	Bertha	20	↓6	36
34	Bernice	19	↑15	51
35	Edith	19	↓6	31
36	Martha	19	new	28
37	Phyllis	19	↓6	>100
38	Arlene	18	new	>100
39	Clara	18	new	33
40	Esther	18	new	34
41	Marguerite	18	↓7	87
42	Annie	17	↑1	24
43	Barbara	17	↑1	>100
44	Edna	17	↓11	17
45	Rose	17	↓7	14
46	Leona	15	↓9	76
47	Catherine	14	↓2	20
48	Viola	14	new	47
49	Jeanne	13	new	>100
50	Myrtle	13	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	70	–	1
2	Joseph	58	↑1	6
3	George	52	↓1	4
4	Arthur	50	↑5	18
5	William	49	↓1	2
6	James	42	↑4	3
7	Charles	38	↓2	7
8	Robert	37	↑4	5
9	Albert	36	↓2	15
10	Donald	34	↑7	36
11	Edward	34	↓3	9
12	Ralph	31	↑3	24
13	Harold	30	↓7	16
14	Harry	27	↑15	13
15	Henry	26	↑23	11
16	Kenneth	26	↑6	40
17	Walter	26	↑7	12
18	Paul	22	↑7	17
19	Thomas	22	new	10
20	Lawrence	21	↑10	37
21	Raymond	21	↓10	19
22	Fred	20	↑10	22
23	Frank	19	↓9	8
24	Ernest	18	↓3	32
25	Norman	17	↑10	63
26	Clarence	16	↓13	23
27	Louis	16	new	21
28	Philip	16	↓2	69
29	Herbert	15	↑15	41
30	Roland	15	↓3	>100
31	Frederick	14	↑19	52
32	Howard	14	↓13	28
33	Alfred	13	↓2	39
34	Earl	13	new	34
35	Gerald	13	↓2	88
36	Leo	13	↓20	51
37	Stanley	13	↓17	44
38	Lewis	12	new	66
39	Elmer	11	↑4	48
40	Leon	11	new	77
41	Linwood	11	new	>100
42	Richard	11	↓19	20
43	Roy	11	↑2	31
44	Clayton	10	new	>100
45	Clifford	9	↑2	62
46	David	9	↓4	27
47	Leonard	9	new	46
48	Chester	8	new	58
49	Edwin	8	↓1	60
50	Eugene	8	new	43

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