Popular baby names in Maine, 1912

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1912 were Mary for girls (131 babies) and John for boys (117). Social Security records list 5,193 babies born in Maine in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1912

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

Girls

Cecile: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Arlene: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Phyllis: 36 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Madeline: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Doris: 77 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Muriel: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kathleen: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marion: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marguerite: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barbara: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maurice: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leon: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Donald: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenneth: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Frederick: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gerald: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lawrence: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leo: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Philip: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	131	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	129	↓1	3
3	Helen	99	–	2
4	Ruth	94	–	5
5	Margaret	82	↑2	4
6	Doris	77	↑6	48
7	Evelyn	69	↓2	13
8	Alice	65	–	11
9	Florence	55	↑2	12
10	Frances	55	–	9
11	Elizabeth	48	↓5	8
12	Irene	46	↑1	22
13	Marie	46	↑11	10
14	Mildred	44	↓5	6
15	Lillian	42	–	14
16	Marion	42	–	55
17	Louise	40	–	17
18	Eleanor	39	↑1	39
19	Hazel	39	↑7	25
20	Marjorie	39	↑3	56
21	Pauline	36	↑1	38
22	Phyllis	36	↑15	>100
23	Gertrude	35	↓2	30
24	Grace	31	↑6	24
25	Thelma	31	↑2	26
26	Eva	30	↓8	49
27	Gladys	30	↓13	19
28	Madeline	30	new	>100
29	Beatrice	29	↓4	37
30	Bertha	29	↑3	36
31	Edna	29	↑13	16
32	Edith	28	↑3	31
33	Marguerite	27	↑8	79
34	Anna	26	↓5	7
35	Ethel	26	↓15	18
36	Catherine	24	↑11	21
37	Rose	24	↑8	15
38	Virginia	24	↓10	20
39	Myrtle	23	↑11	50
40	Josephine	22	↓8	28
41	Annie	21	↑1	27
42	Barbara	20	↑1	>100
43	Blanche	20	new	75
44	Elsie	20	new	42
45	Ida	20	new	45
46	Laura	20	new	57
47	Arlene	19	↓9	>100
48	Katherine	18	new	53
49	Kathleen	18	new	>100
50	Muriel	18	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	117	–	1
2	George	84	↑1	6
3	William	81	↑2	2
4	Charles	80	↑3	7
5	Robert	71	↑3	4
6	James	57	–	3
7	Joseph	55	↓5	5
8	Arthur	47	↓4	15
9	Edward	47	↑2	8
10	Donald	46	–	27
11	Harold	44	↑2	13
12	Ralph	44	–	23
13	Raymond	42	↑8	18
14	Kenneth	41	↑2	33
15	Frank	39	↑8	9
16	Lawrence	38	↑4	38
17	Albert	33	↓8	17
18	Louis	30	↑9	20
19	Richard	30	↑23	19
20	Walter	29	↓3	11
21	Thomas	27	↓2	10
22	Henry	26	↓7	12
23	Maurice	26	new	95
24	Frederick	25	↑7	51
25	Harry	25	↓11	16
26	Howard	25	↑6	25
27	Leo	25	↑9	49
28	Paul	25	↓10	14
29	Ernest	24	↓5	32
30	Herbert	23	↓1	39
31	Clarence	22	↓5	21
32	Fred	22	↓10	26
33	Roland	20	↓3	>100
34	David	19	↑12	29
35	Norman	19	↓10	61
36	Philip	19	↓8	69
37	Alfred	18	↓4	40
38	Lewis	18	–	68
39	Stanley	18	↓2	43
40	Eugene	17	↑10	41
41	Leon	17	↓1	79
42	Francis	16	new	35
43	Bernard	15	new	60
44	Gerald	15	↓9	87
45	Carl	14	new	24
46	Elmer	14	↓7	47
47	Leonard	14	–	45
48	Everett	13	new	96
49	Gordon	13	new	93
50	Woodrow	13	new	46

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