Popular baby names in Maine, 1921

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1921 were Mary for girls (293 babies) and Robert for boys (289). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,010 babies born in Maine in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1921

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

Girls

Yvette: 18 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Juliette: 25 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Georgette: 15 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Germaine: 16 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Cecile: 43 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 46 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Avis: 24 babies, 11× the national rate
Althea: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jeannette: 45 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Arlene: 64 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Camille: 15 babies, 73.4× the national rate
Fernand: 19 babies, 68.3× the national rate
Linwood: 22 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Lucien: 15 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Rene: 15 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Emile: 15 babies, 16× the national rate
Lionel: 26 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Gerard: 40 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Reginald: 20 babies, 13× the national rate
Armand: 17 babies, 10.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	293	–	1
2	Dorothy	222	–	2
3	Margaret	166	↑1	4
4	Ruth	164	↓1	5
5	Helen	148	–	3
6	Phyllis	143	↑2	60
7	Virginia	122	↑3	6
8	Barbara	121	↓2	40
9	Frances	121	↓2	9
10	Rita	121	↑8	48
11	Pauline	109	↑4	37
12	Elizabeth	102	↓3	10
13	Marie	102	↑6	14
14	Alice	97	↓3	15
15	Florence	94	↑6	17
16	Lillian	88	↑6	19
17	Eleanor	85	↓5	29
18	Doris	83	↓2	13
19	Irene	83	↓5	18
20	Evelyn	82	↓7	12
21	Marjorie	77	↑5	16
22	Marion	76	↓2	43
23	Mildred	73	↓6	7
24	Arlene	64	↑12	>100
25	Gertrude	62	↓1	46
26	Louise	62	↓3	22
27	Hazel	56	↑3	34
28	Shirley	56	↑1	44
29	Constance	50	↑12	>100
30	Geraldine	50	↑5	62
31	Muriel	49	–	>100
32	Beatrice	48	↓5	41
33	Ethel	48	↑6	32
34	Grace	48	↑3	35
35	Edith	46	↓10	33
36	Priscilla	46	↑4	>100
37	Jeannette	45	↑5	>100
38	Lucille	45	↓4	31
39	Thelma	45	new	30
40	Laura	44	new	71
41	Cecile	43	new	>100
42	Madeline	43	new	>100
43	Norma	43	new	51
44	Esther	42	↑3	42
45	Charlotte	41	↓12	79
46	Anita	40	↓1	>100
47	Bertha	40	↑3	59
48	Catherine	40	↓20	23
49	Eva	40	new	63
50	Gladys	40	↓6	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	289	–	2
2	John	268	–	1
3	William	196	↑1	3
4	George	192	↑1	6
5	Richard	172	↑4	10
6	Charles	169	↓3	5
7	Joseph	155	↑1	7
8	Donald	151	↓1	13
9	James	142	↓3	4
10	Raymond	132	↑1	16
11	Harold	120	↑1	12
12	Edward	118	↓2	8
13	Arthur	112	–	19
14	Ralph	97	↑2	23
15	Paul	92	–	14
16	Kenneth	86	↑3	22
17	Albert	83	↓3	20
18	Philip	80	↓1	72
19	Norman	78	↑9	46
20	Roland	78	↓2	>100
21	Frank	75	–	9
22	Lawrence	75	↓2	37
23	Walter	71	↑1	15
24	Stanley	62	↑2	41
25	Thomas	61	↓2	11
26	Roger	59	↑4	99
27	Gerald	58	↑10	60
28	Ernest	56	↓3	38
29	Henry	54	↓7	17
30	Maurice	53	↑16	>100
31	Warren	53	↑10	24
32	Harry	52	↑6	21
33	Bernard	51	↑9	45
34	Francis	50	↑1	35
35	Alfred	48	↓2	43
36	Carl	44	↑4	30
37	Louis	44	new	29
38	Clarence	43	↓9	28
39	Frederick	43	–	61
40	Howard	43	↓4	27
41	Leo	42	↓14	50
42	Fred	40	↑6	33
43	Gerard	40	new	>100
44	Herbert	38	↓10	42
45	Lloyd	37	new	58
46	David	36	↓3	25
47	Everett	36	↓3	95
48	Earl	35	↓17	31
49	Eugene	35	↓17	26
50	Arnold	32	new	91

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