Popular baby names in Maine, 1922

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1922 were Mary for girls (296 babies) and Robert for boys (328). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,059 babies born in Maine in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1922

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: 31 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Therese: 19 babies, 23× the national rate
Juliette: 15 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Germaine: 18 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 63 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Madelyn: 22 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Cecile: 30 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Jeannette: 42 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Arlene: 63 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Arline: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Fernand: 23 babies, 64× the national rate
Carleton: 21 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Linwood: 34 babies, 31× the national rate
Lucien: 19 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Dana: 15 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Gerard: 49 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Rene: 15 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Earle: 19 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Lionel: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Armand: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	296	–	1
2	Dorothy	213	–	2
3	Ruth	199	↑1	5
4	Helen	161	↑1	3
5	Margaret	160	↓2	4
6	Barbara	145	↑2	40
7	Virginia	135	–	7
8	Rita	123	↑2	52
9	Elizabeth	118	↑3	9
10	Pauline	114	↑1	36
11	Frances	112	↓2	10
12	Phyllis	110	↓6	53
13	Irene	93	↑6	17
14	Doris	91	↑4	11
15	Mildred	91	↑8	8
16	Marie	89	↓3	14
17	Alice	88	↓3	15
18	Eleanor	82	↓1	28
19	Evelyn	82	↑1	13
20	Marion	80	↑2	42
21	Lillian	75	↓5	19
22	Lucille	75	↑16	33
23	Marjorie	72	↓2	16
24	Shirley	72	↑4	39
25	Florence	69	↓10	18
26	Arlene	63	↓2	>100
27	Priscilla	63	↑9	>100
28	Gertrude	59	↓3	48
29	Louise	56	↓3	22
30	Gladys	53	↑20	25
31	June	52	new	45
32	Geraldine	51	↓2	58
33	Jean	51	new	20
34	Muriel	51	↓3	>100
35	Edith	49	–	34
36	Beatrice	48	↓4	43
37	Marguerite	48	new	>100
38	Edna	47	new	29
39	Thelma	46	–	31
40	Norma	44	↑3	46
41	Bernice	43	new	41
42	Eva	43	↑7	64
43	Jeannette	42	↓6	>100
44	Madeline	42	↓2	>100
45	Anna	41	new	12
46	Anita	40	–	>100
47	Catherine	39	↑1	24
48	Hazel	39	↓21	37
49	Patricia	39	new	69
50	Annie	38	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	328	–	2
2	John	254	–	1
3	George	204	↑1	6
4	William	186	↓1	3
5	Joseph	178	↑2	7
6	Richard	176	↓1	9
7	Charles	151	↓1	5
8	Donald	137	–	12
9	James	136	–	4
10	Harold	130	↑1	13
11	Edward	118	↑1	8
12	Raymond	107	↓2	16
13	Paul	103	↑2	14
14	Arthur	101	↓1	19
15	Frank	89	↑6	10
16	Kenneth	87	–	21
17	Ralph	82	↓3	23
18	Philip	79	–	70
19	Albert	77	↓2	20
20	Roland	77	–	>100
21	Lawrence	76	↑1	36
22	Ernest	74	↑6	37
23	Walter	71	–	15
24	Norman	66	↓5	44
25	Francis	65	↑9	34
26	Roger	61	–	96
27	Leo	55	↑14	51
28	Clarence	54	↑10	29
29	Frederick	51	↑10	60
30	Herbert	51	↑14	40
31	Thomas	50	↓6	11
32	Gerard	49	↑11	>100
33	Maurice	49	↓3	>100
34	Bernard	48	↓1	46
35	Earl	48	↑13	31
36	Everett	47	↑11	98
37	Gerald	47	↓10	58
38	Howard	47	↑2	26
39	Russell	44	new	49
40	Carl	43	↓4	30
41	Harry	42	↓9	22
42	Stanley	42	↓18	41
43	Eugene	41	↑6	25
44	Henry	40	↓15	17
45	Wallace	37	new	87
46	David	36	–	24
47	Fred	36	↓5	33
48	Louis	36	↓11	27
49	Linwood	34	new	>100
50	Arnold	31	–	94

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