Popular baby names in Maine, 1923

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1923 were Mary for girls (257 babies) and Robert for boys (330). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,870 babies born in Maine in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1923

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

Girls

Fernande: 17 babies, 93.1× the national rate
Yvette: 36 babies, 43.1× the national rate
Juliette: 19 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Germaine: 17 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Therese: 21 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Althea: 23 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Georgette: 18 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Cecile: 38 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 47 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jeannette: 61 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Boys

Fernand: 21 babies, 50.9× the national rate
Lucien: 24 babies, 26.9× the national rate
Dana: 16 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Marcel: 21 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Reginald: 28 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Rene: 16 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Armand: 27 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Gerard: 38 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Earle: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Lionel: 19 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	257	–	1
2	Dorothy	184	–	2
3	Ruth	166	–	6
4	Barbara	155	↑2	33
5	Margaret	146	–	4
6	Helen	143	↓2	3
7	Frances	121	↑4	10
8	Virginia	119	↓1	7
9	Marie	116	↑7	14
10	Elizabeth	111	↓1	9
11	Phyllis	103	↑1	45
12	Doris	98	↑2	11
13	Pauline	93	↓3	37
14	Marjorie	88	↑9	16
15	Alice	87	↑2	15
16	Rita	87	↓8	50
17	Florence	82	↑8	18
18	Shirley	82	↑6	26
19	Evelyn	81	–	12
20	Marion	81	–	44
21	Irene	80	↓8	17
22	Eleanor	78	↓4	28
23	Lucille	77	↓1	35
24	Gloria	64	new	48
25	Arlene	63	↑1	>100
26	Lillian	63	↓5	20
27	Jeannette	61	↑16	>100
28	Louise	61	↑1	22
29	Muriel	60	↑5	>100
30	Mildred	59	↓15	8
31	Theresa	57	new	>100
32	Geraldine	53	–	58
33	Charlotte	52	new	77
34	Gertrude	50	↓6	59
35	Thelma	50	↑4	31
36	Madeline	48	↑8	>100
37	Marguerite	48	–	>100
38	Priscilla	47	↓11	>100
39	Constance	46	new	>100
40	Beatrice	45	↓4	46
41	Anna	44	↑4	13
42	Anita	43	↑4	>100
43	Edith	43	↓8	36
44	Grace	43	new	39
45	Gladys	42	↓15	29
46	Lorraine	42	new	57
47	Hazel	41	↑1	40
48	Kathleen	40	new	70
49	Norma	40	↓9	41
50	Patricia	39	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	330	–	2
2	John	288	–	1
3	George	205	–	6
4	William	201	–	3
5	Richard	181	↑1	9
6	James	162	↑3	4
7	Joseph	156	↓2	7
8	Donald	143	–	10
9	Charles	140	↓2	5
10	Harold	133	–	13
11	Edward	114	–	8
12	Paul	107	↑1	14
13	Arthur	104	↑1	19
14	Raymond	98	↓2	15
15	Kenneth	93	↑1	21
16	Roland	86	↑4	>100
17	Lawrence	81	↑4	36
18	Philip	81	–	70
19	Henry	77	↑25	18
20	Ralph	77	↓3	23
21	Albert	74	↓2	20
22	Leo	69	↑5	49
23	Francis	68	↑2	34
24	Frank	67	↓9	11
25	Norman	66	↓1	44
26	Walter	62	↓3	16
27	Roger	58	↓1	95
28	Ernest	57	↓6	38
29	Alfred	53	new	42
30	Harry	53	↑11	22
31	Frederick	52	↓2	60
32	Clarence	51	↓4	29
33	Eugene	51	↑10	25
34	Thomas	51	↓3	12
35	Gerald	49	↑2	54
36	Bernard	47	↓2	46
37	Herbert	45	↓7	40
38	Stanley	45	↑4	41
39	Maurice	44	↓6	>100
40	Earl	41	↓5	31
41	Louis	41	↑7	27
42	Gerard	38	↓10	>100
43	Everett	37	↓7	99
44	Carl	36	↓4	28
45	Fred	36	↑2	33
46	David	35	–	24
47	Warren	35	new	43
48	Wilfred	34	new	>100
49	Leon	33	new	77
50	Howard	32	↓12	26

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