Popular baby names in Maine, 1940

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1940 were Patricia for girls (240 babies) and Robert for boys (441). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,543 babies born in Maine in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1940

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

Girls

Jeannine: 23 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Claudette: 38 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Cecile: 20 babies, 12× the national rate
Carlene: 17 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Constance: 70 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Priscilla: 58 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 75 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Pauline: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jeannette: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Claire: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Perley: 15 babies, 104.7× the national rate
Bertrand: 20 babies, 62.6× the national rate
Normand: 16 babies, 31.2× the national rate
Dana: 18 babies, 23× the national rate
Reginald: 35 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Maynard: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Lionel: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Roland: 64 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Gerard: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Maurice: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Patricia	240	–	3
2	Mary	223	–	1
3	Sandra	198	↑2	10
4	Judith	182	↓1	4
5	Nancy	153	↑1	7
6	Barbara	151	↓2	2
7	Linda	120	↑14	8
8	Carol	108	↑3	6
9	Joan	108	↓1	14
10	Joyce	105	–	13
11	Beverly	103	↑4	27
12	Donna	93	↓5	23
13	Janice	87	↑1	22
14	Betty	82	↓2	5
15	Dorothy	82	↑10	12
16	Gloria	82	↑10	30
17	Elizabeth	80	–	20
18	Shirley	76	↓9	9
19	Lorraine	75	↑1	95
20	Jacqueline	72	↓1	76
21	Marie	71	↑3	41
22	Carolyn	70	↑1	15
23	Constance	70	↑9	>100
24	Jean	70	↓8	29
25	Marilyn	68	↓7	25
26	Jane	65	↑2	47
27	Pauline	59	–	>100
28	Ruth	59	↑1	24
29	Priscilla	58	new	>100
30	Doris	54	↑1	31
31	Margaret	54	↓18	11
32	Janet	53	↑7	19
33	Elaine	51	↑1	50
34	Brenda	48	new	42
35	Sally	47	↑5	61
36	Norma	46	↓6	43
37	Sylvia	45	↑1	62
38	Joanne	44	↓3	54
39	Phyllis	44	↓3	33
40	Rita	44	↓3	70
41	Alice	43	↑9	32
42	Ann	43	↓9	35
43	Helen	43	↓21	18
44	Gail	41	↑1	65
45	Diane	40	new	45
46	Claudette	38	↑3	>100
47	Cynthia	38	new	>100
48	Roberta	38	new	71
49	Louise	37	↓5	59
50	Frances	36	↓7	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	441	↑1	2
2	Richard	388	↓1	5
3	John	285	–	3
4	David	258	–	7
5	James	206	↑1	1
6	William	179	↓1	4
7	Donald	177	–	9
8	Ronald	139	–	10
9	George	137	↑3	11
10	Paul	134	↓1	17
11	Charles	126	–	6
12	Roger	112	↓2	26
13	Joseph	100	↑7	12
14	Kenneth	89	↑1	15
15	Thomas	84	↓1	8
16	Peter	82	–	43
17	Gerald	79	–	21
18	Edward	78	–	16
19	Wayne	78	–	39
20	Raymond	77	↓7	22
21	Arthur	66	–	33
22	Norman	65	↑5	48
23	Gary	64	↑1	19
24	Roland	64	↓2	>100
25	Philip	60	–	60
26	Lawrence	59	↑2	36
27	Albert	56	↑4	41
28	Ralph	56	↓2	37
29	Harold	55	↑3	23
30	Michael	53	↓7	18
31	Daniel	49	↑6	34
32	Larry	49	new	13
33	Carl	48	↑8	32
34	Dennis	47	↑12	24
35	Bruce	46	↓6	55
36	Eugene	46	↓1	38
37	Frank	46	↓3	20
38	Stephen	46	↑1	49
39	Walter	42	↓6	25
40	Dale	40	↓4	57
41	Frederick	40	↓11	68
42	Reginald	35	new	>100
43	Stanley	35	new	59
44	Bernard	33	↑1	82
45	Maurice	33	↓2	>100
46	Douglas	31	new	56
47	Henry	31	–	31
48	Keith	31	new	>100
49	Francis	30	↓9	61
50	Alfred	28	↓12	69

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