Popular baby names in Maine, 1943

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1943 were Linda for girls (298 babies) and Robert for boys (543). Linda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,725 babies born in Maine in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1943

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: 24 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Cecile: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Claudette: 31 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Carlene: 19 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Claire: 40 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rena: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Pauline: 80 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Constance: 67 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 27 babies, 46.2× the national rate
Dana: 29 babies, 27.7× the national rate
Linwood: 19 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Wilfred: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Roland: 64 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Conrad: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Maurice: 44 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Gerard: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Reginald: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carroll: 28 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Linda	298	↑3	4
2	Mary	245	↓1	1
3	Sandra	244	–	6
4	Patricia	240	↓2	3
5	Nancy	239	–	9
6	Judith	224	–	7
7	Sharon	195	↑3	8
8	Donna	193	–	17
9	Barbara	183	↓2	2
10	Carol	161	↓1	5
11	Joan	115	–	21
12	Gloria	100	–	30
13	Elizabeth	99	↑11	23
14	Joyce	95	–	16
15	Margaret	95	–	14
16	Carolyn	91	↓3	11
17	Betty	86	↑1	10
18	Pauline	80	↑15	>100
19	Beverly	77	–	32
20	Susan	77	↑11	18
21	Shirley	75	↓5	12
22	Diane	73	↑6	24
23	Janet	73	↑3	20
24	Jane	70	↑15	44
25	Janice	70	–	26
26	Jean	70	↓5	36
27	Lorraine	70	–	94
28	Joanne	68	↑9	49
29	Constance	67	↑12	>100
30	Ann	66	↓1	37
31	Elaine	66	↓8	46
32	Marie	66	↓15	45
33	Sally	66	↑1	57
34	Dorothy	65	↓14	19
35	Jacqueline	65	↓3	65
36	Kathleen	64	new	22
37	Virginia	64	new	25
38	Brenda	61	↓16	35
39	Pamela	60	new	54
40	Helen	59	↑7	28
41	Sheila	58	↑7	92
42	Marilyn	57	↓12	27
43	Karen	56	new	15
44	Ruth	56	↓4	33
45	Bonnie	54	↓1	34
46	Carole	52	↓11	42
47	Martha	51	new	29
48	Rita	51	↓2	52
49	Theresa	51	new	100
50	Alice	50	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	543	–	2
2	Richard	443	–	5
3	John	361	–	3
4	James	323	↑1	1
5	David	316	↓1	6
6	William	245	–	4
7	Ronald	240	–	9
8	Paul	186	↑1	19
9	Donald	175	↓1	11
10	Charles	160	–	7
11	Roger	160	↑3	24
12	George	149	↓1	14
13	Thomas	138	↓1	8
14	Michael	131	↑7	10
15	Peter	130	↑2	39
16	Raymond	121	↓3	22
17	Joseph	115	↑2	13
18	Kenneth	106	↓3	15
19	Gary	100	↑7	16
20	Edward	99	↓2	18
21	Stephen	97	↑2	29
22	Gerald	87	↓6	23
23	Bruce	84	↑6	51
24	Dennis	80	↑6	20
25	Wayne	78	↓3	41
26	Lawrence	77	↓6	32
27	Arthur	75	↓3	30
28	Philip	73	↓1	57
29	Norman	71	↑6	56
30	Daniel	69	↑1	25
31	Roland	64	↑6	>100
32	Harold	62	↑6	27
33	Frederick	61	–	70
34	Albert	57	↑5	43
35	Eugene	55	↑1	47
36	Larry	54	↓8	12
37	Douglas	49	↓12	28
38	Ralph	47	↓4	40
39	Brian	46	↑8	>100
40	Francis	46	↑2	64
41	Maurice	44	↑3	>100
42	Stanley	44	↑1	54
43	Frank	43	↓3	21
44	Gordon	42	new	98
45	Clifford	41	new	94
46	Walter	41	↓14	26
47	Ernest	40	↓6	61
48	Rodney	40	↓2	>100
49	Carl	38	–	33
50	Leo	36	–	>100

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