Popular baby names in Maine, 1944

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1944 were Linda for girls (258 babies) and Robert for boys (456). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,919 babies born in Maine in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1944

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

Girls

Claudette: 39 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Jeannine: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Carlene: 15 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jeannette: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Claire: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Muriel: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rachel: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Pauline: 60 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Constance: 62 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 31 babies, 43.5× the national rate
Jean: 18 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Linwood: 18 babies, 15× the national rate
Dana: 19 babies, 13× the national rate
Maurice: 54 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Gerard: 38 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Carroll: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Reginald: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roland: 48 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Malcolm: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Linda	258	–	3
2	Patricia	251	↑2	4
3	Sandra	231	–	6
4	Mary	223	↓2	1
5	Nancy	218	–	7
6	Judith	209	–	9
7	Sharon	205	–	8
8	Carol	182	↑2	5
9	Donna	178	↓1	17
10	Barbara	174	↓1	2
11	Joan	108	–	22
12	Susan	104	↑8	13
13	Joyce	100	↑1	18
14	Margaret	98	↑1	14
15	Gloria	91	↓3	25
16	Pamela	89	↑23	44
17	Shirley	85	↑4	15
18	Brenda	77	↑20	30
19	Diane	75	↑3	24
20	Elizabeth	75	↓7	23
21	Jean	75	↑5	37
22	Carolyn	71	↓6	11
23	Betty	70	↓6	10
24	Janice	67	↑1	28
25	Elaine	66	↑6	46
26	Bonnie	65	↑19	34
27	Marie	65	↑5	48
28	Beverly	64	↓9	35
29	Ann	63	↑1	39
30	Constance	62	↓1	>100
31	Kathleen	62	↑5	20
32	Judy	61	new	12
33	Marilyn	61	↑9	27
34	Janet	60	↓11	21
35	Pauline	60	↓17	>100
36	Cheryl	59	new	36
37	Carole	58	↑9	43
38	Dorothy	58	↓4	19
39	Ruth	57	↑5	32
40	Jacqueline	56	↓5	64
41	Martha	55	↑6	29
42	Helen	51	↓2	31
43	Jane	51	↓19	41
44	Rita	49	↑4	54
45	Virginia	49	↓8	26
46	Gail	48	new	56
47	Priscilla	43	new	>100
48	Lorraine	42	↓21	93
49	Joanne	41	↓21	55
50	Karen	41	↓7	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	456	–	2
2	Richard	410	–	5
3	John	346	–	3
4	James	325	–	1
5	David	289	–	6
6	William	225	–	4
7	Ronald	186	–	10
8	Donald	178	↑1	11
9	Charles	177	↑1	7
10	Paul	174	↓2	17
11	Michael	158	↑3	9
12	Roger	142	↓1	23
13	Raymond	133	↑3	22
14	Thomas	132	↓1	8
15	George	117	↓3	14
16	Gerald	117	↑6	24
17	Joseph	110	–	13
18	Peter	103	↓3	40
19	Wayne	102	↑6	37
20	Stephen	96	↑1	28
21	Edward	92	↓1	18
22	Gary	92	↓3	15
23	Kenneth	91	↓5	16
24	Larry	85	↑12	12
25	Bruce	78	↓2	51
26	Daniel	72	↑4	25
27	Philip	71	↑1	60
28	Norman	69	↑1	58
29	Dennis	67	↓5	20
30	Ralph	66	↑8	42
31	Arthur	64	↓4	29
32	Lawrence	64	↓6	32
33	Harold	62	↓1	27
34	Douglas	57	↑3	34
35	Maurice	54	↑6	>100
36	Walter	51	↑10	26
37	Frank	50	↑6	21
38	Eugene	49	↓3	48
39	Roland	48	↓8	>100
40	Albert	44	↓6	44
41	Brian	43	↓2	>100
42	Francis	42	↓2	71
43	Carl	41	↑6	36
44	Frederick	41	↓11	73
45	Dale	40	new	61
46	Gerard	38	new	>100
47	Barry	37	new	84
48	Stanley	37	↓6	57
49	Timothy	34	new	92
50	Alan	32	new	55

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