Popular baby names in Maine, 1945

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1945 were Linda for girls (286 babies) and Robert for boys (427). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,030 babies born in Maine in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1945

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: 18 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Claudette: 29 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Rachel: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Pauline: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Claire: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Constance: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deborah: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lucille: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Priscilla: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 32 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Linwood: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lionel: 18 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Carroll: 35 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Gerard: 30 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Roland: 40 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Reginald: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maurice: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Clayton: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	286	–	2
2	Mary	227	↑2	1
3	Patricia	214	↓1	4
4	Carol	204	↑4	5
5	Sandra	194	↓2	6
6	Nancy	189	↓1	7
7	Judith	174	↓1	9
8	Donna	168	↑1	17
9	Sharon	166	↓2	8
10	Barbara	163	–	3
11	Susan	93	↑1	10
12	Joan	86	↓1	25
13	Diane	84	↑6	22
14	Margaret	84	–	15
15	Betty	79	↑8	11
16	Joyce	79	↓3	18
17	Gloria	76	↓2	23
18	Pamela	75	↓2	42
19	Shirley	75	↓2	14
20	Cheryl	72	↑16	32
21	Jane	67	↑22	36
22	Elaine	65	↑3	44
23	Elizabeth	63	↓3	26
24	Jean	62	↓3	38
25	Karen	62	↑25	16
26	Carolyn	61	↓4	12
27	Janice	61	↓3	24
28	Brenda	60	↓10	29
29	Ann	58	–	39
30	Janet	57	↑4	20
31	Marie	57	↓4	49
32	Dorothy	56	↑6	21
33	Judy	54	↓1	13
34	Joanne	53	↑15	53
35	Lorraine	52	↑13	87
36	Beverly	49	↓8	37
37	Jacqueline	49	↑3	63
38	Marilyn	48	↓5	27
39	Sheila	48	new	89
40	Constance	47	↓10	>100
41	Gail	46	↑5	52
42	Helen	45	–	31
43	Paula	44	new	67
44	Rita	44	–	59
45	Sally	44	new	64
46	Bonnie	43	↓20	35
47	Pauline	42	↓12	>100
48	Ruth	42	↓9	33
49	Kathleen	40	↓18	19
50	Diana	39	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	427	–	2
2	Richard	415	–	5
3	John	321	–	3
4	David	316	↑1	6
5	James	289	↓1	1
6	William	231	–	4
7	Donald	189	↑1	12
8	Ronald	168	↓1	10
9	Paul	159	↑1	17
10	Michael	155	↑1	9
11	Charles	135	↓2	7
12	Gary	128	↑10	13
13	Roger	117	↓1	22
14	George	115	↑1	15
15	Joseph	115	↑2	14
16	Raymond	114	↓3	23
17	Thomas	113	↓3	8
18	Kenneth	110	↑5	16
19	Peter	97	↓1	38
20	Stephen	96	–	26
21	Gerald	88	↓5	25
22	Daniel	84	↑4	24
23	Edward	82	↓2	18
24	Wayne	81	↓5	35
25	Lawrence	79	↑7	30
26	Dennis	78	↑3	19
27	Bruce	77	↓2	48
28	Larry	74	↓4	11
29	Norman	65	↓1	65
30	Philip	65	↓3	58
31	Arthur	59	–	34
32	Frank	58	↑5	21
33	Harold	54	–	28
34	Douglas	52	–	29
35	Ralph	50	↓5	44
36	Walter	43	–	27
37	Brian	41	↑4	>100
38	Eugene	41	–	50
39	Albert	40	↑1	49
40	Roland	40	↓1	>100
41	Frederick	39	↑3	77
42	Alan	35	↑8	52
43	Carroll	35	new	>100
44	Francis	35	↓2	76
45	Rodney	35	new	>100
46	Timothy	34	↑3	70
47	Dale	32	↓2	61
48	Dana	32	new	>100
49	Ernest	32	new	60
50	Stanley	32	↓2	59

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