Popular baby names in Maine, 1946

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1946 were Linda for girls (372 babies) and Robert for boys (525). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,406 babies born in Maine in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1946

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

Girls

Cecile: 17 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Claudette: 29 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jeannine: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Carlene: 17 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Doreen: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Claire: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rachel: 37 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Pauline: 54 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dawn: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucille: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 21 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Dana: 40 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Roland: 55 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Maurice: 37 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gerard: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Carlton: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Malcolm: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clayton: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nelson: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Norman: 82 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	372	–	2
2	Mary	263	–	1
3	Patricia	256	–	3
4	Nancy	244	↑2	7
5	Sharon	229	↑4	9
6	Sandra	216	↓1	6
7	Donna	201	↑1	13
8	Barbara	188	↑2	4
9	Susan	188	↑2	8
10	Carol	186	↓6	5
11	Judith	183	↓4	10
12	Diane	125	↑1	19
13	Margaret	107	↑1	17
14	Brenda	103	↑14	24
15	Pamela	92	↑3	34
16	Carolyn	88	↑10	12
17	Jean	87	↑7	37
18	Janice	86	↑9	22
19	Gloria	84	↓2	26
20	Betty	82	↓5	14
21	Jane	82	–	35
22	Karen	82	↑3	15
23	Cheryl	81	↓3	27
24	Joyce	80	↓8	20
25	Joan	78	↓13	28
26	Elizabeth	76	↓3	25
27	Suzanne	75	new	52
28	Elaine	74	↓6	47
29	Beverly	73	↑7	30
30	Judy	72	↑3	11
31	Dorothy	70	↑1	23
32	Lorraine	70	↑3	93
33	Ann	68	↓4	40
34	Shirley	68	↓15	18
35	Gail	65	↑6	49
36	Bonnie	64	↑10	33
37	Kathleen	64	↑12	16
38	Martha	63	new	32
39	Constance	60	↑1	100
40	Cynthia	60	new	46
41	Sally	60	↑4	67
42	Jacqueline	58	↓5	62
43	Janet	57	↓13	21
44	Marilyn	57	↓6	29
45	Marie	56	↓14	54
46	Sheila	55	↓7	70
47	Pauline	54	–	>100
48	Ruth	50	–	38
49	Anita	49	new	84
50	Doris	47	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	525	–	2
2	Richard	521	–	5
3	John	409	–	3
4	James	387	↑1	1
5	David	374	↓1	6
6	William	291	–	4
7	Michael	237	↑3	7
8	Paul	209	↑1	18
9	Donald	206	↓2	13
10	Ronald	206	↓2	10
11	Roger	171	↑2	23
12	Thomas	165	↑5	8
13	Stephen	157	↑7	24
14	Charles	152	↓3	9
15	Gary	152	↓3	12
16	George	145	↓2	16
17	Peter	141	↑2	38
18	Wayne	129	↑6	29
19	Dennis	128	↑7	17
20	Raymond	127	↓4	25
21	Kenneth	125	↓3	15
22	Edward	119	↑1	19
23	Joseph	97	↓8	14
24	Daniel	94	↓2	21
25	Bruce	91	↑2	32
26	Gerald	90	↓5	27
27	Larry	89	↑1	11
28	Norman	82	↑1	76
29	Philip	81	↑1	61
30	Lawrence	78	↓5	31
31	Arthur	66	–	36
32	Frank	62	–	22
33	Douglas	59	↑1	34
34	Ralph	59	↑1	48
35	Harold	57	↓2	33
36	Roland	55	↑4	>100
37	Alan	54	↑5	49
38	Terry	53	new	26
39	Albert	52	–	52
40	Rodney	52	↑5	93
41	Walter	50	↓5	30
42	Brian	46	↓5	>100
43	Russell	46	new	66
44	Timothy	45	↑2	60
45	Frederick	44	↓4	75
46	Stanley	43	↑4	65
47	Steven	43	new	28
48	Gregory	42	new	56
49	Ernest	41	–	71
50	Dana	40	↓2	>100

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