Popular baby names in Maine, 1947

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1947 were Linda for girls (778 babies) and Robert for boys (649). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,736 babies born in Maine in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1947

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: 20 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Jeannine: 23 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Claudette: 34 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Claire: 50 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carlene: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Rachel: 49 babies, 6× the national rate
Muriel: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Pauline: 68 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bonita: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 20 babies, 37.9× the national rate
Armand: 16 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Linwood: 20 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Dana: 53 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Gerard: 51 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Roland: 67 babies, 8× the national rate
Carroll: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maurice: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Reginald: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brian: 93 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	778	–	1
2	Patricia	289	↑1	3
3	Mary	282	↓1	2
4	Nancy	280	–	7
5	Sharon	238	–	9
6	Sandra	233	–	5
7	Donna	232	–	10
8	Susan	231	↑1	8
9	Carol	201	↑1	6
10	Judith	196	↑1	12
11	Barbara	195	↓3	4
12	Pamela	157	↑3	28
13	Diane	145	↓1	18
14	Brenda	126	–	21
15	Jane	110	↑6	36
16	Joan	108	↑9	30
17	Cheryl	107	↑6	24
18	Cynthia	104	↑22	33
19	Elizabeth	103	↑7	25
20	Margaret	100	↓7	16
21	Gloria	99	↓2	27
22	Joyce	99	↑2	20
23	Jean	98	↓6	40
24	Elaine	94	↑4	50
25	Janice	90	↓7	22
26	Beverly	88	↑3	31
27	Ann	83	↑6	41
28	Suzanne	82	↓1	53
29	Bonnie	81	↑7	35
30	Carolyn	81	↓14	15
31	Gail	81	↑4	49
32	Kathleen	81	↑5	11
33	Jacqueline	79	↑9	59
34	Deborah	78	new	62
35	Judy	78	↓5	14
36	Marie	76	↑9	57
37	Karen	75	↓15	13
38	Lorraine	73	↓6	84
39	Janet	71	↑4	23
40	Constance	69	↓1	100
41	Sheila	69	↑5	73
42	Pauline	68	↑5	>100
43	Martha	67	↓5	32
44	Betty	66	↓24	17
45	Shirley	65	↓11	19
46	Marilyn	63	↓2	29
47	Ruth	60	↑1	44
48	Sally	58	↓7	70
49	Anne	56	new	95
50	Rita	53	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	649	–	2
2	Richard	528	–	5
3	David	478	↑2	6
4	John	473	↓1	3
5	James	415	↓1	1
6	Michael	304	↑1	7
7	William	302	↓1	4
8	Ronald	260	↑2	11
9	Paul	243	↓1	18
10	Donald	230	↓1	13
11	Stephen	215	↑2	21
12	Thomas	208	–	8
13	Charles	183	↑1	9
14	George	168	↑2	16
15	Roger	162	↓4	25
16	Raymond	160	↑4	27
17	Kenneth	155	↑4	15
18	Gary	152	↓3	12
19	Bruce	140	↑6	29
20	Peter	140	↓3	36
21	Dennis	134	↓2	17
22	Wayne	125	↓4	30
23	Daniel	124	↑1	22
24	Edward	120	↓2	19
25	Larry	112	↑2	10
26	Joseph	111	↓3	14
27	Gerald	104	↓1	28
28	Lawrence	95	↑2	32
29	Brian	93	↑13	95
30	Philip	82	↓1	57
31	Arthur	78	–	38
32	Steven	78	↑15	24
33	Norman	76	↓5	81
34	Alan	72	↑3	45
35	Timothy	71	↑9	52
36	Frederick	67	↑9	78
37	Roland	67	↓1	>100
38	Gregory	63	↑10	33
39	Harold	62	↓4	35
40	Douglas	59	↓7	31
41	Carl	58	new	40
42	Eugene	58	new	59
43	Frank	58	↓11	23
44	Barry	55	new	68
45	Ralph	55	↓11	50
46	Russell	54	↓3	69
47	Walter	54	↓6	34
48	Dana	53	↑2	>100
49	Gerard	51	new	>100
50	Terry	51	↓12	26

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