Popular baby names in Maine, 1948

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1948 were Linda for girls (681 babies) and Robert for boys (557). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,024 babies born in Maine in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1948

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: 16 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Claire: 37 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Pauline: 67 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rachel: 46 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Claudette: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doreen: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeannette: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonita: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Louise: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 29 babies, 44.7× the national rate
Dana: 66 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Galen: 19 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lionel: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Roland: 58 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gerard: 42 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Denis: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Maurice: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Carroll: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Reginald: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	681	–	1
2	Mary	262	↑1	2
3	Nancy	255	↑1	7
4	Susan	242	↑4	5
5	Patricia	239	↓3	4
6	Sandra	208	–	6
7	Barbara	206	↑4	3
8	Sharon	205	↓3	9
9	Donna	202	↓2	11
10	Judith	174	–	15
11	Diane	163	↑2	19
12	Carol	162	↓3	8
13	Brenda	138	↑1	17
14	Pamela	134	↓2	22
15	Cheryl	128	↑2	25
16	Margaret	121	↑4	13
17	Deborah	113	↑17	30
18	Jane	108	↓3	39
19	Cynthia	92	↓1	27
20	Kathleen	91	↑12	10
21	Gloria	86	–	28
22	Joyce	86	–	21
23	Karen	85	↑14	12
24	Elaine	81	–	53
25	Elizabeth	78	↓6	26
26	Jean	78	↓3	47
27	Beverly	77	↓1	31
28	Gail	77	↑3	51
29	Ann	75	↓2	44
30	Dorothy	73	new	29
31	Joan	73	↓15	37
32	Sheila	73	↑9	71
33	Bonnie	72	↓4	34
34	Suzanne	71	↓6	66
35	Jacqueline	69	↓2	58
36	Pauline	67	↑6	>100
37	Shirley	64	↑8	20
38	Janice	62	↓13	23
39	Judy	62	↓4	16
40	Janet	61	↓1	24
41	Carolyn	59	↓11	14
42	Ruth	58	↑5	45
43	Constance	57	↓3	93
44	Louise	57	new	99
45	Betty	56	↓1	18
46	Joanne	55	new	65
47	Marilyn	55	↓1	33
48	Martha	53	↓5	32
49	Christine	52	new	35
50	Helen	52	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	557	–	2
2	John	459	↑2	3
3	Richard	456	↓1	7
4	David	450	↓1	5
5	James	350	–	1
6	Michael	311	–	6
7	William	259	–	4
8	Ronald	229	–	10
9	Donald	224	↑1	14
10	Paul	221	↓1	18
11	Thomas	214	↑1	8
12	Stephen	203	↓1	20
13	Roger	162	↑2	24
14	Dennis	155	↑7	17
15	Daniel	153	↑8	22
16	Gary	152	↑2	12
17	George	150	↓3	16
18	Peter	143	↑2	37
19	Bruce	136	–	28
20	Kenneth	130	↓3	15
21	Charles	122	↓8	9
22	Joseph	120	↑4	13
23	Edward	118	↑1	19
24	Raymond	117	↓8	27
25	Larry	109	–	11
26	Wayne	108	↓4	34
27	Lawrence	97	↑1	31
28	Gerald	85	↓1	30
29	Steven	83	↑3	23
30	Timothy	83	↑5	38
31	Philip	78	↓1	54
32	Gregory	67	↑6	32
33	Dana	66	↑15	>100
34	Mark	66	new	29
35	Brian	65	↓6	95
36	Douglas	65	↑4	33
37	Arthur	63	↓6	44
38	Harold	62	↑1	36
39	Frank	60	↑4	25
40	Alan	58	↓6	46
41	Albert	58	new	55
42	Norman	58	↓9	85
43	Roland	58	↓6	>100
44	Dale	54	new	56
45	Jeffrey	54	new	58
46	Ralph	54	↓1	51
47	Frederick	52	↓11	75
48	Russell	46	↓2	67
49	Terry	45	↑1	26
50	Carl	44	↓9	42

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