Popular baby names in Maine, 1949

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1949 were Linda for girls (561 babies) and Robert for boys (483). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,890 babies born in Maine in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1949

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: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Claire: 45 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Pauline: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dawn: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bonita: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doreen: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rachel: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Candice: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 56 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 25 babies, 42.1× the national rate
Dana: 54 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Galen: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Roland: 52 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Gerard: 43 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carroll: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Maurice: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brian: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leo: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Everett: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	561	–	1
2	Mary	275	–	2
3	Nancy	271	–	7
4	Susan	257	–	5
5	Patricia	231	–	3
6	Sharon	209	↑2	10
7	Barbara	201	–	4
8	Brenda	198	↑5	13
9	Donna	176	–	12
10	Carol	174	↑2	8
11	Sandra	170	↓5	6
12	Diane	154	↓1	19
13	Deborah	150	↑4	15
14	Judith	150	↓4	16
15	Pamela	142	↓1	21
16	Kathleen	123	↑4	9
17	Margaret	114	↓1	14
18	Jane	109	–	41
19	Gail	103	↑9	51
20	Bonnie	97	↑13	35
21	Jean	96	↑5	45
22	Elizabeth	95	↑3	25
23	Karen	93	–	11
24	Cheryl	92	↓9	28
25	Cynthia	91	↓6	27
26	Joan	90	↑5	36
27	Elaine	83	↓3	57
28	Gloria	78	↓7	29
29	Suzanne	76	↑5	62
30	Janice	75	↑8	24
31	Shirley	72	↑6	18
32	Paula	69	new	55
33	Joyce	67	↓11	26
34	Ann	60	↓5	44
35	Betty	59	↑10	22
36	Christine	59	↑13	30
37	Carolyn	58	↑4	17
38	Rebecca	58	new	40
39	Sheila	58	↓7	76
40	Constance	57	↑3	83
41	Joanne	57	↑5	61
42	Ruth	57	–	47
43	Lorraine	56	new	>100
44	Pauline	53	↓8	>100
45	Helen	52	↑5	46
46	Janet	52	↓6	23
47	Marie	52	new	67
48	Jacqueline	51	↓13	58
49	Dorothy	50	↓19	32
50	Beverly	49	↓23	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	483	–	2
2	Richard	455	↑1	7
3	David	434	↑1	6
4	John	381	↓2	3
5	Michael	380	↑1	5
6	James	327	↓1	1
7	William	284	–	4
8	Stephen	264	↑4	19
9	Thomas	232	↑2	8
10	Paul	226	–	17
11	Ronald	222	↓3	11
12	Donald	211	↓3	13
13	Daniel	175	↑2	22
14	Charles	152	↑7	9
15	Gary	151	↑1	12
16	Roger	143	↓3	25
17	Peter	137	↑1	38
18	Dennis	136	↓4	16
19	Bruce	135	–	26
20	George	126	↓3	18
21	Raymond	116	↑3	30
22	Wayne	116	↑4	35
23	Kenneth	114	↓3	15
24	Larry	111	↑1	10
25	Steven	100	↑4	20
26	Philip	96	↑5	55
27	Timothy	96	↑3	34
28	Joseph	95	↓6	14
29	Brian	90	↑6	86
30	Edward	86	↓7	21
31	Alan	83	↑9	45
32	Mark	81	↑2	24
33	Gerald	80	↓5	33
34	Gregory	80	↓2	31
35	Lawrence	73	↓8	32
36	Douglas	66	–	29
37	Frank	62	↑2	27
38	Arthur	60	↓1	44
39	Dale	59	↑5	54
40	Harold	58	↓2	42
41	Jeffrey	56	↑4	48
42	Dana	54	↓9	>100
43	Frederick	54	↑4	70
44	Roland	52	↓1	>100
45	Ralph	51	↑1	50
46	Russell	49	↑2	69
47	Albert	46	↓6	56
48	Norman	46	↓6	90
49	Rodney	46	new	87
50	Barry	43	new	73

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