Popular baby names in Maine, 1953

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1953 were Linda for girls (367 babies) and Michael for boys (529). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,960 babies born in Maine in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1953

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

Girls

Claire: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Pauline: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Holly: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Therese: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rachel: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bonita: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Louise: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anne: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marie: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 15 babies, 35.5× the national rate
Marcel: 17 babies, 32× the national rate
Dana: 72 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Carroll: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roland: 41 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Clayton: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gerard: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maurice: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Everett: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marc: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	367	–	2
2	Susan	340	↑1	5
3	Deborah	317	↓1	3
4	Patricia	242	↑1	4
5	Mary	235	↑1	1
6	Debra	218	↑13	7
7	Nancy	212	↓3	8
8	Diane	185	–	17
9	Barbara	178	↓2	6
10	Donna	176	↓1	13
11	Cynthia	169	↑4	12
12	Pamela	155	↓1	10
13	Sandra	137	↑1	11
14	Kathleen	136	↓1	14
15	Carol	134	↑1	16
16	Brenda	132	↓6	18
17	Karen	123	–	9
18	Sharon	112	↓6	15
19	Cheryl	100	↑6	28
20	Judith	99	–	30
21	Elizabeth	96	↑3	21
22	Catherine	93	↑4	35
23	Margaret	93	↓2	20
24	Bonnie	86	↑11	45
25	Jane	85	↓3	43
26	Joan	84	↑5	37
27	Janet	76	new	19
28	Joyce	75	↑6	26
29	Paula	75	↓2	40
30	Janice	74	↓7	22
31	Gail	73	↓13	39
32	Ann	69	↓4	46
33	Christine	69	–	32
34	Denise	64	↑9	31
35	Rebecca	64	↓3	24
36	Sheila	64	↑9	60
37	Anne	60	new	80
38	Elaine	60	↓9	77
39	Jean	60	↓9	52
40	Kathy	60	↑2	23
41	Gloria	57	↓5	38
42	Marie	57	new	86
43	Wanda	53	new	57
44	Beverly	52	↓3	34
45	Rhonda	50	new	85
46	Sally	50	↓2	81
47	Suzanne	50	new	78
48	Judy	49	↓11	27
49	Katherine	48	↓10	63
50	Martha	47	↓3	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	529	↑1	3
2	Robert	498	↑1	1
3	David	479	↓2	5
4	Richard	428	–	7
5	John	385	–	4
6	James	312	–	2
7	Stephen	259	–	21
8	William	259	–	6
9	Gary	221	–	10
10	Paul	199	–	16
11	Donald	178	↑2	14
12	Daniel	177	↓1	20
13	Thomas	176	↓1	8
14	Mark	173	–	12
15	Ronald	157	–	15
16	Steven	155	↑1	11
17	Bruce	140	↑2	28
18	Charles	140	–	9
19	Peter	138	↓3	38
20	Dennis	127	–	19
21	Roger	124	↑2	31
22	Jeffrey	121	↑6	25
23	Kenneth	119	↓2	17
24	Timothy	107	↓2	26
25	Wayne	100	↑2	40
26	Joseph	95	↓1	13
27	Gregory	92	↑7	24
28	Raymond	90	↓4	34
29	George	86	↓3	22
30	Brian	83	–	53
31	Edward	83	↑1	23
32	Lawrence	74	↑3	37
33	Dana	72	↑3	>100
34	Douglas	69	↓3	27
35	Scott	67	↑3	46
36	Philip	63	↑1	61
37	Alan	60	↓4	43
38	Gerald	60	↑2	42
39	Larry	59	↓10	18
40	Arthur	56	↑2	50
41	Dale	51	↓2	48
42	Terry	50	new	30
43	Frank	46	↓2	33
44	Rodney	45	↑6	58
45	Carl	44	new	44
46	Harold	44	↑1	56
47	Andrew	43	new	68
48	Ralph	43	↓3	59
49	Kevin	42	↓1	36
50	Frederick	41	↓6	80

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