Popular baby names in Maine, 1954

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1954 were Susan for girls (373 babies) and Michael for boys (600). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,757 babies born in Maine in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1954

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

Girls

Jeannine: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Claire: 33 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Pauline: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Rachel: 43 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bonita: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Doreen: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Priscilla: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elaine: 79 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Louise: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 16 babies, 43.4× the national rate
Dana: 73 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Denis: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Roland: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gerard: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 154 babies, 3× the national rate
Marc: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brent: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maurice: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Susan	373	↑1	5
2	Linda	318	↓1	2
3	Deborah	299	–	3
4	Debra	259	↑2	6
5	Mary	247	–	1
6	Patricia	231	↓2	4
7	Pamela	188	↑5	12
8	Nancy	185	↓1	9
9	Diane	183	↓1	17
10	Donna	173	–	11
11	Cynthia	171	–	10
12	Karen	158	↑5	8
13	Barbara	153	↓4	7
14	Sandra	149	↓1	13
15	Brenda	144	↑1	18
16	Kathleen	141	↓2	14
17	Carol	127	↓2	15
18	Sharon	118	–	16
19	Elizabeth	113	↑2	20
20	Cheryl	112	↓1	22
21	Gail	112	↑10	37
22	Judith	94	↓2	30
23	Jane	92	↑2	49
24	Janet	83	↑3	19
25	Margaret	82	↓2	21
26	Rebecca	82	↑9	26
27	Janice	80	↑3	25
28	Ann	79	↑4	44
29	Elaine	79	↑9	74
30	Denise	75	↑4	24
31	Catherine	66	↓9	32
32	Vicki	66	new	50
33	Joan	65	↓7	40
34	Joyce	65	↓6	28
35	Paula	65	↓6	38
36	Kathy	62	↑4	23
37	Joanne	61	new	78
38	Jean	58	↑1	56
39	Bonnie	57	↓15	52
40	Judy	56	↑8	29
41	Kathryn	56	new	51
42	Anne	54	↓5	80
43	Marie	53	↓1	79
44	Julie	52	new	70
45	Suzanne	51	↑2	82
46	Betty	48	new	36
47	Peggy	48	new	48
48	Sally	48	↓2	84
49	Katherine	47	–	64
50	Sherry	47	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	600	–	1
2	David	502	↑1	5
3	Robert	451	↓1	2
4	John	406	↑1	4
5	Richard	389	↓1	7
6	James	321	–	3
7	Gary	241	↑2	9
8	Stephen	235	↓1	20
9	Steven	227	↑7	11
10	William	227	↓2	6
11	Paul	222	↓1	16
12	Thomas	213	↑1	8
13	Mark	207	↑1	12
14	Daniel	203	↓2	18
15	Donald	200	↓4	14
16	Ronald	173	↓1	15
17	Peter	154	↑2	37
18	Bruce	143	↓1	30
19	Jeffrey	142	↑3	23
20	Timothy	139	↑4	26
21	Joseph	125	↑5	13
22	Kenneth	122	↑1	17
23	Charles	121	↓5	10
24	Roger	107	↓3	34
25	George	106	↑4	24
26	Edward	103	↑5	22
27	Scott	102	↑8	40
28	Brian	96	↑2	48
29	Wayne	93	↓4	41
30	Raymond	90	↓2	35
31	Dennis	89	↓11	21
32	Gregory	89	↓5	25
33	Kevin	84	↑16	28
34	Douglas	81	–	29
35	Alan	78	↑2	43
36	Dana	73	↓3	>100
37	Larry	73	↑2	19
38	Philip	67	↓2	62
39	Dale	61	↑2	50
40	Lawrence	61	↓8	39
41	Gerald	59	↓3	44
42	Terry	56	–	27
43	Norman	50	new	99
44	Frederick	49	↑6	83
45	Anthony	48	new	32
46	Harold	47	–	60
47	Arthur	45	↓7	52
48	Keith	44	new	45
49	Albert	43	new	73
50	Rodney	42	↓6	66

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