Popular baby names in Maine, 1955

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1955 were Susan for girls (346 babies) and Michael for boys (555). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,598 babies born in Maine in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1955

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, 8× the national rate
Pauline: 43 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Claire: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lorna: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Rachel: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Louise: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucille: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doreen: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Candace: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 59 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roland: 38 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maurice: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marc: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leo: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terrance: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 174 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brent: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Reginald: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Norman: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	346	–	5
2	Deborah	301	↑1	2
3	Linda	283	↓1	3
4	Debra	276	–	4
5	Mary	255	–	1
6	Patricia	233	–	6
7	Diane	211	↑2	14
8	Karen	196	↑4	8
9	Nancy	185	↓1	9
10	Pamela	182	↓3	12
11	Donna	176	↓1	10
12	Sandra	158	↑2	13
13	Cynthia	143	↓2	11
14	Barbara	131	↓1	7
15	Brenda	126	–	18
16	Sharon	125	↑2	16
17	Carol	121	–	15
18	Cheryl	117	↑2	19
19	Kathleen	116	↓3	17
20	Elizabeth	106	↓1	21
21	Kathy	96	↑15	22
22	Judith	87	–	31
23	Catherine	86	↑8	28
24	Jane	84	↓1	50
25	Ann	83	↑3	43
26	Cathy	82	new	44
27	Janet	82	↓3	20
28	Margaret	82	↓3	24
29	Bonnie	78	↑10	45
30	Gail	77	↓9	42
31	Paula	74	↑4	39
32	Rebecca	72	↓6	27
33	Elaine	69	↓4	77
34	Lynn	65	new	62
35	Janice	64	↓8	25
36	Denise	62	↓6	23
37	Vicki	58	↓5	52
38	Joan	57	↓5	46
39	Theresa	55	new	38
40	Rhonda	54	new	71
41	Judy	53	↓1	32
42	Ellen	52	new	81
43	Terry	52	new	83
44	Valerie	51	new	80
45	Darlene	50	new	76
46	Jean	50	↓8	60
47	Joyce	50	↓13	29
48	Suzanne	50	↓3	86
49	Wanda	50	new	61
50	Katherine	49	↓1	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	555	–	1
2	David	554	–	2
3	Robert	442	–	4
4	Richard	386	↑1	7
5	John	380	↓1	5
6	James	318	–	3
7	Stephen	276	↑1	21
8	William	268	↑2	6
9	Mark	265	↑4	9
10	Paul	242	↑1	16
11	Thomas	228	↑1	8
12	Steven	212	↓3	10
13	Gary	211	↓6	12
14	Daniel	205	–	17
15	Donald	187	–	14
16	Peter	174	↑1	35
17	Bruce	156	↑1	32
18	Timothy	145	↑2	22
19	Jeffrey	139	–	20
20	Ronald	135	↓4	18
21	Kenneth	130	↑1	15
22	Dennis	129	↑9	23
23	Joseph	129	↓2	13
24	Charles	124	↓1	11
25	Kevin	111	↑8	27
26	Brian	108	↑2	40
27	Scott	96	–	38
28	Gregory	92	↑4	24
29	George	90	↓4	26
30	Roger	85	↓6	37
31	Raymond	83	↓1	36
32	Douglas	80	↑2	29
33	Wayne	77	↓4	44
34	Edward	75	↓8	25
35	Philip	73	↑3	62
36	Alan	71	↓1	43
37	Larry	65	–	19
38	Lawrence	63	↑2	42
39	Randy	62	new	30
40	Christopher	59	new	49
41	Dana	59	↓5	>100
42	Dale	56	↓3	52
43	Patrick	53	new	41
44	Frank	51	new	34
45	Arthur	48	↑2	56
46	Marc	48	new	>100
47	Gerald	47	↓6	48
48	Russell	47	new	57
49	Keith	46	↓1	39
50	Carl	45	new	47

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