Popular baby names in Maine, 1956

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1956 were Susan for girls (357 babies) and Michael for boys (542). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,061 babies born in Maine in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1956

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: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pauline: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rosemarie: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rachel: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Holly: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Doreen: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Candace: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elaine: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 18 babies, 51.7× the national rate
Dana: 57 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Roland: 38 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Denis: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Everett: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Maurice: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brent: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nelson: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marc: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gerard: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	357	–	5
2	Linda	290	↑1	3
3	Debra	284	↑1	2
4	Deborah	270	↓2	4
5	Mary	239	–	1
6	Diane	210	↑1	15
7	Nancy	207	↑2	11
8	Karen	190	–	7
9	Cynthia	189	↑4	8
10	Patricia	179	↓4	6
11	Pamela	171	↓1	12
12	Donna	170	↓1	10
13	Sandra	150	↓1	14
14	Barbara	143	–	9
15	Brenda	138	–	19
16	Carol	133	↑1	16
17	Sharon	122	↓1	13
18	Cheryl	116	–	18
19	Kathleen	114	–	17
20	Kathy	105	↑1	20
21	Catherine	98	↑2	28
22	Elizabeth	92	↓2	22
23	Gail	89	↑7	49
24	Judith	88	↓2	45
25	Ann	85	–	46
26	Cindy	82	new	37
27	Jane	81	↓3	50
28	Paula	78	↑3	47
29	Janet	76	↓2	21
30	Rebecca	75	↑2	27
31	Bonnie	74	↓2	51
32	Denise	66	↑4	23
33	Julie	66	new	48
34	Cathy	65	↓8	36
35	Darlene	64	↑10	71
36	Joyce	64	↑11	30
37	Kim	64	new	38
38	Janice	63	↓3	26
39	Rhonda	63	↑1	62
40	Margaret	61	↓12	25
41	Elaine	60	↓8	89
42	Laurie	60	new	76
43	Anne	56	new	86
44	Lynn	56	↓10	58
45	Theresa	56	↓6	32
46	Vicki	56	↓9	57
47	Katherine	55	↑3	67
48	Lisa	55	new	31
49	Christine	53	new	42
50	Robin	53	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	542	–	1
2	David	509	–	4
3	Robert	451	–	3
4	John	406	↑1	5
5	Richard	377	↓1	7
6	James	320	–	2
7	Mark	268	↑2	8
8	Stephen	255	↓1	23
9	William	233	↓1	6
10	Steven	223	↑2	10
11	Daniel	214	↑3	18
12	Paul	203	↓2	17
13	Thomas	200	↓2	9
14	Gary	186	↓1	13
15	Jeffrey	183	↑4	20
16	Peter	175	–	37
17	Ronald	174	↑3	15
18	Timothy	163	–	19
19	Donald	160	↓4	14
20	Bruce	142	↓3	33
21	Scott	138	↑6	34
22	Brian	133	↑4	32
23	Kenneth	132	↓2	16
24	Charles	130	–	11
25	Joseph	130	↓2	12
26	Kevin	123	↓1	22
27	Wayne	98	↑6	45
28	Dennis	97	↓6	26
29	Roger	97	↑1	41
30	George	96	↓1	27
31	Edward	91	↑3	25
32	Gregory	88	↓4	24
33	Raymond	87	↓2	39
34	Dale	77	↑8	50
35	Randy	74	↑4	28
36	Philip	73	↓1	64
37	Douglas	71	↓5	29
38	Alan	66	↓2	44
39	Larry	65	↓2	21
40	Lawrence	63	↓2	42
41	Dana	57	–	>100
42	Keith	57	↑7	36
43	Andrew	56	new	56
44	Patrick	52	↓1	40
45	Carl	47	↑5	48
46	Christopher	47	↓6	47
47	Anthony	46	new	30
48	Norman	46	new	>100
49	Frank	45	↓5	38
50	Craig	42	new	51

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