Popular baby names in Maine, 1957

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1957 were Susan for girls (377 babies) and Michael for boys (533). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,472 babies born in Maine in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1957

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

Girls

Louise: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rachel: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roxanne: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pauline: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Claire: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucinda: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Holly: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jayne: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Debora: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 64 babies, 8× the national rate
Roland: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Clayton: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marc: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 190 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brent: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wayne: 103 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norman: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leo: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	377	–	2
2	Debra	278	↑1	4
3	Mary	275	↑2	1
4	Linda	270	↓2	3
5	Karen	239	↑3	5
6	Deborah	232	↓2	6
7	Cindy	195	↑19	19
8	Cynthia	189	↑1	7
9	Diane	189	↓3	17
10	Nancy	187	↓3	11
11	Brenda	182	↑4	13
12	Patricia	176	↓2	8
13	Donna	163	↓1	10
14	Pamela	147	↓3	12
15	Cheryl	137	↑3	16
16	Barbara	135	↓2	9
17	Carol	121	↓1	18
18	Sharon	118	↓1	14
19	Sandra	112	↓6	15
20	Kathleen	109	↓1	21
21	Julie	94	↑12	28
22	Kathy	94	↓2	20
23	Elizabeth	93	↓1	22
24	Kim	86	↑13	35
25	Ann	82	–	44
26	Catherine	82	↓5	37
27	Laurie	75	↑15	73
28	Jane	74	↓1	56
29	Darlene	72	↑6	57
30	Judith	72	↓6	53
31	Rebecca	72	↓1	34
32	Robin	72	↑18	30
33	Janet	71	↓4	23
34	Theresa	71	↑11	36
35	Margaret	69	↑5	29
36	Rhonda	67	↑3	52
37	Cathy	65	↓3	39
38	Lynn	65	↑6	61
39	Denise	64	↓7	25
40	Joyce	64	↓4	40
41	Janice	63	↓3	32
42	Lisa	63	↑6	26
43	Bonnie	62	↓12	64
44	Gail	62	↓21	54
45	Paula	62	↓17	49
46	Vicki	59	–	51
47	Kimberly	57	new	42
48	Wendy	55	new	>100
49	Jean	53	new	67
50	Joanne	53	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	533	–	1
2	David	525	–	3
3	Robert	456	–	4
4	Richard	381	↑1	8
5	John	365	↓1	5
6	James	357	–	2
7	Mark	329	–	7
8	William	244	↑1	6
9	Paul	230	↑3	18
10	Daniel	216	↑1	16
11	Jeffrey	210	↑4	21
12	Thomas	201	↑1	9
13	Stephen	194	↓5	24
14	Steven	192	↓4	10
15	Peter	190	↑1	37
16	Timothy	187	↑2	19
17	Donald	183	↑2	15
18	Gary	170	↓4	13
19	Brian	153	↑3	26
20	Joseph	153	↑5	12
21	Ronald	152	↓4	17
22	Kenneth	141	↑1	14
23	Kevin	139	↑3	20
24	Bruce	133	↓4	34
25	Charles	123	↓1	11
26	Scott	119	↓5	32
27	Gregory	114	↑5	23
28	George	110	↑2	29
29	Wayne	103	↓2	47
30	Alan	86	↑8	48
31	Dennis	86	↓3	28
32	Roger	81	↓3	42
33	Douglas	80	↑4	30
34	Edward	77	↓3	25
35	Raymond	74	↓2	39
36	Larry	72	↑3	22
37	Philip	69	↓1	68
38	Dana	64	↑3	>100
39	Lawrence	63	↑1	46
40	Dale	62	↓6	50
41	Andrew	61	↑2	56
42	Christopher	60	↑4	43
43	Randy	60	↓8	31
44	Ricky	59	new	40
45	Russell	52	new	54
46	Anthony	51	↑1	27
47	Frank	50	↑2	38
48	Marc	50	new	>100
49	Rodney	50	new	70
50	Dean	48	new	93

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