Popular baby names in Maine, 1958

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1958 were Susan for girls (327 babies) and Michael for boys (613). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,350 babies born in Maine in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1958

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: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kathi: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Debora: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pauline: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Robyn: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Louise: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Therese: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marjorie: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
June: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 62 babies, 8× the national rate
Roland: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marc: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 166 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brent: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Allan: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leo: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clayton: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	327	–	2
2	Linda	246	↑2	3
3	Mary	227	–	1
4	Karen	222	↑1	4
5	Deborah	216	↑1	7
6	Debra	204	↓4	6
7	Brenda	182	↑4	16
8	Cynthia	176	–	8
9	Nancy	175	↑1	12
10	Patricia	172	↑2	5
11	Donna	167	↑2	10
12	Pamela	161	↑2	11
13	Diane	155	↓4	18
14	Cheryl	154	↑1	13
15	Kathy	135	↑7	14
16	Barbara	123	–	9
17	Julie	122	↑4	23
18	Sandra	112	↑1	15
19	Carol	107	↓2	20
20	Cindy	106	↓13	25
21	Elizabeth	105	↑2	22
22	Kathleen	103	↓2	21
23	Lisa	100	↑19	19
24	Sharon	92	↓6	17
25	Denise	82	↑14	27
26	Kimberly	82	↑21	39
27	Ann	81	↓2	47
28	Catherine	80	↓2	38
29	Cathy	78	↑8	34
30	Gail	74	↑14	72
31	Jane	71	↓3	61
32	Rebecca	70	↓1	41
33	Debbie	69	new	24
34	Kim	69	↓10	40
35	Tammy	69	new	44
36	Laurie	68	↓9	70
37	Darlene	67	↓8	49
38	Margaret	65	↓3	31
39	Lori	64	new	30
40	Janet	63	↓7	28
41	Bonnie	61	↑2	63
42	Katherine	60	new	74
43	Peggy	57	new	42
44	Robin	56	↓12	32
45	Teresa	56	new	26
46	Theresa	56	↓12	33
47	Kathryn	54	new	58
48	Rhonda	54	↓12	48
49	Vicki	54	↓3	57
50	Jean	53	↓1	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	613	–	1
2	David	535	–	2
3	Robert	412	–	4
4	John	377	↑1	5
5	James	359	↑1	3
6	Richard	317	↓2	8
7	Mark	315	–	7
8	William	263	–	6
9	Timothy	230	↑7	13
10	Daniel	221	–	16
11	Jeffrey	218	–	21
12	Paul	206	↓3	15
13	Stephen	205	–	26
14	Thomas	190	↓2	9
15	Scott	181	↑11	25
16	Steven	171	↓2	10
17	Brian	166	↑2	24
18	Peter	166	↓3	41
19	Donald	154	↓2	18
20	Kevin	150	↑3	20
21	Charles	144	↑4	11
22	Ronald	139	↓1	19
23	Gary	136	↓5	17
24	Bruce	123	–	36
25	Kenneth	115	↓3	14
26	Joseph	107	↓6	12
27	Wayne	97	↑2	48
28	Dale	96	↑12	46
29	George	96	↓1	31
30	Gregory	91	↓3	23
31	Dennis	87	–	29
32	Roger	83	–	47
33	Edward	82	↑1	28
34	Douglas	81	↓1	30
35	Raymond	76	–	43
36	Larry	70	–	22
37	Ricky	69	↑7	34
38	Alan	68	↓8	49
39	Randy	67	↑4	32
40	Christopher	63	↑2	39
41	Dana	62	↓3	>100
42	Russell	60	↑3	54
43	Anthony	59	↑3	27
44	Philip	58	↓7	67
45	Eric	55	new	50
46	Keith	55	new	37
47	Andrew	53	↓6	55
48	Patrick	52	new	42
49	Carl	50	new	51
50	Frank	50	↓3	38

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