Popular baby names in Maine, 1959

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1959 were Susan for girls (311 babies) and Michael for boys (516). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,516 babies born in Maine in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1959

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

Girls

Debora: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pauline: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jayne: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doreen: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Claire: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rachel: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Priscilla: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Louise: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roxanne: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 64 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roland: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marc: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 188 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brent: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerard: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bruce: 133 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 88 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephen: 169 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Norman: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	311	–	2
2	Linda	249	–	3
3	Karen	243	↑1	4
4	Debra	218	↑2	7
5	Donna	214	↑6	5
6	Mary	214	↓3	1
7	Deborah	213	↓2	9
8	Lisa	168	↑15	10
9	Pamela	168	↑3	12
10	Brenda	166	↓3	16
11	Cynthia	161	↓3	8
12	Sandra	157	↑6	13
13	Cheryl	155	↑1	18
14	Diane	143	↓1	19
15	Patricia	143	↓5	6
16	Kathy	141	↓1	15
17	Nancy	129	↓8	14
18	Julie	118	↓1	26
19	Cindy	108	↑1	25
20	Kathleen	106	↑2	23
21	Carol	104	↓2	22
22	Sharon	104	↑2	17
23	Barbara	103	↓7	11
24	Elizabeth	98	↓3	21
25	Laurie	95	↑11	56
26	Tammy	95	↑9	31
27	Debbie	89	↑6	20
28	Theresa	88	↑18	34
29	Lori	86	↑10	27
30	Denise	80	↓5	29
31	Kimberly	79	↓5	33
32	Robin	79	↑12	32
33	Cathy	76	↓4	39
34	Catherine	73	↓6	40
35	Wendy	71	new	83
36	Anne	68	new	82
37	Jane	67	↓6	67
38	Rebecca	67	↓6	38
39	Janet	66	↑1	28
40	Judith	64	new	70
41	Margaret	64	↓3	36
42	Darlene	63	↓5	66
43	Lynn	62	new	63
44	Paula	61	new	51
45	Teresa	61	–	24
46	Ann	60	↓19	44
47	Bonnie	58	↓6	71
48	Kim	58	↓14	35
49	Dawn	57	new	54
50	Kelly	55	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	516	–	1
2	David	515	–	2
3	Robert	428	–	5
4	Mark	380	↑3	6
5	James	367	–	3
6	John	361	↓2	4
7	Richard	330	↓1	8
8	Timothy	243	↑1	12
9	William	239	↓1	7
10	Jeffrey	212	↑1	16
11	Paul	206	↑1	17
12	Thomas	202	↑2	9
13	Steven	196	↑3	10
14	Peter	188	↑4	40
15	Scott	186	–	24
16	Kevin	184	↑4	14
17	Daniel	183	↓7	18
18	Stephen	169	↓5	28
19	Gary	150	↑4	20
20	Donald	148	↓1	19
21	Brian	146	↓4	22
22	Ronald	145	–	21
23	Bruce	133	↑1	38
24	Charles	132	↓3	11
25	Kenneth	127	–	15
26	Joseph	123	–	13
27	Gregory	116	↑3	23
28	Douglas	90	↑6	30
29	Wayne	88	↓2	51
30	Raymond	84	↑5	45
31	George	83	↓2	32
32	Ricky	82	↑5	34
33	Christopher	81	↑7	35
34	Dennis	81	↓3	29
35	Edward	80	↓2	27
36	Randy	78	↑3	31
37	Dale	74	↓9	49
38	Craig	70	new	44
39	Anthony	67	↑4	26
40	Dana	64	↑1	>100
41	Alan	63	↓3	50
42	Roger	62	↓10	47
43	Eric	57	↑2	46
44	Andrew	56	↑3	58
45	Philip	54	↓1	68
46	Larry	51	↓10	25
47	Patrick	51	↑1	43
48	Keith	50	↓2	39
49	Frank	48	↑1	42
50	Danny	47	new	48

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