Popular baby names in Maine, 1960

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1960 were Susan for girls (281 babies) and David for boys (592). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,879 babies born in Maine in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1960

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

Girls

Bethany: 16 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Laurel: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Monique: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Claire: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Pauline: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Louise: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rachel: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Holly: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mona: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laurie: 131 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 65 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Blaine: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roland: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marc: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 202 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maurice: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerard: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bruce: 127 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lloyd: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	281	–	2
2	Linda	227	–	3
3	Brenda	223	↑7	13
4	Karen	221	↓1	4
5	Donna	220	–	5
6	Lisa	218	↑2	6
7	Mary	210	↓1	1
8	Debra	205	↓4	8
9	Cynthia	165	↑2	9
10	Patricia	163	↑5	7
11	Deborah	159	↓4	10
12	Nancy	150	↑5	15
13	Lori	148	↑16	20
14	Sandra	147	↓2	11
15	Diane	144	↓1	22
16	Cheryl	132	↓3	17
17	Julie	131	↑1	28
18	Laurie	131	↑7	37
19	Pamela	131	↓10	14
20	Barbara	128	↑3	12
21	Tammy	115	↑5	31
22	Elizabeth	113	↑2	18
23	Cindy	112	↓4	30
24	Carol	104	↓3	23
25	Kimberly	103	↑6	26
26	Kathleen	98	↓6	27
27	Sharon	98	↓5	16
28	Ann	95	↑18	51
29	Kathy	92	↓13	21
30	Debbie	87	↓3	24
31	Denise	87	↓1	29
32	Rebecca	83	↑6	38
33	Jane	82	↑4	67
34	Tina	82	new	45
35	Theresa	81	↓7	35
36	Janet	75	↑3	32
37	Lynn	69	↑6	64
38	Rhonda	69	new	44
39	Bonnie	68	↑8	71
40	Wendy	66	↓5	63
41	Robin	63	↓9	33
42	Catherine	62	↓8	42
43	Margaret	62	↓2	36
44	Kelly	61	↑6	52
45	Kim	61	↑3	34
46	Darlene	60	↓4	75
47	Terri	60	new	49
48	Paula	59	↓4	55
49	Cathy	58	↓16	46
50	Suzanne	58	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	592	↑1	1
2	Michael	582	↓1	2
3	Robert	405	–	5
4	James	390	↑1	3
5	John	378	↑1	4
6	Mark	362	↓2	6
7	Richard	344	–	8
8	William	243	↑1	7
9	Daniel	235	↑8	17
10	Timothy	213	↓2	11
11	Thomas	204	↑1	9
12	Peter	202	↑2	42
13	Steven	202	–	10
14	Jeffrey	200	↓4	14
15	Scott	198	–	23
16	Paul	182	↓5	18
17	Kevin	168	↓1	15
18	Stephen	159	–	27
19	Donald	157	↑1	19
20	Gary	156	↓1	22
21	Brian	152	–	20
22	Ronald	130	–	21
23	Joseph	129	↑3	12
24	Bruce	127	↓1	39
25	Charles	123	↓1	13
26	Kenneth	122	↓1	16
27	Christopher	108	↑6	29
28	Gregory	108	↓1	24
29	Dale	83	↑8	54
30	Dennis	82	↑4	31
31	Raymond	79	↓1	46
32	Craig	78	↑6	41
33	Alan	72	↑8	50
34	Roger	72	↑8	47
35	Wayne	72	↓6	58
36	Douglas	69	↓8	30
37	George	67	↓6	33
38	Andrew	66	↑6	51
39	Edward	66	↓4	26
40	Dana	65	–	>100
41	Keith	65	↑7	35
42	Patrick	65	↑5	45
43	Larry	64	↑3	28
44	Randy	64	↓8	32
45	Eric	63	↓2	44
46	Russell	60	new	56
47	Ricky	57	↓15	38
48	Danny	55	↑2	48
49	Philip	55	↓4	76
50	Randall	55	new	59

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