Popular baby names in Maine, 1961

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1961 were Susan for girls (288 babies) and David for boys (553). Susan ranked #3 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,970 babies born in Maine in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1961

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

Girls

Kelley: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Holly: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pauline: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jayne: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Claire: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Louise: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rachel: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurie: 151 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roxanne: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 88 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Roland: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 206 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawn: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norman: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brent: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 283 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 174 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bruce: 113 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Susan	288	–	3
2	Lisa	286	↑4	2
3	Linda	218	↓1	4
4	Mary	218	↑3	1
5	Karen	196	↓1	5
6	Brenda	175	↓3	11
7	Lori	174	↑6	14
8	Deborah	171	↑3	10
9	Donna	168	↓4	7
10	Patricia	156	–	6
11	Cheryl	153	↑5	20
12	Laurie	151	↑6	43
13	Debra	148	↓5	13
14	Carol	133	↑10	24
15	Pamela	133	↑4	15
16	Diane	132	↓1	26
17	Cynthia	130	↓8	8
18	Tammy	126	↑3	28
19	Barbara	125	↑1	12
20	Nancy	122	↓8	16
21	Sandra	122	↓7	9
22	Julie	117	↓5	23
23	Cindy	112	–	33
24	Elizabeth	111	↓2	19
25	Kimberly	99	–	22
26	Sharon	98	↑1	17
27	Denise	97	↑4	30
28	Kathy	92	↑1	25
29	Robin	92	↑12	27
30	Kathleen	85	↓4	29
31	Wendy	83	↑9	61
32	Janet	80	↑4	32
33	Kelly	79	↑11	45
34	Lynn	76	↑3	71
35	Theresa	75	–	35
36	Tina	73	↓2	41
37	Rebecca	70	↓5	44
38	Ann	69	↓10	54
39	Teresa	69	new	18
40	Michelle	68	new	34
41	Jane	66	↓8	72
42	Laura	65	new	21
43	Cathy	63	↑6	55
44	Debbie	63	↓14	31
45	Catherine	61	↓3	48
46	Paula	61	↑2	60
47	Darlene	59	↓1	80
48	Dawn	59	new	49
49	Christine	58	new	39
50	Bonnie	56	↓11	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	553	–	2
2	Michael	540	–	1
3	John	421	↑2	3
4	James	380	–	4
5	Robert	380	↓2	5
6	Mark	376	–	6
7	Richard	311	–	8
8	Scott	283	↑7	19
9	Jeffrey	251	↑5	11
10	William	245	↓2	7
11	Daniel	221	↓2	17
12	Timothy	215	↓2	15
13	Peter	206	↓1	42
14	Thomas	200	↓3	9
15	Paul	198	↑1	18
16	Steven	188	↓3	10
17	Kevin	184	–	14
18	Stephen	174	–	27
19	Brian	158	↑2	20
20	Gary	157	–	21
21	Ronald	157	↑1	24
22	Donald	140	↓3	22
23	Joseph	128	–	12
24	Charles	116	↑1	13
25	Bruce	113	↓1	40
26	Kenneth	110	–	16
27	Christopher	107	–	26
28	Gregory	105	–	23
29	Dennis	93	↑1	34
30	Douglas	90	↑6	28
31	Dana	88	↑9	>100
32	Keith	83	↑9	35
33	Alan	81	–	51
34	Roger	73	–	47
35	Dale	72	↓6	58
36	Randy	70	↑8	33
37	George	69	–	31
38	Patrick	67	↑4	39
39	Wayne	66	↓4	61
40	Craig	64	↓8	43
41	Anthony	63	new	25
42	Raymond	62	↓11	48
43	Andrew	60	↓5	52
44	Larry	59	↓1	30
45	Philip	58	↑4	79
46	Edward	56	↓7	29
47	Russell	55	↓1	55
48	Eric	54	↓3	38
49	Glenn	51	new	64
50	Ricky	48	↓3	44

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