Popular baby names in Maine, 1962

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1962 were Lisa for girls (309 babies) and David for boys (544). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,616 babies born in Maine in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1962

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: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heidi: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurie: 174 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Debora: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rachel: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
June: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marcia: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 67 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roland: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Norman: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 144 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glen: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bruce: 113 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Philip: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stuart: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	309	↑1	1
2	Susan	274	↓1	3
3	Karen	219	↑2	4
4	Mary	200	–	2
5	Linda	181	↓2	5
6	Lori	180	↑1	11
7	Brenda	175	↓1	12
8	Laurie	174	↑4	42
9	Deborah	168	↓1	9
10	Donna	168	↓1	7
11	Debra	151	↑2	15
12	Pamela	144	↑3	13
13	Julie	139	↑9	22
14	Tammy	135	↑4	23
15	Nancy	127	↑5	19
16	Sandra	124	↑5	10
17	Diane	122	↓1	26
18	Elizabeth	121	↑6	20
19	Patricia	118	↓9	6
20	Cheryl	113	↓9	24
21	Kimberly	108	↑4	16
22	Barbara	107	↓3	14
23	Carol	105	↓9	28
24	Kelly	104	↑9	38
25	Cynthia	99	↓8	8
26	Robin	98	↑3	25
27	Tina	94	↑9	33
28	Cindy	92	↓5	34
29	Sharon	91	↓3	17
30	Denise	87	↓3	30
31	Ann	83	↑7	56
32	Teresa	83	↑7	18
33	Kathleen	80	↓3	29
34	Laura	79	↑8	21
35	Michelle	78	↑5	31
36	Kim	72	new	37
37	Wendy	72	↓6	64
38	Theresa	71	↓3	40
39	Debbie	69	↑5	32
40	Kathy	67	↓12	27
41	Rebecca	64	↓4	47
42	Catherine	63	↑3	53
43	Jennifer	63	new	41
44	Christine	59	↑5	39
45	Janet	58	↓13	35
46	Rhonda	57	new	45
47	Terry	57	new	>100
48	Beth	56	new	66
49	Bonnie	55	↑1	79
50	Lynn	55	↓16	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	544	–	2
2	Michael	544	–	1
3	James	393	↑1	4
4	John	378	↓1	3
5	Mark	377	↑1	6
6	Robert	377	↓1	5
7	Scott	301	↑1	11
8	Richard	299	↓1	8
9	Jeffrey	274	–	10
10	William	231	–	7
11	Timothy	224	↑1	16
12	Kevin	216	↑5	14
13	Daniel	210	↓2	17
14	Thomas	205	–	9
15	Steven	200	↑1	12
16	Paul	179	↓1	19
17	Stephen	161	↑1	28
18	Brian	146	↑1	20
19	Peter	144	↓6	43
20	Donald	132	↑2	23
21	Joseph	129	↑2	13
22	Charles	126	↑2	15
23	Gary	125	↓3	22
24	Ronald	119	↓3	25
25	Christopher	114	↑2	26
26	Kenneth	114	–	18
27	Bruce	113	↓2	41
28	Gregory	88	–	21
29	Douglas	78	↑1	27
30	Roger	78	↑4	47
31	Todd	75	new	30
32	Edward	74	↑14	29
33	Randy	72	↑3	35
34	Andrew	70	↑9	49
35	Wayne	70	↑4	63
36	Dana	67	↓5	>100
37	Eric	67	↑11	33
38	Dennis	65	↓9	37
39	Alan	64	↓6	53
40	Dale	64	↓5	62
41	Patrick	63	↓3	40
42	Philip	58	↑3	81
43	Raymond	57	↓1	48
44	Anthony	56	↓3	24
45	Keith	53	↓13	36
46	Glenn	52	↑3	55
47	Larry	51	↓3	31
48	Randall	51	new	64
49	George	50	↓12	32
50	Matthew	49	new	56

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