Popular baby names in Maine, 1964

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1964 were Lisa for girls (384 babies) and Michael for boys (465). Social Security records list 18,829 babies born in Maine in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1964

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

Girls

Heidi: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lynne: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelley: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laurie: 130 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terry: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roxanne: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Louise: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Pauline: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 71 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alison: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 52 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Roland: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 168 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shawn: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norman: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brent: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dean: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 67 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Philip: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	384	–	1
2	Susan	239	–	3
3	Karen	192	–	4
4	Mary	191	↑1	2
5	Tammy	159	↑2	10
6	Linda	144	↓2	8
7	Pamela	138	↑2	11
8	Laurie	130	–	59
9	Patricia	129	↑7	5
10	Brenda	127	↑2	18
11	Donna	127	↑2	7
12	Lori	125	↓6	15
13	Julie	124	↑8	17
14	Deborah	119	–	12
15	Kimberly	118	↓5	6
16	Kelly	107	↑4	35
17	Sandra	104	↓6	13
18	Michelle	103	↑5	23
19	Debra	100	↑5	24
20	Tina	97	↑5	34
21	Cheryl	96	↓2	29
22	Diane	92	↓5	32
23	Robin	90	↓8	27
24	Barbara	89	↑5	19
25	Nancy	89	↑2	26
26	Elizabeth	88	↓8	16
27	Cynthia	85	↓5	9
28	Kathleen	85	↑8	30
29	Denise	83	↓3	25
30	Christine	82	↑11	28
31	Wendy	82	↑4	55
32	Jennifer	73	–	31
33	Carol	72	↓5	36
34	Lynn	71	↑6	72
35	Sharon	71	↑3	20
36	Kathy	70	↓3	39
37	Heidi	67	↑9	>100
38	Rebecca	67	↑10	46
39	Teresa	67	new	21
40	Theresa	67	↓10	38
41	Catherine	63	↑4	54
42	Sherry	63	new	50
43	Tracy	62	new	40
44	Ann	61	↓13	60
45	Cindy	61	↓8	47
46	Paula	61	↓12	45
47	Laura	58	↓8	14
48	Angela	56	new	22
49	Dawn	54	new	33
50	Darlene	53	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	465	↑1	1
2	David	453	↓1	3
3	John	424	–	2
4	Robert	386	↑1	5
5	James	370	↓1	4
6	Mark	293	–	6
7	Scott	286	↑1	14
8	Richard	283	↓1	8
9	Jeffrey	215	–	10
10	Timothy	208	↑1	15
11	Daniel	194	↑4	19
12	William	194	↑1	7
13	Kevin	190	↑1	13
14	Steven	184	↓2	12
15	Paul	183	↓5	16
16	Thomas	173	↑2	9
17	Peter	168	↑2	39
18	Brian	163	↓2	20
19	Joseph	147	↑1	11
20	Christopher	141	↑3	23
21	Donald	122	–	25
22	Stephen	118	↓5	29
23	Charles	111	↑4	17
24	Kenneth	110	↓2	18
25	Gary	100	–	26
26	Eric	97	↑3	32
27	Todd	96	↑4	28
28	Ronald	93	↓4	24
29	Gregory	90	↓3	22
30	Bruce	83	↓2	46
31	Edward	73	↑1	27
32	Andrew	72	↑1	37
33	Matthew	72	↑15	43
34	Raymond	69	↑6	44
35	Anthony	68	↑9	21
36	Patrick	68	↑5	30
37	Randy	68	↑5	38
38	Alan	67	–	53
39	Wayne	67	↓5	61
40	Douglas	64	↓10	31
41	Shawn	64	new	88
42	George	61	new	33
43	Roger	60	↑2	49
44	Keith	58	↓8	34
45	Philip	55	new	76
46	Dean	53	new	85
47	Craig	52	↓10	48
48	Dana	52	↑1	>100
49	Frank	50	new	41
50	Dennis	47	↓11	42

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