Popular baby names in Maine, 1965

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1965 were Lisa for girls (500 babies) and Michael for boys (458). Social Security records list 17,438 babies born in Maine in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1965

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: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Doreen: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laurie: 110 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelley: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynne: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Elaine: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristen: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lynn: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 55 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Roland: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 150 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brent: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maurice: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bruce: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 263 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	500	–	1
2	Karen	259	↑1	3
3	Susan	180	↓1	5
4	Mary	147	–	2
5	Tammy	138	–	11
6	Julie	132	↑7	14
7	Kimberly	130	↑8	4
8	Lori	115	↑4	19
9	Donna	110	↑2	7
10	Laurie	110	↓2	60
11	Michelle	110	↑7	18
12	Pamela	108	↓5	12
13	Kelly	105	↑3	30
14	Brenda	103	↓4	23
15	Tina	100	↑5	29
16	Cheryl	98	↑5	31
17	Deborah	98	↓3	13
18	Debra	92	↑1	27
19	Jennifer	92	↑13	20
20	Robin	91	↑3	33
21	Denise	90	↑8	28
22	Sandra	90	↓5	15
23	Cynthia	89	↑4	9
24	Linda	89	↓18	8
25	Elizabeth	87	↑1	16
26	Patricia	85	↓17	6
27	Wendy	83	↑4	39
28	Barbara	81	↓4	25
29	Laura	77	↑18	17
30	Nancy	75	↓5	32
31	Angela	73	↑17	10
32	Christine	69	↓2	21
33	Rebecca	68	↑5	41
34	Rhonda	66	new	37
35	Sharon	66	–	22
36	Diane	65	↓14	40
37	Kathleen	63	↓9	34
38	Dawn	60	↑11	26
39	Paula	58	↑7	49
40	Stephanie	57	new	44
41	Melissa	56	new	38
42	Tracy	56	↑1	36
43	Kim	55	new	43
44	Catherine	54	↓3	57
45	Heidi	54	↓8	>100
46	Jill	53	new	51
47	Lynn	53	↓13	80
48	Anne	52	new	77
49	Carol	50	↓16	42
50	Theresa	50	↓10	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	458	–	1
2	David	398	–	3
3	James	374	↑2	4
4	Robert	363	–	5
5	John	349	↓2	2
6	Mark	268	–	7
7	Scott	263	–	15
8	Richard	246	–	8
9	Jeffrey	205	–	10
10	Kevin	205	↑3	13
11	Timothy	204	↓1	12
12	Daniel	193	↓1	17
13	Steven	175	↑1	14
14	William	170	↓2	6
15	Paul	169	–	16
16	Thomas	154	–	9
17	Peter	150	–	39
18	Brian	142	–	19
19	Joseph	141	–	11
20	Christopher	138	–	18
21	Stephen	115	↑1	28
22	Donald	114	↓1	26
23	Ronald	100	↑5	24
24	Gary	95	↑1	27
25	Eric	94	↑1	25
26	Gregory	93	↑3	23
27	Kenneth	86	↓3	21
28	Andrew	83	↑4	37
29	Charles	79	↓6	20
30	Anthony	75	↑5	22
31	Patrick	74	↑5	31
32	Matthew	72	↑1	36
33	Keith	71	↑11	35
34	Todd	70	↓7	30
35	Bruce	69	↓5	50
36	Raymond	66	↓2	45
37	Edward	64	↓6	29
38	Douglas	63	↑2	32
39	Randy	63	↓2	42
40	Shawn	58	↑1	69
41	Dale	56	new	83
42	Dana	55	↑6	>100
43	Alan	54	↓5	59
44	George	52	↓2	34
45	Roger	50	↓2	49
46	Wayne	50	↓7	65
47	Glenn	45	new	85
48	Dennis	42	↑2	44
49	Jonathan	42	new	74
50	Ricky	42	new	57

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