Popular baby names in Maine, 1966

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1966 were Lisa for girls (452 babies) and Michael for boys (418). Social Security records list 16,045 babies born in Maine in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1966

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: 73 babies, 4× the national rate
Laurie: 98 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynn: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rachel: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Holly: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ellen: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Penny: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Elaine: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelley: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Becky: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 39 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wayne: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 111 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nathan: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brent: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dale: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bruce: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alan: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	452	–	1
2	Susan	175	↑1	6
3	Karen	173	↓1	5
4	Tammy	167	↑1	8
5	Kimberly	160	↑2	2
6	Michelle	157	↑5	4
7	Mary	134	↓3	3
8	Tina	113	↑7	23
9	Julie	112	↓3	13
10	Linda	108	↑14	18
11	Jennifer	106	↑8	10
12	Lori	106	↓4	21
13	Sandra	100	↑9	17
14	Laurie	98	↓4	63
15	Deborah	91	↑2	14
16	Melissa	90	↑25	22
17	Wendy	88	↑10	41
18	Pamela	86	↓6	15
19	Kelly	83	↓6	26
20	Elizabeth	82	↑5	16
21	Patricia	76	↑5	7
22	Cynthia	75	↑1	11
23	Barbara	73	↑5	27
24	Heidi	73	↑21	87
25	Kathleen	72	↑12	37
26	Tracy	72	↑16	31
27	Theresa	69	↑23	46
28	Donna	68	↓19	12
29	Paula	68	↑10	50
30	Christine	67	↑2	20
31	Dawn	67	↑7	24
32	Debra	66	↓14	35
33	Nancy	65	↓3	33
34	Brenda	64	↓20	25
35	Cheryl	64	↓19	34
36	Rebecca	64	↓3	40
37	Diane	63	↓1	45
38	Amy	61	new	30
39	Denise	61	↓18	32
40	Stephanie	60	–	38
41	Angela	58	↓10	9
42	Ann	57	new	61
43	Carol	56	↑6	48
44	Lynn	56	↑3	81
45	Robin	56	↓25	42
46	Sharon	54	↓11	28
47	Michele	53	new	36
48	Rhonda	52	↓14	39
49	Catherine	51	↓5	54
50	Cindy	47	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	418	–	1
2	David	346	–	2
3	John	318	↑2	4
4	James	317	↓1	3
5	Robert	280	↓1	5
6	Richard	246	↑2	8
7	Kevin	229	↑3	17
8	Scott	222	↓1	16
9	Mark	217	↓3	7
10	Jeffrey	201	↓1	9
11	Christopher	186	↑9	12
12	William	184	↑2	6
13	Daniel	179	↓1	19
14	Timothy	172	↓3	11
15	Steven	152	↓2	13
16	Paul	145	↓1	18
17	Thomas	144	↓1	10
18	Brian	138	–	14
19	Stephen	131	↑2	26
20	Peter	111	↓3	39
21	Eric	100	↑4	25
22	Joseph	97	↓3	15
23	Donald	93	↓1	27
24	Kenneth	92	↑3	21
25	Charles	89	↑4	20
26	Andrew	84	↑2	36
27	Gregory	84	↓1	23
28	Todd	84	↑6	29
29	Ronald	79	↓6	24
30	Patrick	73	↑1	31
31	Wayne	67	↑15	59
32	Matthew	65	–	34
33	Gary	64	↓9	28
34	Raymond	62	↑2	47
35	Bruce	59	–	53
36	George	57	↑8	37
37	Craig	56	new	46
38	Keith	55	↓5	32
39	Rodney	54	new	35
40	Shawn	54	–	54
41	Randy	53	↓2	45
42	Edward	52	↓5	30
43	Alan	50	–	57
44	Douglas	50	↓6	33
45	Troy	49	new	48
46	Dennis	48	↑2	44
47	Roger	46	↓2	51
48	Dale	44	↓7	85
49	Anthony	40	↓19	22
50	Dana	39	↓8	>100

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