Popular baby names in Maine, 1967
The most popular baby names in Maine in 1967 were Lisa for girls (385 babies) and Michael for boys (449). Social Security records list 15,458 babies born in Maine in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Maine in 1967
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: 21 babies, 9.9× the national rate
- Laurie: 87 babies, 4× the national rate
- Terry: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Kelley: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Heidi: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Wendy: 139 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Bonnie: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Roberta: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Sandy: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Jane: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Boys
- Dana: 36 babies, 7.5× the national rate
- Peter: 120 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Shawn: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Bruce: 63 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Dale: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Frederick: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Alan: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Wayne: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Norman: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Marc: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1967
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1966 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa | 385 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Michelle | 185 | ↑4 | 3 |
| 3 | Karen | 178 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Kimberly | 171 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 5 | Susan | 163 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 6 | Tammy | 163 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 7 | Wendy | 139 | ↑10 | 32 |
| 8 | Kelly | 127 | ↑11 | 23 |
| 9 | Melissa | 121 | ↑7 | 9 |
| 10 | Jennifer | 107 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 11 | Mary | 105 | ↓4 | 4 |
| 12 | Julie | 96 | ↓3 | 16 |
| 13 | Tina | 93 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 14 | Lori | 89 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 15 | Laurie | 87 | ↓1 | 72 |
| 16 | Deborah | 86 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 17 | Angela | 85 | ↑24 | 7 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 83 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 19 | Patricia | 82 | ↑2 | 11 |
| 20 | Cynthia | 81 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 21 | Pamela | 80 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 22 | Donna | 79 | ↑6 | 19 |
| 23 | Christine | 78 | ↑7 | 14 |
| 24 | Sandra | 76 | ↓11 | 20 |
| 25 | Cheryl | 70 | ↑10 | 35 |
| 26 | Stephanie | 70 | ↑14 | 25 |
| 27 | Amy | 69 | ↑11 | 12 |
| 28 | Brenda | 69 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 29 | Diane | 65 | ↑8 | 44 |
| 30 | Denise | 64 | ↑9 | 34 |
| 31 | Nancy | 64 | ↑2 | 37 |
| 32 | Barbara | 63 | ↓9 | 33 |
| 33 | Carol | 61 | ↑10 | 47 |
| 34 | Paula | 60 | ↓5 | 46 |
| 35 | Debra | 58 | ↓3 | 38 |
| 36 | Sharon | 58 | ↑10 | 30 |
| 37 | Heidi | 57 | ↓13 | 88 |
| 38 | Rebecca | 57 | ↓2 | 39 |
| 39 | Kathleen | 54 | ↓14 | 40 |
| 40 | Michele | 54 | ↑7 | 36 |
| 41 | Theresa | 54 | ↓14 | 43 |
| 42 | Ann | 53 | – | 57 |
| 43 | Catherine | 53 | ↑6 | 55 |
| 44 | Laura | 53 | new | 15 |
| 45 | Tracy | 51 | ↓19 | 29 |
| 46 | Linda | 50 | ↓36 | 26 |
| 47 | Robin | 50 | ↓2 | 45 |
| 48 | Rhonda | 48 | – | 41 |
| 49 | Dawn | 45 | ↓18 | 27 |
| 50 | Andrea | 44 | new | 48 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1966 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 449 | – | 1 |
| 2 | David | 348 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Robert | 302 | ↑2 | 5 |
| 4 | John | 299 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | James | 271 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 6 | Scott | 226 | ↑2 | 16 |
| 7 | Mark | 197 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 8 | Christopher | 194 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 9 | Timothy | 194 | ↑5 | 11 |
| 10 | Richard | 190 | ↓4 | 8 |
| 11 | Kevin | 179 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 12 | Jeffrey | 168 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 13 | Thomas | 167 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 14 | William | 157 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 15 | Daniel | 151 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 16 | Brian | 142 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 17 | Paul | 141 | ↓1 | 18 |
| 18 | Steven | 137 | ↓3 | 14 |
| 19 | Stephen | 136 | – | 26 |
| 20 | Peter | 120 | – | 39 |
| 21 | Todd | 98 | ↑7 | 29 |
| 22 | Joseph | 94 | – | 15 |
| 23 | Ronald | 93 | ↑6 | 24 |
| 24 | Andrew | 87 | ↑2 | 35 |
| 25 | Eric | 84 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 26 | Charles | 83 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 27 | Shawn | 77 | ↑13 | 51 |
| 28 | Donald | 76 | ↓5 | 27 |
| 29 | Gregory | 74 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 30 | Matthew | 73 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 31 | Patrick | 70 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 32 | Troy | 70 | ↑13 | 40 |
| 33 | Gary | 68 | – | 32 |
| 34 | Kenneth | 66 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 35 | Bruce | 63 | – | 55 |
| 36 | Edward | 63 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 37 | Douglas | 59 | ↑7 | 33 |
| 38 | Keith | 59 | – | 34 |
| 39 | Raymond | 55 | ↓5 | 48 |
| 40 | Craig | 53 | ↓3 | 46 |
| 41 | Anthony | 51 | ↑8 | 21 |
| 42 | Alan | 49 | ↑1 | 61 |
| 43 | Wayne | 48 | ↓12 | 62 |
| 44 | Randy | 47 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 45 | George | 46 | ↓9 | 36 |
| 46 | Jonathan | 46 | new | 56 |
| 47 | Roger | 44 | – | 53 |
| 48 | Dale | 42 | – | 89 |
| 49 | Dana | 36 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 50 | Jason | 36 | new | 54 |