Popular baby names in Maine, 1968

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1968 were Lisa for girls (339 babies) and Michael for boys (421). Social Security records list 14,578 babies born in Maine in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1968

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

Girls

Darcy: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Laurie: 93 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelley: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Penny: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terry: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Holly: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jean: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roland: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Norman: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 113 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dale: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Stacy: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wayne: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Bruce: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 79 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Maine, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	339	–	1
2	Michelle	213	–	2
3	Kimberly	167	↑1	3
4	Tammy	163	↑2	8
5	Jennifer	162	↑5	4
6	Melissa	153	↑3	5
7	Kelly	135	↑1	12
8	Karen	125	↓5	9
9	Susan	115	↓4	10
10	Mary	112	↑1	6
11	Julie	107	↑1	16
12	Laurie	93	↑3	79
13	Christine	85	↑10	14
14	Tina	85	↓1	18
15	Angela	83	↑2	7
16	Amy	81	↑11	13
17	Laura	79	↑27	11
18	Wendy	78	↓11	31
19	Elizabeth	74	↓1	17
20	Rebecca	74	↑18	33
21	Patricia	73	↓2	15
22	Tracy	73	↑23	25
23	Lori	72	↓9	22
24	Cheryl	71	↑1	37
25	Linda	65	↑21	28
26	Pamela	64	↓5	20
27	Dawn	62	↑22	21
28	Donna	62	↓6	24
29	Cynthia	59	↓9	19
30	Deborah	59	↓14	27
31	Stephanie	58	↓5	23
32	Kathleen	57	↑7	40
33	Denise	56	↓3	35
34	Michele	56	↑6	29
35	Brenda	53	↓7	34
36	Debra	52	↓1	38
37	Heidi	51	–	89
38	Lynn	49	new	85
39	Barbara	48	↓7	36
40	Carol	47	↓7	49
41	Stacey	45	new	55
42	Nancy	44	↓11	39
43	Sherry	44	new	52
44	Diane	42	↓15	51
45	Heather	40	new	62
46	Kim	40	new	57
47	Robin	40	–	43
48	Andrea	39	↑2	48
49	Sandra	39	↓25	26
50	Theresa	39	↓9	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	421	–	1
2	David	340	–	2
3	John	285	↑1	3
4	Robert	282	↓1	5
5	Mark	227	↑2	7
6	James	224	↓1	4
7	Richard	204	↑3	8
8	Timothy	196	↑1	13
9	Scott	189	↓3	14
10	Christopher	184	↓2	9
11	Jeffrey	176	↑1	11
12	William	162	↑2	6
13	Thomas	147	–	12
14	Daniel	141	↑1	18
15	Paul	141	↑2	19
16	Brian	130	–	10
17	Kevin	129	↓6	17
18	Stephen	115	↑1	27
19	Peter	113	↑1	39
20	Steven	112	↓2	15
21	Joseph	107	↑1	16
22	Matthew	103	↑8	24
23	Eric	95	↑2	22
24	Ronald	87	↓1	25
25	Todd	87	↓4	28
26	Donald	81	↑2	29
27	Shawn	79	–	43
28	Douglas	73	↑9	33
29	Kenneth	71	↑5	23
30	Charles	70	↓4	20
31	Patrick	70	–	30
32	Gregory	68	↓3	26
33	Andrew	64	↓9	34
34	Edward	60	↑2	31
35	George	57	↑10	36
36	Wayne	56	↑7	63
37	Anthony	55	↑4	21
38	Jason	53	↑12	47
39	Troy	53	↓7	40
40	Bruce	52	↓5	61
41	Gary	52	↓8	32
42	Sean	49	new	37
43	Randy	46	↑1	54
44	Craig	45	↓4	41
45	Dale	45	↑3	91
46	Jonathan	44	–	53
47	Dean	41	new	78
48	Dennis	40	new	45
49	Keith	40	↓11	35
50	Roger	40	↓3	55

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